Well hello there everyone! Stacy Cohen here. Besides all of SCT’s fabulous resources, where else do you find inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? I sometimes find fresh inspiration from non-scrapbooking pins on Pinterest – food, home décor, etc. Sometimes a simple arrangement of frames on a wall will give me an idea for laying out photos on a page. Or sometimes a beautifully photographed cake will give me an idea for colors and embellishments. While browsing through Pinterest the other day, I found this picture of a too-gorgeous-to-eat ombre cake.
I knew immediately that I wanted to create a scrapbook page based on the cascading ombre in this photo. I first thought about mimicking the ruffles, but I decided to go with butterflies instead (I’m a little obsessed with clusters of butterlifies!). Here is the resulting page.
I first used a variety of complimentary colors of distress inks on watercolor paper, then I proceeded to punch out a ton of butterflies. It definitely took a long time to punch out all the butterflies and glue each one individually to the paper, but I was satisfied with the result in the end.
Take a look through Pinterest and see what non-crafty pins you might be able to translate into a scrapbook page!
Before I go, I wanted to remind everyone that the fabulous new SCT Delivered Fall Kits are now available for preorder here. I had an absolute ball working with the Sweater Weather layout kit. It is chock full of so many wonderful goodies! Here are a few sneaks of the layouts and card I created with this kit:
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This is a GORGEOUS layout thanks for the inspiration!
That is a terrific idea to look outside of the box for inspiration. I LOVE Stacy’s layout!!! I can imagine it did take awhile, but I think it was absolutely worth it!
What an absolutely beautiful butterfly page. I imagine it took time but so worth it when seeing the end result. Love the colors
Butterflies make my heart flutter. And, your blue/green layout is astonishing. Wow, great source of inspiration. Cheers!
Beautiful!!
Absolute perfection!!! The bevy of beautiful butterflies makes my heart flitter and flutter!! TFS!
Wow, you have a ton of patience but the result was definitely worth the effort, love it.
wow!
beautiful layouts and inspiration!
keep ’em coming!
wow!
beautiful layouts and inspiration!
keep ’em coming!
Love love this butterfly pageant!
The butterflies are gorgeous, and the autumn peeks are so pretty :)
I love your ombre butterfly effect! The end result was certainly worth the time you put in. And the sneaks of the Sweater Weather kit have me drooling. I can’t wait to receive my kit in a few weeks!! Thanks Stacy!
Fabulousness!
I love butterflies and these are fabulous.
Your layout is so beautiful!!! It makes me want to create a page with that effect. I love ombre designs and butterflies :) I definitely couldn’t eat that cake. Too beautiful to eat!
I just love butterflies and these are beautiful.When I see them and all their lovely colors I cant wait to put them on pages and add them to cards to make someones day a little brighter. thanks so much for shareing your ideas .
Holy Moly!! You got talent girl. Absolutely gorgeous. I love the idea of using non-scrapbooking prompts for layouts. You nailed it with those butterflies taking flight! Can’t wait to get my Fall kit from SCT. So much inspiration here at SCT! Thanks.
WOW!
Beautiful!
The butterflies are stunning! May I ask how you store the page? TFS!
Stacy, your layout is exquisite!! So much work to punch and glue all those butterflies but it’s a show stopper!
Such a gorgeous take on the inspiration photo. Always adore your style! :)
I just love butterflies and these are beautiful.When I see them and all their lovely colors I cant wait to put them on pages and add them to cards to make someones day a little brighter. thanks so much for shareing your ideas .