I Love You | Scrapbook Layout
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LAYOUT IDEA | Incorporate a child's drawing or other handwritten note into a layout.
There's nothing better than being able to include a little something that Simon or Anna has drawn by hand. In this case I got lucky - this one showcases a little something from both of them (that would be Anna's red crayon on top of Simon's drawing).
The bottom three sections of this layout (the photo, the journaling, and the drawing) were all stitched using my sewing machine.
I love tags. Always have and probably always will. Having a cluster of three or so with accents attached is a nice way to add decoration to page.
The red LOVE stamp on the manila tag is from my Love Always Wins set.
I still have a small stash of Making Memories metal rimmed rectangle tags. For this layout I used Tim Holtz scissors to cut the tag in half so I can use the other half on another pages.
THE STORY | This is it. This is the good stuff. This is the stuff I want to remember. This is the stuff I want to celebrate. Love made visible through those wonderful little hands and hearts. A simple drawing and a simple sentiment...now preserved and saved and treasured. Love. Love. No matter how crazy life gets...no matter the challenges faced, it's relationships like this that matter. One of the best gifts in life. Journaled 10/6/10.
SUPPLIES
CARDSTOCK |Bazzill Basics Criss Cross Cream Puff
PATTERN PAPER |My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup Boy Ledger
STAMP |Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday Love Always Wins
INK |Jenni Bowlin Chili Powder
LETTER STICKER |Pink Paislee Hometown Summer Expressions Alphabet
"LOVING" WORD STICKER |GCD Soul Food Collection Chipboard
MINI KRAFT TAG |Maya Road Kraft Shipping Tags
OTHER | old Making Memories metal rimmed rectangle tag, manila shipping tag, staple, machine stitching
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Love the tags tucked behind the cream paper! You have the best ideas.
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I love how your journalling paper has been folded to match the drawing. I have an older drawing of my daughters I found when cleaning out the busy box & I was going to put it in my project life but now I will devote a bit of time & do a layout. Won't take long now I am all inspired & have a great layout to start out with.
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I too love this layout. I've been doing pages like this for a long time but without journalling. Now I get to do this with my grandchildren.
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Alil, My 20 yr old son just came home from college and this morning I found a post it on my bathroom mirror: "I love you mom. -Will"
These are the moments we will always remember. (and scrap just to make sure!!)
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oops, that was supposed to be a comma after Ali not another l
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How utterly perfect!!
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That is perfect Ali! I love it. If only I could sew....if only I had a sewing machine:(
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This is such a lovely LO, was the drawing made on a small piece of paper or is it scanned in?
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The drawing was made on that paper - not scanned.
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Wow. I can't believe this incredible layout starts with "This is it." That is my motto right now. Every day with my 10 year old, I am trying to remember, "This is it." This is what her childhood is made of. This is what we will always remember. This is IT! I actually got that phrase from Gretchen Ruben, author of "The Happiness Project" - check it out if you want a great read! Love your layout - as always!
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Hi Ali,
Love your layout. I have been hanging on to carefully chosen drawings from my 5 year old twin boys. I'm glad I did because even if I haven't gotten around to scrapping them artistically YET :) at least I'll have them when I find the time to. Your layout just inspired me to get to it.
Can I ask you about 12x12 photo printing? Do you know of any place that does that or any printers that can print 12x12 photos?
Thanks, Ali for always being so generous with yourself and your time. :)
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Hi Bea - my printer (HP Photosmart B8550) prints up to 13 inches x 19 inches. There are others out there as well - Epson tends to get high marks. For printing via a service I like http://www.scrapbookpictures.com or Costco or Color Inc or Persnickety. Lots of good options out there for over-sized printing.
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Hi Ali!
I want to share with you a different way of doing memory keeping. I'm not sure if you've seen the Google Chrome commercial where this dad sends his daughter emails from the day she was born till she got older. It made me teary. =) I've started on my children's emails and my goal is to do at least a weekly email to them with just a letter, photo or a video of them. I just love this! I also plan on giving their email addresses to family members so they can receive memories from them to cherish. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/R4vkVHijdQk
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I saw that too and loved it - such a wonderful idea.
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Love this idea and loving the complete look xx
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Ali, I have read a post from Maggie and you were featured there. Now I was wondering who is this person that made Maggie to mentioned his name in a comment. And when I bumped into your site yesterday I just can't get enough of it! Your works are inspiration to other scrapbook enthusiasts. Keep it up!
And by the way, I love the tags!Please check my site too, I have other scrapbooking ideas enumerated there. Thanks!
Larson
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[...] layout design came from this lovely page by Ali Edwards. I adored the simplicity but also how it used a piece of child made [...]
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