My next trip was in April 2018 to the HPN conference in Minnesota. After I was done with the conference I stayed and saw a little of Minneapolis. My first stop was Fort Snelling but just for a stamp. I drove up the river to Coldwater Spring. I did not walk out to the spring house as it was a cold day (if you see the full album you'll know that even in April it can snow in Minnesota!) I was quite interested to see the stamp that is accessed from behind the sign and only by entering the secret code! (found on the NPTC database of course). It took me a while to find the appropriate sign but I did, and I entered the code and got the stamp! I didn't have ink (if you try this you really should bring your own) so I used some snow to wet the bottom of the stamper and got enough residual ink to stamp my book!
I based this layout on a pinned sketch. I used more papers from the Outdoor packs but while I like this overall, there are a few changes I would make. First, the title at the bottom right should have been trimmed from both the top and bottom so it didn't look like it was falling off the page. Next, I would have done a little something else with the border that runs through the middle. It's mostly covered up. I probably could have made it go OVER the photo on the bottom left. I do like that I cut a ring from white cardstock to highlight where the lock box is on the photo--a great way to draw the eye. And I like my use of a few random stickers and embellishments from Gallivant (a collection that is almost used up).
Hi Connie, How do you choose the pictures to use in your scrapbook?
ReplyDeleteWhen I sort, I put the photos for each event together and look at how many I have. Generally I like 3-4 per page. I arrange them across the desktop and think about what story is being told--do I want to draw attention to one photo first and if so, which one? That is the focal point of the layout. The rest are arranged around that one so that the reader's eye flows across the page (or around depending on the layout). In the above layout it's the close-up of the stamp in the little box. And it's the first photo you see even though it's on the bottom right corner. Then you sort of see the photos in a clockwise pattern because of the highlight of the circle and the arrows. If you are looking to make pages closer to what mine look like I will encourage you to watch the Scrapbook 101 classes that Noreen Smith teaches on the CM Virtual Crop Group. She does a great job walking people through choosing photos and papers, journaling, etc. Check out this blog post for more information https://blog.creativememories.com/2023/04/25/introducing-scrapbooking-101-tutorials-monthly-live-streamings-for-beginner-scrapbookers/?utm_source=Facebook%20Public&utm_medium=Post&utm_campaign=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Hp38u5NxTmAr3mRXZZzIsmmYu6XczA-NVuvVXrZq3sEYpkp8ly_JarYc.
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