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.
Hi ALI I was one of the winners of your world win competition and I cannote get and email to go thru with my snail mail address please can u email me???
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I just bought three boxes of that brand of tea this morning (trying to switch from coffee to tea) & while I was unpacking it, I noticed the print inside and thought I should save it because it was pretty, but then thought it was hoarder-ish but then saved it anyway. I'm glad someone else thought the same thing :) Now I've got to use it!
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Hi!
I read your blog regularly and really like your work & inspiration!
I was wondering if you do anything special to archival safe your mailscraps and tea boxes you use on layouts? Or is it not a concern of yours?
Thanks a lot!
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Ali, your pages just get better and better. Always true Ali style and I love it! Can't wait to see the rest of the weeks layouts! ;)
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Ali i have just started to use photo shop and i have been trying to do this myself without much success.Do you resize your pics before you transfer them to photoshop?
as i can never get this part right nor the part where you put tem to the canvas lol.tahnks take care Kerryx
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Totally enjoyed the interview, Ali. Thanks for the link.
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awesome photos that capture great moments - as always! Running through the sprinkler is a big favorite around here in Chicagoland as well - too bad we can't hit the 70 degree mark, my boys are still used to Georgia and are DYING for some sprinkler time.
I am continually amazed at how well your simplicity always works! I have to start some "simplicity" tasks for myself to re-focus - I tend to want to put too much on a page. Everytime I look at your work, I see it's not necessary for the story. Ah well, keep trying :D
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Cool mask Mr. Simon! Love the layout and the writing around the photos is way cool! Thanks.
Sue
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Love the inside of that Yogi Tea box! I'm a designer who worked on the redesign of the tea packaging ... and that interior henna patterning was one of my contributions to the finished product. Love how it looks in your layout!
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Ali, one of the things I love about your work is that there is not a lot of "stuff". Sometimes I do "stuff" layouts, but most of mine are simpler, less cluttered.
I appreciate your step-by-step on this page too!
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