I'm looking for kits or paper packs that would work for a trip to Sweden. We were there for Midsummer, but stayed 8 days, both in the country and in Stockholm. We visited museums, churches, dala horse factories, historic places, shopping, ferry and train rides, visited with family, and lots of eating! There were lots of flowers (geraniums, peony, lupine), birch trees, evergreens. Here are some photos to help with inspiration. And @Dalis - You're so good at helping find the perfect kit that I thought I'd give you a shout-out, too! I haven't been able to figure out what to use. Thanks!! here's the template set I'll be using:
@QuiltyMom First let me say that your pictures are AMAZING! What an amazing trip. Let me see what I can find.
You could go two different routes, one the bright background with a lot of pattern bold moves to mimic the bright beautiful colors of the housings, etc. or I think I will preferably want some neutrals for this. The neutrals would bring the colors in your pictures up to the front and center.
I agree with the neutrals. Most of the colors were the Falu Red (on the houses) and an ochre color, so this would work. Then throwing in bits and pieces of bright colors (like the flowers in the photos) would work well. I've looked at so many kits in the store that I was going cross-eyed! Besides, having a fresh pair of eyes always helps because there's no pre-conceived notion of what would work, or not. So, thanks for doing this!
Ok, not sure why the colors from Sweden remind me of Allison's use of color. Here are some options: (This is from around 800 paper packs I checked) Anecdotal: Patterns & Backgrounds by MP-Addons & Allison Pennington Sick Stuff: Patterns & Backgrounds by Allison Pennington Summer Breeze Paper Pack by Sabrina Dupre Heimili | Papers by Pink Reptile Designs The Quiet Life Papers by Lynn Grieveson Getaway Papers by Elif Sahin Designs Origin Story: Patterns & Backgrounds by Allison Pennington & MP-Addons Little One: Patterns & Backgrounds by Allison Pennington Butterfly Basics - Mixed Media Essentials (Woodsy Papers) by Little Butterfly Wings This Year: Patterns & Backgrounds by Allison Pennington Weathered Woods Paper Pack by Etc. by Danyale BEAUTY FULL paper pack by ForeverJoy Designs Storyteller 2017 May - Paper Pack Beautiful Memories Papers by Sabrina Dupre Life in Color Papers by Etc. by Danyale HOPPY SPRING paper pack by ForeverJoy Designs February Stuff: Patterns & Backgrounds by Allison Pennington Geometric paper pack by Lynne-Marie
I might not help on the cross-eye problem after all these paper packs. I made sure these packs have both those colors and a couple of neutrals too.
I like these browns with your photos... And these flowers are what I thought of with your flower pic...
@Dalis - you ROCK! Thanks!!! And I may go cross-eyed, but they're all in one spot! And @umyesh - Very nice! I love the brightness of those flowers. Thanks!!!
(the other way you could work it is find a BYOC with similar colours so there's a bit more mix and match possiblities for a whole album to still coordinate - there's also the neutral Foundation line that would work with any of Dalis's myriad of suggestions and show off the colours of the photos more) https://the-lilypad.com/store/FOUNDATION/ (some of the first ones on this store page don't seem to fit the Foundation colours so i'm not sure if there was a mix up in adding some products to this category but there rest are )
They also had pigs and rosters. The Horses are the most popular! And they had a stepping stool to help people get up. And thanks for the idea, too. I've got lots to choose from, which is a good thing!
I'm thinking the new collab just might be the thing! I liked what I saw in the blog hop goodies ... we'll see!
