New Layouts

So I just got a HUGE order of photos from Costco so I can show you the latest and greatest of what I've been working on.  I've decided to add a few 8x11 layouts to the mix of my 12x12 layouts.  I'm using these smaller sizes to tell stories that don't have a lot of pictures or no pictures at all or, to show small events of every-day life.  ENJOY

 This layout celebrated a dinner date we had with the in-laws.  I loved all the negative space and the fall colors.  I don't usually use so much patterned paper on a layout so it was fun to mix and match so many patterns for this one.

 Here is one of the 8x11 layouts I did.  This was just a few pictures and a quick blerb to explain about the event.  I love that it was just a simple little layout about a funny moment/story but it's still recorded for us to remember for years to come.

 Again, a small layout with barely any journaling but it celebrated such a fun moment of every-day life!

This one tells about a family tradition with my in-laws that we've carried on with our family.  I love that it tells a piece of history and celebrates it in the present.

 This was another fun lil moment spent with my Mom.  Again, a nice memory to be remembered for years.

As you can tell I've been really into negative space with layouts.  It's been a fun new twist on my regular layouts and adds some spice to our scrapbooks.

I loved that this featured 4x6 photos cropped and shown in a different way.  I normally have a really har time cropping my photos down (I've been scarred from thinking it was cool to cut individuals out of a picture in a bubble sort of way and stuck all over my locker and room in high school) - you loose a lot of what's happening but I love the way it turned out here.

This was the case where out of the whole night of pictures I only got one decent  picture to remember so I made it a smaller layout.  It was different because everything is printed from the computer except the picture...gives it a different feel.

I love the vintage feel of this.  Agin it's more of a family history/tradition piece with a current picture.  I enjoyed mixing the paper patterns from a few lines of paper and creating my own elements.  I think the stamped corners give it a real vintage feel.

 More family traditions.  I even included a copy of the vintage recipe that my family makes Lemon Meringue pie from.  This recipe was used (and stained) by my grandma....so full of memories.

Now this one is pretty out-there for me.  Very frilly and feminine (looks like something my sister would tackle).  Somehow, even being away from my norm., I LOVE IT.  I love it so much I had to take close-ups to show all the dimensions and details that went into this layout

3-D chipboard mixed with fabric brads and layered paper flowers.

Loving the bright colors and vivid contrast.

The border of the picture was actually a piece of patterned paper I creatively cut and turned into a border.  So frilly and fun!

A complete absence of pattern paper makes this layout so simple and clean feeling.  In order to tell the story about finding our Mayan signs in Guatemala this Spring, I re-created our Mayan signs by tracing them, cutting them out and popping them on the page in 3-D.

Close-up of one of the hand-made Mayan signs.

Another new idea for our books, digital layouts.  I found that there were some pictures I just wanted to blow-up big and print a little text on the picture and include in our book.  This is our first-ever all digital layout.

Playing with more fun picture sizes from Costco...this 8x12 photo really makes a statement on this page

This was a layout that just seemed to fall all into place.  I fell in love with this one!  The photoshopped photos of my niece, Little A, were the perfect inspiration for a fun page.  I think it highlights the main focal point (the pictures) very well.

Another simple and clean block layout.  I really love the clean and simple lines of layouts like this one!

White paint was dry-brushed to the edges of this grey metallic (you can't see it in the picture but it is) paper.  I liked the dull, matte finish of the paint up against the shine of the paper...super high contrast, my favorite!