wanted to make a quick layout for the blog, so that you could see something other than my face over the weekend. lol! i have a ton of projects going right now, so i really didn't want to take any more paper and product out. sounds like a good time for a digital layout, right? i actually went hybrid on this one.
so, this is an 8x8 layout, which i then printed out and adhered to a 9x9 piece of white cardstock. the papers, photos, and title are all digital elements. and then the embellishments are all traditional products. real stuff. i started out with the acrylic overlay grid and the pink pattern paper, and no idea where i was going from there. dug around on my external hard drive, and tried out several photo options. finally settled on these 4 gorgeous girls. young women, really. the girls don't have any cousins on my side of the family, only second cousins that are all adults. but they are lucky enough to have two cousins on joe's side of the family. johvanna is on the top left corner, and is joe's middle brother, bobby's, daughter. and sally is on the bottom right corner, and is joe's oldest brother, johnny's, step-daughter.
supplies:
acrylic overlay grid mini paper (by doris castle)
birthday wishes solid papers (by sara batdorf)
just be you papers (by angie briggs)
i heart spring kit (by michelle underwood)
wild love solids (by michelle underwood)
just chillin chipboard embellishments (by making memories)
paper flowers (by making memories)
flair buttons (by american crafts)
and wanted to mention a few things for you to check out, if you haven't seen them yet.
jaime echt from crafter's workshop has a great guest blogger post on the creating keepsakes bog today. has some great ideas about using their templates on your layouts. i have a handful of their templates here, and they are so cool. a great reminder to pull them out as soon as i can, and make something cute with them. you can see it HERE.
have you been to chech out club CK yet? this is the new community site for creating keepsakes, and it's the cutest site. full of fun things to check out and participate in. there's a gallery, a message board, videos, and a ton of other sections. make some time to explore the site and register.
the new design team members were announced on the jillibean soup blog today. i see some familiar names, and some other's that i can't wait to find out more about. i know they're all going to be great additions to an already great team, and i'm so happy to be a part of it. congrats to them all!
if you're not checking the making memories blog every day, you should be. it has been full of inspiration lately, and we've all been working really hard to bring you new ideas every day.
Hi Laura, thanks for giving us more inspiration. I really do like the thought of hybrid on a layout. I like the simple way of digital with a little of me on a page. You did an excellent job. I'm really going to try doing something digital very soon, keep inspiring me. After seeing your "lucky" layout, it reminded me of a lucky page I did for my daughter Renee. I'm going to post it in my blog over the weekend. I will let you know so you can check it out. Have a great weekend, should be a warm one for us.
Posted by: dawn | March 19, 2010 at 03:32 PM
Hi Laura,
I went ahead and posted my Lucky layout for you to check out, not as awesome as yours but it works for me. I was reminding my daughter of how lucky we are to have her. The link is http://everydaymemorieswithprojectlife.blogspot.com
have a good weekend
Posted by: dawn | March 19, 2010 at 04:36 PM
O.M.G.!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the most gorgeous LO I've seen in a really long time. Seriously! I actually gasped when I opened it! I see a lift coming, if I can do it. LOL!! Those are gorgeous pics too. Pretty little ladies :)
Posted by: Carla | March 19, 2010 at 05:44 PM
i'm so lifting this ;)
love it. love grids & overlays, awesome :)
Posted by: Cindy | March 19, 2010 at 06:30 PM
Love that LO Laura! Looking forward to working with you on the Jillibean Soup DT!
Posted by: Juliana | March 20, 2010 at 05:55 PM
Laura
Your layouts always make me smile. Enjoy your day creating more layouts:)
Sandi N.
Posted by: Sandi N. | March 21, 2010 at 08:52 AM
Super cute design, Laura! You're one talented chica. :)
Posted by: Megan Hoeppner | March 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM
what a fun project! love it!
Posted by: sara | March 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Great page. I want to lift it! I'll show you if I actually do. :o) You're right, the girls are all beautiful.
Posted by: Account Deleted | March 23, 2010 at 01:31 PM
I LOVE this!! So cool that you merged the digi with the "real" stuff! It's so girly & fun! The girls are all so beautiful!! I need to try something like this!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | March 23, 2010 at 09:46 PM