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August 2008

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Got Color?Use it!

Christa Parker

I anxiously walked my 5-year-old to her first day of school. We walked side by side, one hand tightly in mine, the other clutching her brand-new box of school supplies, purchased the night before. She was so excited and I had such mixed feelings. During our shopping trip for school supplies I had flashbacks of my childhood and getting that new box of crayons. I always hoped that my mother would splurge and get me the box with 64 crayons. So, nothing else would do for my daughter than the box of 64. Little did I know that that box of 64 crayons would create such a dilemma for my little girl.

Jennifer sat and pondered those crayons. She examined them and studied them and couldn’t make up her mind what color to choose. She set out all the greens and all the blues and when the teacher said color the sky blue and the grass green she couldn’t, because she was so afraid to make a mistake in choosing the right color blue or green. The uncolored picture came home that night with a note from the teacher to take out all the crayons and just leave the primary colors. Take away the dilemma; take away the too many choices. Jennifer had no difficulty then choosing her colors, she happily colored her picture. So, you have permission to take away the magenta, ochre, burnt orange and carnation pink. Pull out red, yellow, and blue and enjoy.

Check out these layouts using primary colors.

Journaling: Green Hair, Purple Necklace and a smile that won't quit - that's Ian! Ian on the Zip Line at Garrett's party. This Photo shows you on the Zip Line - your favorite thing at Tumbleweeds (other than the cake!)

Zip by Carola Tolleson. Digital Supplies: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah and Wonderful World Overlay Stack, both by Lauren Bavin, At the Dance 12x12 Overlay Stax by Kim Liddiard and Journaling Prompts by Meryl Barthoavailable in June 2008 Club Digital (all at Digital Scrapbook Place), Fonts: DSP Maddie Moo, DSP Old General Store, Avant Garde MdBT.

Design note: Zip lines are not something you usually see in the city, so when we found one and the kids were playing on it, I took several shots. Ian had so much fun and had such a big grin on his face, that I really didn't want to throw any of the pictures away. I used one picture for the background & the beginning of his trip on the zip line. I extracted him out of two others and placed them at the mid and end point of the zip line. I extracted one more and lowered the opacity, using it to fill in the blank spots, showing motion. And the colors, well, you can't exactly use subdued tones to show a kid having fun at a birthday party! For 1. 2. ZIP, I typed the phrase then grouped it with the green paper so it would have the same texture and bright green color as the background.

Design note: My nephew Théo is speaking a lot all the time, that's why I choose to add some bla bla words to this layout! I also wanted a bright and urban layout. I added stitching around the photography and some stampings too, to bring a certain rhythm to the project.

Specimen by Pauline Dirrig. Supplies: Paper: Scenic Route, Rouge De Garance, Sassafras, Stamps: 7 Gypsies, Alyssiane, Alphabets: Pink Paislee, Sassafras, Chipboard: American Crafts.

Design note:

Creating fun text that follows a non-traditional path can be hard if you don't own a program such as Photoshop that can do text on a path, but it is not impossible! You can use tools such as warping text or arching the text and do it in smaller increments to create the effect you want. Using the warping text tool in my Photoshop Elements program allowed me to create the fun wavy text on the white wave strip at the bottom of my layout.

Gadgets Go Coaster by Mandy Payne. Digital Supplies: Template: Ric and Rac QuickClick by Kim Liddiard; Papers: Feelin Funky Backpack and Feelin Funky AOP by Tina Chambers; Wordart: UMagnetizeMe-Word Play Wordart by Kim Liddiard; Alphabet: Custom Chipboard Alpha-Retro Toons by Lauren Bavin; Date stamp: Digital Dates - Clean Cut by Meryl Bartho, Fonts: DSP Lark and DSP Shelley, both by Suzanne Walker (digitalscrapbookplace.com), CK Wanted (ScrapNFonts.com); Track lines on upper wave strip: mine own design.

Journaling: Main journaling reads: It was so exciting, you were tall enough to ride a roller coaster!!! We hopped into the last car and Daddy sat in front of us to get some pictures. As we headed out onto the track, Mama was beginning to wonder why in the world she had been excited at the prospect of taking her 3 year old on a roller coaster. To look at the pictures one would say you did not like the ride, but the pictures we forgot to get were of you as you got off the ride. You had a smile from ear to ear and couldn't wait to tell Mimi all about your first ride on a... roller coaster (via the LO title). Lower journaling reads: Megan & Mama have "fun" riding the Gadget's Go Coaster in the fun Disneyland Toon Town.

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