Remember that I told you how much I love the Autumn, its sunny, colorful, crisp days? I was ever so lucky to have such a perfect day for my wedding on Oct. 28, 2000. We had a very small ceremony in a lovely country church close to Hanover, PA. But after the ceremony we went outdoors to take photos.
While my groom Michael and I were leaning against a rugged old oak tree, a leaf floated down and I reached out and caught it. It was too funny, and of course inspired this scrapbook page. I'm holding that leaf in my right hand on the upper left-hand photo, if you look closely you'll see it.
All of the other leaves on the page were cut out by the Big Shot and the Leaf die. After I got cranking them out for the card I shared with you yesterday, I decided to use some of them on this page.
The Chocolate Chip ink sponged around the edges of each leaf (with the sponge dauber) add a distressed look as well as helping to set the leaves apart from the background. They're cut from chipboard to give them body and add texture to the page.
As a quick recap: the Designer Series Paper is "Juntos" and can be found in Celebrando Creatividad,
the Spanish version of the Fall Winter catalog from Stampin' Up!
The border is strips of the same paper stitched onto the page with my sewing machine and mustard-colored thread, using a wide zig-zag stitch. That adds more visual interest and texture.
I still had more leaves left, so I put a cluster of them at the bottom right-hand corner of the page. That helps balance the page and fill that space.
And there's one more detail picture I'd like to show you. It's the Title Box, which I also made using the Big Shot. The alphabet is the Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Alphabet, and it made letters the perfect size for the title on this page, don't you think?
If you have any questions, or if you want to just tell me how much you LOVE my scrapbook page, just leave a comment for me or drop me an e-mail. I'd love to hear from you!
Oh Carol, what a wonderful way to show that scrapping & card making can go hand and hand! Both are very creative!
Posted by: Diane Ross | October 05, 2008 at 11:02 AM
I love your page Carol. It makes a beautiful wedding page. Very classy
Posted by: joanne tofte | October 02, 2008 at 06:24 AM