So You Think You Can Design... Week 2 - Project 365 kit

I had a lot of fun with the kit this week. The first little while was spent chatting to my CT and some of my customers who I know take part in the project. I wanted to make sure that whatever I made would be useful to them but also show off my design skills as well.

With suggestions like plain colours and simple patterns (because lets face it, there are generally a lot of photos on a page, not leaving much room for intricate patterns), things to 'attach' elements, and frame clusters, I got set to work.

The papers came first, and they were fun. I had chosen a bright and funky colour swatch, so I wanted nice bold patterns, but ones that wouldn't over-power the photos, which are the main focus of a P365 layout.

Then came the elements. Now I'll be honest and admit that these took me days. I wanted everything just right, even going out to the craft store and buying the perfect felt to make a couple of embellishments (yes, from scratch, with glue and everything LOL). I dug through my collection of buttons that I nicked from mum's craft cupboard (got to love vintage buttons!) and scribbled with my wacom in Illustrator. It had to be the perfect mix of computer generated and extracted items.

I love how it all came together.

And the icing on the cake was when Clara suggested I do some cardstock with a zigzag edge. It was the PERFECT idea! And thus my kit for this week was complete.



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