Rehearsal Dinner Layout

As a scrapbooker, we scrap everyday events as well as special events like birthdays, holidays, and weddings. It's even better when there's a good story that goes with the pictures and this is one of those moments. My sister-in-law got married a few years back (ok...several years back as I'm STILL 6 years behind in my book). the wedding took place 2 hours from home. With two little ones, there's a lot to remember to pack. I had everything packed up from the all important clothes and toiletries to the even more important things to occupy the kids in the car and during the rehearsal. We packed the car and did not do that final walk through to make sure we got everything. We arrived at our destination only to discover we forgot the hanging back with the dress clothes for the rehearsal and wedding. YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully my mother was able to get the clothes and meet the caterer who drove the clothes to us. However, she did not arrive until after the rehearsal. So, we scrambled to find outfits for the four of us at the mall. It was this moment that I learned it's not worth fretting over something like this...there's always a way to fix it. So next time you forget to pack something on a trip...find a mall/store and just go buy a new one. :-)

On to my layout...I found the perfect color to match my shirt as my focal color. The patterned paper complemented my husband's green shirt. WIN WIN! I cut the title on my cricut and free-handed the shadow because the title did not stand out on its own.

The layout was lacking that extra punch and needed some all important embellishments. So I went to my stach of flowers. Every wedding needs/has flowers so what better embellishment to use than flowers. I desperately wanted to cover my goof on the shadow behind the title. Did you even realize I cut a straight line? It looked horrible. The coordinating flowers were perfect! Although the cover the title just a tad, which is SO not like me, I think it turned out just right. Sticking with the rule of three, I added more flowers in a triangular shape to bring it all together.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend.

Alisa

Classic Cars Layout

We are a family of car lovers. So when we stopped for lunch and saw this old truck, we just had to get pictures. A few weeks later was a local car show that I took the kids to. My son loves mustangs, camaros, and firebirds. He was so excited to see these two classics.

When I came across this car paper...I just knew I was going to use it on a layout of cars with my son. My first step in my layout was to find coordinating papers and embellishments. I had these really cool brads that matched perfectly. I simply layed out the photos and filled in the empty spaces with the embellishments, title, and journaling block. This was simple and quick to put together.

Before...

AFTER...

Although there is not a lot on the page, the simplicity allows focus on the pictures and the story. I chose not to border my photos either as the background, brads, title, and journaling create borders for them. Sometimes less really is more.

Enjoy!

Alisa

Kids at Play Layout

My goal when starting my blog was to get my scrapbooking caught up by doing a layout a day, hence the name Scrap du Jour. Get it...Scrap of the Day. LOL. Well, I haven't been so productive, but will try again. So here is a layout of my kids playing. First, I picked out the papers to use for the layout.

After I decided on the papers I wanted to use, I layed out the pictures to see which ones I can use and the order they will appear in the layout. Here is what my table looked like...messy!

Once the layout was decided upon, I framed the pictures and inked the edges to provide contrast and bring out the red in the background paper. I decided I wanted to use more patterned paper, so I cut a strip of the striped paper to go on the bottom of the page. The title was created with sticker letters I had laying around.

Happy Scrappin'
Alisa