{"id":26016,"date":"2017-08-24T06:06:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/?p=26016"},"modified":"2017-08-21T16:55:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T21:55:55","slug":"a-whimsical-start-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/2017\/08\/24\/a-whimsical-start-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"A Whimsical Start to School"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we prepare to kick-off another school year I came to the realization that I still need to scrapbook my daughter’s first day of school photos from last year! Once I pulled out the photos that I wanted to include I went through my papers to see which collection would coordinate best. To my surprise, Woodland Whimsy<\/a> was the winner! With a mix of pinks, oranges, and greens it worked perfectly with the photos I had taken.<\/p>\n

This was one of those layouts that came together magically. Once I pulled out the papers<\/a> I wanted to use I took a peek at the embellishment pack<\/a> and decided that it would be super cute to use the embellishment with a four on it (which was intended for monthly baby photos — but also works beautifully to highlight my daughter’s age in the photos!). There is also an embellishment that says, “Shine like the Stars” which I thought worked perfectly as a title for my layout.<\/p>\n

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Depending on the project I’m working on I sometimes start with a sketch or an idea of what I’d like to overall page to look like, but other times I just start with the photos and build out from there. That is the approach I took with this layout. Since I was only using two photos I began by cutting them down to 3-1\/2″ X 5-1\/2″ and then matting them on the dark green patterned paper from Woodland Whimsey Girl Paper Pack<\/a> which measured 3-7\/8″ X 5-7\/8″. I then matted them again on White Cardstock<\/a> measuring 4″ X 6″.<\/p>\n

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I love the embellishment<\/a> that says, “Shine like the Stars” but I was having a hard time placing it with the speech bubble shape that it comes in so I decided to cut off the little jut-out bit along the bottom – problem solved! I then layered it on a patterned piece of paper that I had cut into a flagged end and then layered the whole thing onto a rectangle piece of the plaid patterned paper.<\/p>\n

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Once I was playing with the placement of the photos and the embellishment I had picked out I knew I wanted to balance out the green plaid by putting some along the top left side so I simply cut a strip and flagged the bottom end, keeping in mind that I would want to add a small journalling box below it.<\/p>\n

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When it came time to journal I initially just wrote with my black duel-tip pen<\/a> straight onto some White Cardstock<\/a> (which is sort of my go-to with layouts) — but once I went to adhere it to the page it didn’t seem to fit in well. After some playing around I decided to use a subtle chevron patterned paper as a base for my journaling in a light grey that fit in a lot nicer with the colours I had laid out on the page. I then just added a little heart sticker from the Whimsical Whimsey Girl Stickers<\/a> to tie in the coral pink.<\/p>\n

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To finish things off I just added the embellishment<\/a> with a number four on it and wrote “years old” underneath in black pen. I also used some Mint ABC\/123 Stickers<\/a> to add the year and my daughter’s name to layout and then used the enamel dots from the embellishment pack to finish out the layout!<\/p>\n

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I hope you enjoyed hearing my journey through creating this layout! It was fun to use the Whimsical Whimsy Collection<\/a> and see just how versatile this collection really is!<\/p>\n

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As we prepare to kick-off another school year I came to the realization that I still need to scrapbook my daughter’s first day of school photos from last year! Once I pulled out the photos that I wanted to include I went through my papers to see which collection would coordinate best. 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