Time to Challenge Myself...Design-Wise Week Two

Hello everyone.  If you missed my post from last week describing my foray into kit design, you can check it out HERE.  I am really pleased with the feedback I received.  There is even one person interested in purchasing the kit when it is done!  Woo hoo!  Not sure how I'll accomplish that yet, but it is nice to know that you guys are confident enough in my work to want to purchase it.  That really means more than you will ever know!

Well, it is my second week into designing this kit and as always, I want you guys to know what I've been up to.  The second week, like the first, was all about papers: 

• words
• stripes 
• geometric
• floral/damask/ornamental
• multiple patterns
• grunge/distressed
• floral/damask/ornamental

As a reminder, here is the colour palette I am working with available over at Design Seeds:

Finally, here is the sneak peek of all the papers I've created this past week for the Naturally Cool kit:

Now since it is difficult to get a true idea of what the second last paper in the set, the words paper looks like, here is a better preview of that one:

One of the comments I received over in the forum was that someone felt I was thinking outside the box when it came to designing my papers.  That is a seriously huge complement since this is the first time I've put a structured set together.  So now I want to know what you guys think of the latest designs?  Do you think I have a future in design?  As always, I'd love to know what you think.

Over the course of the next week I'll be working on the third set of prompts which are all about creating elements.  I'm a bit freaked out because I've never really created much in the way of elements.  I was also telling a good friend that I really should have planned out my ideas as what sort of theme the kit was going to take on because I have no idea what elements to include.  Since the kit is called "Naturally Cool", I went with the concept of nature's beauty with the word paper and will continue this theme but it still doesn't tell me the direction to take in my elements.  I also have to create an alphabet and my version of Photoshop Elements doesn't allow for layer styles or for batching so I may have to create each letter one at a time.  If that is the case I'm obviously not going to be finished in a week.  More like six months from now!

Big hugs to you all and thanks for your continued support and feedback.

Until next time,

 

Credits:
I used a frame template from Marisa Lerin in my words paper, I also used a geometric template for my geometric paper,  a grunge template in the damask,  a distressed overlay in my leaves paper, a different one for my grunge paper.  I used a cardboard template from Brooke Gazarek for my stripes and geometric paper, and a canvas one for my word paper. Both these artists and their templates are from Pixel Scrapper.  I've used a really pretty pattern from Trine over at Nothing But Freebies for my damask paper and a beleveled template for my mixed elements paper.  Finally I have used elements from Karen's Scrap and Graphics.  I used a silver leaf in my leaves paper and a bird in my mixed patterns paper.  Please pay these wonderful ladies a visit.  I couldn't have created anything without their amazing talent and generosity.