Oh I've been a bad blogger again. Even worse, I've had these pages sitting here in draft format for... I don't know... a couple of months now!
So yes, these are my Easter pages. One page each for the two girls (although Bethany's will go alongside a layout I made on the same topic, which makes hers appear like a double-spread. Especially since it follows the same colour scheme).
I've used my Studio Calico Lisse Street PL kit, alongside some cards from the Becky Higgins High Five edition for the sort of traditional pastel colours of Easter but with a pop of lime green included.
I've used similar cards for Moriah's spread too, and kept my embellishments to a minimum. I didn't need to add very much with all the bright colours here anyway.
Love getting little bits of their artwork into my spreads!
And is it bad that I'm almost glad I had a story to tell to go with that 'meh' card?!! LOL!
Coming up sometime soon on my blog..... my Mother's Day spreads! Maybe don't hold your breath for that one ;-)
It's reveal day over at Studio Calico
and I'm rather excited that I get to play a part again this month. I'm
fairly certain when the head-honchos decided April was the month to
release the Australia stamp and die set
that they also decided it would make the most amount of sense to send
it to the only Aussie on the team to play with! Seems logical... and I
couldn't agree more :-)
Of
course, what good is a stamp and die set if I didn't have some pretty
papers to use it with as well? So I was lucky enough to also score the Lisse Street Main Scrapbooking Kit which I used to create this Handbook spread with.
I'm desperately trying to complete my 2014 Handbook
with all the monumental events of the year, and our September holiday
to Queensland certainly counts as one of those! With lots and lots of
photos to include it actually extends over multiple pages, so this
became like a front-cover of sorts for the whole section.
I turned the Australia stamp and die
into an interesting little add-in as it's just a touch too big to
include into a 4x6" pocket (if you include Tassie in it's rightful
place!) but that's cool by me because I've been tucking in lots of these
types of inserts throughout my Handbook. I've pretty much decided that the Attacher die will be my most used die of the year.
I've
since added another photo and some journaling to the back of the insert
as well, but at the time I took the photo of my spread I hadn't quite
decided what I was going to do with it.
With so many pretty patterned papers in the Scrapbook Kit
I wanted to include as many as I could onto this spread, but that meant
when it came to my journaling I had to debate with myself how I was
going to put it in. I didn't think I could journal directly onto the
paper because the patterns are a little busy and I didn't think I would
be able to read it. On the other hand, I didn't want to journal onto
plain paper and stick it over the top because it would cover it all up.
So the idea of compromising by journaling onto vellum was born. Rather
happy with that!
Or if you want the up-close and personal walk through, and you've been hanging out for the return of The Trophy Husband, then you're going to want to watch this....
Oh and PS. Did you notice that the Australia stamp and die also comes with a couple of cute extras like this koala? There's also a kangaroo and a fish and a boomerang. It's so fun!
