Scrapbooking Made Simple

This is darling hubby's favourite layout. The photo is so cute. DD2 is sitting in a glass bowl and has a flower hat on.... very cute! I love some of the photo's the travelling photo studio's will do.  I had to have one of these photos' done of my baby when I say the examples on their booth. I have used products from all different places here.... DCWV paper, Kaiser and other flowers and several rub ons (from the $2 store).  I tore and inked the edge of the lilac paper to highlight the tearing.  The brad in the centre of the flower says tinie tiny toes and was a gift from my sister-in-law. I also used a martha stewart border punch.

I love this photo. It's a beautiful moment in time. Even though the baby is now two and a half I still cherish this photo. I did this layout a long time ago now but wanted to share it with you because I think the simplicity of the layout is a perfect example of my style.  The blue and brown colour scheme was driven by the papers which I liked. (I do love blue, it's my favourite colour). As this photo is black and white I could use any colour scheme I like as it doesn't detract from the photo at all. I called this layout "Hope" because, as I have journalled: I hope they will always love each other this much. I used paper from a DCWV paper stack and a cricuit cartridge called pink journey campagne rose, to cut "Hope". I have also used some organza ribbon in two different colours behind my Kaiser flower. I have used pop dots also to give dimension to the page and add depth.

This layout was really quick to complete. By using one large photo and a single patterned background cardstock (from DCWV Glitter Paper Stack) you minimise the work required. I hand cut the title from DCWV Mat Stack (white glitter). I don't like the time it takes to do this but more often than not it is the cheapest way to do your title. I then gave the letters a clean edge by running a felt tipped pen along the edge. Otherwise I felt the white letters weren't very visible on such a busy background. Pop dots were used to attach the title so it had more dimension. The ribbons were stapled to the cardstock used for my journalling which sits behind the photo as hidden journalling. The final touch was a few buttons in the colours of the paper. This layout is very simple and isn't going to win any awards for the design but I think it's appropriate for the photo. I usually like to work with several photos as I'm keeping memories of a particular event, but in ...