I love to make layouts ahead of actually having a picture. Sometimes I don't end up using them, but they are fun to do, with the focus on the layout itself. This is hopefully going to be one for Kaitlyn's Senior year photo album:
I have been sort of side lined with a cold...nothing major, but feeling not so great. Hopefully I will be back in the groove a little better in the next night or so! Thanks for coming by...hope your Wednesday is an excellent one.
I must be a child at heart. I loved buying and reading pop up books to my daughters. Now, thanks to genius paper engineers like Karen Burniston I can make my own pop ups on scrapbook pages.
Here is the page closed. Just a so-so, rather boring page.
But wait! That tab on the right of the photo must be for something. Let's lift it and, whoa!
I know. I am way too easily amused sometimes.
Oh...almost forgot. One last picture from Artistic Journey. I believe I mentioned the store was LARGE and very well stocked. They had EVERY Maya Road product in existance. Here is what I purchased. I am showing this only because my hubby does not look at the blog. I must add that there were specials on the mist, and also overall discounts. My scrapbooking budget is certainly blown for the next many months:
Thanks for coming by. We (by that I mean all 4 of us - a rare occassion indeed) are off to Boyd, Montana for dinner at my parent's house. Hope you are having a great Sunday.
When I was digging around to find photos for the circle layout, I found a few old favorites that I just had to scrap. This one was inspired by a layout in the current Scrapbook Trends magazine. and I used Cosmo Cricket (The Boyfriend) paper. Hope your week has been good!
"Who begins too much accomplishes little." German proverb
The elements required for the contest:
1) monochromatic, 2) at least one black and white photo, and 3) use of a non-traditional scrapbook item on the page, 4) size of 12x12 or 8 1/2 X 11.
If you would like to enter, go to Scrapbook Legacies blog for the details. Wish me luck! Love, me.
"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." Thomas Moore
This is by far my favorite design/page layout book. I have posted about it before, and just can't tell you enough how much I love it. The are MANY types of layouts, all with endless variations. The layouts are beautifully done, classic, and timeless. And no, I'm not just saying that because I sell Close to My Heart. I truly love this book and use it all the time.
This is the layout I chose to use for 2 pictures of Jim and his partner Darrell.
This layout was tons of fun. The background cardstock is some I've had for a long time - it's a plain color, but rustic and shabby looking. I pulled out all sorts of metallic and rustic looking elements. That hinge sticker and the postage stamp stickers I've had for at leat 5 years, as well as those shaped metal clips.
I punched a bunch of circles out of the cardstock, then inked all the edges. I positioned them with repositionable adhesive, then started filling them in with the embellishments. One I had a circle done, I put it back into place with a regular permanent adhesive. The title is some plain chipboard letters (I think Heidi Swapp) that I painted with Tim Holtz crackle paint.
What I learned:
1) I still have trouble with crackle paint. From what Felicia tells me, I think I need to put in on thicker.
2) This was a great way to use a LOT of little embellishments. I loved that.
3) I already know this, but didn't do it. What? Well, space my title letters out BEFORE I just grab the first letter and start gleefully gluing them down. I really didn't want that last "S" straying into the circle territory. I believe the saying is "live and learn". I've got the first part down, but obviously am still working on the second part.
Thanks for coming by - hopefully you will come back tomorrow. Love, me.
I had so much fun working with the gorgeous photos taken by photograper extraordinaire Lovely Cutler. I hope my daughters know what a life-time gift they have in their sister. I suppose at this time in their lives, being 18 and 16, it isn't always apparent to them. They don't fight and never really did. Right not they just sort of go their own individual ways. I hope and pray they grow to be great friends, each being a lifeline, cheeleader, and supporter of and to the other. A built-in, family provided best friend, so to speak. So enough of my hopes and dreams! Here is a close up of the embellishment cluster...another thing that Miss Lovely does to perfection:
