Hello Friends!
Each month, The Lilypad offers a free template for the monthly template challenge. For the November 2022 Template Challenge, TLP designer Lynn Grieveson has created yet another gorgeous and versatile template, which you can download HERE.
Here is the template:
With its messy stitching and paint/paper blend beneath the photo, this beautiful template has a decidedly artsy/mixed media feel. And scrapping in an artsy/mixed media style is definitely outside my comfort zone! But one of the things I love about the TLP challenges is that they gently nudge me to move outside my comfort zone, to learn a new technique, to try a new style.
So I thought it might be fun to use the same template, with the same photo and the same journaling, to create two very different family history layouts: one of them an artsy page (well outside my comfort zone); and the other done in a more traditional paper scrap style (my cozy little comfort zone).
Here are the two layouts I created:
1. Artsy Style
Since scrapping in an artsy style is definitely outside my comfort zone, I followed the original template quite closely here, while adding some touches to make it my own.
What I did:
- I clipped a solid paper to the large tag, and used blending modes so that I didn’t lose the torn paper effect at the right end of the tag
- I kept the phrase “Documented and remembered” (it’s perfect for a family history page, after all), but used my own choice of font
- Because this is a family history page, I wanted to record the name of the subject, and also his dates. So I added a little cluster in the bottom right corner of the page, with a tag to record this important information
- I added some paint splatters, which I recolored white to mimic the fawn’s speckles
- I added some other fun elements: messy stitching, stamps, ephemera, a couple of word art strips, a button, and some flowers
2. Paperly Style
For this version, I certainly indulged my love of patterned paper! while still sticking closely to Lynn’s original composition and design.
What I did:
- Because I love using patterned papers, I layered another, slightly smaller paper over the background paper (I love the combination of the tiny trees paper with the wood paper underneath)
- I replaced the stitching around the photo with a couple of paper mats beneath the photo
- To create a journaling spot, I added a small square photo frame (to which I clipped yet another patterned paper!)
- I replaced the paint/paper clipping mask beneath the photo with a block of patterned paper of roughly the same width
- I added lots of fun, forest-themed elements, including a cute little fawn
I had a great time creating two different versions of my “Boy with Fawn” family history layout, and I hope I’ve demonstrated the versatility of this template: same template, same photo, same journaling … two very different looks!
Please check out the November Template Challenge thread to see how other members of the TLP community are using Lynn Grieveson’s beautiful and versatile template. And if you’re feeling inspired, why not play along?
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