i'm switching gears a bit today. i've had SO much bella blvd stuff to share. but i also created a layout last week that just went up on kerri bradford's blog a few days ago.
i was feeling the need to do a fun sports layout, and decided to scrap some of alyssa's softball photos from 6 years ago. all of my papers are from the making the team collection, from bella blvd.
this layout design just sort of happened by accident. i had printed my photos as 2x3's, and i also had one more photo that i printed larger. i didn't end up using that one, once the layout got going. anyways. i trimmed my photos up, leaving a nice white border around each one. i knew i wanted them on a big strip of white grid patterned paper, to go the length of the page.
i had adhered the photos across the grid paper, overlapping them a bit as i went. my intention was to trim off that entire strip, and then add it to my page. i didn't pay much attention to where i adhered them on the sheet. once i started pulling out pattern papers, i decided to just build right on the grid paper, working around where i already had the photos. i think it worked out nicely.
i had a little gap between the last two photos. i had planned on filling it in with something, but i wasn't sure what. i simply took a few thin strips of blue and green patterned papers, and adhered them in between the photos, and then machine stitched down the middle. i also used some of the brand new designer tape from bella blvd, to tape down my photos. i love that yellow chevron tape the most!
i knew i wanted to use the circles from the background basics kit. i LOVE cutting the background shapes on my silhouette. i'm not lucky enough to have a cameo (not yet anyways ;)), so i'm still cutting on the silhouette SD. so i can't cut the full 12x12 background shapes. but it's all good, because i can still cut shapes 12 inches long for fun borders. i just selected a portion of the design to cut out, and adhered that across the top of my page.
the stars are from the ol' ballgame kit. i resized them to a few different sizes, and cut them from black cardstock. i picked out a few brads and a button, to add to the centers of each star.
kerri has lots of fun titles and phrases in the ol' ballgame kit. i choose to use "the player" for my title, because i knew my journaling would be more about alyssa as a softball player. and not so much on her team, or how the year went.
i tend to go towards my regular journaling strips the majority of the time, which i love. but when i have more to say, a few journaling blocks work so much better. i also found one of the new flags from bella blvd that coordinated with my layout nicely, so i tucked it behind one of the journaling papers.
Laura, I'm always happy when I come here, you never cease to amaze me. This layout is a HOMERUN!!! Love the yellow chevron tape, so glad you like using it and just add it along with all your other special things. Seriously love it all, such cute photos also.
Posted by: dawn | February 02, 2012 at 07:12 AM
Love this.
Posted by: Heather Ruwe | February 02, 2012 at 10:49 AM
this is just SO clever! Love the circles and stars--Alyssa looks so cute!
Posted by: Diana Waite | February 02, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Love the layout! Even more, your thought process as you go along. The girls must love to see what you come up with. I especially enjoy when you go back in time for your pictures. Inspires me to use up those older pictures too.
Posted by: Sandra A | February 02, 2012 at 01:08 PM
This, M'lady is sooooo cool! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | February 02, 2012 at 01:24 PM
I love this page!! GREAT design. I enjoyed hanging out with you at CHA!
Posted by: Stacy Cohen | February 02, 2012 at 01:32 PM
This layout is so fun! Loving all the BB goodness.
Posted by: Ashley M | February 02, 2012 at 01:37 PM
OK, I need to lift this!! I still need to do Kendall's fall softball pics and this is a perfect idea to fit a lot of pics in one page! cute!
Posted by: Carla | February 02, 2012 at 03:58 PM
so cute!
I can't WAIT for bella washi tape!!!
Posted by: Lisa | February 02, 2012 at 06:58 PM
What a cute story! Always bet to go our on top!
Love the layout. I have 2 ball players and this would be perfect for them.
Posted by: Cindee | February 03, 2012 at 02:38 PM
Awesome layout! I love a good sports page. We have SO many sports photos. The stars add a really fun touch to the layout :)
Posted by: MelanieJ | February 03, 2012 at 06:43 PM
I love this layout Laura, so colorful and fun...the journaling made me smile though, my daughter tried softball in the second grade, she was a fast runner but that was about it! She didn't like it at all, then she tried soccer in third grade, same thing, hated it...she has been dancing since she was three (she's 12 now) and that is her first love, now she just dances and I drive her to the studio EVERYDAY for a different class...thanks for sharing, those pics are so cute!
Posted by: laurielariviere | February 06, 2012 at 09:02 AM
Really love how you used Kerri's pieces on this mixed with the Bella papers! So fun to see Alyssa so teeny tiny!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | February 08, 2012 at 06:22 PM
What size are each of the pictures? Beautiful layout.
Posted by: Leigh Hannan | March 18, 2012 at 08:33 PM