Heart This Photo | Scrapbook Layout
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LAYOUT IDEA |Take an everyday photo and tell a story about your life. Don't talk about what's happening in the photo - talk to the person in the photo. What do you want to say to them right now? What love can you spread? What joy can you bring? How can you build them up through your words?
Here's the photo that inspired this page and the prompt:
JOURNALING | I see you Simon. That's what I want you to know today. I see you and you are wonderful. I see your heart. I see your love of life. I see your passion for movies and fun. I see your love for your sister, your grandparents, your cousins - all our family. I see how hard you try. I see your joy. I see your frustrations. I see you. I see you learning. I see you - all the amazing parts of you. Thank you for just being you. We see you and we love you.
In Photoshop I added my journaling and used my Life In Pictures Brushes & Stamps as a title/word art on top of the photo.
After printing I got down to the business of creating a home for my photo and journaling. I knew I wanted to do something a little artsy with the background.
I started with a sheet of 12x12 kraft cardstock.
7gypsies recently released this awesome kraft tissue paper with my favorite pattern called Life Collage (they used to offer pattern paper with this pattern - I love it). I was excited to try it out as a background for this layout.
To adhere it I used a glue stick on top of the kraft cardstock, laid the tissue paper on top, used a brayer to flatten it out, and trimmed the excess from around the edges. I ran it through my sewing machine to add a cream stitched border.
Next I applied green spay ink (Mister Huey Pickle). Just a couple sprays here and there and then I used a paper towel to rub it around a bit.
This is a strange photo but what I wanted to show you here is how I added a painted border around the edges of the background. I grabbed a large sheet of scrap paper (this one is packaging from my over-sized photo printer paper) and placed a line of paint right onto the paper. I love using this technique to add paint to any edges - just place your edge in the paint and slide.
This is what the paint looks like after it's dried.
To allow the paint to dry I just laid it on top of a few punches.
Once the painted edges were dry I was ready to adhere my photo + journaling and get down to business with a few hearts.
To adhere my photo I used foam dots from Scrapbook Adhesives.
In the photo above you can also see where I started to lay out the hearts (large pink Marvy punch was used for those hearts). Pattern papers include We Are Memory Keepers Debonair and Fancy Pants Design Its The Little Things 6X6 Paper Pad. On the other heart I used a set of stamps from Technique Tuesday called Life In Photos.
Instead of going with four punched hearts I decided to make one of the hearts with the negative space and embossing ink + powder. I laid the sheet of paper right where I wanted to place the heart, applied the ink by turning the pad over and stamping directly onto the paper and then I dumped UTEE on top.
I love UTEE.
This is what it looks like before using the heat gun and after the excess UTEE has been removed.
This is what it looks like after melting the UTEE.
I also ended up adding UTEE on top of the stamped heart.
Here's one more look at the full page:
SUPPLIES
Kraft Cardstock | Bazzill Basics
Pattern Tissue Paper | 7gypsies Life Collage Tissue
Pattern Paper | We Are Memory Keepers Debonair, Fancy Pants Design Its The Little Things 6X6 Paper Pad
"Heart This Photo" Digital Element | Ali Edwards Life In Pictures Brushes & Stamps
Stamps | Technique Tuesday
Embossing Powder | UTEE
Embossing Ink | Versamark
Letter Sticker | American Crafts Black Doll Fabric Chipboard Peachy Keen Thickers
#9 Flag | Jenni Bowlin Numbers Flag Banner Stickers
Spay Ink | Studio Calico Mister Huey Pickle
Cream Paint | Delta
Heart Punch | Marvy Uchida
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I really love the techniques you used to create this layout. I'm getting a little more "artsy" in my scrapbooking. Thanks for giving us the how-tos so we can try it!
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What a cool scrapbook page. I love the idea of using the utee right on the page. I bought Adobe photoshop elements 9 a couple of weeks ago and am having some difficulties. Do you have any tips and tricks for using photoshop? How did you learn all the awesome things photoshop can do? I wished there was an inexpensive course I could take to learn the ins and outs.
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I'm in the same boat with Photoshop. I've been learning bits and pieces online, but would love to take a course. I may just end up doing a course at the community college in my area with a friend.
