Day 57: Using Coordinating Papers

Today I was working on a scrapbook page featuring a photo of me and my husband.  In the photo, I was wearing a green sweater and he had on a blue striped shirt, and we were positioned against a black background.  From my paper stash, I pulled out two double-sided sheets (a total of four different designs) of BoBunny's "Abbey Road" collection, which were in shades of greens and blues.  I played around for a few minutes to see which combinations I liked together better.  I chose a paper with an ivory background and blue and green floral print as a frame behind my photo, and a paper with a light blue background with blue, green, and white swirls as the background for the entire page.  A title and a few well-placed embellishments made this a quick and easy page, completed in under an hour. Using coordinating papers makes it easy to combine different patterns because the colors mix and match easily.