Two Lifts and Two Templates

I love coming up with my own composition, but I also love taking an already good composition (from a template or just a layout I've seen) and letting that jumpstart me into a layout. This post is filled with all of the latter method!

This layout I did from a template. I LOVE a good multi-photo template!



credits:

Scrapmatters Tuesday Template 6-2-09 by Cyndi Price

blue bg paper: Woodland Fantasy add-on by Erica Zane

green bg paper, string, pink gem, purple button, yellow frame: The Bright Side add-on by Britt-ish Designs

circle elements, yellow flower, glitter splatter: Sunshine in My Soul by Britt-ish Designs

pink diamond-centered flower: Fairchild add-on by Britt-ish Designs

green/white ribbon: Monstrosity add-on by Britt-ish Designs

purple ribbon: Give it to Me Straight by Amanda Heimann

scalloped stitching: All Stitched Up Vol. II by Tracie Stroud

Party Girl alpha by Britt-ish Designs

fonts: I'm Bored, American Typewriter

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This is a lift of a layout by another scrapper -- I just loved the blocking style (blocking is such a good way to get lots of photos on a page while still looking clean and not cluttered). And the hanging elements in her original were fun -- I gave it my own little twist and put a title and date dangling from a tag on the page.




credits:

lift of Manassas Christmas Parade p1 by melanie3boys

papers are from:
HeartStrings by Taylormade Designs
worn out: brights by Cuppycake Designs
Beauti-FALL by ScrapMuss Designs

Hang in There and Date Stamped by Britt-ish Designs

stitches and brads from Where the Heart Grows by Golden Girls Designs

font is American Typewriter

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Here's another lift. The original layout was actually only a double-photo layout; I took more liberty with this lift than usual but took many of the cues from the original.

I'm especially proud of my titlework on this one!



credits:

Lift of Picklejuice_7's Family12

Papers from Catch of the Day by Pressed Petals (alamama)

Stitches and string from Where the Heart Grows by Golden Girls

Fonts are My Very Own Topher, Pea Lindsay Unicase, Pea Sadie

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And I've had the idea for this layout for awhile -- longer than I've had the picture for it, that's for sure. The title makes me laugh (I think it's really clever!) This is not my typical style, but I wanted to go with something very clean and graphic as though it had come out of a magazine. I spotted a template the other day that seemed like it would be perfect for the idea that was forming in my head for this layout ... and here's the result:



Usually I can't stand one-photo layouts but I don't mind it here. Why? Because, first of all, it's a good photo (hello, cute!) and second, it fills the page. I should do more like this; I really like the whole feel of the layout (and this was quick to put together, too! Yay!)

credits:

BDay Template by Molly Schneider from jessicasprague.com (freebie now expired; sorry!)

Seriously Cute mini-kit by Britt-ish Designs (pretty much everything is slightly recolored)

top right paper from April Morning by Miss Mint

bottom right paper from Sprung paper pack by Amanda Heimann

fonts: Baskerville, Glider Girls, My Own Topher

journaling reads:
Gramma Sue finds the cutest matching clothes for the boys. She bought these particular shirts at OshKosh for Easter, and while it was a bit too cold for short sleeves in April, they are perfect for summertime!

Besides the matching shirts in the picture, I can thank Gramma Sue for the corduroy pants Logan was wearing and even the navy blue ones Joshua had on (they were Logan's first). That's pretty typical, actually; Gramma Sue really does supply a good proportion of the boys' outfits every day! What can I say? She has great taste in clothes!

Wardrobe provided by: Gramma Sue Outfitters