A Picture Frame for my nephew

For my nephew's 7th birthday, I made him a framed scrapbook page from our snow tubing trip.  In May we took him to the Philadelphia zoo and he asked me to make him a frame from that trip too.  I tried to showcase the photos of all of his favorite animals at the zoo.  I love the photo (top right) of him with the GIANT snapping turtle!

Here's what I came up with - I'm very pleased with the end result:

Close up of the title:

Details:

Grid Paper by Tami Potter

Solid Cardstock by The Paper Co

Sharpie Marker (black)

White Gelly Roll Pen

Challenges:
1. Tuesday Throwdown - mosaic
2. Pile it On - favorite things (mosaics are my absolutely favorite thing to create!)

Tuesday Throwdown #7

Hey everyone, happy Tuesday!  The challenge at Tuesday Throwdown this week is Mosaics.  This is my favorite challenge so far - I love to create mosaics.  I actually created two projects for this week.

This card is unusual for me.  I usually make A2 or 6"x6" cards.  I've never made one this shape before, but I am thrilled with how it turned out. 

Close up of the mosaics:

Details:

Patterned paper by Miss Elizabeth's

All stamps by Sherrod Studio

Coloring with Distress inks

This is the second project I did for this week.  I absolutely love the look of photo mosaics for scrapbook layouts.  I had the perfect pictures of my bridesmaids and I (and our bouquets).

Details: 

Mosaic Grid Paper by Tami Potter

Jolees Embellishment

Challenges:
1. Tuesday Throwdown - mosaics
2. Pile it On - favorite things (mosaics are my absolute favorite things to make)

Tools for making Mosaic collages

I just got this FABULOUS new book! It is a 96 page book about designing photo mosaics. It was written by Tami Potter and is available for sale on her web site. It's only $19.99!

I just went to A.C. Moore yesterday and got this AWESOME new toy! I have been into mosaic layouts recently and this will really come in handy!

It is a magnetic workspace. The ruler is magnetic and it came with 8 small magnets to hold down your page. You can use it to cut items with a craft knife or just to hold things in place while you're scrapping.

It is made by Basic Grey - it costs $28.99 normally, but I had a coupon and got 50% off! So I really paid $13.99!

This Marvy 1" punch is great for making 1" squares for mosaics.

I am going to be starting my wedding scrapbook soon (as soon as I finish my honeymoon scrapbook - I know, I went out of order!). I have never done a themed scrapbook before, but I might do one for my wedding. My bridesmaids wore dark purple (fall wedding) and they carried flowers in different shades of purple & pink.

Here is my idea: I want to do a scrapbook with all mosaic layouts and use different shades of purple for all the backgrounds etc. It's probably easier to show you than tell you. As soon as I get started, I will post every page I create.

Do you have any ideas, comments, or suggestions for me? If so, please leave a comment on this blog post.

~Lauren

Hawaii (Oahu) Dole Garden Mosaic Layout

This is a layout (my favorite!) that I made for my honeymoon in Hawaii. We went in October of 2007. I got this idea from a book on scrapbooking that someone gave me.

For the mosaic:
*I started by drawing the lines for where each block would go (lightly in pencil) on the piece of scrapbook paper that I am using for the background. Each mosaic square is 1"x1" and the spaces between are 1/8." Also, there is a border of 1/2" around the whole thing.
*Keep in mind that not all the photos should be cut up, there should be at least one or two that aren't. (These photos won't be exactly 2" or 3" measure across the squares & gutter before cutting those photos).
*Cutting up the photos for the mosaic is easy, just draw in pencil on the back of the photographs to make 1" blocks and cut along the lines. I find it helpful to number each piece of the mosaic (left to right) so that you can make sure that they line up properly and you aren't dealing with puzzle pieces.
*This mosaic looks great with photos of plants, flowers, landscapes, etc. I have never tried making one with people. I would love to see what everyone else comes up with.

Happy scrapping!

~Lauren