Today's LOAD challenge was to scrap something came to an end. The end of an era, journey, task, etc. At first, I thought I would not follow the prompt, because I could not think of anything that had come to an end that wasn't extremely sad or frustrating. That is until, I looked through the wonderful Big Picture Gallery and I found a layout of someone's children who had fallen asleep at the end of dinner at the table! Too Cute! Then I thought of ALL those holiday pictures to Niagara Falls and BAM!!! The last page of my travel album was born! Thanks Laine! I began with Prima Marketing's Road Trip Collection, "Twists & Turns" entire page. I did cut the bottom off and used a piece of blue "graphed" paper from the same line to create my subtitle "Memories to remember". I also decided that this was the perfect layout to incorporate Ella Publishing's Boot Camp Drill #7, stamping with words. I stamped the title "An Adventure Begins" and the subtitle, Memories to Remember. My word stamp (my entire stamp) arsenal is limited and old. And my technique is rough; hence why you see part of the square of the actual block stamp. But I do like how this layout turned out; I don't think I would have ever thought of the theme nor used stamps to create the title! Thanks Laine & Nichol, respectively!
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
LOAD: Day 22 Scrap an "End": Ella Boot Camp Drill #7 Stamping w/ Words
Today's LOAD challenge was to scrap something came to an end. The end of an era, journey, task, etc. At first, I thought I would not follow the prompt, because I could not think of anything that had come to an end that wasn't extremely sad or frustrating. That is until, I looked through the wonderful Big Picture Gallery and I found a layout of someone's children who had fallen asleep at the end of dinner at the table! Too Cute! Then I thought of ALL those holiday pictures to Niagara Falls and BAM!!! The last page of my travel album was born! Thanks Laine! I began with Prima Marketing's Road Trip Collection, "Twists & Turns" entire page. I did cut the bottom off and used a piece of blue "graphed" paper from the same line to create my subtitle "Memories to remember". I also decided that this was the perfect layout to incorporate Ella Publishing's Boot Camp Drill #7, stamping with words. I stamped the title "An Adventure Begins" and the subtitle, Memories to Remember. My word stamp (my entire stamp) arsenal is limited and old. And my technique is rough; hence why you see part of the square of the actual block stamp. But I do like how this layout turned out; I don't think I would have ever thought of the theme nor used stamps to create the title! Thanks Laine & Nichol, respectively!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
LOAD: Day 20 & Ella Boot Camp: Drill #2
Ella's Publishing Boot Camp's Day #1, Drill #2 (night drill): Use pattern paper. I chose a bold pattern, a geometric pattern and solid. The funny thing is I really thought I was choosing a bold statement pattern and adding coordinating patters to complement it. The drill was to focus on how to use pattern papers, how to mix and match pattern papers. I also focused on one of last week's LOAD challenges, use a bad photo. These photos were taken last year on my blackberry. The lighting was bad and the chef's movements were fast! Hence the not-so-good photos. I also included one of the embossed accordian fold flowers from Jennifer McGuire's Inspiration class. Walker had a blast during his first trip to the Hibachi Grill! I loved seeing his face light up when the chef gave us an extraordinary display of dexterity. PLUS, I really liked using all these pink papers on this layout to capture the pink tint in the pictures. I don't normally get to use pink on LOs with Walker. The pictures are from summer 2010.
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