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Surprise sneak peek is a day early this week! Let the previews start coming in

Morning...Morning! Let those new sneak peeks start coming in

Happy Sunday! The sun is shining, it's suppose to be almost 70 today (of course it's back in the 40's later this week) it's going to be a wonderful day! Let's see what the designers are cooking up this week

Also I'm not great about posting my layouts in the gallery, but on these product pages I have some examples of pattern mixing http://store.scrapgirls.com/ScrapSimple-Paper-Template-Creative-Soul.html http://store.scrapgirls.com/A-Million-Little-Things-Collection-Biggie.html http://store.scrapgirls.com/Love-Song-Collection-Biggie.html http://store.scrapgirls.com/Your-Story-Collection-Biggie.html http://store.scrapgirls.com/Serendipitys-Collection-Biggie.html http://store.scrapgirls.com/Backroads-Collection-Biggie.html

Here's a fun tutorial that has some tips: https://scrapgirls.com/newsletter/mixing-patterns and another one https://scrapgirls.com/all-posts/3-quick-and-easy-ways-to-mix-patterns And some basic tips I use: 1: There are no rules! 2: Pick your main pattern first. Maybe it's a large floral, or animal print...but I find it easier if I start with that one and then bring in other patterns that work with that. Also keep in mind with that main one, you don't always have to use it as the background. Maybe the rest of your patterns are more simple/traditional and you use pieces of that bigger print as a backing to a photo, strip across the top/bottom, etc. Just because it's the main one you use, doesn't mean it has to be the main thing you see. It can be an accent. 3: Mix different size patterns. If you use a large one mix it with smaller, it can even be the same type. Many people will say "you can't mix 2 floral patterns together" Sure you can! (go back to my tip #1) But visually it looks better if you mix a small/large floral rather then 2 large florals. You will also find some are very versatile: dots, strips, chevron, herringbone...also don't choose too many. Just start with a couple, and add more as you get comfortable. 4: Along with this keep in mind that when your mixing different patterns it can become overwhelming to look at. So you want to make sure to mix in solids. This helps gives your eyes a rest when looking at patterns. 5: Colors - use similar colors helps make the multiple patterns not overwhelming. I once learned of the 60-30-10 rule 60% dominant color 30% secondary color 10% accent Also something that I keep in mind when designing kits and layouts vary the tones of that 60% Think of it this way, if you were to walk into a room and 60% of it was the same shade of green it would be overpowering and boring. But if you mix the shades and/or texture of those green items then it helps break things up but still look cohesive

Let's see what kind of goodies March will bring us

Final sneak peek for Feb...how can we be almost 3 months into 2023 already

Happy Super Bowl Sunday (Go Chiefs) and Valentine's week! Let's see all the goodies that the designers have this week

lol I feel like they are the same each week, I do try and think of different ones from time to time

Happy Sunday...let's see those sneak peeks