The Adobe Photoshop Elements site has tons of tutorials so you can learn oodles of things! Besides that, when I was first learning Photoshop, I joined 1 or 2 digital scrapping sites and participated in ALL the challenges! Each and every challenge was a learning experience, and I have dozens of amazing layouts of life during those years. Basically you learn as you go, and after over 6 years at it, I still learn something new and fantastic EVERY week! Take classes if you can. They are always fun! Get it Scrapped and Jessica Sprague run classes all the time and they are very good - some are especially for beginners!
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I loved this picture of Simon in your PL this week, so happy you turned it into a layout. The story is so sweet and your love for him just comes out of everything you make. I love everything about this layout too. Makes my day when you have a new post of each kid at the same time, lots of happy reading.
It's been almost a year now since I participated in my first ever Week In The Life with you and as that first year is approaching I want to take the time to thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing me a different way to capture my family and our story. That album will forever and ever be my favorite even after I do 10 more it will be the best. What I learned that week from you was:
1. to look more for the little everyday moments
2. it's ok if the sink is filled with dishes at night and in the photo
3. to use baseball page protectors and other ones to add more story/pictures to an album. I really do like the variety.
4. to take more pictures of myself and me with the kids/hubby
5. to listen more and record the stories
5. to use the self-timer it's great for me and the little one I watch
6. to play with products, to have fun and to mix things up
7. to stop and really look at the sights I see everyday but just keep going and not really looking.
8. that it is overwhelming but to keep going till the album is done
9. to always always have my camera handy, it never leaves my side now and I have almost tripled the amount of pictures I take since then
10. to remember how much fun it was to journal and document our whole day everyday and how things have changed since last year.
I hope you know how totally amazing and inspiring you are and I love your ideas and how we get to follow along with you on these journey's. Thank you thank you Ali.
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thank you for sharing these learning experiences with all of us, Dawn!
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You are so truly inspiring. You come across as so "real" & "down-to-earth" & someone who would be a great friend. I always get misty when I read the things you write to your children & about them. I love what you wrote about Anna, and this page about Simon was so awesome. Thank you for sharing who you are.
CAS
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FANTABULOUS ALI!!!!!!
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this is so cool! Thanks for sharing how you did the UTEE heart.
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FABULOUS layout!!
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Oh I absolutely LOVE this layout and like you, that is my favorite 7Gypsies pattern too...now to find that tissue paper!!!
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Thank you Ali. We see you too :) and love who you are to us here on your blog.
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Oh my. I want to do a photo and journaling like that for everyone in my family!
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Love, love, love this! Gotta get my hands on some of that patterned tissue paper. I love the way it wrinkles up! Fabulous!
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This layout is "classic Ali" and I am in love with it! Thanks so much for showing your process and inspiring me to look up some of that tissue paper and play!
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Reading your journaling always makes me wish I had started scrapping when my kids were young. So many things I wish I could remember and have surely forgotten. I love this layout. Beautiful.
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You know, Ali..I get so much inspiration from your blog and your layouts because you really get me to treasure and record those little little moments. Everyday seems so ordinary really until someone reminds you that everyday is special because of the people around you.
Now, I have tons of stuff about my sons to scrapbook..thanks Ali.
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Love, love, love it!!!!!! I have always described the photo, never talked to it. I love this idea. Thank you Ali.
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I am in love with this layout. I love the mixed media that you use. After seeing this layout this morning I stopped by my favorite craft store and they had the tissue that you used in your layout. I am excited to try it out. The journaling is very special. I understand how important it is to capture thoughts in the moment because life moves quickly and you forget more than you realize. For me it used to be all about the photos and decorations ....now its all about recording the words.
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Awesome layout! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Such a beautiful, heartfelt message to Simon.
I've written to my children instead of about them on some layouts as well, but I will have to create some in this context also. Thanks for sharing this amazing layout.
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Wow! Totally love this. Thank you for the reminder to spread the love. :)
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If I had just 1% of your creativity I would be happy :) - Love the layout and the hearts and the paint strip and just about everything but love the journalling the most - your children must feel very special, you have a wonderful way with words that express the sentiment without being too mushy :)
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