Grab Bag Giveaway & Sweet as Sugar Layout by Stephanie Bryan

 Accompanying every outstanding Crate Paper collection is the occasional Grab Bag Giveaway! If you've been desiring the sweetness of Crate's Oh Darling collection, today is your chance to WIN a fun prize pack filled with patterned papers and embellishments. Surely you've been oohing and ahhing over this collection, so enter to win the bows, blossoms and so much more! 

To enter the giveaway, tell us your thoughts about the color pink! Do you like the popular spring hue? What do you love to pair it with?

Winner will be announced Friday, March 28th. We look forward to reading your responses! Good luck Crate fans!

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{STEPHANIE BRYAN}

My sweet girl is one of my favorite subjects to document. She's as sweet as sugar and capturing her current age and personality is just so much fun. It seems like she changes day to day and I'm so thankful to have these "everyday" photos and moments recorded.

I typically gravitate towards larger photos on a page, but I had a few smaller photos of my daughter sitting on my table and I decided the two of them combined would make the perfect page. Sometimes it's fun to "think outside of the box" and make what you have available work on a layout.

I used a chipboard piece and a layered embellishment from the Oh Darling collection to complete my grid. I wanted a layered look on my page in general and the pre-layered embellishments that are included in the new collections are most ideal for achieving that look!

As a continuation of the layered look, I added a piece of trimmed patterned paper and a tag under my photos and grid pieces. These simple additions give depth and dimension to my page. Because of their subtly, you may not notice them at first glance, but they are there to help draw your eye to the photos and grid.

I also added several coordinating paper layers under and around my photos for more pops of color. I alternated between a bold pattern/color and a more neutral pattern/color to keep my paper layers from being too overwhelming.

My journaling is typed onto vellum for a softer, flowing effect. I love the transparency nature of vellum and how it allows you to still see the beautiful patterned papers underneath. I included a chipboard floral piece and the "sweetheart" banner to frame my photo and accent the journaling underneath.

Since my layout is 'all girl' and completely sweet, I attached a sweet ivory bow to the right of my journaling. This beautiful bow was originally on the Oh Darling Jute Garland, but I decided to use the bow as a single element on my page. The bows easily slip right off of the jute and are a nice finishing touch to any project. To adhere it into place, I used a small pop dot right underneath the know of the bow. Easy Peasy!

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CP Supplies: Oh Darling | CP Gal Blog: Stephanie Bryan

Comments

[youngmi]

i really like pink, especially in my scrapbooks! there's not a lot of pink in my daily life (clothes, home decor, etc.) but for some reason, it's all over my scrapbooks :)

[Anna]

Oh I do LOVE the Oh Darling range - I have two daughters so my layouts do tend to include pink somewhere. I love teeming pink with a pretty sky or pastel blue and/or a shade of green most commonly teal or mint. At the moment I have a major attraction to gold and pink together.

Plus...anything Stephanie uses - I love and want ;-)

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[Carmen]

I love bright pinks!

[Alice Ledezma]

Pink is way too pretty would love to pair it with some wood grain paper background give it that country spring feeling

[Mandi Holmes]

Pink is an alright color but I prefer blues. However, I do love pink papers.

[sophie sl]

Hmm... pink is not a color I always gravitate towards, though I do often use it as an accent color, especially deeper shades like salmon pink. When paired with colors like grey and aquamarine, that's when the color wins me over.

[Danielle]

I love pink as well. Having only one girl and three boys I find it fun to add a splash of pink even on the more masculane pages! Pink can match with almost anything!!!

[Jo Hawkins]

Pink is my favorite color it makes me happy!!

Pink goes with almost every color and I love it with turquoise, black gray and brown.

[Christin]

I could scrap in only pink with my stuff for a looong time.

[kirti]

I would use the pinks to make a mini album for a dear crazy neveda friend of mine