have you all gotten your january 2011 issue of creating keepsakes yet? i'm so excited for all the great things that they have planned for the magazine this year. and i think the january issue was a fantastic start to the new year.
as seen in the January 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. copyright creative crafts group. posted with prior permission from the publisher.
i should have re-taken the photos of this layout. forgot i had a huge glare on that second page. lol! i knew i was creating a birthday layout for this assignment, so i dug way back for some really old birthday photos. this was sarah's 1st birthday, over 10 years ago. which hopefully, explains my hair style ;)
when i work with older photos from my film days, for assignments, i will usually dig out the negatives and get reprints made of them. i have three huge binders full of my negatives, all organized by date. so it's easy enough for me to find the ones i need. and most of the time, when i get reprints made, the photos turn out a lot lighter than my originals. which is nice.
i used lots of the design shop 3-d stickers, from making memories. the felt cupcake, the cute little banner, the cupcake tower, and the chipboard accent on the second page. all easy to use stickers.
i created confetti for my layout, using a regular hole punch and a small circle punch. i picked out a few colors of cardstock, that matched my strip of pattern paper along the bottom of the layout. and then i punched out a TON of circles. then i randomly adhered them along both sides of the spread. i used super teeny tiny pop dots to adhere some of the small circles.
i don't think i have ever split a title in between the two pages of a spread. no idea why not. it looks totally fine. maybe my next step will be to split a photo in between the two pages. that idea still scares me. lol!
just a random side note, that just caught my eye, seeing this photo above. see those garlands hung up on the fence, in the photo? those were made with cardstock. i remember i cut a TON of cardstock strips, and then made the paper rings, all strung together. i made a huge amount of these, to hang on our fences along the backyard. i'll have to remember that simple idea for the next party :)
I saw this layout and saved it. Love the confetti on it, such a fun idea to do for a bday layout. It's gotta be hard to do a layout when she was so young, reminds us how fast they grow. That's great about the garland, I didn't notice it in the magazine, thanks for pointing it out and giving us the idea.
On another note, my Project Life came yesterday, a day earlier then I thought. So happy and surprised and just love it with all the fun words and colors. Have a happy day.
Posted by: dawn | January 04, 2011 at 03:12 AM
The confetti is very neat. So glad to see you are still scrapping pics of the girls when they were little. I still havent even done Ryans Baby album yet. LOL.
Posted by: PATTY | January 04, 2011 at 04:14 AM
Love this layout. Too funny about the title because my Chirstmas card layout I am working on I am spliting the title between two pages and even better I cut a photo to split between the two pages also. Again can I say how much I love this layout amazingly cute!!!!
Posted by: Deneen | January 04, 2011 at 06:45 AM
Love this layout!!
Posted by: Eileen Van Dyke | January 04, 2011 at 10:01 AM
I saw this and I was like hey that is Laura Vegas! The layout is adorable. It was fun to see the kids so young and the hair...well I did do a little chuckle. ;)
Glad you pointed out the little chain banner your right that is a great idea for a party!
Posted by: Amy | January 04, 2011 at 12:51 PM
girl, i had that same hair do in the 90s.lol
we had it going on girl!
Posted by: danni perez | January 04, 2011 at 01:08 PM
love seeing old pics of you and the family :) I loved this LO in the magazine and I'm so glad you shared it closer and more detail on your blog. I love that banner sticker curved like that and the confetti is so cute!!
That's a great idea to make your own paper chain!
Posted by: Carla | January 04, 2011 at 01:20 PM
this is a wonderful lo, laura! i love how you included TONS of photos and you dug way back for these. awesome!
Posted by: Krista Lund | January 04, 2011 at 02:55 PM
Glad you posted this! Couldn't remember where I saw it and I really wanted to see it again! LOVE your stuff, Laura! :-)
Amy in CA
Posted by: Amy | January 04, 2011 at 09:39 PM
Laura, I love this layout! The banners on the corner is just too cute. Love the overall design.
Posted by: Vera Wirianta Yates | January 05, 2011 at 01:34 PM
This popped out at me when I was reading my CK! So fun to see the girls so tiny! Love how you used those design shop stickers. And you are totally bringing back those paper chains!! LOVE!!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | January 14, 2011 at 03:26 PM