My youngest turned two back in May and I am finally starting to scrap her Birthday pictures. (Never mine the older two kids that have none of the bday's done, lol! Oh except I did do a mini album of my other daughters 9th birthday). I started with sketch #6 from 52 Sketches 52 Weeks. This is a great site to find lots of creative sketches to get you scrapping!
When I first sit down to scrap I choose my photo, then my lay out and then the colours. I like to draw colours out from my photo. For this page I actually decided to base the colours and titiling around her #2 birthday candle and build the page from there.
The base is a 12x12 textured piece of Crushed Curry and I matted the two 4x6 photos on Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. To the right of the photo is where I added all my embelishments journalling and title. The DSP is from the Pink Flamingo Pack and this pattern has Tempting Turquiose and Bashful Blue dots. The solid piece of cardstock is also Tempting Turquiose. I ran a strip of the yummy Polka Dot Razzleberry Ribbon to "join" the two papers together. For the titling I wanted to use Chipboard to give the project dimension but decided to leave it for the most part raw. I love Stampin' Up!'s chipboard for this reason, you can decide to colour it any color you want with their Craft Inks or for this page I used my markers to mimic the design of the birthday candle. For the "U" I just simply punched out a circle in Razzleberry and placed it behind the chipboard to bring out the letter.
For stamping on this page I used the Jumble Alphabet and the Party Hearty stamp sets. I just have to stamp on my scrap pages! The "Celebrate You" was inked up twice, once in Tempting Turquoise and once in Crushed Curry. I then punched them out with the 1 3/4" circle and the 1" circle. The 1' circle has a Circle Rhinestone brad and was then attaced to the larger circle with a dimensional. For the journalling I just cut strips of Whisper White and cut the end to make them look like a banner, then I wrote on them with a Razzleberry Marker. I then used Tempting Turquoise and Bashful Blue Brads to accent and attached the journalling with Dimensionals. You can click on the picture for a larger view to see the details.
Wishing everyone a wonderful long weekend (what's left of it!) and happy stamping!
Stamps: Jumbo Alphabet, Party Hearty Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade and Pink Flamingo DSP, Crushed Curry Textured, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Crushed Curry, Basic Black, several SU! markers Accessories: Scallop edge, 1 3/4 & 1",1 3/8 & 1 1/4 Circle punches, Ice Circle Brads, Bold Brights and Soft Subtle Brads, Lots of Letters Chipboard,Playground Buttons, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon
Great page, Jenn! Love your colour choices.
Posted by: carrie gaskin | 09/07/2009 at 08:08 AM
Jen what a beautiful page and such a precious little girl. This has inspired me to pull out my scrapping stuff and get busy. So much to do and so little time.
Posted by: Debbie Keane | 09/08/2009 at 06:30 PM