What is Kitsch you ask? Well the design team at Get It Scrapped is adding it onto our layouts today over at the blog so you must check it out. You will get the feel not only from the layouts created, but the, always wonderful, information written to support the work by Debbie Hodge. Another place to gather inspiration of course is on-line. Pinterest and Google will shed much light on the topic. Here is the layout I created for the article:
My Love by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; Bazzil and Core’dination, patterned paper; Crate Paper, washi tape; Little B and Lawn Fawn, letters; October Afternoon and American Crafts, ink; Sharpie.
Here is a close up of some of my Kitsch. I used some Valentine postcards from an old Houghton family collection. My Mother-in-law set them aside just for me and hoped I would find something to do with them. I am thrilled to say that I did and that I love the results.
A couple notes the cards are BUSY so I tried to keep the other elements and colors calming and right in sink. The papers and title work matches colors already found int he cards. The Washi tape is used in very small amounts to pull the viewers eye, and also ended up becoming a background in the case of the woven tape behind the photo and cupid. It softened the space between the elements that as the plane Kraft paper had been quite harsh and created a heavy dead space.
The inspiration over at Get It Scrapped is really lovely and so creative. Definitely worth a click and read!
Happy creating!
