A Very Special Friend
The story behind the page:
At the urging of my friend, Sonya, I applied and was accepted at
3 Scrapateers as a creative team member. Or as they like to call us, a Digital Layout Artist. That's nice. I really like the way that sounds.
Today was my first day at it. Mostly it was spent reading the mounds of emails I got. It's a little confusing, but in the end I'm expected to do layouts. And that I can handle.
Kit is Mediterranean Collection by Amy Teets at 3Scrapateers. Fonts are Artistamp Medium, Apple Garamond, and Dear Joe.
Rugged
The story behind the page:
Wow, what a pain this was to make. And I still don't like the way it turned out. Oh well, I have serious doubts as to whether anyone will even see this kit. I found out that the zip files at SBB have to be insanely small. When I packaged this thing to send to my mom, it was 131mb. Now granted, the one I would upload to SBB wouldn't have the extra curved page pngs I made for my mom, but still. I'm not sure it's worth all the effort just so I can give something away. Now I'm working on a new kit I call Beige-y Blue because it's comprised of... can you guess?... Beiges and blues. I need to learn some new design techniques though. All my stuff is starting to look the same. Fortunately, nobody but my mom will ever see the pride stuff I made her and I'm not sure that anyone will ever see the papers I made for the SBB color challenge this week.
A preview of Rugged.
Parking Lot Carnival
The story behind the page:
I guess this is a part two layout/post. The story behind the kit is in the last post. I really like the alpha and phrase rings I did with this thing. It took some effort, but it was totally worth it, I think. I still have a ways to go. Because I think I'm going to break the letters into 26 seperate files since they don't actually fit together on a page. The numbers and phrase rings are fine.
I learned so much from this kit. I've learned how to use work paths for text. I've learned to love custom shapes. I've learned to make curved edges to my papers. I've learned about styles and actions. Not to mention learning how to make several kinds of paper designs. I still need to work on my ribbons. They are totally flat. Pretty much just paper strips. But I think that'll come with time.
Another page I made to play with my kit. Fonts are Geometric 231 and Georgia.
Snips and Snails
The story behind the page:
You know, in retrospect I have no idea what possessed me to try making a kit. I'm sure it was probably something Sonya taught me to do that finally clicked. I just don't know. Maybe it was the 20 color swatches I made? Anyway, this is what I ended up with. It's called Rugged and it's a kit made of khaki, blue, orange, and green. I saw the colors on one of the boy's shirts and thought they worked really well together. Apparently, a lot of other designers have thought so too because since I started the kit I've been noticing the colors everywhere.
Now the question is what to do with it? I've ruled out selling it. Would anyone pay for it? Would I feel right in charging people for it when it's my first effort and probably not a very good one at that? Would I want to be in competition with my friends for sales? Would I be able to commit to a regular schedule of putting out kits if I went that route?
The answers to all of the above seem to be no. So selling is out. I'm considering putting it on SBB's free area. I'd like to see people use it. That would warm the cockles of my cold little heart. So I may look into that. For now though, I am thoroughly sick of these colors. I do like the hardware I put in the kit though. I've got staples and paper clips, you just should, but I've also got a few other things that are a little weirder. Which I'm totally into. I can't wait to see if anyone else is.
This is a page I did to play with a kit I've made. It exists for no other reason than to see some of the elements in play. Fonts are Depot, American Typewriter, and GF Halda Normal.
