I Dream of Fall and a mosaic template freebie

Before I go to other matters, I just want to remind you that flood victims in the Philippines and Vietnam are still waiting for your help. Some of them lost everything including their loved ones to this flood. If you don't know what I'm talking about, please read my previous post, or visit blogs of people who are there, like Willa's or Indy's. If you can, please go to the blogs or Red Cross website and donate. Thank you.

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I'm so glad it's 1st of October already!! Finally I'm allowed to write about and post layouts using Rachness Design's new Fall kit "I Dream of Fall". When I first saw the preview of this kit, I fell in love immediately. I particularly love the papers and Rachelle's unique doodled elements. See for yourself and you'll understand why.

(click on image to see bigger and more detailed previews)

I finished 3 layouts very quickly despite having so many other things to do, and then had to sit on it for days until the product is in stores. The excitement almost killed me. LOL! Check it out at the store to see what's the fuss. :) It's on sale at ZigZagScrap for only 2.80$

{Just a little note about Fall. This thread in My Scrapbook Art forum cracked me up so bad. :D Gabi (GButcher) who started the thread noted that there are an army of Fall scrapbooking kits out there because now it's autumn for the people in the northern hemisphere. She reminded all the designers that there still are those who live near and below the equator that just welcomed SPRING! Hehehe...}


We in Thailand hardly see leaves change colors except for those living way high up in the mountain areas. So I don't have pictures of my son or anyone in the family in fall scenes at all. But then this is actually a good thing. It makes you work harder to think of concepts or themes that could link the pictures with the kit's fall color scheme. In the end I found this very challenging and fun and I really love how it turns out.


Here are my layouts using I Dream of Fall:

For this third layout (above - simply called "Fall"), I actually got the idea from Digital Scrap Cafe's latest Clean&Simple Challenge where you have to scrap a mosaic layout! Because I love the papers in this IDOF kit so much, I wanted to make a layout that showcases all the different papers in mosaic, and still look kinda soft, wavy, and not blocky nor symmetrical in any way. So I made my own template! And it worked quite as well as I thought it should.



I found that this template is pretty versatile too. Since it's a layered template, with each strip (though not each block) on a seperate layer, you may delete or add layers or blocks to make the mosaic thicker/thinner or shorter/longer as you want it to be. You can also delete some of the blocks and replace them with pictures, or you can merge some layers together then use it as a clipping mask to your papers/photos, like I did with the Change layout in the earlier post. The possibilities are endless.


So if you think it might be useful for your scrapping needs, you're welcome to go grab it from 4shared or mediafire. (I also want to know which one you prefer. Which one gives you more trouble?) Just please don't forget to leave some love here to let me know that you've come my way. Thank you! Now you can go enjoy your freebie. :)