Happy New Year! If you’ve started on your resolutions for the new year – good for you! If not, I’m here to help! For the first challenge of the new year, I’m challenging you to try something new or different on a layout this week (and maybe you’ll even make it a monthly habit!). Here are a few ideas:
Do you normally fill your page with photos or clusters? Try to leave more white space.
If you normally just use one or two photos, fill that page up!!
Not a journaler? Make it a point to write at least three sentences and include it on your page.
If you normally scrap about your kids/pets/others, make a page about you, something you did, your goals, a dream.
Find a technique, trend or element you’ve always wanted to include on a page and try it – maybe a mask, chevrons, blended photo, experiment with your shadows, mix alphas and fonts, cut a shape out of a top layer paper to reveal the paper underneath, mix patterns, play with splatters or glitter, use traditional ‘boy’ colors on a ‘girl’ page, …. the choices are endless.
I tried a few things outside my norm – glitter papers, lots of journaling on a tag/journal card, used the same photos more than once and I used a heavily patterned cardstock as my background paper. It felt good to try something different, and I’m happy with the results. I used Trixie’s Presents Everywhere Collection for my page.
Once you’ve completed your layout using Trixie Scraps Designs products, make sure you upload your layout to the TS challenge gallery in order to become a Sunday Show-Off and earn a fantastic Trixie prize!
Who knows what kind of new skills you’ll develop, and you’re sure to add some variety into your new year!
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