Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Watermelon Story

I did this layout for two challenges this week.

I did the CSI case #2.  I found this site to have some interesting takes on challenges.  You are to use color and pick prompts for embellishments and journaling.


I used flowers, swirls and I embossed the raspberry paper with a brick texture.

I also used the Fabulous Fridays prompt to use acrylic, vellum or a transparency at Frosted Designs.  The transparency I chose went really well with the color scheme for the CSI case.

I was also inspired by Erika at Club CK to scrap a story that you don't have photos for.  The only photos I have of this even are the ones in my memory.  In order to not lose such a cute memory, I wanted to scrap it. I went out and bought a melon so I would have some relevant photo, lol.  I am very glad to have someone encourage me to get that memory out of my head and in my scrapbook!

The story is about one of Kayla's first adventures driving solo.  I was setting up for a big BBQ and we needed to get 3 watermelons.  We sent Kayla because she could drive now.  When she came back, she just walked in the house and said the melons were in the van.  I walked out to see that she had placed each melon in its own bucket seat and fastened the seatbelts around each one of them.  I was probably one of the cutest things I've seen!




6 comments:

  1. What an awesome way to tell this story, Laura!! I love the pretty jewel tone saturations you used in your paper colors and the brick embossing looks awesome!! The stitching on this one turned out really pretty!

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  2. Lol, great story!! Love too that you went out and bought a melon just for picture sake (you think you would have had people looking at you funny were you to photograph them in the store??- prob'ly make them nervous!!)- love the embossing here and you did so great with the colors!

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  3. Awesome layout!! I love the story, so cute!! Fabulous job with the colors for CSI, and great use of vellum for Frosted Designs!! Thanks for playing along with both!!! :)

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  4. this is amazing. I love those colors. beautiful work.

    Btw...Just wanted to let you know that you won Prize #1 over at FD.

    Congratulations.

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  5. What a cute story!!! Love your layout!! I love that your layout has non traditional photos on it!!!

    Thanks for joining us this week at Frosted Designs!!

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  6. Cute story, and you documented it so well! I love the bold, rich colors you chose..and your stitching, of course!

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