old school double layout

 Love sharing this #tradscrap layout over on Heidi's blog today.
Taking a Memory File and offsetting it on the 12x12 layout and sharing lots o' photos from our July 4 neighborhood event.

Our Independence Day activities are a big deal to this family and community, so there are always lots of photos to be had. And today I share how those became part of this page ready to be part of my "ProjectLife" album.

Today I just wanted to show you the 'rest of the story'.
I went old school and did a double! what? get out. yes I did.
I just don't do double spreads anymore, but I had so much fun playing with how to connect these two pages together, although they could each stand alone.

Since I off cut the Memory File on the main page, there were two piece left, and I used one at the top of the right side to connect the two pages. A few notched banners in the same pattern pieces as on the left page were added too.
I used the 6x6 Chevron Stencil on both pages with paint. By adding that technique in both the upper left corner, and then the lower right corner, the eye is sure to scan the entire two pages to 'connect those dots'.

The Color Magic Stars, and the alpha from the elements page on the No Limits paper pad along with a few wood stars were simple yet repeated elements that also kept these two pages together.

And don't forget, lots of journaling was a priority on this page too. Heidi totally nailed it today adding to my post that if I don't get it documented, I forget it. And there is way too much going on everyday, and in the big events, to want to forget anything.

blessings to you and have a fabulous day!

oh you...{trad scrap}

i have been having a time of it with what i like to call 'trad-scrap'.
traditional scrapbook.
taking the time to actually print my photos out.
tell their story on paper.
take more time for the journaling part of it.

the project life idea helps keep me and my photos organized.
to get photos out of my camera and phone and organized in computer folders....
and then actually doing something with them.
this here is a little story of a little man and his 'monster eyes'.
i already adore this layout and it's story.

this layout is a lot of heidi swapp products...
including some Stencil Magic put to creative use.

but when i came across these photos in my camera...
they really grabbed my heart.
because i remembered what the little mr. and i were doing at that moment in time.
and i did not want to forget.
life is moving at such a steady pace right now...
and i am afraid i am going to forget such a sweet time in the life of this ever growing toddler.

and pretty stuff is what will draw the reader in later...
going through a photo album...
and give them a look into this moment in time...
and remember too.

lisa bearnson is sharing a fun way to make printing those photos and making pretty stuff even easier...
here is a pre-announcement until then...