Saturday Smashbook Show and Tell 2

These pages are all featured in my first Smashbooking video which you can see here. I hope you enjoy a closer look at them!

My current basic Smashbooking approach is to find one main 'thing' (be it a photo, flyer, postcard etc) that I'm drawn to and to then build the page around it.

So for instance with this page I chose a page from an art exhibition leaflet I had gone to and then tried to find other elements that I felt complimented it.

 

I found the main picture was quite calming to look at so I wanted to try and keep that soft, dreamy feeling. I chose this softly textured, buttermilk coloured page of my Smashbook with little 'Brain lint doodles' and then added some light grey and yellow washi tapes to just break up the page a bit.

To match the washi Tape I added this lovely feather I had

and then I finished the page with this little card. I got this from one of those mechanical fortune telling machines you get in arcades and fairs and things. I'd previously kept it in with some art supplies and it's been a bit marked but I think that works with the rest of the page.

 

Usually I like my pages to be a bit more busy than this, but I think this page is finished. I like it being a bit sparse, I feel like it works with the softness of the colours and images.

The next page wasn't very well documented in my video as my camera was playing up when I was making it. 

I've never been to the 'Fleet Air Arm Experience', I just found a flyer for it on holiday a few years ago and had to keep it because I find it hilarious. Why is there a giant boys head floating on top of the helicopter? And just look at his face:

 

Just look at him!

 

Anyway I chose a sort of school workbook style lined page from my Smashbook for it, then covered it with interwoven strips of thin, bright coloured washi tape. I bordered the image with more washi tape and added a neon sticky note arrow and some brightly coloured stickers. I might add more to this page if I find something bright that works in the composition but for now I like it as it is. 

This last page is themed around a Dia De Los Muertos altar card my Dad brought me from Mexico.

 

I couldn't find a page in my Smashbook that i felt went with the card so I used a piece of decorative paper I had from a pad from Tiger. Then I used some red lace style tape to border it. 

 

Finally I added some little wooden decorative hearts. 

 

Here's the card opened up: 

My favourite of these pages is probably the first, yellow one. I just feel like I've composed it quite well. What do you think?

Have a great Saturday everyone!

xxx