Hello All,
Scrapping those original photos can sometimes be daunting, especially
if we compare the photos we have against all the layouts we see on
the internet. When my kids were little I had no interest in scrapping and digital cameras were not an everyday item. The photos of events in their lives tend
to either be a single photo, or they were photos given to me by
people who attended the event, so some are developed as glossy photos
and some matt. It was also before new born babies had photo shoots so
the new arrival in the family was snapped by a very excited granny
while the kid was held up behind a glass partition by an unknown
nurse – enough to make your mojo run and hide in a closet for
weeks.
I know we can scan these photos, photo-shop them and have them
re-developed but I believe they are part of the story we are telling
through our scrapping so I like to use them as they are. If there is
a part on the photo you would really like to get rid off like a
finger in front of the lens, try to cover that with an embellishment
or two.
So today’s layout is of my eldest son's first birthday. He will
be 20 this year – boy time flies! I had a lot of photos for this
event in his life, and wanted to use them all. This made for a
photo-heavy layout, so I decided to go light on the embellishments. A
booklet was created for the left side of the lay-out to make more
space for photos and some journaling.
Products used:
White card-stock base
Black card-stock – photo matts
Echo Park – A boy's life – Imagination
Dark blue / Orange (red)
Simple Stories – Harvest Lane – Teal dot / Ledger
Black Soot Distress Ink
Corner round punch
Note book punch
Heart ink
Ever favorite Silhouette Machine
Tri-Boss Boofle embossing folder
Embossing pad and embossing powder
Honeycomb stencil – cut with the Silhouette machine
Randomly ink lightly through the honey-comb stencil on the white
card-stock with black soot distress ink. I normally don't pick up new
ink but just use the leftover ink on my blending foam. Ink around the
edges of the white card-stock with black soot distress ink. Using the
patterned paper cut them in various sizes, round the corners and ink
the edges. Arrange them on the background.
Cut the booklet, round the corners, ink the edges and attach to
the lay-out. The top photo shows the booklet open, the clear space is
where I will put my journaling. Matt the photographs on the black
card-stock and attach them to the lay-out.
The Happy Birthday heading and the number one was cut from off-cut patterned paper with the Silhouette
machine, inked and then embossed with embossing powder. Various sizes
of hearts was also cut from off-cut patterned paper with the Silhouette machine and inked. Some of them
were embossed with the Boofe embossing folder and then some embossing
powder was used on it. Arrange these elements on the front cover of
the booklet.
Now I know what you are thinking: “A booklet! Yay, but how do I
put a page like that in my album?”
Well, let me help you. Place your layout into the plastic sleeve. Mark the position of
the booklet on the plastic sleeve. Once you have marked the position
on the sleeve, remove the layout and put a craft mat into the sleeve.
With a ruler and craft knife slit the plastic between the marks. Now
put your layout back into the sleeve but let the flap of the booklet
go through the slit in the sleeve. I find it easier to mark the
position of the booklet but not to stick the booklet down yet. Then
after I complete the layout, slip it into the sleeve and then just
slip the booklet through the slit in the plastic and stick it down.
Hope this helps!!
Mmmmm.... taking photos through a plastic sleeve is not that easy.
It does however show the left side
of the layout in the plastic
sleeve.
Remember all the products used on this layout are available at the Scrapbook Studio.
Happy scrapping!
Lee
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