Thursday, October 2, 2008

So Much Love

I created this page for a color challenge where we needed to use red, lime green, orange, and black. I just love this photo of the girls with Princess. Yes, we're crazy about our dog! It's really fantastic to see the girls with Princess. They love her so much, and it just warms my heart to see them play and spend time with her!


I used gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers that are in a huge slab that I got at Hobby Lobby a while ago. I love my MME slabs! I was going for a very clean and simple look, so I added strips of each of the patterned papers on one side of the black cardstock page. My youngest, Jessica, later told me that the different length strips remind her of the bars indicating cell phone coverage that you see in some commercials! Not quite what I was going for, but a very humorous and somewhat accurate observation! Anyway, I left lots of negative space, and above the photo, I adhered a Prima, and for the flower center, I used a Scenic Route chipboard circle that says "so much love". Under the photo, I used the same three colors of my patterned paper, and I adhered an orange, lime green, and red glitter Making Memories brad trio. I love the simplicity of this page, because I think it really showcases the photo.

Well, I'm going to try to get to at least one garage sale today. I LOVE garage sales! I'll let you know if I find anything exciting! It's been chilly the last couple of days, but I have to admit, I love it! I'm sad to say that the Cubs lost last night, but hopefully they WIN tonight. I hope you have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

13 comments :

AnnMarie said...

Awesome layout! I am normally fanatical about filling up every square millimeter of space, but I LOVE this layout! It does bring the focus straight to the photo! Really nice job! : ) Hope you found a ton of fun stuff at the garage sale!

Chris said...

A gorgeous page... love those fab papers and what a wonderful photograph of the girls and their dog :)
hope you enjoy your garage sale.. don't forget to let us know what you spend your pennies on :)
hugs
chris xx

Anonymous said...

simple but elegant Carol..Thos e papers are lush:)~X~
Have a lovely Dayx

Alex said...

Fantastic layout Carol, love those papers!!! Have fun today looking for treasures, lol!

*STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

Lisa said...

I love the simplicity of this layout, it really focuses on the great pic!

DeeDee said...

You nailed it...the picture really stands out on the black background!!! I love it!!

Lauren said...

Great photo with such an eye catching layout! The patterned paper really jumps out.

Chris said...

fabulous LO!! it's a great pic of ALL your girls!!!

Deborah said...

Any LO with with Princess in it makes me smile! I love her between your girls, she is smiling too! Your LO is super! Hugs, Deb

Latisha said...

You are on a roll with the layouts lately! Good for you!!!
this one is really nice!

Andrea, said...

Beautfiul LO Carol, the papers are wonderful and perfect with the photo

Marlou McAlees said...

a fabulous layout Carol!! excellent!! :) x

Risa said...

Your layout is very pretty Carol and I love the DP!