Create movement with collages

Hey Scrap Fans! Today's layout is a simple one where I used a collage to put together a group of pics of my daughter running around the yard. This layout actually came together really quickly for meonce I got started. I knew I wanted to scrap my daughter playing outside this weekend, but I had no idea what supplies I wanted to use. 

I often use journaling cards to hand write my journaling, so looked through my Project Life cards and found one that had enough space for what I wanted to write and I wrote out my journaling. I then went to my phone and found the pics I had taken this his weekend and did some editing to adjust the lighting then grouped them in a collage in Pic Stitch. Using a collage with a series of photos is a great way to convey a sense of movement on your layout. 

When I was done, I went to the pile of stuff on my desk and this pattern paper from the Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm collection caught my eye, but it was actually turned over and it was the other side I saw first. When I turned it over, I knew it would pair well with my journaling card and photos. A little more digging revealed this "play" cut apart card from a (I think Heidi Swapp) sheet I had cut up for an earlier layout but ended up not using. It was the perfect title for my story and gave me the color scheme for my layout. 

The peach in the card reminded me of the leftover peach and star Studio Calico paper I had and I cut two half inch strips for the top and bottom of the layout. I did go back and highlight the words "play" on the journaling card after I determined my title. I added a few wood veneers, enamel dots and arrow paper clips and some stamping and it was done! Hooray!

(After I took the photo, I realized I forgot to date it, so I added the date with my Pebbles roller stamp)  

I hope you'll try creating a collage or even grouping several photos in a row to convey movement on your layout. Thanks for stopping by. Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Lesson Learned

Hey Scrap Fans! I used today's layout for a journaling challenge for a class I'm taking at Big Picture Classes. Libby came home today with a book bag full of stuff from cleaning out her desk for the year. I sat on the bed with her as she pulled out each item and explained to me what it was for or where it came from. She had tons of books from her book box, pens and little toys from kids' birthday celebrations, flash cards, her vocabulary note book and folders. As she sat there reading to me from the art journal full of drawings and stories she had worked on all thoroughout the year, it occurred to me just how much she does during her day that I don't know about and am not a part of. I see that she is reading and writing and we do homework together, but there is so much in the course of her day I miss. As she was reading to me, I snuck out my phone and snapped a pic for this layout. 

I cut down my kraft cardstock to 11x11 and mounted on this paper from Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste. I printed my photo on my Canon Selphy and layered it on top of this gold doily from Studio Calico on top of the glassine bag that it came in. I adhered it to the page with the gold polka dot washi from another Studio Calico kit and the kraft and gold tape from Maggie Holmes. The gold rub on dots and chevrons are from a Dear Lizzy and the stars are Studio Calico.  The title is American Crafts Thickers and October Afternoon letter stickers, black on kraft. 

I have to admit,  I'm not totally crazy about this layout. I think I went a little overboard with the rub on stars. I started out with just stars in two diagonal corners, which was fine, then I added them in the two opposite corners and they were distracting. I added the stars all the way around to try to make it more of a border. I'm not loving it, but I don't hate it as much as the stars in the four corners. Lesson learned.

 I'm kind of surprised with how much gold I used, it's not a color I typically like, but I felt like it was working. Maybe I wanted to use it all up lol. 

Even though I'm not completely happy with this layout, the important part is that I captured the story. 20 years from now, my daughter isn't going to care that there are too many stars on the page, she's going to see what she was doing the last week of first grade. And that's really all that matters. 

I hope you enjoyed this less-than-perfect layout and until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!