Now on the verge of completing my son's school books I decided that his baby book was in desperate need of some serious touch up. You see , it was the very first album I ever did. 19 years ago I was not quite the scrapper I am now, and let's face it folks, there is only so much one can do with tupperware stencils and micro pens....
One of the pages I have been having nightmares about was my "Watch me Grow" Page. I took a photo of my baby with a stuffed toy as a point of reference and then took the same shot every month for the first year. The problem was that back in my early days of scrapping, I was scissor happy. I cut every photo into mincemeat- hand cut ovals and sillouettes.... I didn't even use the old cm stencils to make the ovals- I just cut them by hand. I know what you are thinking....just reprint them right? Nope, can't find half of the negatives and although I am sure there were doubles at the time- those doubles are long gone to Grandmas or Aunties or somewhere. I managed to find six of the twelve shots, and then decided to add in the first year formals that were taken as well- since I had found plenty of those leftover. But what to do with the remaining six shots that were cut up?
Frame it. Instead of putting the photo on the matte, matte the photo behind the matte, and hide the shape behind the frame. To create this effect I cut squares the same size as my "calendar squares" on my new layout and then used my cm circle and oval cutter to cut the inside shape. I used the negative portion of the oval to frame my cut photos.
One of the pages I have been having nightmares about was my "Watch me Grow" Page. I took a photo of my baby with a stuffed toy as a point of reference and then took the same shot every month for the first year. The problem was that back in my early days of scrapping, I was scissor happy. I cut every photo into mincemeat- hand cut ovals and sillouettes.... I didn't even use the old cm stencils to make the ovals- I just cut them by hand. I know what you are thinking....just reprint them right? Nope, can't find half of the negatives and although I am sure there were doubles at the time- those doubles are long gone to Grandmas or Aunties or somewhere. I managed to find six of the twelve shots, and then decided to add in the first year formals that were taken as well- since I had found plenty of those leftover. But what to do with the remaining six shots that were cut up?
Frame it. Instead of putting the photo on the matte, matte the photo behind the matte, and hide the shape behind the frame. To create this effect I cut squares the same size as my "calendar squares" on my new layout and then used my cm circle and oval cutter to cut the inside shape. I used the negative portion of the oval to frame my cut photos.
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