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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Picture Fall

Today I scraplifted...myself!  I loved the layout I made for Picture Summer, which has become one of my most popular posts ever!  I wanted to do something similar for my Picture Fall photos.  Then I thought why reinvent the wheel?


I used almost the exact same layout as my as I did for Picture Summer.


The colors and font are different.  And because of the title I had to flip the journaling block to the other side.  But otherwise it's nearly a carbon copy.


I made two photo collages in Photoshop Elements.  One for each page.  All photos are 2x2 blocks.  I made them to fit an 8.5x11 sheet of paper (filled the 11 but not quite the 8.5).  For directions on how to make this collage with text boxes see the original Picture Summer post.


I chose my color palate with fall in mind.  This patterned paper reminded me of wind blowing.  It's not as noticeable with the collage on it, but I loved the movement of the paper.  Even if you can't totally see it in the final product.  :)

I went digging in my orange and brown color bins and found these adorable chunky leaves.  I thought they were the perfect embellishment for the fall page.  And I wouldn't have ever remembered I had them if it weren't for my color bins!  Thank you for the inspiration Stacy Julian! (see her Scrap by Color Podcasts)

I just realized I never blogged about my new, perfectly organized for me, scraproom.  Will have to do that soon! Ok, but for now back to Picture Fall.  :)


My title was a bit of a happy mistake.  I intended to have it be brown with a cream shadow, but put the Cricut mat in the wrong way.  So I ended up with a cream title with a brown shadow.  In the end I actually liked it better this way.  And I certainly didn't want to waste another 3x12 inch sheet of my patterned paper!


For the journaling on this page I like to use something from the original "welcome to the class" email I get from Big Picture Classes and Tracey Clark.  Her words are so beautiful and summarize so well what the class was about.

Taking these two classes, Picture Summer and Picture Fall, over at Big Picture Classes have not only been fun and inspirational but have truly changed my life!  I know that may sound hokey, but it's true.  My photography improved from simply practicing on a daily basis, and a whole new world with new opportunities opened up to me!  I know sell artistic prints and photo jewelry on facebook.  I'm loving my creative time, and that I can create something to share with others.  I highly recommend Tracey Clark's classes over at BPC, really any class at BPC!  Picture the Holidays is coming up in Dec followed by Picture Winter in January!  The links are on the right hand side of my blog.  And if you decide to join BPC and take a class you can follow this link http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/register.php?refer=802E795D  so that you and I both get a discount!

4 comments:

  1. This is awesome! Thank YOU for being so inspirational! I love these layouts and your images. Looking forward to seeing you at Picture the Holidays. : ) xo

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  2. All I could think when I read this this morning was OMG Tracey Clark visited my blog! :) It's like you are my own personal brand of celebrity. Your comments mean so much to me Tracey. Thank you! And I can't wait for Picture the Holidays!!! See you there!

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  3. I love how you were able to fit soo many photos in these layouts and still keep them so clean and adorable! LOVE THEM!

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  4. This is awesome! Thank YOU for being so inspirational! I love these layouts and your images. Looking forward to seeing you at Picture the Holidays. : ) xo

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