Monday, August 9, 2010

July Hip Kit projects

Here are a couple of projects I made last week with the July Hip Kit. This first layout is really simple. Tell me--what is the first thing you notice when you look at the page? I hope you said "his eyes in the bottom picture". That was the focus of the page. Everytime I kept trying to add more to it, it drew away from his eyes. I wanted the right side white space to be like the water in the aquarium he was looking in to.

Circles are such a favorite design element of mine. I cut this one with my handy-dandy new Creative Memories Jumbo Circle template. Love it!

This two-page layout is based on this sketch by Lucy Chesna. I added two vertical photos to bookend the horizontal ones.
The colors in the kit were perfect for DD's 5th Grade Play about the constitution. I made a pocket with the die-cut paper so I could fit her invitation and program on the page, too.

My nephew, Madison, turns 16 this month. I made this card for him and added an SRM Stickers sentiment.
That's it for now. Hope you are having a fabulous day!!

8 comments:

AmyInKy said...

Love them all, but the 2-pager might be my favorite. :)

Deana said...

Awesome work, Melanie! And, yes, Merek does have some beautiful eyes... what a great photo! I love how you used the tickets for journaling tags, too!

Hope you're enjoying your family fun time! ;-)

SusGus said...

I love the one with Desiree. What a busy summer you've had with nieces, travel and family fun!

EmmaJ said...

I totally noticed his eyes, and then the different sizes of pictures and how they get larger. I love that technique. I also like the layout with the vertical pics bookending the horizontal ones- gonna lift that idea too.

Lilith Eeckels said...

What beautiful layouts. I can't say hich one I prefer. I like them all especially the first one.

Bethany Crowell said...

Totally noticed the eyes! And love the various sizes of photos used on the LO. Fabulous projects!!

Anonymous said...

Love the LO's Mel! I too, noticed his eyes first. But then I thought it was a trick question and started looking for something else! That 2-pager is sooo cute and the one of your daughter's play is precious as well! We need to scrap soon! :o)

Lynette Jacobs said...

Lovely layouts Mel. During our photography course this weekend our teacher told us that it was proven that the eyes are the first thing in a photo that draws your attention. Interesting!