i had a new layout up over at kerri bradford studio yesterday! i got my silhouette out, broke out some new papers, and created two new layouts over the weekend. in between a full day of soccer and regular life stuff, of course.
for the month of february, we were focusing on "love" projects. i honestly wasn't sure what i was going to do, until the day i was digging around on my external hard drives, and came across these photos from alyssa's kindergarten valentine's day party at school. these photos are from 2001, which means they're 11 years old. and i've never scrapped them. these were actually digital photos too. i didn't hop onto the digital wagon until around 2006, so these were from alyssa's dad's camera.
digital images back then, are a lot different than digital images these days. lol! but i fixed up all the images a bit. there's a few blurry ones, but that's ok. i used a template from kerri's storyboard #1 kit, and printed out this photo collage. i used to use photo collages so much more in the past, and kind of got away from it because of magazine work. i've been having fun with them again though, since kerri has SOOOOO many great ones to choose from.
i used the large circles from kerri's background basics kit, on my red & white dot pattern paper (from bella blvd). this is one of those square background shapes, so i actually only cut a small section of the shape to use here. i cut three rows of the circles, just a tad bit shorter than 12 inches high. i also used the scalloped scribble border from kerri's borderlines #1 kit, on some aqua cardstock. i've used that shape before, and it's so cute.
for my title, i cut out the "valentine's day" shape, from kerri's XOXO kit, from aqua and red cardstock. i also cut the word "day" from white cardstock as well, to layer under the red word. i felt like it needed a little bit of white on that corner of the layout. you might notice that my "valentine's" word looks a little worn.
well, i had this bright idea to cut a few hearts from that same aqua cardstock. i positioned them to cut below where i had cut "valentine's" from, since i had just enough cardstock left to fit them. i had already removed my cutting mat from the silhouette though, so i knew i couldn't line it up perfectly. well, i forgot to delete the word "valentine's", before i hit the "cut" button, so it went and cut that word again. and i wasn't lined up, since i wasn't planning on cutting it. instead of starting over, i just used the word as it was. with a little raggedness to it, which i personally think looks fine ;)
i wanted to be sure to add the year to this layout, since it was from so long ago. i found the 2001 in kerri's decade 2000 kit. i did add a very light misting of mister huey's calico white spray from studio calico, to my 2001 piece and to my hearts.
here's one of the hearts that i cut out, using kerri's smitten kit. i ended up cutting these from the aqua cardstock, red cardstock, and some of the pink scrabble patterned paper (that and the woodgrain paper are both from jillibean soup).
when i went to crop this photos of the girls together, there was this huge blue pole next to them. i could deal with the blue showing behind them, but not with a huge blue pole next to them. so i just cropped them over to the side, and i figured i would add a little embellishment to the empty space on the photo.
i also added some little pearl accents to the hearts, and randomly next to my title piece. i shouldn't say randomly. i like things to appear "random" at times, but i put a TON of thought into the placement of each piece. lol! just a cute little extra touch.
i have one more "love" themed layout that i did for kerri over the weekend, that i'll be sharing later this week. stay tuned ;)
I love the layout. What font did you use in your journaling? I like it.
Posted by: Becky @ Pieces of my Life | February 28, 2012 at 06:24 AM
very sweet, totally lovely!
Posted by: Mandy Szeto | February 28, 2012 at 09:39 AM
Love the layout, Laura! I had to smile at your comment about randomly placing the pearls and the thought that went into their placement. hehe! That is so me! I can sometimes drive myself nuts figuring out exactly where to place brads, buttons, etc.
Posted by: Diane Payne | February 28, 2012 at 10:25 AM
This is so darn cute!!! First thought was look how little the girls were! It's fun going back and scrapping old photos. I too try to make my pearls and whatnot look random. It is not easy to do sometimes. :)
Posted by: Michelle | February 28, 2012 at 11:44 AM
this layout is just CLEVER--love how you cut pattern paper (I know SO simple but it gives such a GREAT affect!) Really like the sprinkling of pearls. Okay, I'm looking at all of Kerri's stuff and LOVE it! The cameo should be here Friday--what file's does it take?! I know it will probably tell me but I'm just curious...THANKS!
Posted by: Diana Waite | February 28, 2012 at 06:40 PM
Holy cuteness missy! ;) Love this!
Posted by: Kathy Martin | February 29, 2012 at 04:19 AM
oh-my-god-so-cute!!! Look how cute the girls are! And the photo collage is so great for all these pics ;) great job!
Posted by: Carla | March 10, 2012 at 09:08 PM
This just says LOVE! The girls are so tiny & cute as always! Love the collage!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | March 24, 2012 at 06:42 PM