I'm caught up in a book right now, so I'll make this quick. : )
Two things happened simultaneously that married (ha!) perfectly - Emmalie asked me to make a page for the Great American Scrapbook Convention using Crate Paper's Portrait collection, and I had Meme and Papa's wedding photos in my metaphoric back pocket. Here's the result:
Supplies: Patterned Paper, Stickers, Die cuts: Crate Paper. Punches: EK Success, Fiskars. Brad: American Crafts. Glitter alphas: Making Memories. Paper flower: Bazzil. Resin flower: Maya Road. Cardstock.
I like the number lines and list of months. Usually, I would cut out "June" or whatever month I needed and forget the rest. But all of them left in a row indicate a progressing, a passing of time, a racking up of the years. And since the page isn't about the wedding day but about the beginning of a life together, a legacy, I wanted some elements that were reminiscent of time, depth, weight, etc.
I think die-cuts can be hard to use. (For all you nonscrappers, those are the fancy shapes that you punch out of a precut sheet of paper, like the roses and sewing machine above.) They're pretty, but it's hard to make them look fresh. My solution was lots of layers. In fact, I untaped/unglued/unstuck multiple top layers to shimmy something underneath. My favorite thing about this page is that you don't see it all at first glance. It takes a few (several?) seconds to notice the green scallop punch in the top left corner, or the stitching along the film strip, or the scallop edge under the glitter letters. It's why I chose those green glitter letters - to draw you in and force you to LOOK at the page, to figure it out, to spend more time with it.
(Well, that rant got a little weird, but you get it, right?)
And that sewing machine was too cute to not include.
Guess where you can get the supplies?
20 more pages...Our male protagonist just showed up in California to win her back...
