You probably have lots of them. Here are a couple tips for something a little different.
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I loved Ali Edwards’s idea in the January issue of Creating Keepsakes Magazine to have a 3-page layout. I thought it was a good solution for this layout of my daughter’s birthday party.
Sometimes when there are just so many photos, it’s easier to separate the focal point photo by giving it its own page.
By exposing a bit of the third page through the front of the first (because of the torn edge), it can feel more connected as one event than it would otherwise. It’s a great solution for birthday party layouts like this one where there are just so many photos. If you’re working on your Christmas or other holiday layouts and have lots of photos, you may want to consider this fun option.
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A Fairy-Happy Birthday
3-page 12×12 Layout
Journaling reads: You are more beautiful than any butterfly I’ve seen. I love it when you fly like one…when your pure innocent joy shines like the sun. That is real beauty.
You and Daniel plus Rachel and Alyssa, Anna, and Brighton.
Supplies: Cardstock (Bazzill, Creative Memories) * Patterned paper (Creative Imaginations, My Mind’s Eye) * Border Stickers (Creative Memories) * Letter stickers (American Craft and Creative Memories) * Transparency frames (My Mind’s Eye) * Date labels (Scenic Route) * (Chipboard Embellishments (Scenic Route) * Ghost shapes (Heidi Swapp for Advantus) * Bards (7 Gypsies, s.e.i. Making Memories) * Masks (Heidi Swapp) * Bling (Heidi Swapp) * Pen (American Crafts) * Paint (Grumbacher) * Rub-on (American Crafts) * Buttons, beads from own stash.
I hope you’ll join me in scrapbooking during Paperclipping Live tonight at 6:30 pm MST (5:30 pm PST). I’ll be “fixing” a layout where I tried using a mask on patterned paper with the usual approach I take with cardstock. You’ll get to see why it didn’t work and what I’m going to do about it.
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In this installment of Paperclipping, I demonstrate how to use masks and paint on your layout.
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How do you plan to keep track of and evaluate your goals for 2008? I made this minibook. On the front cover is my one-word theme for the year, BUILD. Last year I laid a strong foundation for the areas I on which I want to focus and this year I look forward to building on that foundation.
I also journaled statements for my four focus areas around three of the edges.
You know how I love to reuse and re-purpose items rather than dispose of them. I often keep things that are in good condition, even if I don’t yet have an idea for them, like the negative envelopes in the photo below.
I had about fifty of these that I no longer needed since we switched to digital. Last year I pulled them out of my photo storage box and, unwilling to throw away (or even recycle) something that is in perfect condition, I saved them with the idea that I’d find a good use for them someday.
I just trimmed away the top of the backside of the envelope and recovered them with patterned paper. Each envelope has its own month. At the start of each new month I will adhere my goals for that month. Over the next thirty days, or at the end of them, I will write my thoughts and evaluations on a note card (unless I find something else to salvage). I may or may not decorate the note cards.
On the back of the envelope for the previous month, I’ll adhere pictures that go along with my goals and projects…which, again, I may or may not decorate. The pictures will face their own month.
If you’re interested in making a journal like this one, you’re not likely to have the same stack of negative envelopes waiting for transformation. But what do you have? You could do something similar with the envelopes that arrive in your mail box everyday. Just cut the flap off (or keep it and use it) and recover.
If you created something else to hold your New Year’s Resolutions, share it with us by leaving a comment and a link.
A question from Theresa:
Noell, these are such beautiful photos. I’d like to know more about shooting the lit up tree. It’s so tricky. What ISO and f-stop did you use?
I meant to write a post on this before the big day came, but I was so busy with last minute mini-book gifts I just didn’t get it done. It’s one of my New Year’s goals to have more timely holiday posts!
But, for those of you who still have their tree up (like me!) and want to practice for next year, I have some tips.
First, if you have a setting for White Balance, set your camera for Tungsten lights.
Next, crank your ISO to 800 to allow more light in. Also, open your aperture as wide as possible. I set my f-stop at f/1.4. This allowed me to have my shutter speed at 1/125.
In hind-sight, I would have lowered the shutter-speed, though, because I ended up adjusting the light and mid-tone levels in my editing program to bring out more of the light.
Good luck! Every beautiful tree deserves a beautiful photo.
A question from Julie:
I have recently finished my latest scrapbook and I am starting another one about my trip to Australia with my family. I am working on the title page for the cover now but I have no idea how to start it? Should I make it filled up with embellishments and photos or go simple? Please give me some tips about making the cover of my book. I really don’t want to make a mess on my first page.
If it is the cover of a full-size album and you’re unsure about it, I would recommend starting simple with a title and a small amount of embellishments around or behind the title. You could place the it in the center, about one-third the way from the top, or down toward the lower left corner, or make the title a vertical line down the left side of your cover.
Unless I had a fabulous idea with photos on the cover, I wouldn’t usually add a picture. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t, though. If you do, I’d cut a piece of a page protector and find a way to adhere it over your photo.
When it comes to choosing your embellishments, let the overall tone of the trip dictate the style of your cover page and the items you place on it. Look for embellishments that compliment that emotion. Cluster and layer your embellishments around the photo or title, or both.
For help with the embellishments, you can watch these videos:
Clustering Embellishments
Layering Embellishments
Visual Triangles
