October 19, 2010

October Challenge by Christy

Design Team Member Christy submitted this layout for the October THAT Challenge.  She said, "We all have them...projects that need to be finished. I personally have a list of them. I think that is because I take WAY too many photos. I just love photos though...so I refuse to stop. I love looking back on my son and my husband...enjoying all of the moments. Especially since, sometimes, little details slip my mind. So, here I sat, with all of my projects, trying to decide which was the one I was going to work on today. There is my wedding album, honeymoon album, the 2008 photos, current pictures (because, I try to keep up), and childhood photos(both from DH and I). I finally settled upon some photos from our trip to Vail in 2008.


DH was lucky enough to have to go to a conference there. This meant my son and I could tag along because hotel, rental car and DH's expenses were covered. We were so excited! I had seen snow, but never this much and this was my son's first time. We were told how lucky we were...it usually doesn't snow that much during the time of year we went. And here was this beautiful winter wonderland. My son was ecstatic! I captured these photos our first evening out. I had bought a ton of different winter theme papers to scrap them, but in the end, I chose to let the beauty of the photos accent the papers. To keep it simple, I stitched across some Ms. Elizabeth's stickers by hand. I did accent the photos with silver colorbox ink.

                              


I love the simple and elegant effect. I was inspired by a friend of mine ( Erika H) and her "nature" layout over at Club CK. I am also happy to finally be using up the stash I bought to scrap these pages over 2 years ago! So, now I'm off to work on some more pages... Don't forget to work on projects you need to complete and post them here at Scrap Our Stash!  See all the details in October Challenge below.  And don't miss the Pagerize This Challenge below.

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful layout Christy! It really is just so elegant and quiet. I really love how you did the stitching too. I always love your stitching! ha It makes me think I should be stitching more because it always seems to take it to the next level on your projects. Great job!

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  2. Christy this is really eye-catching. The dark blue background is perfect to make the photos pop off the page, and your handstitching looks amazing :)

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  3. Beautiful job Christy! I love the blue background and all the stitching.

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  4. What beautiful photos! Simplicity was definitely a wise choice. The photos on the dark blue background really stand out. I like the touch of stitching too!

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  5. Wow - have to second everyone else's comments - your use of the dark blue paper, the simple embelishments and the stitching really make this a great layout!

    And how lucky to be able to see snow! Us Texans don't get to see it much either!

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  6. Awesome lo, Christy! I love the clean & simple look, which give the perfect stage for those magical photos!

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  7. oh the photos and the LO and the color choices all work so well together. love the stitching too.

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