A Scrapbbok Layout

        Sorry there was no posting on Wednesday but it was unavoidable. Joe had his angiogram on that day so it was a 5:00 am start for us; hours at the hospital; an hour’s drive home and too tired by then to even think about posting anything. The good news is his heart is very healthy and the doctor said he has seen more plaque on an artery in men 10 years younger than he is….guess all that healthy eating and exercising we do paid off after all. However, more investigation required to find out why he gets so short of breath.

        Today is scrapbook posting day. It’s a two page layout, which is my normal.

 

    All the paper is from the stash and all from various companies. I do not store my paper by manufacturer, mostly by holiday, theme, or colour. The background on both pages is two pieces of co-ordinating 12”x12” paper cut in half sideways and then I glued opposite sides together. For this one I wanted to break up background so I found strips of left over paper in various widths and lengths and glued them down. There were two 4 x 6 photos that I trimmed down a bit to cut out the distractions of other people; one small one I die cut into a circle and one I fussy cut. A black pen was pulled down the sides of the rectangle photos to give them a black border without adding any more paper….I do this a lot….cover the photo with something like an old greeting card with a straight edge. Place the card along the edge of the photo; hold it down tight and draw your line. If the pen slips it will go on the old greeting card and not across your photo….yup, learned this the hard way. Then I drew a black line across the top of the layout on an angle an added the round typewriter letters to spell ‘zip line’ and glued his picture onto the line. The ‘Cowabunga” sign came in a package of odds and ends I picked up at the thrift store as did the sun with sunglasses. Three buttons were added under the cowabunga sign and then the date.

 

The co-ordinating page was made up of rectangle photos in various sizes but the bottom photos were layered on some blue paper to pick up the blue in his shirt and hat.  The journaling was computer generated. Thin strips of green paper were added above and below the title. The title was die cut out of black cardstock and glued in place.

 

 Here are the two pages side by side as they appear in the album. Sorry for the glare on these ones.

        That’s all for a lovely, but a bit cool, Friday, September 6, 2019. Have a wonderful, safe and creative weekend everyone. I’ll be back on Monday with a card.

 Cheers

Violet

PS: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply hover over the image until the ‘Pin It” symbol appears and then click…it sometimes take a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.