Saturday, July 19, 2008

Silhouettes - Emily & Jessica

Well, I hang out at 4 Scrappy Sisters all the time. Andrea posted a couple of layouts that just WOWED me! I normally do not scraplift, but this time, I couldn't resist! I am totally in love with these layouts, and I couldn't be happier with the way they turned out!


Aren't these fantastic? I remember that my mom had silhouettes of us (my sister, my brother, and I) hanging in our family room when we were growing up. I love this!



I used Love, Elsie papers, and I did some detail cutting. The black mats were cut on my Expression. I added a quote to each page, and the titles are vinyl thickers. I also added some Primas and rhinestone brads. I JUST LOVE THESE!

To get the silhouette, I had the girls stand against a white door, and I took a photo of their profile. I uploaded them to my computer, inserted them into a Word document, printed them in grayscale, and then adhered them with removable adhesive to black cardstock. I then just hand cut the profiles, and then removed the photos and the adhesive. It was so EASY!

I LOVE THESE! Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

21 comments :

Risa said...

Very unique layout and very Cool at that!!!! Both of these are keepers for sure. Have a great weekend and I hope all the humid weather goes away soon. It is driving me nuts too!!!

Deb said...

what a fantastic idea, love the way you did the silhouettes, very clever!

Alex said...

They turned out fabulous Carol!! What a creative idea! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

Clare said...

What a great idea - I would never have known how to create silhouettes but your method sounds quite simple even I could do it!

Jeni Glee said...

Boy, these are just marvelous, Carol! WOWSA, you did beautifully and I love them! I am just speechless!

Deborah said...

These are so cool! You are too much! Have a great weekend! Deb

Chris said...

OMG, those are amazing!!! i love how they turned out, the silhouettes look so professional...i decided to sleep in tomorrow and skip my walk in the heat...i'm thinking french toast instead...i told gracie that i would make her scrambled eggs if she would let me hang out in my pj's in the am...i think she's on board!! LOL i just need a break from this heat....>"<

Andrea, said...

Oh these are wonderful Carol, i love the idea of using the girl's silhouettes. Hope you are having a good weekend

Samm said...

Oh these are fab!!! love 'em Carol!

Samm
x

Jeni Glee said...

Hi Carol,

I just wanted to thank you for your recent message on my "bee" card! I have never considered trying out for any DT and no one has ever encouraged me to do so. Do you really think I would have a chance? I value your opinion and I sure appreciate the encouragement.

Love ya, Glee

mel m. m. mccarthy said...

Scraplift heeheehee! LOVE these madly! The Love Elsie papers are a perfect choice fun, modern & pretty with the traditional silhouettes. What a gorgeous keepsake! :0)

Judy said...

Love what you did with the silhouettes.

Anonymous said...

Oh Wow these are wonderful Carol..
`Congrats` on your DT Spot...
Yaah!!
Have a wonderful week:)x

kathleenh said...

Oh, these portrait pages are fabulous! So unique and fun!

Jennifer Davis said...

These turned out just great!

Latisha said...

I thought I commented on these...hmm
anyhow, these are really adorable, I did one of these with Jacob, but for his History lesson on Greek & Roman mythology...sorry I'm rambling.
You did a great job!!

Learn to Stamp and Scrap with Lynn said...

Very, very nice. What a great idea! I love the way these turned out.

Your SBS2 Sis,

Lynn

Liz said...

I love the silhouette idea, I may have to do this.. :)

Well the new car is a Chrysler Aspen, I guess I forgot to mention that.. haha
I also saw the Halloween stuff out. What the heck??? geesh, they don't even let us get through one thing without anticipating the next three things. What a shame! I went to Target too and wasn't happy with the selection, they said all the new school clothes come out next week! ugh...

Catherine said...

how cool is this? great job.

Fe-Fe said...

These are fabulous. What a great idea.

wendy said...

I love how these turned out and I need to give it a try :)