Laura Vegas

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inspired by photos – sayler . . .

part 3 of my "inspired by photos" series … sounds so cool calling it a "series", don't you think? so you know by now that i was lucky enough to have the talented megan cristello share some photos with me. i honestly find great photos to be one of the things that inspires me the most. i had a hard time choosing which photos i wanted to use of her daughter sayler … so many great ones to choose from. she's the cutest thing … love all that long, curly hair! but i had to go with these photos here.

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now, megan didn't have any special story behind these photos … at least, not that she posted on her blog. i think these were just photos that they took just for fun … and for megan to practice on them too, i'm sure. i know that's the majority of what my photos are lately now that my girls are older … i tend to do more "photo shoot" style then everyday snapshots. anyways … i just loved these photos and thought they'd be fun to play with. so my thoughts on this … was that megan could write sayler a letter or something and then stick it in the envelope. something that she could then read down the road.

once again, pattern papers are basic grey … and the envelope is from the april KOTM. the white scalloped borders are doodlebug paper frills … just added some rubons to them. the embellishments are all making memories. the glitter letter stickers and the glitter chipboard flowers turned out to work perfectly. they're a little more maroon … but really picked up the brown pattern paper.

i needed a bit more of the burnt orange color to match the envelope. so i took one of the large folders that came with the KOTM … and cut a large piece off to use. i then ran it through my cuttlebug using the swiss dot embossing folder. for the flowers … i layered some clear flower stickers with the glitter chipboard flowers … and then added a brad in the middle. i also used lots of pop dots on here for extra dimension … on some of the photos and also on the chipboard flowers.

sayler and megan … hope you like it as much as i do!

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16 responses to “inspired by photos – sayler . . .”

  1. Leslie Avatar
    Leslie

    hey I’m the first – that never happens 🙂
    Anyway, this lo is amazing as well! The colors go so well w/ her outfit and your attention to details is so amazing, I noticed even the thread looks like it has a pattern in it. I like the bling of the flowers and letters of her name too.

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    girlsmiths

    OK, so this one is my new fave! Maybe cause red is my favorite color, but more likely cause she is so pretty! And, I love how you’ve used the KOTM envies. I looked at those and didn’t have a clue how to use them, so I didn’t order. Keep up the great layouts!

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  3. Marissa Avatar
    Marissa

    What an awesome little series! I love all of them- I bet she is going to love them as well. I really like her kids’ names too! Did you go with Deneen to Elk Grove? If you did, did you get anything good? I wish I would have gone, but I really needed to go to church! I think I would’ve felt too guilty!

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  4. Deneen Avatar
    Deneen

    Laura love the layout and boy is Sayler a cutie! I have to get by and pick up my swiss dot folder from you now LOL.

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  5. wendy sue Avatar
    wendy sue

    Wow, wow, wow. 1)she is beautiful. 2)the photos are amazing. 3)the layout is incredible. 4)you are the BEST at mixing and matching product. 5)I am really wishing I could order that KOTM now. 6)wow! :o)

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  6. cathy Avatar
    cathy

    those are amazing, really. you are the queen of layering
    paper/products/embellishments on layouts! love them all!

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  7. Sierra Avatar
    Sierra

    Wow! I love all these layouts Laura! Fantastic. Favorite part? Each one has an envelope for tidbits. How smart! I’ve been thinking of doing that for family day type stuff. Scrapping one of the photos and then having an envelope on the page for the other fun pictures. And yes, I stole the idea from you. lol

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  8. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    You just keep out doing yourself lady! LOVE the colors & the pics on this!! So glad I’ve got that swiss dot embossing folder on it’s way!!
    Can’t wait to see the next one!

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  9. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    Wow!
    That layout is gorgeous!
    Love love the colours you used. And you are really making me wish I would have got that KOTM. It looks awesome on your layouts! 🙂

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  10. Pamela Avatar
    Pamela

    Can I please just live inside your head for a day or so – you come up with the most unique ideas – love, love, love them! Thanks for sharing.

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  11. Lynn Avatar
    Lynn

    This is a gorgeous layout! I love it and I love the pictures! Gorgeous!
    Lynn

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  12. Brenda Hurd Avatar
    Brenda Hurd

    that orange seriously rocks!! Love the layout – the colors and all of the details!

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  13. Megan Cristello Avatar
    Megan Cristello

    Ummmm yeah..what everyone else said (x10)…Love it…and she does too! Not thinking anything could have gotten any better than the firt two..but..WOW..this is just stunning…love it all…every so often..you just might find your inbox full of random photos of my kids..just in case you ever get bored…LOL!!

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  14. Melinda Avatar
    Melinda

    Love the series you have got going on. All the layouts are gorgeous- she is one lucky gal to have you scrap those pictures for her! The idea that Mom can add her own notes into the envelope is great!

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  15. Katy Avatar
    Katy

    WOW totally love this page Laura … the colours are a great combination … but I just really love the detail in that last photo, you did a great job. 🙂

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  16. Erika Follansbee Avatar
    Erika Follansbee

    ABSOLUTELY beautiful!!! I just die over brown, orange, and green, so this ROCKS to me! (bear with me, I have about 4-5 weeks of your blog entries to go through… I am waaaaay behind with blog reading….)

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