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Old 12-03-2016, 09:47 AM
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I'm working on this layout of Max, who is nine, and his bff, and while I *know* that I can use flowers on a boy page, I don't want to. But I also don't know what to use instead.

I'm using a Cindy template, and there are three spots for a cluster of flowers. I want to see what other people have used instead of flowers, so whether it's a boy page or for some other reason you didn't use flowers but still embellished, I'd love to see what you did!
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:03 AM
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That's kind of a mission impossible for me haha... I always always put flowers on my page..., but here is what I found:










These ones, I used more of the themed elements in the kit and less flowers:






I hope these help you, Kellie!
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:53 AM
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I used no flowers on this layout of mine:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ome-is&cat=500


and no flowers here either, just paint and a few things:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...n-wing&cat=500


And here's a page I did with hubby - NO flowers used:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ust-be&cat=500
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:54 AM
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I love to create grafitti pages with just overlays, transfers, paint, stitching and what not, i'll be blogging about that soon.

Here's a recent page of mine!

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Old 12-03-2016, 10:57 AM
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Just one little flower here but I could have used a button instead or left it blank

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Old 12-03-2016, 11:10 AM
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I had to look REALLY HARD for these! I guess I use flowers more than I thought I did. My go-to seems to be stars.







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Old 12-03-2016, 11:28 AM
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Goodness these are amazing examples! I don't think I have EVER not used flowers!
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Old 12-03-2016, 11:30 AM
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oh I found one!

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Old 12-03-2016, 11:48 AM
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I'm looking through my gallery and... give me ALL the flowers! LOL.

I did find these though... lots of themed elements and buttons and stars seemed to be the way I went about it. And maybe do scatters instead of clusters?





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Old 12-03-2016, 12:01 PM
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No flowers???!!! GASP!

I don't think I've ever done a page without flowers. But if I did I would probably still do clusters with leaves and greenery and layer a themed element, stars, bows and buttons on top in lieu of a flower.
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Old 12-03-2016, 12:04 PM
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Brook, I'm just going to drop this here... *runs*

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Old 12-03-2016, 12:05 PM
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This one KIND OF doesn't have flowers (ignore the tiny flowers) because I wanted to use the little critter elements in the kit. (edit: this one actually has a ton of flowers, sorry, I am blind!)


This one only has one little flower, but see... no clusters. So I clearly can't do clusters without flowers. Or don't WANT to do clusters without flowers. I think that's it.
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Old 12-03-2016, 12:07 PM
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Brook, I'm just going to drop this here... *runs*
Oh, yeah. That one! No flowers!!! See, Kellie! Just cluster a bunch of buttons together. Problem solved.
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Old 12-03-2016, 12:25 PM
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Technically this has one flower but that could easily be replaced with something else...


Same with this one...


And this one, too...


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Old 12-03-2016, 12:26 PM
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One more...
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Old 12-03-2016, 01:35 PM
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Found more examples in my gallery where I did NOT use flowers :-D

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...inutes&cat=500


https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...change&cat=500


https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...=today&cat=500
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Old 12-03-2016, 02:20 PM
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I usually use flowers on boy pages too. If I don't use flowers then I have to use a really themed kit that has lots of other elements in it.











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Old 12-03-2016, 02:44 PM
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Apparently I use Flowers on EVERY.SINGLE.PAGE! Okay, maybe like 99.9% of all my pages! Haha! I just went through my last 400 pages in my gallery and these are the only ones I found without (or with a few sneaked in here and there). Most are either pocket pages, or extremely themey!



Okay, this one only has two flowers! That's not bad!












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Old 12-03-2016, 05:38 PM
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looks like you already got a ton of inspiration, but here are some of my favs...



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Old 12-03-2016, 05:42 PM
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i have some no flower pages as well



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Old 12-03-2016, 06:14 PM
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So many fab pages here!!
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Old 12-03-2016, 07:27 PM
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WOW! YOU GUYS ARE SO INSPIRING!

It looks like the key to not using flowers is to be artsy or to go thematic. I may just have to do flowers; we'll see.
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Old 12-03-2016, 08:01 PM
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Finished! I managed to do it without actual flowers (paper accordions don't count, right??). Thanks to everyone for inspiring me and to Ru, Si & Amanda for making such a fun kit!
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That looks awesome Kellie!
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Turned out good!!
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Old 12-03-2016, 09:47 PM
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Oh I love how this turned out! So much boyish fun on one page!
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Love it Kellie!!
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Old 12-03-2016, 11:14 PM
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I really love it, Kellie!!!
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Old 12-04-2016, 04:19 AM
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It's great Kellie!!
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Old 12-04-2016, 04:55 AM
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That page is awesome, Kellie!
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Old 12-04-2016, 11:57 AM
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I love how your page turned out!


I had to go look - this is my one and only page that doesn't have flowers. And still super girly lol
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This is my ONLY layout with not a single flower! It's one of my favorites too!

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Amazing page Kellie!

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