Each month, Elle’s Studio releases a stamp set to accompany its monthly kits. These sets are perfectly timed with the season, but they are also versatile, with images and sentiments that can work with practically any kind of layout. When I set eyes on the April “Perfect Weekend” stamp set and its two circular “yes” and “no” stamps, a journaling idea came to mind right away. I imagined a list of questions or items, each of which could be followed by a “yes” or “no” answer. This layout is the result:
Supplies: Elle’s Studio April 2016 kit; Perfect Weekend Stamp Set; Travelogue Journaling Tags; Little Moments Jonah Alphabet Stamp; Little Moments Bits and Pieces; Little Moments 12 x 12 Paper Collection; Little Moments Journaling Tags; Letter and Number Stickers — Teal
For a while, I’ve been meaning to create a layout centered around this photo, a copy of a Polaroid taken in the early 80’s. I didn’t quite know how to approach it — that is, until I held the April stamp set in my hands.
I began by taking my color cues from the photo and the pie chart tags from the Elle’s Studio Travelogue journaling tags set. After painting the background of the page with a mix of yellow and emerald paint, and assembling the photo and a mix of tags and accents at the top of the page, I drew a grid and added a series of descriptions corresponding to the subjects in the photo.
After writing on the page, I focused on the stamping, first adding initials to each of the columns to match the person just above in the photo, and then filling in a “yes” or “no” answer in each row based on whether the person in the photo fit the description.
Who knew that two little stamps could have such a powerful impact on a page? We would love to see how you are using the April kit and Perfect Weekend Stamp – Make sure you share your projects with us in our Member Gallery or on Instagram with the hashtag #ellesstudio!
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