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

[Belinda Griffin]

I've always adored pink. I went through a phase as a young teen where I pretended to not like the colour anymore since I felt it was too 'babyish' to like pink. Then I grew up and realised being myself was the best thing I could be and I began making it very clear I loved pink again: Hello pink themed 21st birthday party!

[deb pereira]

i love pink and gold together. i use them ALOT!

[Lindsay]

I've always been a fan of pink. I like hot pink, neon pink, and pastel pink - basically any shade! My current favourite combo is a nice pale pink with gold!

[Robin B.]

I love to use soft pinks in my crafts.

[Jessica Gebhardt]

I tend to scrapbook with pink a lot. I am not really much of a pink fan as far as wearing the color, but really enjoy hot pinks and raspberry shades paired with black. Pink is also one of my favorite holiday colors when it is paired with red. This collection still gets me as I covet all things vintage/retro. If I had a little girl instead of boy, I am sure I would buy this line 5 times over for it's classic charm.

[Carolina Pretorius]

I have a story with the pink. I grew up with 3 brothers so, my mom was trying unsuccessfully to get me into the girly world she had dreamt about all her life - as she only had a brother. Christmas presents were full of the same baby born and barbies that I hardly played with and she placed carefully back into their boxes for the photo shoot that night so, among my 'pink' pile of presents there were my remote controls, and fighting and strategic board games.
To get new furniture as I was 10 yo was another story that ended up having a 'white' room with a soft and subtle touch of pink 'edges' and a 'purple-is-not-pink' (she assured) painted walls that she concluded would be ok.
My disagreement as a child appeared as short cut hair, love for blue and passion for remote controls. Of course? I quit ballet as also a personal 'recommendation' from the teacher and it turned out onto a brown belt on Taekwondo.
Then I have a baby girl. Panic button.
I started being very skeptic just buying yellow, green and red clothes in the beginning... but, she is the sweetest, cutest thing I have ever met so my story with pink just begins as I was having my lost girly youth again.
Love pink that much that I did not notice one of my latest layouts was all made in pink! I even had to push myself to use red for the hearts. Grey and brown are two colours that I also allow it to match with.
I can't stop thinking 'pink' now! and it's fine like that because if I start thinking about anything else, there is just one thing popping out the whole time: the satisfaction look on my mom's face :S

[Brenda Lubrant]

I am just in love with this collection. I have a couple of little granddaughters and would love to make some projects for them from this collection.

[Shawn Wenrich]

Pink is my favorite color and lately I'm loving it with teal.

[Alyce]

I LOVE to combine it with turquoise, aqua or teal!

[boubou]

Pink is a lovely color !! With gold, green, blue ... lot of pairs it's possible and i adore :)

[Debbiesiddle]

I like pink, yes, and think it looks great with purple or blue.

[Leah]

pink? love it...especially when paired with gold.

[laura S.]

Oh yes, love the color pink and the darling collection. Scrapping with it always makes me feel like a little girl again. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Lisa C.]

I love pink!! Especially in scrapbooking since I have a daughter and 2 girl pups! I love pink with gold and mint. It's so pretty and I love the new Crate Paper collections. This layout is so beautiful! Thanks for the chance.

[Amelia N.]

Pink has always been one of my favorite colors - I love pairing it with contrast colors or neutrals like dark blue, grey or tan!

[Natalie (QSOgirl)]

I like pink! I don't want it all over the place, but it is definitely a happy color to me :) Plus, I have a little girl, and I have a feeling as she gets older, pink is going to figure more prominently in my life. It's going to be fun!

[Michelle]

Pink and turquoise!.

[Alisyn]

I love pink and especially paired with mint and aqua! I also love the addition of yellow that this collection offers: so happy and fun! Thanks for the chance to win :)

[Cortnie J.]

Pink is a beautiful color! I love to pair it with mint and gold, which is such a pretty trio. Thank you crate paper for your beautiful collections that make it easy to use these beautiful colors! :)

[Lea Lawson]

CUTE layout!!!

Pink is my absolute fave color!! Right now I love really light shades of it mixed with gold & light aqua or mint.