Friday, August 12, 2011

A break from cards....

So i took a break from card making to try my hand at something I've always admired.... Scrapbooking !! It was a lot harder than I thought...and Im definitely not really thinking out of the box...so although sophmoric, I'll post and hopefully see some progression...
First is a two page layout, of trying to get a good photo with the kids. Papers and embellies are Crate and October afternoon, canvas button is CTMH. I used my airbrush to colour the thickers...they look...umm...oh well!

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some fun colours and papers, and I micked some of the flowers in the paper. Middle flower is some retired SU ribbon, and the top and bottom flowers are PTI beautiful blooms dies with the rounded part cut off

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Second page is the amount of photos it took to get a decent shot !! No embelishment here as the photos make it quite busy...

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last a single page spread of my son...and the damage a bowl of cherries can do. The two colour scheme is a bit..plain...but this was my very first attempt and I already see some growth from this to my double page layout..so happy with that !! Papers are Bazzil and Cosmo cricket.

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Thanks for staying it out on this longer than usual post. And letting me show off my kiddos a bit too!!

16 comments:

  1. Super cute, and way WAYYYY better than my first pages, way back when! LOL! :)

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  2. Such a great job for your first layouts and like Deb, WAY better than anything I was doing 25 + hrs ago :). Or even 15 hrs ago. I love the out takes page- such a cute idea!

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  3. Ha- gotta love auto correct. Yrs became hrs. Sorry!

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  4. The out takes are really precious. Sometimes it's those pictures that will mean so much when you look back and remember all the effort it took to get the 'perfect shot'. Love your layout.

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  5. These are great, Rose! I love the photos you took-- they make me think of my boys 7 years ago....

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  6. You did a GREAT job...much better than my first pages... pics are sooooo good

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  7. Great job! I'm really afraid of scrapbooking but would love to take the plunge!

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  8. Very cute and such adorable kiddos!

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  9. Your layouts are beautiful, Rose! Your designs really make the photos stand out!

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  10. I thoroughly enjoyed your post. Fabulous layouts. Never scrapped a day in my life but you've sure made it look inspiringly tempting. Awesome. I'm off now to have a second go round. Well done!

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  11. Great job with your layouts, Rose. Loveyour idea of an 'out takes' page. I think you shold definitely keep going :)

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  12. Kudos to you, Rose! I'm am SO scared of ever even attempting a page layout! I think you did a wonderful job! Very creative with the flowers! Love it! And your kiddos? Adorable!!!

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  13. Love these - so fun...and that flower made out of ribbon, I think? is really neat too. Great job....you have little ones, keep it up!

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  14. Such sweet kids! I love the idea of including the outtakes!! Great pages!

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  15. Welcome to scrapbooking! I love the out-takes. That is a great idea to scrap them along with the "best" picture!

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  16. Handsome boys and beautiful layouts!!!

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