I haven't forgotten the tutorial I mentioned in my previous post. I think I mispoke and said it would be for making trap doors to use with the Sweetheart stamp set the heart shaped treat cups. When I downloaded the photos I intended to use, I realized I had photographed the circular cups. No worries, I'll go ahead with my tutorial and then show you how to adapt the instructions to the heart shaped treat cups.
I've forgotten how long tutorials take, and it's in progress. In the meantime, I've got some scrapbook pages to share with you. These are some of the pages that I created while on a recent scrapbooking weekend. (In an effort to keep the kids busy, my husband actually bought Moon Sand for my 3 year old and let him play with it in the family room - it might be a while before I score another weekend away!).
I really struggled with these pages, probably because the photos were of scenery and contain lots of natural colors. At the crop, I did the basic layout and matted the photos, but didn't adhere anything other than the title and the ribbon across the bottom (it's the reverse side of the Soft Suede Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon). Figured I'd glam it up a little more at home, and share the process with you. Sort of an evolution of a scrapbook layout!
The other day I was making cards with some of paper from the Sweet Pea Paper Stack. I was using the paper with the little turquoise and brown birds with really long legs on the Sahara Sand background. Needless to say, I had cut off their little legs, which now looked liked stripes on the patterned paper. The leftovers from my cards seemed perfectly suited for the Sahara Sand card stock of my layout. Tucked it slightly under the ribbon and got some instant interest on these plain pages. (I'll share the Sweet Pea bird cards with you soon - I have a whole series of them!)
Then I added the matted photos. There was quite a large space left for journaling, and I decided to use this cool shape made from the Top Note die. I provided a tutorial for this in a previous newsletter - if you missed it, sign up for my free monthly newsletter below and then shoot me an email to request the back issue with the Top Note tutorial.
|
| ||
I thought the journaling would be more in keeping with the layout if it looked like a sign, and immediately thought of the hemp twine. Decided to add some hardware and dug into my (retired) Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware. The sign is hanging from a Build-a-Brad containing a stamped image from the Autumn Days set. Here's a close-up of the sign:
All in all, I'm happy with how this turned out. I'm glad that I didn't adhere to much in the beginning, and gave it a little time. And look at those nice stripes in the photo above - you'd never know they were bird legs!
The take-away advice? If you're not satisfied with something, don't stick your layers or elements down. Keep them loose but together and re-visit them occasionally. Keep playing and substituting, and you'll find something that works!
Here are individual shots of both pages:
Recipe: (all supplies Stampin' Up!; images copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2010):
Paper: Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Garden Green, Sweet Pea, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Garden Green marker
Stamps: Autumn Days
Accessories: Soft Suede Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware, Top Note Die, Serif Essentials Bigz Dies,Word Window & Modern Label Punches, Hemp Twine, Build a Brad, Photo Corner Punch











