Good morning and happy Friday! It's Adrienne here and I'm wrapping up this week's theme of using negative space with my Project Life spread for the week of April 1-7.
Lily Bee Supplies: Destination Collection (Luggage Paper, Port Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers), Pinwheel Collection (Flip-Flops Paper, Cartwheels Paper, Label Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers), Sweet Shoppe Collection (Marshmellow Paper, Chipboard Stickers, Label Stickers, Chit Chat Stickers, Circle & Tag Stickers)
I try really hard to keep up with my Project Life. I set aside time on Sundays to work on my spreads and it's become part of my weekly routine, which helps me stay on track. I love going through my photos and notes at the end of each week and using that time to reflect on the week's events for me and my family. Some weeks fly by so fast that putting in the effort for this amazing project really makes it worth it when I can just flip back through the pages in my album and remember the "little moments" that I otherwise would've forgotten.
I love using negative space in my creations. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the letters in the date card in the above photo (top left). I filled the negative space with a piece of the Marshmellow paper from the Sweet Shoppe Collection. I also used both the positive and negative pieces of the "hello" speech bubble cut in my spread (top left and bottom left).
Another great way to incorporate negative space on your Project Life spread is to use the negative space on your photos! I used several Label Stickers from the new collections and cut out bits from the Flip-Flops paper and added them directly onto my photos. It's a great way to add journaling and embellishments for your Project Life spread without taking up any extra photo pockets.
Here's a close-up of how I used negative space to create a sun ray effect next to a photo of my daughter playing on the merry-go-round at our local park. I machine stitched each ray to add a bit of texture without adding any extra bulk.
And in this close-up you can see how I added some embellishments to the negative space of the photo of my son playing in the woods.
I hope this gives you some great ideas on how to use negative space for your next Project Life spread. Have a wonderful weekend!
Beautiful PL! LOVING the photos!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | 04/12/2013 at 06:59 AM
Thank you so much, Julie!
Posted by: Adrienne Alvis | 04/12/2013 at 04:56 PM
Love it! The colors and the use of space... fun!
Posted by: Brenda Roggeveen | 04/13/2013 at 08:23 AM
Thanks, Brenda!
Posted by: Adrienne Alvis | 04/15/2013 at 08:18 PM
I LOVE your spread, Adrienne! Beautiful and loving the brown.
Posted by: Patricia | 04/17/2013 at 11:42 AM