Echo Park Projects

I've been playing a lot with Echo Park goodies so I thought I'd throw my hat in for this month's Fresh Face Designer Call. to do so I needed to submit three projects with instructions....so here goes!

I really wanted to use the Splash line...but I wasn't up for scrapping something summery.  So I made the Splash line work for snow!  Those swirls totally can work for a wintery gust and the colors are bright and fun for a little boy.  It was fun to look at this line thru a winter lens!  

In addition to the Splash Collection I also used papers and stickers from the Little Boy Collection.

I began by cutting out tags in orange and brown to use as a base layer

-I hand cut a couple of circle shapes in blue and orange and used those as a second layer before putting down my orange matted pictures

-I punched a whole bunch of snowflakes in orange, brown, and green and used foam dots to pop those up on the swirls.  I added some gems to the middle of each of those.  I also placed a couple of snowflakes down by the pictures.  You'll notice that my bottom brown snowflake on the swirls and the two surrounding the pictures form a triangle - helping to draw in the eye to the photos.

-I fussy cut the flag and also popped those pieces up with foam dots.

-Lastly I cut out words and a title.  Instead of journaling I decided to use a few fun and fitting words matted on little banners.  The sticker for the title originally said "A little dirt never hurt"  I cut it in half and took out dirt and replaced it with Snow and Fun!

My goal in this layout was to create something totally unexpected with an older line - I think I achieved that and it was a fun challenge!

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My next creation again used the Splash Collection and the Little Boy Collection

I had a seen a reindeer tag on pinterest that used stars for ears and filed it away to try.  Now that I've done this once I'm gonna have to do more with my kids!

-I cut a tag from brown paper

-I cut two stars on my die cutting machine that are about 2 inches tall.  I used yellow but then inked them up with some brown so they weren't quite so bright.

-I hand cut an oval for his yellow nose base (what do you call that part on a reindeer? If you know, you should probably be on Jeopardy :))  I also inked this up.

-I doodled some outlines on both the yellow parts too, just to add a homemade touch.

-I added googly eyes and ribbon for a scarf and lastly wound up some bakers twine to make his nose.

Super easy and fun!  I can see the kids really making these their own!

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My last creation is a card using the Little Boy Collection and Little Girl Collection

I love the Autumn feel to this color combination!

-I cut 1/2 inch strips from the green, brown, orange, and purple papers.  

-I cut those down to all the same height and started laying them down.  It fit together mostly although I needed to add smaller pieces in just a couple spots.

-I filled in the holes with punched hearts

-I added some bakers twine to make it look like a wrapped package and topped that off with the "I Love You" sticker that is popped up on foam dots.

-I then matted my whole card with the brown paper.

Hope you've enjoyed!

Christine