After touring the main building I headed outside. There was another building specifically for the dairy industry and I took the opportunity to take a selfie of myself "milking" a cow.
The inspiration for this layout is from a sketch from my online scrapbook class so I can't show you. The theme was to use up the smaller cards/mats that are leftover from Project Life or from some of the mat packs that come with the Creative Memories kits. I did get to use 3 on this one: Top left was a mat from a farming page I bought. The "Dairy Barn" below it is actually a photo trimmed to the right size. On the right page, I used a piece of red gingham paper and added stickers to resemble a mat. Finally, I used a journaling box bottom right.
One of the highlights of visiting is a guided tour (in a golf cart!) of the outdoor exhibits. After the tour though you can walk back and look closer at the animals. Which I of course did!
This layout is from the same class as the first, but a different sketch. In this one, I did use one mat, but because of how I took my photos, I was able to cut them down to the mat size. The background papers are some that I've had for a while and never thought I'd find the right photos for a layout. The bright blue sky and fencing just seemed to pull this together though. I added the ribbon of bandana paper across the middle as an accent to break up the busy pattern. A few button stickers and cow stickers and the page was done quickly!
One more layout of the barnyard. There were so many different sheep, they got their own pages! I'm not completely sure I have them all labeled correctly but I tried!
This layout is based on the monthly 1-2-3 sketch from Noreen Smith which you can see on her blog. I used a piece of paper from the Painted Prairie pack (the special advisor-only pack I mentioned a few weeks ago). When I make the cuts for this page, I do it a little differently. Her first cut says to fold the paper in half and use scissors to cut along the fold. If you, like me, don't make the best free-hand cuts, and you don't mind a remnant fold in the paper, fold in half and then use your trimmer to cut from the long side through the point. You'll still get a 1/2 page triangle, it just has a crease in the middle. I'm ok with that though.
For the sheep, I used an older CM punch that is a scalloped circle and another micro-flower punch to make the fluffy white components of the lambs. The faces are small ovals cut from black cardstock. The legs are using a Stampin' Up punch called "Word Window". I like that punch for so much more than title bars! The idea came from this Pinterest link. Sometimes it's fun to make objects from punches. Sometimes it's easier to just cut them from the Cricut though!
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