It’s
been raining here most of the day and the house got so damp and chilly this
afternoon I broke down and turned the furnace on. Yesterday we were out and
about in T-shirts.
Last
night I sat down and finished the two-page layout using the hybrid method. Here
are the finished pages.
Sorry
about the hump in the middle. They will lay flat in the album but I didn’t
realize the stands were too close together which made both pages bend backwards
at the ends until I had everything put away….and I was too lazy to pull
everything back out to do a re-take! Also ignore the light glare in the bottom
right. Unfortunately I do not have a
designated photo box like some people do….but I think those that do, send their
work to magazines and I don’t do that….so this works for me….definitely low
tech and casual.
Keep
in mind that I am in no way an expert on scrapbooking and have had no lessons….but
I read a lot of articles and watched a few videos and try to remember some of
the best things to achieve a cohesive look.
I
took two pieces of 12x12 papers and cut them in half and then taped them
together with the solid piece on the bottom. Two left over pieces of cardstock
that looked fine with the colours about ½” wide covers the seams. The title is
long so small letters only would work and Tim Holtz ones were perfect for this
outdoor setting. They were placed on the same paper as the journal piece. Small
leaves and a pine cone were added – I have a die for these, the acorn and the
leaves. The leaf were die cut with a Stampin’ Up die and the acorn and pine
cone are from a Little B die set. When I don’t feel creative I just sit and die
cut and stamp a bunch of leaves and things and then I always have them on hand.
The leaf clusters were placed to indicate the good old “invisible triangle” and
although this one is not the best triangle shape it’s okay…but an equilateral
triangle works better.
I
had a small strip of the paper used in the top left over from another project
so I added it at the bottom of the pages to ground them. Without that strip the
photos look like they are floating.
Here are the two pages by themselves for a
closer look.
I
started another two page layout this afternoon using individually printed photos
instead of hybrid and it is much slower but I enjoy both ways.
That’s
all for a cool and rainy Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
Cheers
Violet
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