"Turning 8"

April 2009

This is another layout I completed at a class at the CK Convention in Portland, this time, I took the Keller's Creations class.  I really like her bright colors and thicker papers.  Her website is:  http://www.acidfree.com/index.cfm?lid=1  I thought the bright papers and circles really lent itself to a birthday layout! 

I added the letter stickers to spell words (like Lego's, fun, bike) to capture the birthday, but everything else came in the class!

I really like the rhombus in the middle with the folded back triangles!  Doesn't it make a cute frame?  Enjoy!

Maddie's 5th Birthday Aloha Style

I had a blast making this cute layout for my daughter's 5th birthday, which was Hawaiian themed.  I was able to get 10 photos, plus embellishments on this two page layout!

I matted the photos in rows, making them into a pyramid shape.  I left little edges of the tropical green peeking out to define each photo and keep it from getting lost in a huge photo collage.  I placed larger pictures along the bottom, and then reduced their size and the number, in each row!  I then added a premade felt flower border to both the left and right hand side of the page.  On the left page, I also added the 3x3 photo with the silver frame.  The silver frame actually holds a piece of balsa wood (one side) and cork (other side).  The silver frame wasn't tight though, so I was able to wiggle my picture in to the frame as well.  I journaled "around" the edges of the pyramid in pink pen.

 On the right hand side I used the same silver 3x3 wood frame and slipped another picture inside.  I also used the chipboard circles to give a title to the page.