Paige’s March Friday Recap

Hello All,

When I write these Friday recaps, I am aware of the passage of time. As winter has become spring (and then feels like winter again!), I notice that I am wrapping up scrapbooking my winter photos, and looking forward to the variety that comes with moving outdoors.

1. Love You: This photo, taken at an outdoor winter carnival, was too busy initially with a lot of colour and background distraction. But when I cropped it and made it black and white, it was a great photo of my son that I wanted to use to express how I feel about him at this time.
2. Roll all of your Windows Down: This layout was inspired by my favourite TV show, This is Us, and the advice of a character that I took to heart. I detailed the use of long titles in this layout and the next in my Tuesday Tutorial.
   

   Long Titles

3. Love by Any Other Name: Another title-focussed layout, I used the cut file to frame all the nicknames my son has given our new dog.
4. Let it Snow: I chose to use white, gold and black to document this winter hike. I also played with some mixed media as a background layer.
5. Throwback Snowman Silliness: In this layout, I was inspired by the snowman paper in Snow and Cocoa, and reached back for a photo from years ago with my boys making a snowman.
   Well, I am looking forward to the next month of sharing layouts which will feature the new, fresh feel and colours of spring.
   

Focus on Long Titles

Hello Nerds!

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get stumped by trying to come up with a title for my layout. And yet, for me, it is important to have a title on each of my layouts because I find that when I share them with people, most look only at the photos and the title. If they are not taking the time to read my journaling, then a title becomes even more important.

Then there are the times that a title almost becomes the focal point, or the inspiration for my layout.

For the past six months, I have been a devoted fan of the new TV show, This is Us. I watch each week, laughing and crying in equal proportion and falling more and more in love with the characters and their stories. One recent show touched millions of viewers and the next day, I followed the advice of one of the characters to “Roll all of your windows down. Crank up the music!” After a particularly difficult few months, this really did lift my spirits.

So I wanted to capture the moment and the feeling by making the title long, colourful and vibrant. I like to use all different fonts, sizes and forms of alpha stickers.

Long Titles

In this next layout, the inspiration was the story: how my son has created and used more than a dozen nicknames for our new puppy Wrigley. These two just adore one another, and the silliness of the names demonstrates Liam’s creativity and the playfulness they share.

I knew I would list all the crazy names and loved using the heart cut file to contain them. Then it took a while to come up with the title. At first, I was thinking “The many names of love”, but realized that was a phrase many faces of love. It took a bit, but finally the phrase “Love by any other name” came up – I think that it is from a book.

Again, I framed the photo with the title, and used the different colours of Thickers that occur in the papers backing the hearts.

Do you enjoy coming up with titles? I’d love to see some of your projects where you incorporate long titles.

Happy Scrapping!

Dear Lizzy – Lovely Day – 6×6 paper pad	Dear Lizzy – Lovely Day – Foiled Cardstock	Dear Lizzy – Lovely Day – Ephemera pack	Dear Lizzy – Lovely Day – Puffy Stickers
Dear Lizzy – Lovely Day – Bonjour Chipboard Alpha w/ Rose Gold Foil	Pinkfresh Studio – Felicity – 12×12 paper pack	Rhapsody -Free Spirit pattern paper	Photo Play – Rhapsody – Wonder pattern paper
Photo Play – Rhapsody – Lovely pattern paper	Photo Play – Rhapsody – BeYOUtiful pattern paper	Photo Play – Rhapsody – Good Vibes pattern paper	Photo Play – Rhapsody – Shine pattern paper
Photo Play – Rhapsody – Elements sticker sheet 12×12	Plain 12×12 vellum	Heidi Swapp – Color Shine – Navy	Amy Tangerine – Thickers Alpha Stickers – Follow
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