For Week 10 in my 2020 Project Life album, I decided to try something a little different. I started with a digital kit that had been sitting on my hard drive collecting virtual dust since last November. The "In Good Company" kit designed by In A Creative Bubble for Feed Your Craft is beautiful and full of sentiments perfect for documenting times with friends and family. And since Week 10 was before the quarantine and there was plenty of togetherness happening in my life, I thought it was a fitting kit to use. Plus, all of the blues and purples matched my photos perfectly.
The part of this week's process that was a little different from status quo was that instead of just printing the entire kit as-is, I decided to do some work in Photoshop first. I added some of the digital stamps to a few of the cards, added my journaling, and even created a few embellishments using the digital stamps. It's definitely not ground-breaking work here, but for me, it took a level of forethought that I'm rarely capable of achieving.
Once all of the digital work was complete, I printed out only the cards I knew I'd be using for this spread. Then all that was left to do was trim everything out, and then add my photos, a title, and a few embellishments, just to keep the whole page from looking too flat.
For my title, I chose a set of gold puffy Thickers called Main Squeeze. I liked that the font was a little quirky and different enough from the other fonts on the page to not compete. I also liked that it added a bit of bling to the page.
I chose the 6x12 Cardstock Stickers and the Clear Sticker Book from the Maggie Holmes Heritage collection to complement this kit and used a few here and there to add some interest to the page.
I also added a few gold staples here and there to bring in a bit more gold and to add some additional texture. One reason I don't typically do purely digital projects is that I like for there to be lots of texture and dimension, and while I know that there are digital products out there that mimic traditional textural bits, it's definitely not the same as actual texture. But by adding a few extra bits on top of a mostly-digital page, I was able to get enough texture and dimension to satisfy myself. Good to know for the future, for sure.
See you back here soon, but until then, happy crafting!
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