Don’t you just love holidays? With the Fourth right around the corner, we’re ready to start the party early with Carina Gardner’s Americana kit:
Americana, by Carina Gardner
Don’t let the title fool you, though… this kit can be used for so much more! Check out what some of the Design House Decorators and I came up with, and stay tuned, because you could win it!
Layout by Gennifer Bursett
I thought these papers would lend themselves beautifully to this touching photo… the flag that covered my husband’s grandpa’s casket being handed to my sweet mother-in-law. I used Tiffany Tillman’s Tears Set 2, and attached the patterned papers to mimic the Stars and Stripes. Changing my photo to black and white helps to convey the somberness of the occasion, but I left the flag in color, so it remained the focus of the photo. Another tear in the bottom corner keeps the layout from looking too stark, and the addition of a stitched border ties it all together with a bit more texture.
Layout by Tiffany Bodily
Tiffany Bodily shares this: “Putting together this page celebrating our town’s Liberty Walk was easy when I combined this wonderful Americana kit and Summer Template 8 by Tiffany Tillman. I easily created a matching title by using a large block type font called Soopafresh which I then clipped the star paper to and used a stroke outline.”
Layout by Jennifer Valencia
Check out Jennifer‘s fun page: “I like Carina’s Americana kit because it can be used for traditional patriotic pages and for everyday pages, too. I wanted some nice deep reds and stars to go with these pictures of my niece with her doll, so I used the red star paper as a border to the photo line-up. I added Carina’s red and cream frames as an upper and lower border to the photos as well, and inserted some elements for visual interest (the brown shape and the stars.) I added a thick blue stroke to the stars to pick up the blue in my niece’s shirt. I wanted a subtle background to the page so the photos could pop, so I used the gorgeous yellow star paper, which has the perfect amount of texture to add visual interest without overpowering the photos.”
Layout by Theresa Marie Goon
Theresa Marie created this fun, graphic layout, and says this: “I only had a few Fourth of July photos, but really wanted to have a page showing the girls with Minh Lee watching the fireworks; such a fun memory! I love the photo! I used the “Americana kit” by Carina, as well as Deena Rutter’s “Layered Template No. 11,” from her Design 365 Layered Layouts, vol. 3.”
Layout by Renee Fink
Renee Fink made this fabulous page about a very special occasion: “When I saw this kit from Carina with the flag element I immediately knew that I wanted to use it to scrap these photos of the day that my children became American citizens. The photos are not great quality but the benefits of that extraordinary experience are enjoyed by our family every day. I started this layout with a template from Tiffany’s Template Collection 12 and modified it significantly. The placement of the blue star paper and the red striped paper mimics the Stars and Stripes. The title was created from the fonts Bodoni and Colonna and selected elements from the kits were used strategically in the title.”
Layout by Missy Backues
No need to be shy with your background, as Missy shows us: “I was drawn right away to the adorable red star background paper from the kit. I knew I had a photo of my youngest dd with a lot of blue on so that would be a nice contrast. (In fact my friend just emailed this photo to me recently so it was fresh on my mind!) I don’t think I’ve ever mixed in brown with a 4th of July layout before but I just loved the shape of the brown mat in the kit so I had to use it. I added some of the cute accents in the kit and tried to place them to cover up the people in the background. Then I used my color picker to select the same blue from the star accents and a few different fonts to create a title and then I added a thin white stroke outline to help it show up better against the red pattern. I also added a blue stroke outline to my photo. I look forward to scrapping with this kit again after the upcoming weekend’s holiday fun!”
Ready to win this kit? Comment here (whether you’re celebrating a national holiday, or in the middle of winter) and tell me what you plan to do this weekend. Me? We’ll be riding in a parade. Which reminds me… I’ve got five superhero costumes to create! Gotta go!
(Congrats to Carolyn, our fuchsia-loving lady! She’ll be scrapping up a storm with last week’s kit, Pretty Posy!)
