Starting Points are a term I pinched from Shimelle Laine, pages that I start without any photos in mind and come back to finish them off later. I generally make them either to kill off collections or to thin out my scraps box a bit. This time, they've all come from my scraps box:
Alphabetical
This one started from two ancient pieces of letter-printed paper, one black and one white. They are bright and bold, and unlikely to be pulled out to match anything else. The white one was about 6x12 so I used it as half my background, paired with a red stripe, and layered the black one on top. I then pulled out as many quiet patterns as I could in matching colours, cut them into boxes and layered them up, tucking the green piece in between my two alphabet prints to separate them.
This one started from two ancient pieces of letter-printed paper, one black and one white. They are bright and bold, and unlikely to be pulled out to match anything else. The white one was about 6x12 so I used it as half my background, paired with a red stripe, and layered the black one on top. I then pulled out as many quiet patterns as I could in matching colours, cut them into boxes and layered them up, tucking the green piece in between my two alphabet prints to separate them.
Papers - The Paper Loft Flip Flops, Studio Calico Snippets, Paige Evans Truly Grateful, Echo Park We Are Family
Geometrics
This page started from an 8x12 scrap which I thought was Basic Grey, but it has its branding strip which says it's from a French company called 4heures37; this dates it to the era when I had a kit subscription, probably 10 years ago. I placed this piece in the top two-thirds of my page and filled the bottom third with strips from coordinating scraps.
Papers - 4heures37 Eiffel Avenue, Bo Bunny Early Bird, Photoplay Paper #thinktoremember, Basic Grey Spice Market
Pink and Brown
My 'starter scrap' this time is from Basic Grey, brown with pink swirls, and with a 2008 date printed on it. I pulled the three pink papers (floral, cameras and polka dot) to go with it, then tracked down a suitable dark brown paper to fill the rest of the 12x12 space. The polka dot paper isn't stuck down yet as I'll decide how to use it when I finish the page. I can also pull in more of the second brown paper if I need to.
Papers - Basic Grey Bittersweet, Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams, We R Memory Keepers Free Spirit, KaiserCraft Full Bloom, Carta Bella Baby Mine
Blue and Yellow
All the previous pages have started from scraps that were 12" long, which I used as part of the backgrounds. This time I had an 11" square of blue swirly paper which I placed in the middle of a failed mixed media piece, covering up almost all that I had done before. I added more blues and some soft yellow, but I'm not sure I like the results.
Papers - Craft Creations, and others unknown
Bo Bunny Shabby Princess
I'd started this process with the largest scraps, but struggled with the blue and yellow page because the blue was all I had to start it off. So I changed tack for the next one and started with a multi-coloured print. I had a stripy scrap from Bo Bunny Shabby Princess, found two more from the same collection and built from there. I haven't stuck down the central pieces so I can rotate the photo mat if I need to later on.
Papers - My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose, Bo Bunny Shabby Princess, My Mind's Eye Chalk Studio, Crate Paper Mia, Echo Park
Will I finish them? Past experience says that I will, but it may take some years for the right photos to come along. If I don't, I haven't really lost anything as these scraps were being wasted before anyway. I'll add links here later when I have finished pages.
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