Tuesday, September 5, 2017

My Layout With Seemingly Not So Disparate Elements


So... recently I was creating some card or other piece at some time and I pulled out a baggy of stuff that Yvonne Yam had sent me after we had the final Lessology challenge (which I miss terribly by the way).  And it made me realize I had not been to her blog in way too long.  I don't know why... I LOVE visiting her blog... along with Mitra and Julie and Tracey, Yvonne has some of the yummiest layouts I ever see.

The post that was at the top was all about making layouts with seemingly disparate elements and making them beautifully "parate"..lol... yeah I know... I made it up... you can use it.  She had some really great tips on how to accomplish this and it made me want to create a scrapbook layout which I hadn't done in FOREVER!  So I told her I was going to make one the very next day... and of course I didn't... but wonderful Yvonne called me on it!  She actually came to check out this wonderful layout I had done and found some card or other and said... HEY!  Which prompted me to promise that the very next day I would create said layout... and I DID!  And here it is!


So... It's no Yvonne, Create More With Less, Yam, but I'm pretty happy with it.  And I cheated a bit... as a lot of my items are quite "parate" because they came together with the CTMH Falling For You Workshop... so I really didn't have to work too hard to put them all together... BUT!...

I did so love her tip about having cut out characters looking at your pics.. so I did that here with these cute little pheasants from the Falling For You Complements.


I did use up lots of scraps.. I really only cut one full piece of paper.. the white one with the flowers.. all of the rest were cut from scraps leftover from previous projects so that was pretty good!


And I kind of made a rule that although it was an Autumn themed page, I was not allowed to put ANY leaves on it... well... as you can see I broke down.. but I used only one because I needed something in the very plain center, but nothing too big or bulky and this leaf was perfect.

I also used some items I've had in my stash and never used.. the beautiful Happy laser cut chipboard from Make It Crafty (all the way from Australia); the wood pieces, like this circle with a heart cut out of the center, the other little hearts floating around and maybe an arrow.. and best of all, I dug into that baggy of items from Yvonne and pulled out that pretty bejeweled flower and the two stars that match it (all the way from Singapore!).


There is one of those cute little stars right there!  

My kids and I used to go to either Chestnut Ridge in Hamburg, NY or Letchworth State Park in Castile, NY every autumn and take pics... as they got older and had jobs, it kind of waned, but now when I go back to visit in the Fall, Corey will suggest a trip out to Letchworth (my favorite) which makes me very happy.  Maybe I'll use some of those pics next!


And yes, every once in a while I'd get in the picture... here Ryan wanted to play photographer so here I am striking a pose... not so photogenic as my kids...lol!

So if you like these types of layouts, please do visit Yvonne's post here!  I made mine with her post in front of me so I could scroll through it for inspiration.  And I will definitely be doing this again.

Come back soon!  We've got something special planned for the Cutting Cafe on the 7th!  There is going to be a Blog Hop with a chance to win a file at every stop!

8 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

You are so AWESOME!!! Glad you did it!!! And LOL to Yvonne!! I can totally picture her calling you out!! HA!! I loveeeeeeeeeeee this! LOVING the colors and all the photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scrapper69 said...

Oh WOW! It turned out Fabulous Lisa! Beautiful Details and fantastic pictures to match... LOVE it!

Theresa

Lori said...

What adorable pictures! Your fall layout really shows them off. Lots of fun details and layers. So pretty!

Lori said...

I so miss scrapbooking! After that flood last year, it broke my heart. I'm just not doing it anymore.
I love your page! Why not add leaves?

Tracey said...

Hello...I made it! Well you page is just fabulous, I have no idea what disparate means?(I'm googling it)"different in every way" I've been doing that and didn't even know..ha ha! I love putting random stuff together and making it work on pages. I don't often buy kits, my pages are always made from bits and pieces. You have made every thing look "parate" beautifully, great details..super cute photos. Have a great week :)

Becca Cruger said...

Well I hope this is one parate that repeats itself over and over again (see what I did there.. parate/parrot...it's probably not funny if I have to explain it). Seriously, you know I'm all about the layering and bits and bobs that come together to complete a great design. Well this layout ticked all the boxes in my book! So lovely!

Crafting with Darcy said...

Wow, Lisa! Beautiful scrapbooking layouts! Those kids are so super cute!
Hugs!
Darcy

yyam said...

Yay! LOVE that I managed to "strong arm" you into making a layout...*winks* Your layout looks fantastic (those kids are so cute and need to be scrapbooked more!!!)...love that you managed to use your scrap bits too. Glad you were inspired to make a layout....let's use up our scrap bits! Looking forward to the next layout!