I know I already mentioned this in another post but it's worth repeating as a much needed reminder to myself!. Once I have my camera in hand I take way too many photos. I don't really know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It's probably a good idea to take lots of photos but it's also an even better idea to keep the best out of what you've taken and delete the rest. I have the hardest time deleting the rest …. I want to keep them all! And I usually end up printing a whole lot more pictures than I will actually use in an album.
Case in point - the photos I used in today's scrapbook layouts. I took these photos while visiting my #2 daughter along with my grand-daughter and her family over an early spring weekend in 2018. Because the pool in their great aunt and uncle's new home hadn't yet been fenced off, the girls weren't allowed in the backyard without an adult. When they wanted to go out to play I willingly grabbed my camera and went with them. I probably took somewhere around 200 plus photos of my great-granddaughters that Saturday morning and managed to edit them down to 74 images. Of course, I sent all 74 images to the printers. If I averaged 5 photos for each two-page spread in an album, those 74 pictures would fill an entire 15 page album! Yikes! To combat that problem, I've set a goal for 2020 to ruthlessly limit the number of photos I keep on my computer and send to the printers. We'll see how that goes! In the meantime, I'll be struggling with all the photos I've already had printed trying to decide what will go into an album and what won't. Such is the case with the photos I chose for today's scrapbook layouts. Knowing that I wasn't going to create a 15 page album with these photos, I had the hardest time deciding which photos I would scrapbook!
Although I had a hard time choosing which photos I would use, I didn't have a hard time choosing which Creative Memories Collection I would use! CM's new Daydreamer Collection is the perfect match for the pictures I took of my daydreaming great-granddaughters. You'll find instructions for each layout below.
Here's what you'll need to create today's layouts:
Daydreamer Paper Pack
Daydreamer Embellishments
Daydreamer Stickers
Daydreamer Variety Mat Pack
Limited Edition White Shimmer Cardstock or Cardstock of your choice
12-Inch Trimmer and Victorian Blade
12-Inch Decorative Trimmer
Personal Trimmer
Border Maker System and the retired Scallop Dot Cartridge
Lace Trim Border Punch
Custom Cutting System and Rectangle Patterns
Retired Decorative Lattice Border Punch
Adhesives
Brown Dual Tip Pen
Instructions:
- Using the 12-Inch Trimmer, cut one 6" x 12" piece and one 2 1/2" x 12" piece from the dark pink pattern paper shown. Using 12 x 12 Refill Pages as your base, adhere the 6" x 12" piece to the left side of the left page and the 2 1/2" x 12" piece to the right side of the right page as shown.
- Using the 12-Inch Trimmer, cut one 7 1/2" x 12" piece from the light green pattern paper shown. Adhere to the right page as shown. Adhere three 4" x 6" horizontal photos to the right side of the left page as shown.
- Using the Border Maker System with the Scallop Dot cartridge, punch 2 borders from dark green pattern paper shown. Trim both to 3/4" x 12" and adhere to layout as shown. Adhere the heart border sticker to the right page as shown.
- Mat one 4" x 6" vertical photo with a large dark green variety mat and adhere to the left page as shown. Adhere two 4" x 6" vertical photos to the right page as shown. Mat one 4" x 5" horizontal photo with a large dark green variety mat cut to 4 1/2" x 5 1/2" and adhere to right page as shown.
- To create a title, use a Personal Trimmer to cut the words from the Collect Beautiful Moments variety mat, leaving a floral print border print around each word. Set aside the trimmings and adhere to left page as shown. To create a journal box, use a Personal Trimmer to trim the large variety mat shown to 2 1/2" x 4 1/2". Adhere to right page as shown.
- To finish, use the Personal Trimmer to cut floral print trimmings you set aside into two 2 1/2" squares. Use a brown or black dual tip pen to create faux stitching if desired and adhere to right page as shown. Adhere stickers and embellishments, using foam squares if desired to add dimension. Journal your story and you're done!
Instructions:
- Use the beige pattern paper shown as your base. Using the Lace Trim Border Punch punch two 2 3/8" x 12 " borders from the dark pink pattern paper shown. Adhere to page as shown. Using the 12-Inch Trimmer and the Victorian Blade, cut two 1 1/4" x 12" strips from the floral pattern paper shown. Adhere to your border as shown. Scroll down for ribbon instructions and create two 12" long ribbons from white shimmer cardstock. Use a repositionable tape runner to adhere ribbon to border as shown.
- Using the Custom Cutting System, the small rectangle pattern and the red blade, cut a rectangle from the variety mat shown above. Use a brown dual tip pen to create faux stitching if desired and adhere to border as shown.
- Adhere two 4" x 6" horizontal photos to the left page as shown. Mat one 4" x 6" vertical photo with a large dark pink variety mat and adhere to left page. Adhere four 4" x 6" horizontal photos to the right page as shown.
- To finish, create two flags from mat or paper scraps and adhere to left page as shown. Adhere stickers and embellishments, using foam squares where desired to create dimension. Don't forget to journal your story.
Ribbon instructions:
And, finally, here's my last layout for today.
Instructions:
- Use 12 x 12 Refill Pages as your base. Using the 12-Inch Trimmer, cut two 7" x 12" pieces from the pink pattern paper shown and two 5" x 12" pieces from the floral pattern paper shown. Adhere to both pages as shown.
- Using the Decorative Lattice Border Punch, punch two 1 1/2" x 12" borders from the dark green pattern paper shown. Use a repositionable tape runner to adhere border to both pages as shown. Adhere two border stickers shown to the lower edge of the lattice border, overlapping the lattice border as needed.
- Use the Decorative Lattice Border Punch to punch two more borders from the dark green pattern paper. Use the 12-Inch Trimmer or a pair of sharp scissors to cut the top part of the border from the "lattice" as shown. Use a repositionable tape runner to adhere to the top edge of your layout as shown.
- Use a sharp pair of scissors to fussy cut the corner floral arrangements from two variety mats. Adhere to your lattice border as shown, tucking the "Dreamer" word sticker slightly underneath the arraignment on the right.
- Use a personal trimmer to trim the vertical side of the Joy variety mat to 4" x 4 1/2" and adhere to the left page. Mat a horizontal 4" x 6" photo with white shimmer cardstock cut to 4 1/2 x 4" and adhere to the left page. Adhere two 4 inch square photos to the right page. Mat two 4" x 5 1/2" and two 4" x 4 1/2" photos with dark green pattern paper and adhere to layout as shown.
- Use the personal trimmer to trim the journal mat shown to 2 1/2" x 4" and adhere to the right page as shown. Use a pair of sharp scissors to cut the pink and the yellow flower stickers shown in half and the leaf stickers shown as desired. Adhere to the top edge of your layout as shown. Hint: It's easier to group and adhere your flower halves and leaves together before adhering each arrangement to your layout.
- To finish your layout, tuck the round yellow sticker shown partially under the square photo shown and create a title with white ABC/123 stickers as shown. Use a foam square to adhere the yellow heart embellishment to the left page and tuck the "Shine On" word sticker slightly underneath the heart as shown. Be sure to journal your story and that's it!
I'd love to see what you've done with your own photos. Just visit my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/cmcdbrinsley to leave a photo of your layout.
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Diana
Diana
