Boat trip

I realised I was just taking too long to make a page. According to my calculations, if i take 2 weeks to make one page, I would only complete ONE album a year!  This was not good, considering i have mentally planned 6 albums already.

The BOAT TRIP layout is very simple, with not too many elements as I didn't want to OVERTHINK it, and I wanted to make it quickly.  My focus was the photos and the journalling.  After all, the reason I started scrapbooking was because I wanted my children to look at these albums one day and know their story.  

We took these photos on a boat trip whilst i was pregnant (after the morning sickness phase!) with one of those automatic cameras that took film. As it turned out, i didn't finish the film on the day. When Isaac was about 12 months, I came across the camera and took random snaps around the house to finish off the film. I put the film in the car with every intention to have it processed and never got around to it for 6 years! The film must have been damaged by the heat in the car so the colours are very faded.  Strangely enough, I really love the colours in the photos, and wouldn't mind learning how to recreate this effect.

The photos have been cropped down to squares and matted on Whisper White card stock. The textured background was created with the Stampin' Around Wheel stamp (texture design) The Bashful Blue and EarIy Expresso card stock used for the page's bottom trim has been distressed and the edges accentuated using a sponge dauber and Bashful Blue ink.

  

The title was created with Stampin' Up alphabet dies used through the Big Shot.

This simple little embellishment was created with a nautical theme in mind.

Ideally, I would like to make at least one layout per week.  But with so many side projects on the go, I am hoping I become a little bit more speedy in my crafting!  :)

Stampin' Up!® supplies: Stamp Set (Texture Stampin' Around Jumbo Wheel). Classic Stampin' Pad (Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Bashful Blue). Card Stock (Crumb Cake, Early Expresso, Whisper White, Bashful Blue). Accessories (Antique Brads)

Waiting to meet you

I had so much fun creating this page!  With two little boys, i am sure I will be creating many layouts with blues, greens, yellows and neutral colours. I took this opportunity to make this page very girly with plenty of pinks, pretty patterns, flowers, pearls and swirls.

I used the Labels Collection Framelits dies to add to the girliness of the title.  The framelits dies comes in a set of 6 layering dies which means your creative possibilities are endless!
  

I used Stampin' Up's Very Vintage jumbo wheel stamp. Until now, I had been inking up with an ink pad, which meant I was limited to stamping only the circumference of the wheel before the ink started to fade. I recently purchased the ink cartridges which allowed me to create the border for my 12x12 page without re-inking!  

I used the VersaMark ink in the cartridge which gave a subtle watermark effect for the border. The Melon Mambo ink on the Melon Mambo cardstock gave a similiarly subtle and pretty effect.

Supplies: From Stampin' Up! - Stamp Set (Very Vintage Stampin' Around Jumbo Wheel, Reason to Smile). Classic Stampin' Pad (Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake). VersaMark. Card Stock (Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Early Expresso, Very Vanilla). Labels Collection Framelits. Accessories (Basic Jewels Pearl).