I finally had a layout up yesterday, over at Kerri Bradford Studio. I say "finally" because my Silhouette Studio software stopped working for a full week. My laptop was having issues too, so I knew it was somehow related. Got the laptop back up and cleaned up, but the software still wouldn't work. Finally, the fine folks at Tech Support got me back in business, and I was finally able to work on this layout.
About two weeks ago, Joe and Alyssa's dad took the girls, our two neices, and one of Sarah's friends to Great America for the day. They were both on vacation, so it worked out perfectly. Sadly, I had to stay home and work. Bummer. Anyways. The girls all took photos with their iPod Touch's, so I made sure they sent me all of the photos.
Because the photos from the iPod aren't the best quality for printing, I printed all of the photos at 2x3 inches. I really didn't have a plan for how I was going to arrange them on my layout. I just started with some white cardstock for the base of my pages, and lightly misted the pages.
Next, I laid out the photos, in a semi-collaged way. Once I was happy with the arrangement, I adhered all of the photos down. Then I went about adding my pattern papers, die cut pieces, and embellishments around the photos.
All of the pattern papers are from My Mind's Eye. I originally picked up that ticket stub paper to scrap some photos from a trip to the county fair a few years ago. But it just seemed to go with these photos. I die cut the sun from Kerri's This & That Summertime kit, and layered it with a punched pattern paper circle and a large button.
I really went looking thru Kerri's kits to find shapes that I could use on this layout. I knew I was looking more for words/expressions, rather than fun little shapes, just because of the theme of the layout. I choose this "summer escape" title from the Escape kit. I'm always a fan of titles that have the different fonts, and where I can mix different papers together.
I randomly came across the fun quotes from the Say What #2 kit, and thought they would be fun to incorporate along with my journaling.
I typed up the journaling from the girls point of view, so it looked like I was quoting them.
I also cut the word "park" from Kerri's new Summer Lovin' kit, and added the year with a shape from the twentyTWELVE kit.
These 5 girls had a great day together, and I love that I was able to capture the day through their eyes/lenses, and with their journaling.
PERFECTION! Absolutely love the quote/end quote around your journaling- I am SO gonna scraplift that idea.
LOVE WHEN YOU SHARE 2-PAGE LAYOUTS....just love it. And I love reading as to why you did what you did and used what you used.
And yes, RIGHT into my FAV folder. Which, btw is growing steadily..woo hoo!
Warm smiles from PA!
Posted by: Janet | July 03, 2012 at 06:05 AM
Love it! And love that the girls appreciate the value of taking pictures. Great job, mom!
Posted by: Sandra A | July 03, 2012 at 09:24 AM
Hi there Laura
Would love to know where those tickets came from? It looks like a stamp?
Very Cute Layout... TFS!
Posted by: Melissa | July 03, 2012 at 01:07 PM
Great job! I love the ticket paper and all the welded words and kits incorporated.
Posted by: Alma | July 03, 2012 at 05:04 PM
OMG, Laura! This layout ROCKS! LOVE! Love the design, ticket paper and all those die cuts! :) Great America brings back so many memories!!! Went there several times as a kid and a few more times as an adult. Do you remember going there back in the day when those half and half shorts were popular. Like in 1980? I don't know what they were called, but one half was white and the other a bright color and then the back was the opposite? Man, EVERYONE wore a pair of those!! lol I remember seeing Scott Baio sing there! lol
Posted by: Kathy Martin | July 04, 2012 at 04:19 AM
this is GREAT! Love how you included all the pictures "they" took! I've grown to love that 2 x 3 size--a lot of my pictures are from less than perfect but help to tell our life story so I want to include them. AWESOME!
Posted by: Diana Waite | July 04, 2012 at 09:56 AM
I love the color scheme and the way you included all those pics!! The cuts and paper are adorable too!!
Posted by: CArla | July 04, 2012 at 05:02 PM
Love this two page layout - you always rock when it comes to getting lots of pics on the page w/o make it look overwhelming!
The girls look like they are growing up way too fast :)
Posted by: Leslie H | July 05, 2012 at 12:43 PM