Thursday, November 17, 2011

Utah Vacation, part 1

Still contemplating trying out for the Sketch Support Design Team (entries are due in a week), and one of the requirements is the ability to take "good" photos of your layouts...so I'm trying photographing them outside, rather than on the floor in my scrapbook room. :) I think we all know I'll never upgrade to staging photos with props, so this may be as good as it gets.

This is most of the album; there are a few more layouts that are put together but just need a photo reprinted in the correct size, or some major inspiration.
I'm not sure who the paper manufacturer is (I want to say Colorbok), but I just know I got it at Target. Since I usually have no problem remembering companies, it's annoying me. The chipboard stickers are K & Co and bought on clearance while on said vacation.
Becky Higgins sketch, slightly modified. I'm not sure why, but I tend to use a lot of them in my vacation albums. October Afternoon paper, journaling cards and chipboard stickers, Ali Edwards stamps and Jenni Bowlin ink (which I'm really liking).
Another BH sketch, slightly modified. The bear is cut from a piece of Christmas paper that I bought at Joanns a couple years ago, and then I free-handed the splashes from the same paper and mounted them with pop-dots. I thought it was cute, and fitting since the water was about 40 degrees. K & Co (blue) and really old Cockadoodle (white) letter stickers and Love, Elsie paper.
Sadly, this family picture is the entire reason I wanted the BG Wistera paper pad. Surely other people do that, right? Not real sure the eyelet trim works on the bottom, but I like it.
Allison Davis sketch. (Actually the same one I used on the Bright Lights of the Midway layout.). The only adaption is 6 wallet sized photos on the right hand side instead of 2 vertical 4x6s. The October Afternoon stamp edge paper was easy enough to trim down and piece back together, especially with the other paper strip hiding it. The bear with the upside down map image was what really convinced me that I needed the OA Campfire line (not that I need much convincing to buy anything OA). Thickers stickers and AE stamps.
This pic of Jacob hanging out while we were stuck on the Rockefeller Parkway amuses me. (The Parkway is the only road between Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and a camper trailer jacknifed on the road, completely blocking it for a couple hours). People always ask how he travels and if he enjoys it (I guess the impression is that kids with autism don't like new things or to be away from their routine), so I did this layout to talk about how much he loves travel and sometimes leads us to the attic to get the suitcases. Martha Stewart paper, L'il Davis chipboard sticker and Deja Views journal die cut, which I edged with a border punch for some variety.
Love, Elsie paper, MM overlay, MS twine, Karen Foster lacing brads, and Thickers stickers. Loosely based on a Becky Fleck/Pagemaps sketch.
Becky Higgins sketch. Basic Grey background paper, Love, Elsie embossed paper, OA bird sticker, AE stamps and letters cut with the QK Hot Chocolate letter dies.
Echo Park Walk in the Park papers, mostly "b" sides. Flag button from a Colorbok set I found at Tuesday Morning, AE stamp on a really old tag (like 10 years old?) I hang on to stuff way too long.
I swear, drop Brandon anywhere on the planet and he'll find a game room. DCWV Generation Next paper pad and Deja Views journal card.
This simple little layout...killed me. For the life of me I could not manipulate stamps (definitely need to skip stamps when I'm sleep deprived) to save my life and I was convinced that Technique Tuesday had printed the "kid" stamp backwards. Nope, it was just my brain that was backwards. Echo Park Splash paper kit papers and journal sticker, and the Splish Splash sticker is from the scrapbuck order. Brandon will be horrified once he sees I used pink on a page starring him. :)
So simple, and yet so nice. Don't know what I'm going to do when I run out of BG Motifica for real. Plain Thickers chipboard letters.
Becky Higgins sketch, BG Archaic paper, BG letter stickers and an old EK Success leather-ish sticker.
Not entirely sure Cosmo Cricket Mr. Campy was the best paper choice, but it's what I kept going back to when I was picking papers. This is actually a layout set up I use a lot (2 4x6s on the left side, either orientation, and 6 or 8 horizontal wallets on the right). I didn't realize how often I use it until I was going through an album from about two years ago and realized that I had used it 3 times within a 1" binder, but really, you couldn't tell because they all looked so different because of theme and supplies, and that's what I love about sketches--5 people can use the same sketch and each person will come up with something completely different, just by what supplies they use.
Kind of plain, but that's ok. BG paper, OA letter stickers, and Nestabillities die for the journal block (labels 8). Becky Higgins sketch.
Simple filler page. I swear, despite everything we saw, the kids were most impressed by a gas station built into the mountain side.
One of my favorites. This was the first time I used the Jenni Bowlin inks on textured paper, and noticed that they tend to fade into the paper rather than sitting on top, like with regular paper. You can really tell a difference, so I'll have to keep that in mind. Thickers letter stickers and MM paper and button.
My inability to do nice beach and pool layouts continues. :( MME overlays and EP Splash paper and stickers.

365L total: 26 (not bad for 17 days in).

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