Comics and Juvenile Prints

I seem to be in a pattern of having articles go up back to back at Get It Scrapped these days.  It certainly makes it easy for me to share here.  Here is a peek at some of the inspiration found the past week at Get It Scrapped:

This layout was part of a very fun, kid friendly, set of inspiration all centered around using juvenile themed prints, you know the cutesy stuff!

Turtle Shell by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; Bazzill Swiss Dots, chipboard letters; American Crafts, buttons; Buttons Galore, journal tag; Jenni Bowlin, patterned paper and trim unknown.

I do not often scrap with juvenile prints BUT when I saw this particular paper I knew it was a must, I even knew which photos I would most likely scrap with it.  I wish I still had the manufacturer to share but I lost it along the way.  The fiber was one of MANY that my friend Brenda and I collect when we shop at CKC in Kansas City each year.  We seem to be drawn to them and they are sold by the yard at many of the vendors.  The problem is none of them are marked with manufacturers.  They are already cut and hanging or thrown into big bins, all of which are tremendous fun to dig through :-).  The green button was already in my monster stash, it is the only one I had and has the perfect turtle shell texture to tie the whole thing together.   The “turtle shell” was a big deal in our house and is still being worn to this day so it deserved a special page all to itself.   Check out all the other fun, pages HERE

Today a new article about using a current trend of comic books and superheros in layouts was posted.  There are a whole heap of layouts and all were done so differently this is a really cool article with a ton of ideas to check out!  Here is the layout I completed for the assignment:

Pow Bam by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; The Paper Company, patterned papers; American Crafts, SEI and Doodlebug Designs Inc., ink; Sharpie and Copic

I think you can tell I had a great time putting this layout together.  I had a pretty clear picture in my head of what I wanted to start; the black grid and the bold power words.  As I started pulling papers the layout just started falling together.  The words I created by hand.  I lightly sketched them in pencil, checking for size, filled them with bold Copic color and then used a Sharpie to create the thick outlines.  I fussy cut them out and added them to my layout with pop dots to “pop” them off the page even further.  Make sure to stop by to check out the other 13 layouts all with comic and superhero inspiration  HERE

I will have another post tomorrow!  I have my first photos for the September Photo a Day challenge ready to go!  I am excited that I will actually have photos of September this year!