Love You Good | Scrapbook Layout
I put this layout together celebrating Anna and Gabrielle as a challenge for Cocoa Daisy's Fall Crop.
The challenge was simple: go big with your type.
I love type. Big love. I love when the words (especially ones that relate to the story being told) can become the art.
Here's a look at my layout:
I've been wanting to use that background paper for awhile (Fancy Pants Spring Fever). Lots and lots of little type which ends up being a nice contrast with the large stamping above the journaling.
Using the See And Stamp Jumbo letter stamps (they really are big - about 1 inch tall) I stamped friends and cousins a few times. When the word I was stamping came to the edge of the page I just moved down to the next line and continued on.
Below the stamped friends and cousins I added some of the plastic Tim Holtz Ransom alphas. Have you tried these yet? I used them in my Italy Scrapbook On The Road (need to finish that up) on top of the page protectors and they worked really well.
And underneath the plastic alphas I stamped a few sentiments. I repeated "you are simply the best" from my Dad Rocks stamp set and highlighted the last one with a different color ink. The other sentiment stamp I used was tucked right in between the plastic letters and "you are simply the best." It's a line that says "this day. this moment. this story. this life. " and is from my Favorite Memories set.
On top of the jumbo letter stamps I added a Jenni Bowlin butterfly rub on and used one of Tim's metal number 2's.
I stitched, with my sewing machine, around the edge of the photo and journaling area.
Along the top left side of the photo I added some word stickers from October Afternoon. I'm pretty sure these are my favorite little word stickers out there right now.
And in case you're wondering why I journaled with two different pens it's because I started with one and decided it was too thin. I finished the sentence/thought and then started with a thicker pen. Sometimes that's just the way it goes!
Check back tomorrow for another new layout (two in one week, I know, it's been awhile).
SUPPLIES
Click on the images below to link to the supplies used in this project.
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beautiful!
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adorable!
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Love it!
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Gorgeous!
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very sweet! i like the use of the two different pens and wouldn't have known it wasn't planned...cute picture...just goes to show that we don't need to capture faces in all pics to convey emotions...lucky little girls to have each other!
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love it!
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Beautiful layout. The photo of their embrace makes such an impact to the layout as does the large letters.
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I am just kind of curious. Has your handwriting always looked that way, or did you change your handwriting when you started scrapbooking?
Hi Kelsey - I think it's always had it's own look (and then evolved over time and continues to morph and change). I was the kid that used to write out alphabets over and over for fun and have always loved taking notes in class - loved any sort of pen to paper activity.
I love your handwriting. I have never loved my own. However, I am the transitional generation. I don't think any of my school papers were hand written from like 3rd grade on. Kind of crazy. Thanks for sharing your handwriting. It is truly art!
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love, love, love!
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So so cute, Ali! I love the photo of Anna & Gabrielle! What a great layout!
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Ali, I just so love your traditional scrapbook pages. Thanks so much for sharing this. It is brilliant.
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sweet :)
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Great photo Ali! Love the Fancy Pants paper -- thanks for pointing it out!
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Adorable layout Ali!
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What a precious layout! those are priceless photo ops that you can treasure forever...thanks for sharing!
blessings 7 hugs
sharon
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Wonderful! I especially admire the tall stamped letters; a very creative way of creating personalized patterned paper for a project!
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Love your layout specially the picture!!
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Beautiful layout!
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Thanks so much for showing the images of the supplies used! That is so helpful!
Cool - thanks for letting me know you like that feature.
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awww.. how darling :)
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I didn't see the photos because they are saying photo unavailable.
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Ali,
Any idea why I've started seeing, "This photo is currently unavailable" on your flickr pictures? :-(
Me too....it started about a week ago for me. If you click on the photo it takes you to flickr and you can see it that way.
I wish I knew why it was that way! It actually seems to come and go. When I click to view a post sometimes it's here and then I'll come back a few minutes later and they are gone. Might have to think about not using Flickr in this way anymore.
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Cute! I'm so afraid of sewing. But the more I see it, the more I want to try it. I have a couple sewing machines - maybe I'll take my least favorite machine and try it. Thank you for sharing!
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Great layout of two sweet girls. This past weekend I took out my sewing machine and sewed trim on transparencies for my December daily. This is a first for me. I now feel comfortable enough to include sewing in my layouts. Thanks for the inspiration Ali.
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Super lovely!!
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