This week's challenge on Shimelle's blog is to take inspiration from a colourful border. My page for this challenge is something slightly unusual for me - a do-over. I originally created this page a few months ago - I think it was probably the first page I created using photos from our holiday in Italy. At the time I wasn't too enamoured with what I'd created but, like many of us, I considered the page scrapped and in to the album it went. Whizz forward a few months and most of the other pages for this holiday are complete, and this page was sticking out like a sore thumb for two reasons:
- Most of the other pages for this holiday are on plain white cardstock - this page was on a busy background
- The papers were from a completely different collection to the other pages from the holiday - I obviously didn't have a plan in mind when this page was created!
I kept the thin mat and the embellishment clusters from the original, but the other matting layers and background paper were discarded. Instead, I used the In Flight paper from the Hello World collection from My Mind's Eye as a second mat and a selection of washi tapes and a border strip to enhance the embellishment clusters. And, just for good measure, I added strips of tape to the top and bottom of the page. I've no idea of the brands of tapes I used, but I normally buy them from Hey Little Magpie who always have a great selection!
I'm much happier with this page now and it sits much better with the other pages in my album.
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