Team Hermit Crab

Ahhh... Love me my Jillibean Soup!! I really struggle with these kraft paper lines. I like bright, vibrant colors and that just doesn't exist in the kraft. Now, don't get me wrong, I use kraft paper. A fair amount. As a background. The color printed on the kraft gets muted me thinks. Despite those feelings, I have managed to do a lot with the Game Day Chili collection.

 

Inspired by a sketch over at Paper Secrets. Instead of the two horizontal pictures, I made that bottom picture a combination of picture and goodies. A bit of collage. That green is really difficult to photograph. You might see some color inconsistency in the pictures to come. Depending upon the angle you view the paper at, it takes on different hues.

Creating the title was a challenge! I wanted a matching banner for "hermit crab" to place underneath the one I fussy cut from a journal spot. Of course, despite the store of goodies I own (shh, don't tell!), no such thing existed in my stash. Off to the computer I went and scanned in the original. Blew it up some and then cut and shaded the perfect match. This is one of the very few occasions I wish I had Copics. That really pale grey would have been perfect...

Originally, that star was going to have a different paper behind it. I liked the kraft star peeking out from behind.

A fun little collection of circles with lots of layering. I pulled in the blue and white polka dots from the birthday collection, whose name escapes me right now.

Comments

[Sue kithcart]

so many great parts to this layout! lovely layout! thanks for playing along with us at Paper Secrets!!

[Kerys]

Great job on the sketch! Love this collection and all the details! Thanks for joining us at PS :-)

[Kelly Holifield]

Super fun take on the sketch and fabulous job with the Jillibean Game Day chili line! Thanks for playing along with us at Paper Secrets.

[Lisa in Texas]

Great take on the sketch! I love how you used this line too, very nice! Cute name for the team also, love that!

[rochelle spears]

great job! love the stitching! Thanks for playing along with PS!

[Brenda Ragsdale]

Love how this page turned out! Fantastic take on the sketch! Thanks for playing along with us this month at Paper Secrets!!

[Jayne]

PS. I pinned it :)

[Jayne]

Love this one! SO cute :) I hav ebeen doing several soccer layouts a year for lots of years so it is nice to see something fresh.