Some Scrapping...

I decided it was about time to break the scrapbooking drought... it must have been close to 18 months since making a page! I thought that would give this weeks sketch at Sketchy Thursdays a go. Turns out I am rather rusty on some of my techniques and was feeling all fingers and thumbs doing it but its a start. So this is the layout that I did with a couple of photos of Jack and I when he was a couple of days old.

So here are the steps that I used to make the page...

Step 1: Firstly I edited the photos to the size that I wanted in Photoshop. I also changed the background colour and applied a blur to it.

Step 2: I then selected my papers which in this case were Prima Papers and some natural cardstock.
Step 3: I inked around the edges of the photos and the photo matt.
Step 4: I think did some cutting out with my trusty knife.Step 5: Sprayed some Moon Shadow Van Dyke Brown on the paper and while thinking about where my photos needed to go I added some layers of paper.
Step 6: I started placing elements on the page the way I wanted them... I usually take ages doing this!! I also added some stamps and additional pieces of paper to the layout. Other embellishments included Prima Flowers, butterfly transparencies, buttons and some tags.
Lastly I added some paint just to lighten up where I wanted to put the heading and around the edge of the page and photos. I then went around some of the elements with a journalling pen just to make them look like they "belong" on the page.

Kim x