I peeked through my scrapbook database (and yes, I'm an über nerd, I have a filemaker database for keeping track of my work) and found a lot (about 188) layouts and projects from the last year or three that have never been seen on my blog. So, I thought I'd share a few of my faves:
- This is a digital layout.
- Because I took a ton of rapid fire shots, each of the photos is only slightly different. So, I used photo actions to give them greater variety.
- I used a low-opacity layer of white between the content and the background to allow for more readability and a bit more “pop.” It’s almost like laying vellum over it.
- I used a lace paper from Maya Road as a mask and sprayed two colors of Glimmer Mist on my patterned paper (one of my favorite EVER Jenni Bowlin papers, btw).
- I painted a light wash of white paint across the center of my layout.
- I inlined the sticker letters with a white pen.
- I inked the edges of the photo.
- After writing my journaling, I used a black and white pen to create a spray of doodle dots on the top and bottom of the layout.
- This layout is from way back in 2007. I used to do two-pagers almost exclusively.
- The button was originally brown. I used pigment ink and clear embossing powder to make it orange.
- There’s very little adhesive on this layout. Most things are held together with machine stitching.
- I used white stickers for the location and date because I wanted the journaling to “pop” more than that information.
- This is an digital layout.
- I typed each line of journaling separately so that I could stagger them and angle them individually.
- I took a photo of my iphone and then used the magnetic lasso tool to cut it out.
- I also used the magnetic lasso tool to lift all the little icons from the screen. They were harder to lift than I thought and I ended up having to use the clone stamp and healing brush on them.
- The red border was created by using the “Wet Media Brushes” that come pre-loaded with Photoshop.
- I consider scrapbooking to be a form of cultural anthropology. I therefore strive to capture the little bits and pieces of every day life (like technology) in my pages. I want my scrapbook pages to be like time capsules. I’m not looking for timeless topics or designs. I want what’s hot now so that I can look back in 10, 20 or (hopefully) 50 years and giggle and remember.
- I like all of my work to have a hand made, organic feeling. This can be tricky with digital layouts. You can see here that I used paint and the herky-jerky typewritten journaling to capture that feeling.
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Another 2007 two-pager.
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The combination of paint and handwriting felt perfect for this event. It was a very funky craft fair held in a pool covered in graffiti (see the third photo from the right on my layout for the graffiti).
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Here’s a fun tip for printing photos (at home or sending them out to be printed). Crop your photos into 2×6 strips and then combine two onto a 4×6 canvas. Now you can get uniquely shaped photos from either your home 4×6 photo printer or any outside developer!
- I hand cut all the circular shapes from a piece of patterned paper and then randomly adhered them to my background paper.
- The title is painted and then outlined with a black pen.
- The edges of all the photos are inked.
So, that's all for this time! Just a peek into "the vault." Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great Wednesday!
holy moly- inspiration galore 🙂 I love the I phone post – I’m jalous 🙂
It was so fun to chat with you – definetly need to do it again 😉 Ordered the recommended programme – hahaha- prepare to see a crying german- LOL
holy moly- inspiration galore 🙂 I love the I phone post – I’m jalous 🙂
It was so fun to chat with you – definetly need to do it again 😉 Ordered the recommended programme – hahaha- prepare to see a crying german- LOL
holy moly- inspiration galore 🙂 I love the I phone post – I’m jalous 🙂
It was so fun to chat with you – definetly need to do it again 😉 Ordered the recommended programme – hahaha- prepare to see a crying german- LOL
holy moly- inspiration galore 🙂 I love the I phone post – I’m jalous 🙂
It was so fun to chat with you – definetly need to do it again 😉 Ordered the recommended programme – hahaha- prepare to see a crying german- LOL
You do such a great job with both digi and paper LOs. I like the button color changing technique. Gotta try that.
You do such a great job with both digi and paper LOs. I like the button color changing technique. Gotta try that.
You do such a great job with both digi and paper LOs. I like the button color changing technique. Gotta try that.
You do such a great job with both digi and paper LOs. I like the button color changing technique. Gotta try that.
I love the LUCKY LO. I am so lucky to be able to get inspired by you. I’ll actually see you at Christina’s crop in November!
I love the LUCKY LO. I am so lucky to be able to get inspired by you. I’ll actually see you at Christina’s crop in November!
I love the LUCKY LO. I am so lucky to be able to get inspired by you. I’ll actually see you at Christina’s crop in November!
I love the LUCKY LO. I am so lucky to be able to get inspired by you. I’ll actually see you at Christina’s crop in November!