The other evening I was flipping through my albums (because I actually have FOUR albums - by theme - that I now keep in my scrap attic so I can actually put my layouts in an album when I finish them... shocker.) and realized that of all the layouts in my 2011 Travel album, there was only one so far that I just don't like... it was kind of forced when I made it and not really my style. I was trying too hard to do something that just wasn't me so I pulled it out last night and redid it.
The original layout was made from the Studio Calico Daydream Believer kit and a few pictures from Machu Picchu. Observe:
Yeah. I'm cringing just looking at it, even though technically that layout doesn't exist anymore. (Okay, it's not really all that bad, but it really just isn't my style.)
Here's my remixed version :)
So.Much.Better. At least I think so. I just re-used the same supplies from the original layout with a few small additions. I took everything off the page, then flipped the kraft cardstock over and used the back. Waste not, want not!
I cropped the photos a bit - I think the scale was a bit off. Then I used sketch #9 from my sketchbook class as the basis for arranging everything on the page.
I had a pile of kraft letters already cut on my Cameo and leftover from another project where I'd used the negative. I think it was in my 29 Days of Love album? Anyway, I suddenly had the idea to see what words I could spell and if anything fit, to do a really subtle treatment using those words instead of journaling. When I think of Machu Picchu, "Andes," "history," and "drama" all seem very appropriate!
I took out the strips of green Dear Lizzy paper and used a leftover scrap from the March Story Hour kit instead. I think it made a huge difference in getting the right feel.
The only other things I added were a few of those awesome wood veneer stars from Studio Calico. I think I could use about 12 more packages of those babies.
I still have one more layout I did with this kit that I'm thinking about re-doing, but we'll see.
K... I have a few more things to do during my lunch break, so off I go!
P.S. My layout "Jump!" was featured on the Scrapbook Gossip blog today! Go check it out... it's a pretty cool blog with lots of great daily inspiration.
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