New Layouts

Hey there! I joined an online crop this weekend. I may go today for a bit. Im tired. BUT, I have some more pages I want to do. I find when I am tired though I don't do as good of a job on them and they turn out messy. so we shall see. John was up early this morning and finished smoking a pork butt for us and for some dear friends of ours and cooked some corn on the cob and baked beans and cole slaw to go with it. I love that smoker I am so glad he got it! Here is the first page I did:

This is one of Bella's casual Graduation pictures she had made on a rooftop in Downtown Mobile, right at the golden hour of sunset. I think they turned out so good. I asked on this group I am a member of and just love (scrapbooking the day away) for title suggestions and a lady on there suggested "Lovely" and it hit me right then that I wanted to do "Isn't she lovely" I got a lot of title Ideas for many other pages I will be making with those photos (I have a lot)I love those ladies so inspirational and always helpful. Here is another page I used one of their title suggestions for this "Isn't she lovely" page on this one, It fit so much better!

The challenge was to use circles and dots. half and half on your page. I think I used enough circles and dots. The title is kinda dark. I was outlining it to make it stand out and my pen died on me. I need to get me another one quick! Mary Ann put it on the Friends of Mobiles Fabulous Flamingos page also. (the group I scrap/crop with once a month) These pictures, I was not sure of at first and them by themselves I just was not crazy about. but when I put them together and with the dance title OH I just loved it. The pictures were perfect for this title. Im glad I printed them.

Bella got to experience Homecoming this year, but it was different. The school didn't have a dance like usual. The school rented out a movie theater and watched the latest Jurassic Park movie. Then this group of kids got together afterwards and went to cracker barrel. She said she had a great time and she took several sets of photos for me to scrapbook! sorry for the glare! It was getting dark and my kitchen has a flourescent light. I didn't use a lot of layers or patterned papers with this layout because there are a lot of people in the photos. *That is my rule of thumb. If the photo is busy use less busy papers. If the picture is just a single person and not busy I can use more vibrant, busy paper. Here is the last one:

These pictures are so fun! I had to cut them down though to get them all on there. This was dress up week spirit week of Homecoming. They had so much fun. THe challenge was to use twine, fibers or ribbon. I used ribbon at the bottom of my page. I have another couple of Homecoming layouts to make. We will see if I do them today. I may just rest. Im tired. I hope you have a good day and if you get the chance, do something creative!