Laura Vegas

voting has started up this morning for challenge #3 over on MM idol. make sure to head over there and cast your vote. here’s my layout:

the challenge this week was to get "back to basics" … go back to using the basic supplies that we used when we started scrapping. luckily papers and stickers have come a long way since 11 years ago when i started. lol! our basic supplies were limited to cardstock, pattern paper, stickers/rubons, brads, ribbons, buttons, and our basic tools. not bad since those are things i use all the time. i’m not really much of a technique person … so i love the basics. the only thing that threw me a little was that we could do anything we wanted … a layout, a project, home decor, mini albums. a wide range to choose from. layouts are really my thing … they’re what i do best. but i worried that everyone else would show up with big projects … and that everyone would think "hey wait, that laura chick only made a layout". lol!

i actually started 2 layouts for this challenge … but chose to use this one because i just love the colors. i know i just used one of these pictures on a recent layout … but tawny’s cute and i love the pics! i originally had some basic grey pattern papers on there … but then decided i wanted to use more making memories papers. so i started a whole new layout since the pictures were already on there with glue dots … so i had to reprint my photos (which involved re-cropping and all since i hadn’t saved it). i figure i’ll finish the other one with the basic grey and give it to tawny’s mom.

i won’t even tell you how long this took me. it really is simple and basic … but "simple" still takes me forever to design. lol! and i had some major issues with my journaling tag. i seriously handwrote that tag about 8 times. i kept messing up … spelling something wrong … not having enough room … writing too big. i kept having to cut myself new tags out of my pattern paper. then i finally got it right … added a button to the end and plopped it down on the layout. took  pics and everything. then realized that i had all this great dimension going on the top of the layout (love me some pop-dots) … but the bottom was too flat. so i tore that tag off and started again. added the flower behind it, added some ribbon, a few extra buttons, and pop-dotted the whole tag. much better.

i hand cut the flowers from my pattern paper. actually i used my circle cutter … and then just cut little "v" shapes around the circles. i did throw on 2 grommets which weren’t on the basic supply list. i had them arranged on there from the beginning … and then realized that they might not be ok. but once i took them off … they were the only thing i wanted to use. in the end i decided to toss them on. they’re kindof like a giant brad or eyelet, right? i didn’t use the grommet tool though … i wanted the white cardstock to show to put my button on … so i just pushed it through my paper and flattened out the prongs. all the products on here are making memories … the papers (except the green background and the white scalloped cardstock), stickers, buttons, ribbon, and the grommets.   

wasn’t that exciting … to get the whole drama-filled story behind the making of one of my layouts?!?! lol! most of my layouts have some crazy story to them! anyways … go check out the 25 remaining ladies work and cast your vote. i think this week they are cutting 10 … so every vote counts!