Saturday, January 23, 2010

Summer Visitors

On the scrapbooking board of the PTI forum there is a challenge to create a summer layout in the hopes that it will make us feel better about these winter doldrums. I've had these pictures for ages and I'm glad to finally put them on a layout. Wouldn't a little stamped bird be so cute on the branch? If I only had the PTI Birds of a Feather stamp set!

As always, you can click on the photo to see it larger.





 

Paper: Pebbles Inc. (brown), SEI (turquoise)
Stamp: Hero Arts
Ink: Van Dyke Brown (Nik Bantok)
Other: Corner Chomper, "Snapshots" envelope (CK), "summer" rub-on (Making Memories), "visitors" (Quickutz Studio die cuts)

Any tips on taking better photos of scrapbook pages? I never seem to be able to get a picture "straight on". Always at an angle and it's frustrating. One of these days I'll invest in some better lighting or a light box and hopefully that will help some. Until then, please muddle through looking at these funny shots.

Okay, back to cleaning and laundry. Blech! Hope your Saturday is a great one!

13 comments:

pattylt said...

What wonderful pictures. It was so worth having a whole in your flowers! Love the LO and the missing bird isn't important... the branch just looks like it is waiting for the eggs to hatch. I love the colors you chose!

BethieJ said...

FABULOUS!!!! Great layout and photos... I am READY for summer!!! :)

Lori said...

Beautiful pic and great page. Yes that bird would look cute on the branch as you said but it looks great without it too. I hate laundry as well....blech!!

Kara said...

How lucky you are! Beautiful photos and page!
Kara

Kim said...

Oooh, how pretty! I love the pop of red and robin's egg blue. I do miss summer! Thanks for stopping by my blog. You have excellent taste in blog layout too. ;)

Heidi said...

Beautiful layout! I love your photos! How did you ever get mama bird to let you take them?! You're so brave!!

Karin said...

Great photos and layout! Does make me wish summer was coming up sooner!

Lori said...

How beautiful!!!!! I don't have any tips, I've only taken pictures once of a scrapbook page, yours is SO much better than mine turned out!! :)

Diane Jaquay said...

Beautiful layout (love your pictures!)

Nerina said...

Beautiful pictures! Your layout is fabulous - the colours really make the pictures and those amazing little eggs stand out! What an amazing experience!

Mariah said...

Beautiful page and I love the color scheme. Is that an envelope for journaling to pop out of on the top of the page? Love it! I don't know if you use any photo-editing software, but I have a Mac and just got ILife'09 and love it...I very easily edit my pix and then upload them to Costco. I highly recommend it. Plus Costco prints square pix at a very low price. Great job on the challenge!

Rebecca said...

Love the layout. Those pictures are so beautiful. I'm so ready for spring and summer, too. Anything to get rid of the grey of winter!

Cathy Weber said...

I was so happy to check the PTI blog and see someone post a scrapbook page. Your page is so pretty. I love the rounded corners and the beautiful handwritten journaling. You did a great job on the photos as well. I look forward to seeing more of your pages.