Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Happy Birthday to Me!

November is my birthday month, so I thought that I would start out the month by sharing two birthday layouts that I created recently.  The first one I made using an older Studio Calico kit, Paper Moon.  I had never made the folded pleat flowers before and I LOVE THEM!  I went out the next day and bought the Martha Stewart scoring board, which I didn't know that I needed until I discovered these flowers. Honestly, I had to watch a video on how to make them several times before I could figure them out, but now that I have the technique down, I will be making them often. 

For this next layout, I used the most recent Studio Calico kit, Field Guide.  I used lots of blue and yellow on this layout to match the shirt that I was wearing that was blue and yellow and a big '9' on it.
I did some sewing and stamping on this layout and I used my Slice for the 'happy birthday' and the '9.'
I never use original photos on layouts if they can not be replaced.  I scan the originals and print them out, which I did for both of these layouts.  I have a super cheap scanner and I have to say that the scans come out great, so I'm happy about that.

Have a great November everyone!




8 comments:

  1. You were such a cutie! I wish I wouldve known about not using original photos when I first started scrapbooking.

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  2. Really, super cute layouts!
    Love the journaling down the side of the top one :)

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  3. Love the layouts, and that your scrapping older pics.

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  4. my bday is November too :) love these layouts! I wish I had more pics from when I was little to scrap :)

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  5. these look great and I love that you're scrapping your childhood!

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  6. These are really great! Love how you used the "smile" tag on the first one!

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  7. Love 'em both! Love seeing pages with childhood photos. Happy birthday month!

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