Laura Vegas

i have a creating keepsakes layout to share today, from the scrapbooking tips & tricks: texture issue. i know we're just heading into spring, but let's backtrack to fall for a minute 🙂

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

i held onto these photos for almost a full year, before getting an assignment that was perfect for them. texture. i'm all about texture on my layouts. in fact, if my layout is too flat, it just doesn't feel right to me. i need some extra dimension, some pop dots, some layers, something a little bit bulky. doesn't have to be a lot or go overboard. but there has to be something there.

my first thoughts on colors for pumpkin patch photos would be brown, orange, and green. but alyssa was wearing a purple shirt, and sarah was wearing yellow. so i worked those colors into my layout. i still think purple and yellow can be very "fallish" colors, when mixed with orange. so i used orange as one of my accent colors, adding a little bit here and there.

i cut off pieces from a cardboard box in the garage, to use on this layout. i simply tore the top layer off, so that you can see the corrugated part of the cardboard. lots of texture there. i used two smaller pieces for little accents, at the top of the pages. i took some embroidery floss and wrapped it around the cardboard piece, numerous times. then i used a small safety pin to secure a mini tag with "october" printed on it.

i knew i wanted to use my jillibean soup corrugated alphas for my title, since they have the same look as the cardboard pieces i was using for accents. i choose the white alphas, and used my finger to add a touch of orange paint around all the edges of each letter.

it's not super noticable, but my green cardstock is embossed with leaves. adds a subtle touch. you might notice a few little tears on the yellow dotted paper. i originally had my title letters going a little uneven. we, or should i say the editors, decided that they'd look better straight. i do have to agree with them. my love of using strong pop dots did make for a few small tears, but nothing too bad.

i had so many photos from that day, it was hard to pick just a few. well, i do have nine photos on here. but i had a lot more i wanted to use. lol! on the corrugated cardboard accent piece on this page, i tucked a few stick pins with little pumpkins on the heads, into the embroidery floss.

part of what i was supposed to do on my layout, was to create a fun layered photo mat. the issue was all about texture, so i wanted to add a lot of texture to my photo mat. i started with some orange polka dot fabric, layered on some purple magic mesh (yes, i still own lots of that stuff!), and then a piece of corrugated cardboard. and then my photo. it actually didn't add that much bulk, since the fabric and magic mesh are thin.

and my journaling. i used an orange ink pad on the edges of each journaling strip. which actually makes me wonder if i used an ink pad on the title letters. i seem to remember paint. maybe i used a mix of both. it was so long ago, that i forgot 🙂