it's been a long few days here. the girls were off school for the holiday, soccer practices, a fussy 10 month old that decided he didn't want to nap for an entire day, trying to convince a 2 year old that she needs to eat at some point in the day, and all sorts of other random things have been keeping us busy. i wanted to chill out and do something creative tonight. but was too tired to dig out papers and photos. so i decided on a digital layout.
joey manwarren is one of the new additions to the 2011 CK dream team, and i've enjoyed getting to know her and her designs better. she's been doing "template tuesday" on her blog for a while now, where she offers up a free download of a new digital template that she's designed. she also gives some great basic design advice, about why she designed the template the way she did, and why it works. good tips, even if you're scrapping with paper and glue. i saw this week's template tuesday, and really loved the design. so i thought i'd do a quick layout tonight.
i used the thankful digital papers, by robyn meierotto, that i picked up from design house digital this morning. i LOVE fall colors and products, even though i never really have any fall photos to scrapbook. i had to go back to 2006, to find this photo of me and the girls at the pumpkin patch. the title is from this kit, and the buttons and stitches are from random kits in my collection. all in all, this layout took me about 30 minutes to create. joey's template is so easy to work with. i added all the pattern papers to the template first. found some buttons. added some stitches. and the title. the part that actually took me the longest was finding the photo. just a simple and quick layout, just for fun. just what i needed tonight :)
I love love this laura. The fall colors are always my favorite to work with. Funny that you don't have any fall pictures but I have an overload amount of them since it's my favorite season. The photo of you with the girls is so cute and I like your hat. I still want to try something digital especially if it's this quick.
Posted by: dawn | November 12, 2010 at 02:53 AM
the colors are so FALL--really like it.
Posted by: Diana | November 12, 2010 at 05:08 AM
Laura, you have totally made my day! This is beautiful!
Posted by: Joey | November 12, 2010 at 05:50 AM
Laura, this is gorgeous! Cute pic of you and the girls.
Posted by: Vera Yates | November 12, 2010 at 06:25 AM
This is GORGEOUS!!! LOVE the colors & design! Must feel good to get creative without mess & in such a short amount of time. Makes me want to try digi....
Posted by: Sara Rossi | November 12, 2010 at 07:49 AM
Love this girl! Great LO and pic! thanks for the link to Joey's blog, will have to try her templates!
Posted by: Carla | November 12, 2010 at 09:41 AM
Oh I love this! I love patchwork kinds of things like this. Adorable!!
Posted by: Amy | November 12, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Laura, you are amazing! I love this layout...and the photo is precious! :o)
Posted by: Wendy Sue | November 12, 2010 at 02:06 PM
how cute! i have seen the same template couple of days ago, but did not do the layout yet. thanks for inspiration!
Posted by: Ninotschka | November 14, 2010 at 01:33 PM
The photo is perfect, and the page is fabulous!!! Love the patchwork design(:
Posted by: Suzanne | November 15, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Great layout! Love the photo, wish I was in more photos with my children. I'm always behind the camera. LOL! I really want to get into digital layouts. I'll have to go check out DHD. Thanks!
Posted by: JEANNETTE SICILIANI | November 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM