Tuesday Layout.
[ supplies: cardstock: Bazzill; letter stickers: Making Memories Tiny Alphabet; scallop circle punches: Marvy Uchida Giga + Mega; "notes from today" stamp: Catslife Press; pen: American Crafts; brown patterned paper: from inside a tea box; corner rounder: Marvy Uchida ]
Keeping it simple again with neutral colored cardstock. Brown patterned paper was the inside pattern of a cardboard tea box (found that one in my scrap-mail box I showed yesterday). The overall design is one of my favorite ways to bring a page together: cropped photos with journaling around the outer edge.
The process begins with a bunch of photos from yesterday afternoon (once again, way more photos than needed but so nice for choosing which ones to tell the story):
I chose one to enlarge and a few others to crop and gather together in Photoshop. To create the gathering I created a new canvas (300 dpi) and cropped my photos so that each one was 3 inches tall. After cropping each one I dragged and dropped them onto the canvas so that I could print them out all at once.
While I was gathering photos I considered making this layout two pages. One page would hold the enlarged photo and the other page would include the cropped photos. After printing and moving things around on the page I decided to go with a single page (as you see above) and journal around the outer edge.
For the scalloped accent on the top photo I used two different sizes of scalloped punches. The larger one was used to punch the shape directly from the photo and the smaller punch was used to create the patterned circle. The smaller scalloped circle is adhered with foam dots to give it some dimension.
And the story? Simon came home from school yesterday very grumpy. He had a tough day following directions (among other things) and really just needed some chill-out time. He had a snack, we chatted about his day, and then it was time to go outside. It has been super hot here so running through the sprinkler sounded like a pretty good option for expending some of his energy. And obviously, he's really into the mask.
Also, check out a phone interview I did with Circa Arte/ZNEart last night. You can listen to it here.
wonderful! I can't believe it's warm enough for sprinklers already :)
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tea box? you're so cool! now I have to go check the insides of all my pantry boxes! :)
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I love the layout. Can you direct me to detailed instructions on how to make these photo gatherings. I'd love to do them with my Photoshop elements program. Was this page printed on your HP Photoprinter?
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ali!
i love how you are showing the process for us to see!
I was wondering if you knew of where i could get the lisa bearnson kit of the month for may where it was the labels etc...are there any left? or do you know if someplace else they could be bought?!
thanks so much!
tara pakosta
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What an ADORABLE layout! THanks for sharing and your inspiration!
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Hi Ali! Thanks so much for your series this week, i am really enjoying seeing your creative process & i am loving your 'scrap mail box'. Great idea!
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What a great page!!!!
I, too, would like to know how to do the photo gatherings in Elements.
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Man, poor Simon. I know how he feels after one of those days! What a great way to cheer up and have fun!
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Love this Ali....
I love it when designers share their process of creating a layout, editing photos, etc. It's interesting to see the different perspectives....
Hugs...
Dedra
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Hi Ali! Thanks for always sharing the process with us! I really enjoy your blog and wanted to let you know I've nominated it for the E for Excellence Award. Thank you for always sharing your ideas and thoughts with us!
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Great theme this week, love it! Somehow this was just what I needed: just make the LO and 'stick' the pictures and the story down. And adding that junkmail item gives it just something extra...
I'm following you in your footsteps here this week, and I'm having the best time by just creating the pages and stop making it al so complicated!
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i'm bookmarking this one. I could do this layoyt over and over again and be happy with it all day long. thanks for some great inspiration, Ali.
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i love how you are giving the step-by-step process...it's awesome. thanks SO much for sharing and inspiring. i am really trying to do this every day...and loving making myself complete a page a day. thanks again! hey, i'm sure i've missed this, but what camera and printer do you use?
sharon t
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Love it Ali, and I agree with Simon the best way to end a rough day. I think it is tough right now for these little guys, it should be summer already. Brody has had an amazing year-starting grade 1 (he is in a special needs class), but these last few weeks have been killers, following directions - transitions - changing from winter boots to shoes, taking a coat off when it is too hot!!!
Trying to keep it on a positive note so he looks forward to school next year - so close!!!
Have a great day
Nicky
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Great layout, as always, Ali! I love the way you journal around the edges of your photos; I want to try that. Love the idea of repurposing the tea box, too! Thanks for walking us through the process. :D
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Great interview! Great layout! How does it feel to be so great?!! As always Ali, AMAZING! :)
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That is such a great layout! You are always full of fantastic ideas. Love it!
Enjoli
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what kind of photo printer do you have? what software do you use to edit your photos? do you use a mac or pc? thanks for all of the great ideas!!!
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I love the journaling around the edges... Plus the photos are terrific!
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So, so fabulous! I could look at your stuff all day long, really! This one goes into my faves. :)
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Awesome layout! Love everything about it even the fact that you reused the tea box. Thanks so much for sharing the process of creating the layout and editing the photos.
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How cool is that? LOVE the mask! And what a great blow-off-steam-after-a-tough-day activity.
Your current (in this layout and last week) focus on photos + words really inspired me. I wrote an essay (for the first time since I can't remember when) about attending one of my clients' Challenger baseball games. The game was inspiring, too. Thanks for the encouragement and modeling re taking the time to record the everyday stories--some of life's best moments are in those details.
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Hi Ali,
What size canvas did you use?
After printing the photos, did you cut each one out or simple trim around the "group" of photos?
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love, love this so much.
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ali..this is awesome...will try to do this!thanks for the inspiration :)
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