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scrapbook & cards today
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fall 2012
the colour suite
colour inspiration
BY SUMMER FULLERTON
Colours, textures and shapes from images can ignite a creative spark. Designer
Summer Fullerton is here to show you how to bring them to life on your next
layout.
the essentials
sunday donuts
supplies
CARDSTOCK,
Bazzill Basics;
PATTERNED PAPER,
Amy Tangerine, Jillibean
Soup, Heidi Swapp, Bella Blvd;
SHAPE STICKERS, BUTTONS,
Jillibean Soup;
CHIPBOARD LETTERS,
Bella Blvd;
STAMPS,
Technique Tuesday;
INK,
Versafine;
TINY
ATTACHER,
Tim Holtz;
BRADS,
Doodlebug Design;
ADHESIVE,
Xyron
Nine times out of ten, I begin the Colour Suite by choosing my favorite colour of the moment. My current
go-to colour in fashion and design is navy—a deep, rich shade of denim, but not too dark to be confused
with charcoal or black. The blue family has become my new favourite neutral colour palette when I
scrapbook, so I gravitated to it when I brought together the jewel-toned hues for this fall challenge. To
compliment the navy blue, I added a bright yellow and a cool grey, which created a fantastic nautical
look. An unexpected shade of plum and a deep kelly green round out the suite. I invite you to take this
season’s Colour Suite challenge and try my new motto on for size— “Navy is the new black!”
Clusters of small
embellishments
form a triangle,
drawing attention
to Summer’s two
focal photos.
Splashes of
Summer’s two
secondary colours
(kelly green and
plum) add a
mellow punch of
colour to her
neutral page.
Colour inspiration is abundant on Summer’s blog:
summerfullerton.typepad.com/