Sunday, January 2, 2011

Winter Wonderland Formal

This is yet another layout I did a few weeks ago. My daughter had her first college formal and of course such an event has to be scrapped!

When I went to do the layout I remembered this paper and thought it might work with the pictures, boy did I luck out! The patterned paper is DCWV All Dressed Up. On the black strip I heat embossed some snowflakes and actually did a really crappy job but the other elements covered up most of the areas that looked bad *okie makes a mental note not to be on the phone when she is heat embossing and also to always always use her embossing buddy*.

I cut the flower in half and layered it then cut a 2" circle out of some Stardream Mica for the center. The flower is one of those huge ones that come in a container of plain and polka dot in the same container, I believe they are found at Hobby Lobby.

I added chipboard photo corners on one of the pictures.

For the title I used some chipboard letters I got at the Great American Scrapbook Convention last June. I was able to get the letters for $2 for the box and they regularly ran $8. They all had the shiny metallic finish and I got some in blue, pink and silver.

I then cut winter and wonderland out of Opposites Attract. I did the shadow for the winter but the font for wonderland didn't have a shadow feature so I outlined in black a little to make it stand out a little more. You might need to click the picture to see it better. I love layered titles. Well I don't want to use them all the time because that would be boring but use of them occasionally is really a neat effect.

This was another one of those layouts that I didn't think needed any journaling so I just used a chipboard bookplate and added the date in it. I think the pearl brads are a little big for the bookplate but I am not changing them now.

The rhinestone flourishes were get another GASC find. Both came in the package and the package was $1. I was able to get several different styles and also got some in pearl. My friend Linda, aka LGuild, and I can't wait to go back next summer!

22 comments:

  1. Beautiful layout and daughter :) And I love your new blog design!

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  2. Gorgeous Layout and Daughter! :o)
    She looks wonderful in that dress... and I love the layout... it matches to a T! Great Job Okie! :o)

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  3. I love this layout. I have some similar paper and haven't used it yet. This paper worked perfectly. Keep up the great work. Hope you are feeling better. Love the new layout of your blog.

    Marijo aka Scraptastic Grammy
    www.scraptasticgrammy.blogspot.com

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  4. beautiful layout - your daughter looks great!

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  5. Glitzy layout!

    Boy, you did a major re-make on your blog too for 2011. Now it looks like a ladybug!

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  6. love your layout! and wow!!! the blog is looking great! lol..reminds me I better go get the christmas look off of mine!

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  7. wow! georgeous layout and georgeous gal!!

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  8. Gorgeous layout! You just gave me an idea of what to do with my daughter's Homecoming pictures. TFS

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  9. awesome LO!!!! and thats one gorgeous baby girl, you got there.... the blog looks fabulous too...

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  10. This is a wonderful page and your daughter is georgeous. You send her off to collage all by herself? I'll bet she is fighting off the boys or should I say men.
    I love all the elements you used on your page.

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  11. I love the layers and colors. The layout and your daughter are beautiful!

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  12. She is beautiful and so is your LO! Love the purple paper. The new blog design looks great.

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  13. WOW!!! First, this LO is GORGEOUS! Second, all that she (and you) went through to get this dress was worth it, because Shiane looks spectacular in it. What a lovely young lady she is! Just look at that fabulous smile! And Third ... she is looking more like you all the time! Both of you are beautiful!

    Hugz,
    Carol

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  14. Gorgeous! I love the layout, the colors, and your daughter is so pretty. Purple is my fave color and I wish I could look that good in a dress like that.

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  15. Great Blog and wonderful pages. You inspire me to get scrapin!

    Barbara TX

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  16. What a absolutly beautiful lay out. Thank you for showing.

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  17. OMG! I love the new design of your blog. I thought I was in the wrong place at first. Your layout is beautiful.

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  18. Very beautiful layout and your daughter looks lovely

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  19. I love the rhinestone flourish. Where do you find those, who makes them?

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  20. Rose I got the flourishes when I went to the Great American Scrapbook convention in Arlington Texas. The company is www.want2scrap.com and the price on the website is $1.29 for a pack of two flourishes. I also got some pearls from their booth and I love their products!

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  21. Beautiful LO, using beautiful colours! Beautiful dress but more importantly --- beautiful daughter!

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  22. love your blog and would love to win some promarkers!

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