Both of these layouts from the last video all started with the same concept, to lay the photos side by side. I love the ability to repeat a structure for a layout but use my creativity to do something different from what I’ve done before.
I think this is a key way to scrapbook: First choose an overall structure that works for your photos, and then embellish around that structure. I showed an example of how I do this in Paperclipping 14 (Clustering Your Embellishments) but will work on this more in a future episode.
I’m not a fan of posed studio photos. I buy the kids’ school pictures, but other than that, I never pay for studio shots.
Even though the pictures of my husband and I have a a lot of shine on our faces they show the real us. We’re posing, but we’re with friends and we’re being ourselves. We’re not anxious to get a perfect picture. We’re just having fun. Well, maybe the drinks help, too.
Three of the four pictures of my husband and I were originally pictures of us with our friends. I had extras and I loved the connection my husband is making with me in these, so I used a square punch so that I could make a grouping of the two of us enjoying each other.
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School Pictures
12×12 2-Page Layout
Journaling reads: All of you in school this year. Trin is all day now like Blake. Aiden is just mornings, 3 days a week. It’s good for us all.
Products used: Cardstock (Bazzill) * Patterned paper (Creative Imaginations, Rhonna Farrer) * Gaffer tape (7 Gypsies) * Chipboard letters (Heidi Swapp for Advantus) * Chipboard circles (Scenic Route, Imagination Project) Pen (American Crafts) * Other (buttons, tag, from own stash or from clothing).
What You Do To Me
8.5×11 Layout
Products used: Cardstock (Stampin’ Up) * Patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye) * Gaffer tape (7 Gypsies) * Transparency (My Mind’s Eye) * Bling (My Mind’s Eye) * Stickers (Creative Imaginations) * Ribbon (from own stash) * Rub-on’s (Art Warehouse) * Font (American Typewriter).
