Bethany Kartchner: July Top 10
Featured Collection: Alphabet Soup
I wanted a color scheme that reflected the energy of our July 2010 so I chose to use the Alphabet Soup collection. Because I had so many pictures, I decided to place the bright papers along the border for a fun and funky look. To do the border, I simply snipped various pieces of the Alphabet Soup line and glued them on. (I used both the A and B sides.) The top and bottom are both from the die-cut sheet. I love the look of the scallop border along the top. It reminds me of an old-fashioned awning. To give my border more depth, I outlined using a charcoal pencil and sewed using black thread to tie all the papers together. This border would be a fabulous way to use up small scraps from your stash.
Another fun idea is to put a snippet of pattern paper into the negative portion of a chipboard shape like I did on the “T” in "Top" of my title work. It adds a little surprise and ties the entire piece together nicely.
Whenever I have a lot of journaling and not a lot of design space, I use journaling strips as I did on this layout. They are simple to do and are easily placed on top of photos, embellishments and papers.
Tiffani Smith: We {heart} Idaho
Featured Collection: Alphabet Soup
The highlight of our summer is always the Meyers family reunion. Sadly in the confusion on trying to get everyone into the car for the trip, my camera bag was left at home on the kitchen table. So what I decided to do for my Top Ten album was to go ahead and make a bullet list of the highlights and then when I get pictures from everyone else that was there I can make additional pages that tell more of the story. My papers and journaling card came from the new Alphabet Soup collection. I really like all of the bright fun patterns in this collection!
Jana Eubank: Bountiful Parade
Featured Collection: Alphabet Soup
For our family, July is all about parades, picnics, and spending time with family. We love to celebrate the 4th of July, but also look forward to celebrating Utah's statehood on the 24th with Pioneer Day.
It's a month-long celebrations! We get together with family to watch our hometown parade. We love being together and watching the kids scramble for candy. I used the Alphabet Soup Boy collection with a hint of Lost & Found.
Our featured Blog Reader is Nancy D: June
You may remember that I'm playing along with the My Mind's Eye Top Tens challenge... the challenge is to make a page for every month of the year, with a top ten list on it. My book documents my ten favorite activities from every month, and I just finished making May and June. I'm so glad I've been doing this... it's amazing what you forget just a few months later! I know I'll really treasure this in years to come.
We would LOVE to see your July Top Ten. Even if you haven’t been playing along this year, join in now and add a link to this blog post!
