{"id":33454,"date":"2019-12-04T10:44:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=33454"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:44:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:44:18","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-potpourri-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2019\/12\/tutorial-tuesday-potpourri-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday (Potpourri)"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Theme or Not to Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I apologize for missing my deadline. I got caught up in a Christmas sewing project and by the time I came up for air it was almost bedtime. But I didn’t totally forget about you!<\/p>\n

When I was looking in the Forum<\/strong><\/a> at the December Challenges<\/strong> I was drawn to the Mini Kit<\/strong> provided by Neia Scraps<\/strong><\/a>. Although it’s called Christmas Spirit<\/strong> and has a Christmas-y theme I knew I would be using it instead to scrap one (or more) of my DD’s wedding photos (from July) because the palette is PERFECT for them. So I downloaded the kit and created a layout that has nothing to do with the kit’s theme. And that started me thinking about how often others might use a themed kit for a layout about something completely unrelated. I do it fairly often, and figured we could talk about that a bit today. (Note to Glee<\/strong>… the light source is almost directly centred over the layout, but slightly left and up. The frame is holding the paper star down but the points are free.)<\/p>\n

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For this layout I used a Valentine’s Day kit, the GingerBread Ladies<\/strong><\/a>‘ collab Smitten<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 to scrap a dog photo. (I know, I do a lot of layouts with my dogs front and centre. What can I say?)<\/p>\n

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Then I took a (very quick) tour through the Gallery<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gingerscrapper dshepard<\/strong> created a layout with a kit from Magical Scraps Galore<\/strong><\/a> with a candy theme; it’s called Sweet as Candy<\/strong><\/a>. The subject of her layout is a visit to a theme park.<\/p>\n

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This pretty example from honeybee<\/strong> was created with Harvest Sunrise<\/strong><\/a> from Mag’sGraphics<\/strong><\/a>. No harvest anywhere in sight… but lots of love!<\/p>\n

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Then I found this cute layout from snojewel<\/strong> about pirates. She used a motivational kit from the GingerBread Ladies<\/strong><\/a> called Love Yourself<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And then I found this one from teamkobza<\/strong> about a fun day she had with some little people, although I doubt they were in Iowa. The kit she used is Travelogue Iowa<\/strong><\/a> from Connie Prince<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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So here’s a challenge for all y’all. I’d like you to create a layout using a kit with an obvious theme but about something unrelated. It’ll broaden your horizons!<\/p>\n

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