It's Becky here today with a different kind of challenge for you. Today's challenge will require a little more explanation than my typical straightforward challenges. So here you go:
*If you normally create one page layouts, I'm challenging you to create a companion page. What I mean by that is: a page that will face a page you have already made (in an album) and correspond in some way, but not necessarily match. You could use a photo taken on the same day or maybe add additional journaling relating to the page before, or maybe a complimentary or similar color combo. The choices are wide open, but the idea is to create a second page that will look good or make sense in your album when you slide it in opposite another page made previously.
*If you normally create two page layouts, I am challenging you to create a one page layout, without giving any thought to what the page it faces in your album will look like. Maybe it will be an opening page for an album or the last page in an album. The idea is to do what you normally don't do.
My hope is that this will stretch all of us creatively and give us a fresh look at our beloved hobby.
Lexi joined me on this challenge and here is what she has to say:
"The only way I can scrap a 2 pager is if I can do it a bit mismatched. It's just how my brain works :) I had previously made a page for Jill's challenge a few weeks ago with a favorite recent picture of my oldest sleeping. I rarely journal lots on a page, but there was definitely more I could say with that photo. So, I decided I would make my second page with more of the journaling about how that picture of my sleeping boy made me feel. I liked the contrast of one of the pages being light colored background and the other dark. The two pages are definitely independent, but I worked with woodgrain in both, as well as repeating colors and elements to try and tie them together. I really like having one page with more deeper journaling."
Here is her second page with the first:
I adore her take on this! I didn't do the best job of explaining it to her initially, but she got it and did an amazing job!
I decided to do a companion page to go with a page I made last week for Mou's sketch:
I knew I wanted to combine a larger, close-up shot of Addie on this page and I didn't want it to be a mirror image or too matchy.
When I made the layout on the left using Mou's sketch, I had no intention of making a page to go with it. But it was easy enough to make it work. I need to do this more often...a little out of my thought process, but I like it.
So for those of you who are die-hard two page makers, I triple-dog dare you to make a one pager! For those who are one page makers, make a second page to accompany a page you're created previously. Make sense?
Finally, I want to see what you make! Please post your creations to the OA Flickr group.
Thanks for taking up the challenge!