Laura Vegas

i feel like i've been super sporatic with what i'm sharing lately. i've lost track of what i have, where i have it, what i've shared, and what i need to share. i finally took out a good old-fashioned, regular piece of paper. and i made lists of everything i've been creating. and columns to keep track of whether i've blogged it, added it to this gallery or that gallery, etc. and i make check marks. with a pen. love it. we'll see if that helps. anyways. today, i have another layout from the scrapbooking tips & tricks: tools & techniques issue, by creating keepsakes magazine.

 
as seen in the Tools & Techniques issue of Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks magazine. copyright creative crafts group. posted with prior permission from the publisher.

i knew i wanted to create a summer layout, when i got my assignment, and these photos of alyssa have always been favorites of mine. in fact, that third photo (the largest on the page) actually won a photo contest ages ago. these photos were taken about 8 years ago. i can't remember what random magazine it was in, but i got a prize and everything. i should dig out the magazine, since i know i have it somewhere.

i also knew that i wanted to use the all inclusive collection, from bella blvd. the collection was new at the time i created this, and i just loved it. the colors, the patterns, everything. i went with the glitter chipboard alphas by doodlebug, because i wanted to pull in more of the darker blue to match that strip of polka dot pattern paper. and because i love those chipboard letters. and i even got crazy on this layout, and i did NOT start it with a sheet of white cardstock. lol! about 94% of my layouts start with me pulling out the white cardstock. i like that i went with colors.

my assignment was to use a template to make my own journaling spots. i used two acrylic maya road journaling spots as my template. i used to have a lot of templates, back in the day, but had gotten rid of most of them over the years. but anything that you can trace onto a piece of paper, can be considered a template. in my opinion, at least :)

for the sun, i traced around the template, onto white cardstock and cut it out. then i adhered that to orange pattern paper, and freehand cut around it, leaving a thin border of the orange paper showing. for the little points of the sun, i drew one freehand onto the turquoise pattern paper, and then cut it out. i then used that to cut out a bunch more of them. just paper pieced it all together. i actually did journal right in the middle of the sun, but i messed up. i simply cut a circle of white cardstock, and adhered it over my mistake. looks like it was meant to be that way.

for the second journaling spot, i traced around my other template, onto white cardstock and cut it out. adhered that onto black cardstock, and cut around, leaving a thin border of the black showing. i drew lines with a pen onto both of the journaling spots, to mimic the look of the journaling spots i was using as my templates. and because they helped me write in straight lines 😉

supplies: all inclusive skipping stones pattern paper by bella blvd, all inclusive ocean view pattern paper by bella blvd, all inclusive bits of bella pattern paper by bella blvd, all inclusive bookin beach pattern paper by bella blvd, all inclusive alpha & stickers bits by bella blvd, new england clam chowder stickers by jillibean soup, acrylic journaling spots by maya road, glitter chipboard letters by doodlebug designs, brads by making memories