Colour Techniques with Dana Tatar
Happy March! Please welcome Dana Tatar to the blog today, and she has made a scrapbook page with three of my collections, which has really made me smile. I hope you find it inspiring too! Remember, supplies have affiliate links and shopping through those makes the guest artist project possible, so thank you for your support! -Shimelle
I’ve created a family themed scrapbook layout using a fun mix of Shimelle products and the color wheel as my guide. My sister and her four kids came to visit me over the Thanksgiving holiday, and we had an amazing time together. I took the photo of my sister with her two daughters at a local neighborhood park where we spent time enjoying the full palette of falling leaves, something that they don’t get to see living in central Texas.
I always gravitate to specialty papers. The 12×12 Die-Cut Cardstock from the Field Trip Collection, with the rainbow of colorful punch-out segments, was the starting point for my page design. I popped out the cool tone die-cuts that matched the colors in my photo. After trimming away the white border from each die-cut and distressing the edges with scissors, I arranged the pieces of patterned paper by color onto the base patterned paper.
Once I had the bands of color secured to the page, it was time to embellish! Shimelle’s paper collections are full of color and fun designs that have a lot of texture and dimension, so I had plenty to choose from. I applied puffy and foam stickers, and small images that I cut from patterned papers, into the matching-colored sections on the page. I mixed elements from two collections to create this layout; Never Grow Up and Field Trip.
I applied teal glitter star stickers (from Shimelle’s Glitter Girl collection!) for a touch of sparkle and white chalk ink splatters for contrast before adding a small journaling sticker to finish the page.
| Dana Tatar currently lives in Ohio with her husband and two teenage children. She started paper crafting about fifteen years ago and has expanded from scrapbooking since then, now creating a little of everything including cards, tags, mixed media pieces, and small gift and home décor items. Dana has an eclectic style in terms of what and how she designs. She frequently finds inspiration in music, poetry, and pop culture. When not creating art, Dana enjoys baking, reading, listening to music, and spending time outside with her family and basset hound Peach. You can find more of her work on her blog,They Call Me Tatar Salad, and her Instagram feed. |
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