If I were a …. | Digital Scrapbooking Words on Wednesday

If I were a…. what a great question to use to jump  start a digital scrapbooking interview with someone: a child, a parent, a or a grandparent. You can go absolutely anywhere with an open-ended question.I’ve thought of a few that might give you some ideas:

  • If I were a pair of dice …..
  • if I were a butterfly….
  • If i were an actor….
  • If I were a merry go round….
  • If I were a rich man…. (think Fiddler on the Roof)
  • If I were a judge’s gavel….
  • If I were a road construction cone…
  • If I were Miss Scarlet in the…. (think Clue)
  • If only I were a contestant on “Project Runway”….
  • If only I were the President of the United States….

Stuck with a picture you want to scrap, but can’t figure out a theme or an idea, try this idea out. I’ll bet you have some creative and intriguing layouts. I challenged 3 of our Creative Team members to share where “If-I-were-a….. ” ended up taking them. Check ’em out below:

Leah created this wonderful digital scrapbooking layout, “if only…”. I love the paper treatment and washed out castle. I Each of us could sit and look at this layout and daydream about “if only…” Leah (CatLady) She used Tea for Two & Carrot Patch

She used Carrot Patch & Tea for Two.

cc_carrotpatch_bundle_preview Tea for Two Bundle

Next we have Kassie (Kass_23). Her big picture dominates that page and clearly shows her daughter’s joy in  being a “deer.” Isn’t that flower on the deer’s head in the corner adorable?

Kassie (Kass_23) She used In the Firest & ITF Alpha

She used In the Forest & INT Alpha.

In the Forest  In the Forest Alpha

The third layout is by Jenn J (jmljensen). Her layout tells of the family dog’s wish , “if only I were a boy.”  Wouldn’t it be great if our animals could talk and tell us what they think?

Jenn J (jmljensen) She used On the Water

She used On the Water.

On the Water

I know you’ll have a great time using the “if only I were…” prompt. Create a layout and upload into the gallery at Scrap Orchard. We really enjoy seeing what you design.

Hugs!

On the Water | Digital Scrapbooking Classics

Anyone need to cool off? If you’re in North America, chances are you’ve seen some extremely hot temperatures this week, and you might have been on the water to cool off during our record breaking heat wave over the weekend. Did you take your camera and get some good photos? Chelle’s Creations has the perfect classic kit for your pictures called On the Water. In fact, even if you haven’t been to the lake recently, you might need to make a digital scrapbooking project with this kit just to dream of your next trip to the water. Her Creative Team members have been playing with the kit and have made some outstanding pages.

Kayla made a 2 page spread using the On the Water kit, the word art, and Chelle’s new Collage Templates (square). I love the blocked look of the templates and the background paper made of boating signs. KaylaLakesideAdventures_July10_wKaylaTroop480Lake_July10_web Next, Patty made a page of photos of her dogs playing at a special lakeside camp for dogs. Looks like her fur babies LOVED this vacation. I really like the way she placed the tree on the edge of the page, and I love her use of the water splash elements in clusters behind her photos. Patty_OnTheWater Finally, Ronnie made a page using the kit and word art, as well, but she altered the word art to fit her needs. The original word art has black letters for the phrase “Need for,” but Ronnie needed them to be white in order to be legible when placed on the photo. She also wanted to add the words “or not” after speed. She erased the black wording in the element and added her own text layer to read the way she wanted it, but the hard work of creating the title cluster was already done for her. That’s really the beauty of using the word art.Need for Speed

Here’s a closer look at the kit and the word art in the market. cc_onthewater_preview 2 post-01cc_onthewater_wordart_preview2post

Stay cool this week!