For this month’s guest, we choose a long-time friend of Elle’s Studio, a designer who has graced us with her bold and colorful designs on our past design team, and who’s style is unmistakable in a gallery line-up. Please welcome Jen Chapin as the September guest! Today she’s sharing a simple, yet stunning layout that you can create yourself with a few Elle’s Studio products, so be sure to “pin” this project to your inspiration board!
This layout started with the beautiful 3” x 4” rainbow chevron tag from the September exclusive kit, which I paired with a recent photo of my sister and I, printed in black and white to allow the colors in the tag to shine, and my photo to stand out against all of the color on the page. Originally, I thought this layout was going to be 8-1/2” x 11”, but after I placed the photos onto my 12” x 12” cardstock, I knew I wanted the extra white space.
Supplies used: September exclusive kit, Awesome acrylic, Autumn acrylic stars, Sunny Days 12” x 12” paper collection.
After building my focal piece with the tag and photo, backed with the Sunny Days Adventures woodgrain paper, I added the “awesome” acrylic piece and the “so good” ephemera. I love the way they pop against the bright colors in the tag.
Below the woodgrain paper, I added a block of plain vellum to my background that was punched with a star punch. Inside the punched stars, I added the Autumn acrylic stars, and in the negative space, strips of typed journaling.
To frame my photo mat and the tone-on-tone vellum block, I added patterned paper strips from the Sunny Days 12” x 12” paper collection to the top and bottom of my page. After adhering the strips, I used my sewing machine to add some texture. A few splatters of mist and my layout was complete!
Watch Jen unbox the new products this month and share her layout:
Hi everyone! My name is Jen Chapin and I am so happy to be guest designing at Elle’s Studio! Fun fact: my very first manufacturer design team was actually here! I have been scrapbooking for ten years, and throughout that time have worked in many different capacities within the industry. I am currently designing for Studio Calico and Citrus Twist Kits. I also teach classes at Big Picture Classes. I am a nurse by trade, and work full time at a hospital about 50 minutes from where we live. My husband and I have two kids, Keira (7) and Connor (4). I am also going back to school right now for my master’s degree in nursing, so life is pretty crazy! When I have spare time (haha) I like to scrapbook, try new recipes, listen to audiobooks, or watch scrapbooking videos on YouTube. I am excited to be here and look forward to bringing you some more projects later this month!
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful layout with us, Jen! Find more of Jen’s work on YouTube, Instagram, her gallery and blog, and watch out for her next guest post here on the Elle’s Studio blog!
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