Oak Point Preserve

 

As I started this two-page spread, I was trying to figure out what colors to use.  My initial thought was blue and brown -- as it is a nature page.  I've used brown in many of my layouts, so I wanted to try something different.  I decided to try using green (Certain Celery to be exact).... and then I thought it would be great to only incorporate two colors within the page -- making my photos stand out.  So here you have Basic Black paired with Certainly Celery.

My two-page spread is of a trip we took to Dallas.  We met up with Mike's co-worker (at the time), and became good friends, as we spent a lot of time together during the weeks we were there.  The van Belzen family (Peter, Louise, Emer and Caoimhe)!  We spent the day on a nature walk through a preserve that was very close to their home.

I think it turned out rather sophisticated with just the two colors.  What are your thoughts!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background - Certainly Celery

Stamp Brush Sets - Green Tea (flower stem - Basic Black); Simple Friendship (flowers - Basic Black); Fresh Vintage (border - Certainly Celery); Decorative Overlays (flourish - Basic Black)

Font - Freeze and Wide Latin (Basic Black)

Mom and Dad - DGSC71

Working on a few past challenges on splitcoaststampers (DGSC71).  This one challenged us to use only one photo, a large stamp background and smaller stamps as embellishments. 

You may view the challenge and all the projects created with it here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-f253/dgsc071-%96-using-stamp-brushes-7-10-12-a-t557388.html

As I usually scrapbook more than one photo on a page....this was a tough challenge for me. I really like the end result though. I used a recent photo of my parents as they celebrated my Dad's 70th Birthday. The subway art is all stamps. I used My Digital Studio software.

Thanks for looking!

Papers - Textured Night of Navy, Textured Basic Gray

Photo Mat - Night of Navy

Stamp Brush Sets - Bunch of Backgrounds, Fabulous Phrases, Walk in the Park, Baroque Motifs, Greatest Moments, Night and Day, Once Upon a Time, Simple Friendship (all Basic Gray)