Kerri Bradford Studio: Yosemite National Park

Hey everyone! I've got a new pocket page spread up at Kerri Bradford Studio today. The girls took a day trip to Yosemite National Park last summer and ended up with so many gorgeous photos that I just knew that I needed to do something with them. I had them all printed as 3x4's, so my first thought was to create a 9x12" pocket page spread (I also added in a 6x12" insert page). I am definitely loving the pocket pages these days!

When I first started planning out this spread, I had plans to use some of Kerri's printables - but I also had plans to use some of her cut files along with my Silhouette. I had things planned out, within my Silhouette software. Sized and ready to cut. And then somehow I ended up changing things up, and doing everything digitally. What can I say? I'm also loving creating a lot of my elements digitally in Photoshop these days. 

Here's a look at the first half of my spread, with the 6x12 insert on the right.

For my title card, I started by adding the mountains from the Escape digital stamp kit along the bottom of my 4x6" canvas. Next, I added the "national park" from the Feel Free digital stamp kit above the mountains. I used Kerri's Weathered Door Alpha kit to add "Yosemite" to the top of my title card, using the PNG files from the kit. 

I had several pockets within the spread to play with, and went searching thru Kerri's kits for fun elements to use for filler cards. I started by finding a few printables that fit the the theme of my spread. For a few of the cards, such as the That Summer Feeling card above, I printed them as-is, since they were perfect just as they were. 

I think I put the most work into creating my journaling card. Not that it was hard by any means. I just used pieces from 5 different kits, so I guess more time was spent looking for what I wanted within Kerri's kits. I started by using one of the 4x6" designs from the Recipe Card kit for the main part of my card. The aqua dotted background was a great fit, although I did change the shade of the aqua color a bit to match the aqua in the "there is no time to be bored" printable (I'll talk about this in a bit ;)).

The label at the top of the recipe card is from the same kit, and there are a few different ones to choose from. I added a few additional elements to my card, using a few PNG files from cut file kits, and a few digital stamps as well. The orange puffy heart sticker is one of the few physical products I used on this spread.

For the "wild" printable, from the Pine Tree kit, I scooted the design on the card up a bit (it was originally in the center), knowing that I would be adding some patterned paper along the bottom third of the card. 

When I set out to create a few more filler cards, along with my title card and journaling card, I used the color picker tool within Photoshop to match the colors on the No Time To Be Bored printable card. I wanted to use the same shades of orange, brown, green, and aqua when creating my additional cards so that they would all coordinate perfectly. 

Here's a look at the second half of my spread, with the 6x12 insert on the left.

For my "adventure" filler card, I used Kerri's new Wander kit, using the PNG file to add the fun outline word "adventure". I love outline words like this, and was so excited when I saw that Kerri made a new kit full of them. I can't wait to use them with my Silhouette. I then adding a digital stamp from the Feel Free digital stamp set along the bottom of the card.  

I also created another 3x4" filler card by adding a simple digital stamp, from the Away digital stamp set, along the bottom of the card, knowing that I would add a larger piece of patterned paper to the rest of the card. 

I found this older patterned paper above in a 6x6" paper pad from Studio Calico that matched the colors in the "there is no time to be bored" printable perfectly. I also used a few additional patterned papers from a few other 6x6" paper pads from Studio Calico. A few strips of washi tape, a few tiny staples, and a puffy heart sticker were all I needed to embellish my cards. 

The printable above, from the The Sun On My Face kit, was actually the very first one I found and printed out when I set out to create this spread. 

For the "this is pretty awesome" printable, taken from the Beautiful Somewhere kit, I added the trees from the Feel Free digital stamp set along the top part of the card. 

I love how this pocket page spread turned out, and I had so much fun pulling designs from so many of Kerri's kits and combining them to create all of my cards to fill my empty pockets. There's so much you can do digitally, using her designs - whether they're actual digital stamps, printables, or the PNG files from her cut file kits. The possibilities are endless! 

 

Comments

[Deneen]

Great job Laura as you know you always inspire me. I need to learn how to use the digital images but I will wait until I get a new computer for that LOL!

[Mandy Blake]

what a fun trip to document
and such bright photos of the views
so where did you find the 9x12 pockets with the 9 slots in them
as they will be perfect for ALL the photos of my upcoming
trip in a few months!!!!