Run Jump Play

This is my baby girl... Cassie! Don't you just love the larger picture on the right hand side... What timing!! :-) I just had to use that as my main picture!

She's our 1st Golden Retriever. Her & I have spent many hours walking/hiking. We haven't done nearly as much walking over the past little while as we normally like too, but with all this rain we've been getting, who really wants to go walking in the back country and get all muddy... (That's what Quading if for!!!)

For this layout, I used Crate Paper's Brook Collection & would you believe I started this layout back on June 4th, 2010 when I was at a Scrapbooking Retreat that Scrapbook Parade hosted!! I pretty much had the layout all done, I just needed to do something with some of the pictures!

As you can see from the following pic, I used a bunch of brads to create a circle around a close up picture of Cassie. Because of the scalloped edge, I just didn't like the way it looked, it seemed to blend into the layout instead of popping, so I finally decided to add a circle just a little bit bigger than the picture. This just made the picture stand out a bit more. Also by creating the circle of brads, your eye naturally is drawn to that picture!

I did a similar layout of Cassie when she was younger & that time I used heart brads, with the bottom of the hearts towards the picture! I should pull that layout out sometime & post it for you as well!

I also used pop-dots, to add dimension, on the small squares across the bottom of the page that made up the title.

Once again I thank you for stopping by!

Till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)

Our Little Lady

Here's the final 2 page layout I completed this past weekend! If truth be told though... I finished this layout first - yet I'm posting it last... & the one I posted first, was the last one I finished! Oh well... if I wouldn't have said anything, you would have had no idea!!! :-)

Out of all the layouts I did this weekend, this one is my favourite! :-) Again you can see that I still need to journal, but that will come!

There are a couple of things on this layout that I don't normally do... I don't usually group a lot of embellishments together in one general area as I find that it has a tendency to look crowded and takes away from the pictures. I like simple layouts!  And truthfully, I think that this is a simple layout as I don't think that I over did it with the grouping of the embellishments. Probably because I didn't use large embellishments!

I actually used 2 lines of paper for this layout... the "Neighborhood Collection" from "Crate Paper Inc" as well as "Countryside Collection" from "Studio Calico".

One of my favourite embellishments on this page are the Wood Veneer Hearts (& Buttons) also from Studio Calico! I also really like the gem accents that I added to the page! I might have to start using those more often!

I hope to get more layouts completed next week as I have the week off!! :-)

Till next time - Happy Thanksgiving!!

Playin' Around... Gotcha

Hey All,

As promised here is another layout I did this weekend!

I love the way it turned out.... even though it's not quite finished. As you can see I haven't been able to write anything on the card yet & there are a couple other things I will probably add over time.

This was a tough layout to work on... not because of the layout itself but because of who this layout is about... These pictures were taken roughly 2 months before we lost Mia torenal dysplasia (which is a type of Kidney disease). She was only 7 months old.

The line of paper I used was the "Neighborhood Collection" from "Crate Paper Inc". I inked the edges of the large square & then roughed up the edges. I then inked the edges again but this time with a darker shade of the colour. I also used this technique on the mat. I find that by doing this, it just give the page a bit of texture.

The layout I plan on showing tomorrow is a variation on this layout.

Well till then, Happy Scrapping!! :-)