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Monday, August 3, 2015

"You Are Loved From the Start" layout

Happy Monday friends. I have been really excited about scrapbooking again lately. I'm not sure if it's because school is out for me (for six weeks) and I have more time to devote to making pages, or it is because I have been inspired by magazines and You Tube videos recently. Whatever it is, I'm glad that I have the time and "mojo" cause the memories are piling up and I need to turn them into scrapbook pages. 

Today's page is based off of two challenges, a sketch one from Stick It Down challenge blog and a product challenge from Scrap Our Stash

This page is going to be included in Mason's baby album. They are pictures of the family the day after he was born. This was the first time the older kids saw him. I'm running out of pictures to scrapbook for him so I will have to spend sometime culling through our pictures and get them printed. 

For the product challenge I use the following:
P- Project life card (the one used for my title)
A- Arrows
P- Punch (star)
E- Echo park stickers
R- Rhinestones

I got to be honest, I wasn't sure how I can use the sketch for my page since I really wanted to use three pictures instead of the two in the sketch. Thankfully I was able to make it work. I actually really liked the result of the page, which is another reason I always go back to sketches, it stretches me in ways I would have never thought about in the first place.

I used some vellum and scraps of yellow pattern paper to make my starburst design. I just punched them out with a star punch and then layered them on top of each other, overlapping the points of the stars slightly and then adding a staple in the center.

The sketch called for only the bottom right corner to have an accent but I felt that I needed to balance it out so I added a few things on the top left as well.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a fantastic day.

Till next time,
Grace

20 comments:

Unknown said...

What a sweet layout and nice take on the sketch. I love all the little boy papers and those cute jungle animals. So great that you combined challenges. You have inspired me to try and do that this month. Thanks so much for joining us at Stick It Down.

Unknown said...

Beautiful scrapbook page Grace...love all the elements on this page...from the vellum+patttern paper stars to the wood veneers on the corners to the beautiful memory to have captured in this page! Great interpretation of the sketch...Thanks for playing along with us at Stick-It-Down!

Cassie said...

What a beautiful layout! It is such a sweet page. Great use of the word challenge! Thank you for joining us at Scrap Our Stash.

Sharon Fritchman said...

Absolutely adorable! I love how you scrapped these precious photos! And you used the items from your stash in such a wonderful way. Thank you for joining us at Scrap our Stash!

Colleen said...

I just love this LO. So much detail in it. Thanks for playing along with us at Stick it Down.

Marci said...

That is so adorable!!! And I love all, the little items you used, like the arrows cluster, so nice! thanks for joining in at STICK IT DOWN!

Amanda said...

Gorgeous photos of you family, and great work interpreting the sketch to suit your needs. Love the little clusters. Thanks for playing along with us at Stick It Down.

Crystal Schneider said...

Oh so sweet what a great title. Wonderful job with the challenge. Thanks for joining us at Scrap Our Stash.

Rachelle Olaridge said...

What a beautiful and adorable LO. Great stash use and precious pics. Thanks for your entry in our challenge at Scrap Our Stash!

TantiK Creation said...

This is such a sweet layout and great stash items choice. Thank you for joining us at Scrap Our Stash.

Brenda said...

Precious layout and wonderful job completing the stash challenge! Thank you for playing along at Scrap Our Stash!

Carole Wright said...

HI precious indeed. Fab take on our challenge, thank you for entering at SCRAP OUR STASH. x

Steffanie said...

Adorable! Love the fun mix of colors, the stars and arrows...and of course those cute zoo animals! Great use of stash items. Thanks for linking up at Scrap Our Stash!!

Unknown said...

I love the photos!!!! wonderful project!!!! thank you for joining us at Stick it Down

kate blue said...

love all your PAPER elements! Loving the wood veneers, ruler paper and stars-3 of my favs to use myself! Kate (SOS)

Unknown said...

What a fantastic way to use up some of your stash supplies and make a layout at the same time. Thanks for playing along with us at Stick It Down.

Unknown said...

What a fantastic way to use up some of your stash supplies and make a layout at the same time. Thanks for playing along with us at Stick It Down.

Marci said...

What sweet photos!!!! adorable page! thanks for joining in at STICK IT DOWN!

Cherished said...

Great page. Thanks for playing at Stick it Down. Love what you did with the sketch.

Alison said...

What a sweet layout and take on the sketch. Love the sentiment. Thanks for playing along with us at Stick It Down.