4th of July Layout

Although I've been making quite a few cards lately, this is what I really love doing. I love to scrapbook my many pictures. But I do have to admit, I don't scrapbook as much as I should. Three kids equals years of photos. So I was excited when I heard that this week's Peachy Keen Stamps challenge is "Shadow Box Challenge". Here is my 12x12 layout that I made. (I still have to pick up a shadow bow to put it in.)

These are photos from 4th of July 2009. This is me and my youngest having fun with sparklers (shh... don't tell anyone). I have been wanting to scrap these for a while now, but just haven't had the right inspiration. The inspiration came from the PKS "Firecraker" stamp that was available during their Memorial Day weekend sale. I also picked up the new Independance Day cartridge during another sale.

I stamped the firecrackers on white cardstock, colored them with colored pencils, and then cut out each one. They are mounted with dimensionals. I cut the "4th of July" at 4" and the "Red White & Blue" at 3". Since this not a full cartridge, there are no creative function keys. For the "Red White & Blue", I cut it out in red and blue. I then cut off the "Blue" and glued it on the red layer. I then layered it all on white and cut it out by hand. It was a lot of work, but I like how it turned out. I mounted all the photos on blue and tied them with ribbons. The final touch was to add dashes and dots with a white pen.



I had lots of fun making this lay out and am going to spend some time this summer (while unemployed) to scrap many more memories. I hope to at least make a dent in my stacks of photos.

Thanks PKS!! I love my stamps!

Thanks for all the wonderfull comments! I will also be entering this layout in the "Red, White and Blue" challenge over at http://heartstring-designs.blogspot.com/.