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Believe me, circles
are no longer boring!
I just discovered the artwork of Hungarian born
painter, Beate Sandor, and his wonderful variations on the
circle shape.
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Beate's cheerful
contemporary paintings
of the circle shape
made me think about new
and creative ways we can use our own circles. We all have
either circle cutters, circle punches, or circle templates
that we can use to reach out and make a few truly new
scrapbook page ideas.
Another great circle artist is Ed Emberly.
You may have seen one of his wonderful
books for children: Ed Emberly's book Picture Pie: A
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Our world is full of
circles! You will
never see a 'simple' circle punch the same way again! Circles
are so versatile, and you are bound to find a circle idea you
can use for your albums!
Feel free to adapt colors and sizes to suit your own
page and the space you have available.
Use many sizes of circles together. I
use circles frequently on borders and backgrounds.
Below, I share a few examples with you.
Feel free to imitate them or borrow the ideas to use in
your own albums.
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Swiss Cheese page
background: To create this background, cut the largest
circles first and then the smaller ones in a punch art
imitation of Sandor art.
This would make a great cheese page in yellows and
golds, or a cave/outdoor page if done using rock textures.
This one is for a bright teen
layout I have planned. Place your photos in the largest holes
for a fun look. |
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Sprinkles:
Just sprinkle
punched circles onto the background. Put that
scanner to good use. |
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Circle flowers of
many types: Snip a bit out of the sides for a
'fringy' look, or stack some up, fried egg style -- and do not
forget the chalk.
Some flowers can be pieced out of three crescents
punched from cardstock, Mary Englebreit style! |
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Bulls Eye
Border:
This design was inspired by a quilt I made for my
son. Stack circles of pattern paper and quarter cut
them. |
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Bulls Eye Adaptation Border:
(Below) This was inspired by a quilt variation I made
for my daughter. Stagger the 1/4 circles made as above. |
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Circle
Backgrounds:
Great for teen pages! These are just pen drawn
circles.
Trace varied size circles in different pen
colors.
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Circle backgrounds in softer tones on dark
paper:
Try some silver, gold, purple, and copper
gel pens for wonderful heritage
or wedding pages. I am not sure if these show well
here, but try some and you will be pleased! |
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Embossed
circles on Vellum:
Make your own patterned vellum, for a
fraction of the cost, using a circle template or
punched shapes.
Punch your own templates if you like.
Use a stylus to press the paper into the
template gently.
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Tree Rings: Outdoorsy yet simple. Cut
them with a deckle edge for extra realism.
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A Grill for
Barbecue pages:
A simple little punch art design using two sizes
of circles.
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Stacked
Circles Border:
Punch random circles on several
2- inch strips and then stack them.
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Hot Torn Circle
Sun:
Think resort pages, vacations and
warm summer days!
Draw a circle with your template or circle ruler
on the back of your cardstock, and then rip
around it for a better circle.
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March
Shamrock clover:
Of course I had to include this -- since this is
the month for such things!
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Have fun with
those circles!
There are no ends to the possibilities. And
I hope to see you a-round next month for more
great ideas!
LOL
Happy
Scrapping!
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- from Rockester |
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