One of my favorite places to be

I'm working on a layout from our San Diego vacation--our last day when we went to the beach, but I haven't finished it yet, so I thought I'd share one from last Christmas when my sister and her family were out here. I blurred some faces cause I don't have permission to post their pictures (and it's a little late now to get their permission, lol!). This is one of my all-time favorite layouts. The design works so well with the photos. There's a lot of journaling, but I'm just too lazy to write it. Going to the beach in the winter has such a different feel to it. I enjoy it.

Credits: Template from MissKim (blog freebie). I really like the fact that you can use multiple photos; purple paper (recolored) from Iron Orchid Designs; Hand Stamped Alpha by Michelle Coleman at Scrapartist.com; brush that I used to make the vertical design is from MissM "Doodle" brush set; sand is just a photo I took that day; Font: AnotherHand, Jane Austen

Comments

Run-alyn said…

It's gorgeous!! I've been trying to find my inner digital-ness. But no luck.. My inner paper-ness has unleashed though, and now I've occupied my entire dining table with stuff!! :) Thanks for sharing!!!!

July 27, 2007 at 1:55 AM

tjep said…

I love black and white pictures! I've been studying the scrapbooks bytes tutorials! There is so much to learn! It's almost overwhelming with all the things you can do. Thanks for sharing your pages!

July 27, 2007 at 8:57 AM

Carmela said…

Cool that you've been looking at tutorials! It IS overwhelming, but just stick to the basics right now. any questions, email me or call me and I can come over, okay??!! I mean that! :)

July 27, 2007 at 10:40 AM

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