Monday 21 October 2013

Quick Grid Page

Jimjams - Layout detail - title & butterfly die-cuts Challenge #3 over at the CKCB this month was to use a grid.
I love grids.  I think I'm naturally a straight lines scrapper and have to occasionally force myself to angle things on the page.  Even then ... I sometimes use grids!

This page is the sixth, final and fastest one I made at my recent scrapping retreat.  Originally I'd been thinking of using these small photos on a double page spread about Skansen in Stockholm, but, in truth, I have enough shots for a triple or quadruple page ... so I decided to put the photos of buildings onto one dedicated page.

Jimjams - Layout - Living With The Land

A few strips of patterned paper from my October Counterfeit Kit and a little butterfly punching (!) later and it was ready. I may add a date and place but will probably just leave that to the journalling on one of the other pages from the day.

P.S. Since there's no journalling on the page - you may be interested to know that the buildings on stilts are from Swedish regions where they get a LOT of snow!

14 comments:

Missus Wookie said...

I like grids too - I like the strips of paper. Those really are gorgeous colours in this month's kit.

I remember the story of the house on chicken legs/stilts that walked :)

Lesley G said...

What a wonderful page to highlight some beautiful buildings.

scrappyjacky said...

I really like grids as well....and this one works perfectly.

Isbaha said...

Really beautiful, love these deep colors and how they make the photos pop !

ComfyMom~Stacey said...

Cool houses! Great page!

Alison said...

Love this Jemma...I'm a straight line person too!..lover the papers
Alison xx

Lou said...

straight lines and grids work for me. a lovely layout x

alexa said...

I am fascinated by these houses :). And your grid scheme is perfect for the architectural theme - I do like those pretty bands of paper too.

Susanne said...

I like this a lot. I recently finished a grid page too. It's a sketch I think I will be using more often.

Bridget said...

Love this layout colors are yummy paper gorgeous

LCSmithSAVED said...

The paper strips are so beautiful & perfect! These photos are so different & interesting - it should be fun to write about this.

Stacy's Paper Crafts said...

Great layout, those houses are really neat!

JulieJ said...

Love that page. The colours are gorgeous and those butterflies set it off perfectly.

petrii said...

This grid is lovely. I love the colors.