Have Book, Will Photo

It's Sian here again, with a post which was going to be about black and white pages:



I just had to find somewhere great for the fabulous camera embellishment from Say Cheese



I loved the Kesi Art graph paper (and the paper tape and the crisp white cardstock..) so much it made me want to try something I've only done a couple of times before. A layout pulled together entirely from black and white supplies. It's certainly an easy way to start! No colours to dither over? How quick is that! It's a great chance to mix some patterns too. And a good way of experimenting with texture. Build up a few layers of tone on tone texture without any fear of things not matching!

I tried it. And you know what? At the end I liked it...

but I still felt that the colours on some of the other lovely papers were calling me. I just had to add a pop of that bright green. All I needed was the strip from the bottom of the sheet. (The little hearts aren't even complete - I was able to hide the bits I couldn't get punched.)

And I like it much better this way. So my tip for today? Use black and white as a base for any other colour you like. It's worth trying once. And if you do - don't forget to add your layout to this month's link. I'd love to see.

Oh, and the book? The best tip in there is one I already knew, but had never really thought about: Your camera phone is with you all the time, so it's there whatever you are feeling. Use it to capture emotions.