Here's my second take on this week's layout. I love the visual images - they grab you and create a quick montage of your trip. Easy to produce, this layout is going to get revised for a landscape layout.... I see it now.
Sorry about the quality of this photograph but it was not taken in natural light...and so the colours are not too true. BUT don't you just love the embossed vellum title.
MY TITLE: Yes, there is a silver cast to the bottom of each letter. It's not glare but a double embossing technique. I first stamped on vellum with black craft ink then coated the top of the letters with clear ep, shook off the extra and then coated the bottom of the letters with silver ep. Finally, I heat embossed and taa-daa! Black/Silver letters. I mounted the vellum on an undersized sliver of Bordering blue cardstock with mini glue dots (mostly under the black letters) and then mounted that again to some Night of Navy card stock.
My journalling on cardstock vellum is in Nearly Navy Stampin' Up! ink colour using the program Microsoft Word. I enjoy journalling this way. It's fast and really finishes off the page. Note: I am currently using a lazer jet printer and the ink comes out dry. If you have an ink jet printer you will have to be careful handling your vellum until the ink dries. (BUT - - - Did you know you can emboss your text on vellum if you have an ink jet printer? No? Well you can and I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this and really miss my ink jet printer when I think about it.
I've attached my journalling with silver brads but you can also use mini glue dots, snail or glue stick. All forms of glue show just a bit unless you fold the edges and add the glue to the underside. I only do this trick for wedding cards when I must otherwise, brads or eyelets are perfect.
Stamp set "Always". I stamped a tiny flower in boardering blue and popped it out with a 1/2 incle circle punch and put the silver brads through the center to attach the vellum.
Have you begun to scrap this summer's holiday memories? Last year's... Ten year's of memories? Don't let the mass of your photographs put you into a static state. It's easy to begin and once you're going ... it's begun and so much fun! Join a group of friends and get some assistance with starting to scrap and if you've already started, learn new stamping techiques and enjoy youself at the same time. I run monthly scrap classes for beginners and I have a scrap club including new and experience scrappers that meets every month for lessons and a layout. Give me a call (613-726-1776) or email me to find out how you can join a group or start one with just your friends.
Thanks for popping by,
Linda
LOVE the layout!!! Oh my, such good memories. Where are we going next year?
Posted by: Cynthia | September 26, 2009 at 10:07 PM