Laura Vegas

i thought i would share one of my layouts with you today, from the last scrapbooking tips & tricks issue. this was created for the paper palooza issue, which was all about pattern paper. my technique idea was to take small torn pieces of pattern paper, and use them to cover chipboard shapes.

as seen in Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks: Paper Palooza issue, by Creating Keepsakes magazine. copyright creative crafts group. posted with prior permission from the publisher.

the layout in the magazine looks slightly different than what you see here. i forgot to get a picture of the final version. in the magazine, my layout has all color photos. this shows a few black and white photos. in all honestly, this layout went through three changes, before making final approval. i don't always get it right the first time out. lol!

this was my first attempt. the photos here aren't the best, and a tad bit dark. but i loved this layout, and the colors and papers. but the very smart and all-knowing editors at CK, thought that we needed bolder pattern paper choices. i fought it a little. but in the end, they really do know what they're talking about. i still love my first version, but the third one fits the technique and the article much better.

back to the layout. these are all photos of my family that i took on thanksgiving in 2009. i hardly ever take pictures on thanksgiving. but this past year, i was putting together a "what we're thankful" mini album, and i wanted to be sure and have a photo of everyone that was there. the reason i added some black and white pics on this version, was because i had a lot of color going in people's clothing choices. in the end, they asked for all color photos. yes, i did a lot of photo printing for this assignment. lol! on this page: my brother scott and his wife kathy, my dad john and my mom kathie, and my sister wendy, and of course our family, joe, me, alyssa, and sarah. 

for the hearts, i just choose a few different pattern papers and tore a bunch of little pieces off. then i covered my chipboard hearts with adhesive, and started layering the torn pieces onto the heart, overlapping them as i went. i ran short on one of the hearts (since i did two totally different layouts). so i traced the heart onto a piece of cardstock, and used that to layer the torn pieces of pattern paper onto. then i sanded down the edges of all the hearts to finish them off. on this page: my cousin brad and his wife issa (who's carrying baby zachary, born 4 weeks later), my cousin stephanie and her husband dustin, my grandma hildred, my aunt vicky, my grandpa frank, and my aunt sandy.

and the two layouts came in handy in the end. the original layout is tucked in my family album. and the final layout (all color photos) is hanging up on my parents wall 🙂