A little over seven months ago, I had shared a birthday party layout that I had created for Kerri Bradford Studio. It was a two page layout, with one of those pages being a full 12x12" photo collage. I had actually created some photo collages for another birthday party layout at the same time, with the intention of scrapping it to share shortly after the first one. But life happened, and I never got around to it. And then it got pushed to the side and forgotten about.
Well, I dug out those photo collages a few weeks ago, and set about scrapping them. These photos are from Alyssa's 14th birthday party, which was about three and a half years ago. She had her party at Boomers, which is a local fun and games spot that has miniature golf, go-karts, rock climbing, water boats, and an arcade. All of these photos were taken by Alyssa's dad, while I did all the editing. I love that they're so bright and colorful!
Quite a while ago, I had received some Echo Park collection paper packs, and one of them was the Happy Days collection. At first glance, it might not have been something that I would get much use out of. But I specifically set it aside, with these photos in mind. And I'm glad I did, because it ended up working out perfectly.
I ended up creating two photo collages for this two page spread. I did a full 12x12" photo collage, which has fourteen photos on it. I then created a smaller photo collage, which has eight photos on it. So on this one two page spread, I was able to include 22 photos!! Both photo collages were created using template from Kerri Bradford's Storyboard #7 kit.
I was originally going to die cut some little banner pieces from the patterned papers in the collection kit. However, the sticker sheet that came with it had an entire row of these fun little banner stickers, which tied all of the colors in from the striped patterned paper strips that I added above and below the photos. I embellished a few of them by adding coordinating enamel dots.
Once again, I choose a chunky font word and a cursive font word to combine for my title. I cut both of them from black cardstock, and then from my aqua and red patterned papers. I adhered them all together, slightly offsetting the black cardstock cuts to help the patterned paper cut stand out. I don't always remember to do this, but when I do, I really like how much it can add to my titles.
I used a few additional stickers to round out my title. The "special" arrow came from the Echo Park sticker sheet, and then I dug around my stash for the small number and letter stickers to match. I added a few more enamel dots for good measure.
Random tidbit: I recently came into a huge assortment of enamel dots, using some product credit I had for recent published work. So I had joked to a few friends that I would be adding enamel dots to EVERYTHING I create :)
This is the exact same template that I used on that original birthday party layout, which was one of Sarah's many swimming parties. I like that it has a good mix of vertical and horizontal openings, with both small and larger openings. When I create larger photo collages, I have them printed at Costco. It's super convenient for me, since it's only about 2 miles from my house.
There were some fun tab style stickers on the sticker sheet and I thought I would add them here and there to my photo collages. It was a really simple way to embellish the collage, which is really one of the two "pages" in this layout spread. I also adhere these 12x12" layouts to a sheet of cardstock, just to make them a little more sturdy.
These types of layouts are some of my favorites to scrap. I know sometimes it's overwhelming to scrap events or moments that have a TON of photos. But I also LOVE that I can take an event with a ton of photos, use a ton of those photos, and document it on a simple two page spread. It always feels really good to get these types of layouts done and in the books.
Love how many pictures you have on here!! This is a fantastic double-pager!!
Posted by: Tracey | March 24, 2014 at 03:27 AM
Blowing me away with all of your awesome layouts! These are my favorite to do too..I use those full page templates a lot due to your inspiration! Awesome stuff here!
Posted by: Heather Crawford | March 24, 2014 at 05:47 AM
love that you have a TON of pictures on there--WAY to use that Echo Park line--I used it on a layout for my Alyisa's birthday a couple of years ago too!
Posted by: Diana Waite | March 24, 2014 at 11:22 AM
This is so cool, Laura!! That collage you used for the left page is one of my favorites. I have used it several times.
Posted by: Michelle | March 24, 2014 at 12:15 PM
Yep, I'd be scrapping for pages with that many photos with not a whole lot of depth of journaling about what's going on. I love that you show how to create a fabulous layout with lots of pictures! Thanks so much for all you share!
Posted by: Ruth G | March 25, 2014 at 05:42 AM
I love photo collages, too! It's so awesome to be able to combine so many images and still have everything look tidy and pretty! This layout is so cheerful! :)
Posted by: Natalie (QSOgirl) | March 25, 2014 at 11:15 AM
You rock the double pages my friend. I love your title work and yes, use up those enamel dots :)
Posted by: Nicole N. | March 26, 2014 at 06:24 AM
Love your photo collage pages, Laura!
Posted by: Gilda | March 26, 2014 at 07:22 AM
Love these pages. It's hard to believe you were able to get so many pictures on them. Perfect recipe for documenting event scrapbooking. I too have gotten into enamel dots; no layout seems complete without them now. You're lucky you received many to work with. I look forward to seeing them on layouts.
Posted by: SandraA | March 26, 2014 at 10:53 AM
Laura, I love your two page spread! I am in the market for a new cutting system and wondered if you are using a manual or electronic machine for your lettering. the cursive word font is my favorite. Thanks!
Posted by: Alison | May 12, 2014 at 11:18 AM
What font did you use for the word birthday?
Posted by: Holly Thompson | September 07, 2015 at 08:47 PM