Magic Moment With A Double Pager?

Last week, I dove into some ephemera and got a bit of the Disney goodies scrapped. But, you know the  other issue I am running into when it comes to scrapping Disney?

Photos. LOTS of photos.

I have managed to edit down the images for many of the stories I want to tell, but I just can't bring myself to edit any more out for the special occasion of Lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table. So, it seems that a double pager is in order. With pockets, and envelopes, and a memory file....

Let's see how we go here:

Here I have the basic parts for each side of the spread laid out. "Professional" shot of the girlies with Miss Cinderelly herself on the left and all of my shots from the lunch with the memory file on the right:

I'm thinking the memory file page should be the first one to tackle, since that requires the most thought. Here, I have all of my photos laid out so that I can get them in the order I want. See? That's a LOT of picts:

And now for the papers! I am just about at the end of all of my "kits." Here is a majority of what is left:

All arranged in a nice little stack:

And folded and sewn! I think that little packet of goodness will work quite well in this file folder. 

But, it will work even better with it decorated on the inside!

Now, for that misting fun:

And there we have it! All ready to fill with my photos. I tackled that job the way that I approach all of my minis... just glue and go, don't over think.

Little bits here...

Little bits there...

And with the inside complete, a simple photo with a few embellishments and a chipboard title decorate the front:

Alrighty! Let's take a look at the left side now...

These photos were given to us in a fun little Cinderella folder, complete with a sweet little poem. I would like to include elements of this on my page...

Hmmmm....

Glassine bags to the rescue!

A little twine tie...

The text from the ephemera becomes my title here...

And with that, I have the basic foundation of both pages. Time to put them back together and finish this as one spread! Let's give it a quick look-see...

I immediately notice that because each page is on different background papers and has a lot going on, I want something to indicate on the left page that there is more to see of this event on the right page...

A little arrow flair does the trick!

Now, to embellish the spread as a whole. Some of those handmade heart embellishments get scattered about in a visual triangle over the two pages, along with some other little bits and such...

And there we have it!

Cinderella's Royal Table:

Oh Happy Day!

A Magical Moment Indeed:

Full of buttons and bits:

Plenty of smiling faces:

And princess hugs:

Oh my goodness!

The best part of this spread, is how much my family has enjoyed looking through the memory file portion. The hubster even said, "wow... that's cool!"

So, lots of memories and lots of photos scrapped - with kuddos from the fam to boot!
YAY!

Playing Favorites...

While it’s true that it depends on what kind of project you’re crafting and what you’re trying to make, we all have our own favorite ink pads. This week the challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show is to create something using your favorite ink pad, your #1 most used pad, or otherwise to create with a favorite ink.

I decided to go with a tried and true favorite this week. But, before we get to that, let's take a look at our stamps we have here to work with. These are also my favorites... the ones I return to time and time again:

And now for my favorite ink! Yep, Archival Jet Black. I know, I know... there are thousands of inks and I am going with this basic one? You bet! For one, I don't do a ton of stamping in color, but the main reason I LOVE this ink is how endlessly versatile it is. It picks up detail and can get wet without bleeding. Wonderfullness, I tell ya!

Now, before we get to stamping, first let's mark out where our photos will go:

And now we stamp!

Here... There... and Everywhere...

OK! Time to dress this up a bit. First, I just spritz my paper with water...

So that the watercolors will blend and bleed with ease...

A quick check to see how those photos work. Yep, I like! So...let's continue...

ooooh - lookin' good!

Now for some washi:

All laid down...

And ready for photos:

Fussy cut embellishments? Yes, please.

Laying things all out:

And there we have it!

With just a little Archival Ink and some water colors, we were able to create a custom background...
Full of fun and whimsy!

Alrighty! Now it's your turn to play. Time to grab your favorite ink, get crafty, and link-up with us!

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