Collection Spin Off (49 & Market Collection Inspo)

I just did this one the other day using the Gardenia collection. I love their products also, but don't use them like some of their designers do.

Great post! I have bought both the Spectrum Sherbet and the Spectrum Gardenia collections (digital version). I absolutely love them, but haven't used them much. I went onto the site on the weekend to get some ideas, and thought the same as you - a lot of the layouts were very...... elaborate, and not really my style.

I purchased a bit of the Vintage Artistry Everywhere collection because of this layout by Scrapbooking Quebec. (Link is to a process video). I’ve always thought the products were gorgeous, but felt the same as you. I like her style, and I think the reason it works for me is because she doesn’t use a lot of the embellishments from the line, just rub ons if I recall correctly.

It has also greatly impacted what I’m planning to purchase from the Vintage Artistry Sunburst and Spectrum Gardenia collections.

eta: Here is a video showing several layouts using the Spectrum Sherbet collection. Some have too many embellishments for my preference, but I think the design would look just as good by removing a bit from the clusters.

I, too, love 49 & Market but just don't relate to the layouts they use to promote their lines. I'm more of a clean lines kind of scrapper.  I would love to see more examples using the "B side" of the the papers because those are what I use in my work.

Here’s a couple recent ones I’ve made!

I definitely make mine a bit less elaborate than the ones mentioned. I usually mix 49&Market with less busy patterns to tone it down a bit.





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I really like her style and her video style, the explanations of why she does what she does. Some of her clusters are too full for me, but I still like learning how/where/why she builds them. Wish I could think of the pea who originally introduced her to me as SQ has been such an inspiration and motivator. 

Then thank you @mandolynn9909, she has helped me so much! Also, if someone with a Texas area code calls, don’t answer. Her motivation has put me in a bit of a spending mode (though you’re right, it doesn’t feel like that’s the goal) and DH will be looking for someone to blame I’m also a 2 page layout gal and I really like the way she does hers. And can’t wait to use it to expand some of those 1-page layouts I made in a class.

I also like that she makes a lot of her own embellishments, it’s made me think of dies (or cut files) I can get that I would use in multiple types of layouts.