Using big inspiration for smaller layouts with Diane Williams
Today’s guest artist brings us a project that might inspire your next 12×12 page or might be something far smaller: this is actually a double page spread in a small notebook! Please welcome Diane Williams, and remember affiliate links are used at no extra cost to you and shopping through them makes this guest artist series possible. Thank you and enjoy! -Shimelle
There is something so therapeutic about cutting paper and glueing it down with your photos and stories. I love all the colours and patterns. I also love working at the slightly smaller scale of Traveller’s Notebooks. Because these notebook layouts literally fold down the middle, I just adore any of Shimelle’s half and half layouts. They are almost perfect inspiration to be scaled down and added to the pages of my notebook. I especially loved the colours of this layout by Shimelle and wanted to translate it into my own style. You can watch Shimelle’s tips for creating her 12×12 page on the Scrapbook.com blog.
I started with two different patterned papers from the Garden Party collection from Maggie Holmes and Crate Paper. I added the darker pink polka dot piece to the left-hand side of my spread and then the lighter and simpler blue stripe to the right-hand side. To create the anchor point to build my photo layers, I added a strip of dark teal paper, making sure to add it to one side of the fold. It’s important with these notebooks to keep the fold free of paper and embellishments so the notebook continues to function properly.
The same goes for creating the layers under my photo. I made sure to add pieces of paper and die cuts without crossing the fold. If you want something to cross both sides of the spread, you can easily cut it and add one half to each side. I tried to balance out the colours by adding little pops of chartrese as well as the pink and blue.
My story and photo is all about my weekend coffee dates with my husband, so it made total sense to use a few little puffy sticker cups around my layers. As well as a few tiny little puffy stickers, I added a gold scripted word sticker as my title. I am terrible at making up titles for my pages so this is a super easy way to add a fun title and finish up my page! This fun and colourful layout took less than 20-minutes to put together and I know I’ll be able to use Shimelle’s layout as inspiration for many, many more pages in my Traveller’s Notebooks!
| Diane is a paper-loving, coffee-drinking, designer from New Zealand. She lives with her husband and two pets. Scrapbooking since age fourteen, nine years ago Diane switched to Project Life and Traveller’s Notebooks and they remain her memory keeping style. Find more of Diane’s work on her Youtube Channel, Patreon, blog or Instagram feed. |
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