Now What? - What Would You Do?

[cuthere]

Looking for some advice, as I'm brand new, and have no clue what to do to this page outside a vague "hey that'd be cool" idea...

So here's what I have so far:




This is going into a mixed media journal being given as a gift, and I really thought a page being "zipped open" with this airship flying out would look cool.

However, now that the chipboard pieces arrived and I laid them onto the page, I'm asking myself "now what"? lol

So wondering if you might have some advice on what I should do to the page to demonstrate that it's being unzipped, and unlimited possibilities/creativity is flying out?

So to the right of the page, behind the zipped, that's what is really stumping me. Should I make it plain cardstock white and boring to contrast it with the left side of the page that will be a burst of color?

Thank you in advance. This board has been a tremendous help.

[southgirl]

Hmmm Pattern paper for the background with the air ship and solid for the zipper side. I see the spring wobbly thingy under the airship to give it movement. What If you change the zipper around to where the air ship is pointed toward the the zipper. is pointed?

[Covington Crafter]

You could channel your inner Oz with the airship side bg as a vivid sky in marvelous fanciful colors and the other side done in sepia with shadow stamped words, like create, art imagine... I'd definitely give the right side an extra layer to create the dimensional feel of unzipping the page.

[cuthere]

Thank you both! Definitely helpful, I'm putting pen to paper now to make it happen.

[flash&rusty]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuthere

Looking for some advice, as I'm brand new, and have no clue what to do to this page outside a vague "hey that'd be cool" idea...

So here's what I have so far:




This is going into a mixed media journal being given as a gift, and I really thought a page being "zipped open" with this airship flying out would look cool.

However, now that the chipboard pieces arrived and I laid them onto the page, I'm asking myself "now what"? lol

So wondering if you might have some advice on what I should do to the page to demonstrate that it's being unzipped, and unlimited possibilities/creativity is flying out?

So to the right of the page, behind the zipped, that's what is really stumping me. Should I make it plain cardstock white and boring to contrast it with the left side of the page that will be a burst of color?

Thank you in advance. This board has been a tremendous help.

Have you thought about reversing the order - having the zipper open from left to right, and the airship flying toward the right? From a photographic perspective, the eye will follow a left to right orientation better than the reverse. If it won't all fit because of the binding, you could try having the closed end of the zipper start out in the bottom left corner and unzip in an upward and right hand motion with the airship looking like it is floating upward. This can imply the feeling of creativity soaring.


Otherwise, a very cool concept!! I have read your other thread, and echo the other posters - husband of the century for you!!!

[southgirl]

And let us see how it turned out.

[cuthere]

Brilliant! Loved your idea so much I tried it!

Sadly, I couldn't reverse the direction as suggested since the airship is only engraved on one side. But I see what you mean.

However, I did try a corner unzipping, and here's how it looks:




Thanks again for the recommendation!

Quote:

Originally Posted by flash&rusty

Have you thought about reversing the order - having the zipper open from left to right, and the airship flying toward the right? From a photographic perspective, the eye will follow a left to right orientation better than the reverse. If it won't all fit because of the binding, you could try having the closed end of the zipper start out in the bottom left corner and unzip in an upward and right hand motion with the airship looking like it is floating upward. This can imply the feeling of creativity soaring.


Otherwise, a very cool concept!! I have read your other thread, and echo the other posters - husband of the century for you!!!

[DaisyNY]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuthere

Brilliant! Loved your idea so much I tried it!

Sadly, I couldn't reverse the direction as suggested since the airship is only engraved on one side. But I see what you mean.

However, I did try a corner unzipping, and here's how it looks:




Thanks again for the recommendation!

It's a lot more dynamic now.

[samanthabella]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuthere

Brilliant! Loved your idea so much I tried it!

Sadly, I couldn't reverse the direction as suggested since the airship is only engraved on one side. But I see what you mean.

However, I did try a corner unzipping, and here's how it looks:




Thanks again for the recommendation!

It looks amazing, I like it