Mar
07

Crop Layouts…

Posted by DeAnna

I finally got around to photographing some of my layouts I completed at the crop. (The layout isn’t actually crooked! Inking the paper curls the edges slightly while the ink is drying and I didn’t think to use removable adhesive to attach it to the background I was using. Next time!) I love the simplicity of this layout (and the fact that I’ve now done two layouts total about my wedding, and we’ve been married 7 years now!). I used one of the Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology papers and inked it up with Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans distress inks and then spritzed with some Perfect Pearls mixed with water using my Mini Mister. I love this paper because of the gorgeous butterfly (which is so detailed and very pretty in real life), and the music notes and all the text on it. I love how inking it up reveals the embossed resist areas. It really is fabulous ;D I really wanted the paper and the photo to take center stage. I layered some velum I had in my stash in a block under my photo and journaling. I took one of the journaling blocks from one of the papers in the Parisian Anthology, which had a perfect spot for the date, and then I tore out one of the note papers from a Making Memories journaling book and wrote my journaling. I added some gems, and some lace I’ve had in my sewing kit for probably 17-18 years and finally used for something other than a halloween outfit ;D

The photo is from our wedding (of course) and the pattern and texture were added as part of the Photo Frame Ups and Special Effects class I took at JessicaSprague.com a few years ago.

I’ll share another layout on Thursday. One thing I want to note about these layouts is that I wanted to keep them simple, quick and easy with simple layering, clustering, white space and limited die cutting (for the first time since I got my Silhouette I didn’t even use it at the crop! I decided I wouldn’t fiddle trying to find the right element to cut out and taking the time to size it right, etc. I did use my Sizzix though.). The only complicated layout I did was my weight loss journey layout which took me quite a bit of time to get all the layers in the right order. I also decided that I would just “glue it down” and not stress about how it looked or making each layout perfect. Nothing in life is perfect. My layouts don’t have to be perfect and rarely are. My style is evolving and I’m trying to just get as much scrapbooking done as possible – it’s all about the memories and if I don’t write it down or scrapbook it I probably won’t remember it. That’s part of my mantra this year – just get it done! Anyway, I’ll step off my soapbox now ;D Back soon!

DeAnna

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