it's monday. i'm not always a fan of monday's. but i guess it was pretty nice to have a nice, long holiday weekend. i actually did NOTHING for two of those days. just laid around, watched movies off the DVR, watched six straight hours of "friends" on thanksgiving night (every single thanksgiving episode from their 10 seasons, and a few i watched twice), did some digital scrapping, and just did a whole lot of relaxing. it was lovely 🙂

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on to a layout share. awwww. isn't emily the most precious little baby! photos like these make me wish i had photos like that of  my girls, when they were babies. i had borrowed some photos from my photographer friend, krista, for a few projects, and i just had to scrap these photos of her youngest daughter.

this die cut brown patterned paper is from studio calico. actually, all the pattern paper on this layout is from studio calico. i really love the large cut out circles on the die cut paper, and it was my starting point for this layout. i cut a 12 inch strip to use along the left side of the layout, and then a smaller strip to use on the bottom right corner of the layout. so i still have a good sized piece left over. 

when i was searching through my huge stash of thickers for my title, i was mainly looking for brown alphas. i have a lot of these fancy cursive style fonts. am i the only one that has one heck of a time, lining these up? i can never get the tilt of the letters right, but still have them perfectly straight, as i like them. lol!

i added some white trims to this simple page design. the larger lace scalloped trim is from making memories, and has been in my stash for years and years. the smaller white scalloped trim is from american crafts. a few rhinestone brads finished off the page.

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16 responses to “becoming emily – a layout share”

  1. Michelle Avatar
    Michelle

    It’s a beautiful page. Those photos of your friends baby just shine on there. Glad you had a good weekend.

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  2. April W Avatar

    This is absolutely gorgeous Laura!!!
    – April

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  3. Carina Lindholm Avatar

    oooh this is adorable!!

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  4. Sandra A Avatar
    Sandra A

    What a sweet layout. Emily takes center stage, and that’s how it should be. Great work!

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  5. Laurie Avatar

    love your page, what a cute little baby, I love newborn photos, and yes, I have trouble with those cursive thickers, I have a ton but then have problems lining them up because some of the letter are tall or long…still love thickers though 🙂

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  6. Diana Waite Avatar

    this is WONDERFUL–yes, to your question, I have a hard time lining those letters up! sounds like a nice way to spend the holiday…

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  7. Carabus Avatar

    awwww….how sweet! I love those papers, what a gorgeous color combo.
    I think your letters look awesome and straight!I haven’t used those thickers but for rub ons in cursive like those, I have them meet at the bottom, kwim?

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  8. Krista Lund Avatar

    this is just the perfect blend of sweetness and smart design! LOVE it!!

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  9. Sonia **Sony** Avatar

    Hello Laura
    Adorable pictures and Awesome creation, love it!
    Thanks for your inspiration.
    -Sony
    http://sonia-studio60.blogspot.com

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  10. Melinda T Avatar
    Melinda T

    Ooh, so precious! And I love the layout, its perfect!

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  11. Ruth Avatar
    Ruth

    Everything is just perfect – the pictures, colors, embellishments (I especially love the vertical white trim – lace?)! All sweetness! TFS!

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  12. Kate aka stinkydudette Avatar
    Kate aka stinkydudette

    What a lovely page – such a precious girl.

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  13. heather ruwe Avatar

    gorgeous layout laura. 🙂

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  14. Jamie Avatar
    Jamie

    Hi Laura: How are you? Love your “Becoming Emily” layout! Interesting color and texture combo – and it totally works! Btw, I have trouble lining up those italic cursive Thickers, too! Drives me crazy!! 🙂
    Jamie

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  15. Sara Rossi Avatar

    This is just beautiful! Such a sweet LO without being too “baby”. LOVE!

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  16. tania Avatar

    THE sweetest layout and gorgeous photies:)

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