Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Hip Kit Club: Sweet & Happy

Lately I have been following a few online discussions related to background choices for layouts and it has really made me think about my own. For awhile now, I have been doing the majority of mine on a white cardstock base. I like the way color pops off a white background and the "clean" look that a white based layout has. I also see lots of white in online galeries and can certainly say its a common trend. My second most used type of background is patterned paper. I am particularly fond of using any sort of neutral or natural looking patterned paper such as the woodgrain paper from the Hip Kit Club March Kit that I used in this layout:

Sweet & Happy

One of the pluses of using a woodgrain or neutral patterned paper is that is will go well with the other colors that you choose to work with. I chose the pink plus sign paper and it really jumps right off of the page.

Sweet & Happy 3



What kind of backgrounds do you like to use for your projects? Do have an automatic go to background or do you mix it up? After writing this I am thinking that I might need to branch out a bit from the white and do more with patterned paper and colored cardstock.

Wishing you a great day!

Michelle

3 comments:

  1. Pretty photo. I love the pink plus sign paper with this background. What I use for a background depends on what I want to try. I'm still kind of new at this. Lately it's been kraft or a cream color, and light gray. But I did recently use patterned paper as my background. Michelle t

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  2. I also read a thread were many people said (in more polite words) they hate white backgrounds and make think too. I understand when they say everything looks pretty equal, if you see all of them together they do look equal even though they are different. Anyway I love working with white backgrounds I found it easier and I like how the photo pops with the white.
    I fun to see how people can dislike what you love LOL.
    beautiful layout by the way!

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  3. Darling layout, Michelle, the wood grain looks great with the pops of hot pink! The majority of the time I use patterned paper, but there is something to be said about a clean, sharp white background. :)

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