Aug 20 2008
Round and Round
Round and Round we go again! What a perfect title for a layout using some of the photos I took last Friday. We had a fabulous day with family at Canada’s Wonderland, a theme park in Toronto. I couldn’t wait to get home and print out some photos. This layout is designed by Lesley to be an 8×8 layout but can also easily be used for 12×12. If you’re starting off…an 8×8 layout size is a great place to start. The pages go together faster and you can still make them as simple or as elaborate as you like. We’d love to have you play along with today’s sketch layout challenge. You can check out the challenge deets here.
Round and Round
I decided to stick to the original layout quite closely for this page. An 8×8 layout is smaller than I’m used to using but was a fun size to work with. The photos on this layout are actually quite small…. 1.5″ x 2″ with the larger one being 2″x3″. While I cropped and printed my images to size using Photoshop Elements, this would be a great layout to crop in on those photos that are taken far away. For my journaling…I kept it simple. Just the date and the place.
Quick Tip: If you want to add more details but don’t want them on the page…write the names etc. on the back. Future generations may not know who is who and may want to.
To create my title, I simply stamped a sentiment from the Round and Round We Go Again stamp set. Along the bottom of my design, I stamped some funky circles from the same set and highlighted their centers with buttons. I wanted to create a fun page with a little distressing and attitude that my kids would like.
Quick Tip: Crop one photo a little larger than the rest to make it stand out and be your focal image.
Here’s a couple more photos from our trip to Canada’s Wonderland…
My niece and Joshua with Dora…is he excited or what?! I did get one photo of some of the kids on a roller coaster in the second car from the front. As I spent most of the day in “kiddie-land”, I didn’t manage to photograph them on the newest roller coaster, the Behemoth. It’s now the largest coaster in Canada.
Supply List:
Stamps: Round and Round We Go (The Rummage Bin) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Burnt Umber & Noir Palette Inks by Stewart Superior, Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger
Paper: Static line by Crate Paper, Kraft Cardstock by Prism
Other: felt arrows by Maya Road, buttons by Autumn Leaves, sewing machine, stapler, lace by Prima
Thanks for stopping by!
Julia
Cornish Heritage Farms Staff Designer Coordinator
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Your pages are always SO wonderful! I love this one and I’m going to save that sketch for a future layout. Your blog is such a treat for me to visit, Julia! Thanks for sharing your talents with us!
What a FUN layout!!
This is a great page! I love all the circles and that circle sentiment! It looks like you had an awesome time at the park!~
Fun title, like how the pictures are arranged and great colors!
DANG, I wanna go! how fun! Awesome page! I love it!
What a fun page!! The pics are perfect for it! Looks like another very fun day!