Fall & Family Layout

We recently had a lovely weekend spending time with family on both sides. Since I’ve been on fall break and had some time to myself, I was able to go ahead and scrapbook these recent photos and memories. 

I wanted to use some of the splendid autumn 6 x 6 DSP, and I made it work well with photo mats from the backside of the DSP and the addition of crushed curry and Mossey Meadow card stock.

I thought that the design was a little too plain, so I grabbed an old brick stencil and used Cajun craze and earliest espresso ink to create the bricks in the corners.

I thought that the crushed curry and the DSP textured leaves were a little plain in conjunction with the Macey Meadow seasons of elegance DSP de cut leaves, so I sponge some gold and copper enamel effects onto the leaves. I also ended up, distressing them a little bit with early espresso ink. I really love how the two clusters came together. They added a ton of interest to the layout without Detracting from my photos (In myOpinion) 

This last photo isn’t quite as interesting, but I added a lot of family history, and who is related to who and how on this strip of card stock. I want my girls to know exactly who is who and how they are related, but I didn’t feel that anybody flipping through my scrapbooks would necessarily want all of that history. So, after writing on the 3 1/2 x 12“ white willow card stock strip, I created a pocket on the back that the large journaling strip can slide through. That way you can pull up with the tab, read the information, and tuck it back in behind the layout fairly easily. Time will tell! Lol.

Be sure to share all of your story, even if you need to have the partially hidden. You and those after you will be very glad that you did!

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