Design 101 Part Three

Tuesday night was the last in a series of three Design 101 classes here.  By now the attendees should be comfortable designing their own layouts, picking their own colours and knowing what embellishments would work well on their designs.  I say "should" because only one person was able to attend all three classes, however, I think everyone who attended even one class came away with enough information to help them do more of their own designing.  At least I got them trying it, which should give them more confidence to try it at home.

Here are some of the results:

Teri Coady is my newest recruit and she has had lots of experience designing layouts for scrapbooks and it shows in her design abilities.  Teri says she likes the bright colours and fun designs.  

I like the ribbon treatments she used and the cheerful designs.  Everything is well-balanced and eye-pleasing. She makes good use of colours, patterns and textures.

The next samples are from another one of my downline, Rebecca Hendricks, who has attended all three classes and has really done well with her designing skills.  Rebecca loves clean and simple and doesn't use a lot of embellishments, and with her designs, she doesn't need to.

I like the combinations of blues and greys she used in this card and her choice of DSP for the layout.

Here you see Rebecca's Clean and Simple style at it's best, with the Magnificent Maple along with the sentiment from Blessings From Heaven.  Her only embellishment is some linen thread.

Planning and presenting this class for the first time was challenging for me, but the results have been well worth it.  If you want to take your card making and stamping to the next level, let me know of your interest and I will plan another set of Design classes in the new year.

Today is Thank You Thursday again!!

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Thanks for dropping by today!  Won't you leave a comment for my Design 101 students and give them the encouragement they deserve?

Design 101 Projects

I'm so excited to share with you the results of my first ever Design 101 Class.  It wasn't a big class and that turned out to be a good thing because it gave me more one-on-one time with each class member.  But the results were very satisfying for both myself and the participants.

I thought I would share the results, with their permission, on my blog.  I hope you will comment and give each person the warm encouragement they deserve!

This first class of the series was focused on colour palettes and what inspires colour choices.  The first project was to CASE a card, but to choose a new colour palette and/or stamp set/embellishments.  The card we CASEd was this one that I found on Pinterest, created by Tammy Downy:

Here's what they came up with:

Rebecca Hendricks

Emily Price

The second project involved using one set of DSP as the inspiration for a colour palette, and we used Afternoon Picnic Design Series Paper.  They had a sketch to work from:

Emily Price

Rebecca Hendricks

Finally, we let a stamp set choice power our colour decisions and I gave them Truly Grateful from the Holiday Mini to work with, and 3 sketches to choose from:

Emily Price

Rebecca Hendricks

This was the one for which I was most proud of them.  They were both very innovative and took some risks and tried something new!  Please let them know what you think.  I know they'll be anxious to see your kind comments.

If you would like to join us on our next Design 101 Class, check out the information here.  Give me a call or an email.