At the last VSBN, there was a challenge to create a layout and send it to Project Christine's Keepsakes. Christine was a 35-year-old mother of four who died unexpectedly of a heart attack late last year. Several of her friends began sorting through her thousands of unscrapped photos and turning them into scrapbook pages for her family, and they invited anyone else who wanted to help to make pages too. I emailed the project coordinator and got some specific photos to work with and this is my first layout (I have photos for a second layout). These are the youngest kids, twins, just playing in their jammies.
I left a space on the right side page for the coordinators or family members to do the journaling since I don't know the family. I took my colors from the kids' pj's--Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink, and just a little bit of orange. Trust me when I say the Primas look much better IRL--for some reason my camera doesn't seem to like those. I used my Whimsical Alphabet stamps (again) and Beyond the Basics for the heart pattern on the pink border. The layout is based on a Becky Higgins sketch.
Registered: September 17, 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 10314
Fri, Feb 20, 2009 @ 6:49 PM
FANTASTIC!!! I absolutely LOVE how you framed the photos with black and white - they POP like crazy. Well done, the family is going to love this forever!
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Fri, Feb 20, 2009 @ 8:32 PM
Christy this is beautiful. I think I would have cried through the whole thing looking at their beautiful little faces though. (And I'm not a crier, but this would do it.) This is a treasure.
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Sat, Feb 21, 2009 @ 4:50 PM
Christy this was so smart. Great page!
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