Mint and Yellow #1

This is the first installment of my "Mint & Yellow" seris

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Oh Wow!!! I am soooo Loving this layout!!!

 it just feels so happy when I look at it, very peaceful!

I wish you could see it in person, it is even better!

I just smile when I look at this....

what do you think?

 

I used foam pop up adhesive to make the letters stand out

This is my Favorite picture!

I altered the photos by fading them out

I first tried them in black and white, but it was just too harsh!

The faded look really helps keep the light and airy feel to the layout.

 

Painting this metal decorative brad white was a must!

 

 I really do love how raising up the letters gives the page a great depth, 

even though it's a little detail, it really pops!

I plan to show you more mint and yellow layouts, 

but I have had a busy week and plan for another next week

Hope this one will keep you happy for a bit!

It's going to have to for me too!

I really want to play!!!

Lots of Love,

Hello Yellow

I am in Love

I am totally in love with Yellow.

 I have been for a while,

but you know who loves yellow more than me?

 Mint that's who!yep aka "seafoam"

Oh yeah, when Mint was introduced to Yellow...

 it was Love at first sight,

and they are perfect for each other!!!

But this is not your baby pastel colors we're talking about!
No, this romance can be Sophisticated, Bold, Fun and Flirty,
You just have to put the right Shades with it!

 be Bold and add Black or Grey

  You can soften it up with a lighter shade of grey too

So, what do you think?

I am going to show you some scrapbooking pages with these

wonderful colors. 

ASAP

What they are not done Yet?

Nope! sorry, don't hate me.

I just wanted to give you a taste of what I'm working on!
and What inspires me!

So, tell me what you think do you love mint and yellow?
What combination of colors would you like to see?
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Okay enough of me pleading for comments,  argh!

 I better be careful be for I start whining, it's late! hahah!

Lots of Love,

First and Last Pages of my books...

 I am a list person! If you are one too then you understand. 

If you are not, then here's a quick run down of how it goes.

 When I have a list I get things done. 

 I cross off the many tasks that need to be accomplished and Life is GOOD.  

Without this list I get nothing done, 

I twirl in little circles until I'm dizzy, or see something shiny! 

I so love shiny things.   aahh.  

Okay, so I needed a new scrapbook to do list (the other one ran away).  

So, where to begin? 

 I knew I had a few things in some books that were not complete, 

(yes I do that too) the I'll journal that later syndrome. 

while looking through all these books (eleven). I noticed a bit of a trend.

I hardly ever make a first or last page of my book!   WHAT!  Yeah, 

HI, My name is Ashley,

 and I have a hard time making a first and last page of ANY scrapbook.

 There I said it.

NOW how to fix this problem. it starts with you guessed it, a LIST...

I made a list of all the pages I needed and the year 

then I went through some pictures, 

you know the ones you get large prints of and then never use them

or a few that I always wanted to make a page for 

but for some reason was not inspired enough to do so.

and I listed those pics with the year. 

See where I'm going here...

Yep, just matched them up and started scrappin' 

Here are a few of my now finished First and Last pages...

 what's so great about these pages is that you can usually make some good use of scraps! because you are only created a single page.

Sometimes, you didn't take very many pics and it's not enough for a two page layout

but, guess what it's perfect for a first or last...

again all I used were scraps on this page! WOW!

 

Okay, confession, this is a page I actually already had done, but I had to share with you!

It really shows how you could use random pics to create a page!!!

 I added some of the things I like or what I was doing at the time into little strips of paper attached with brads
It is a great way to fill up a page when you only have a few pics!

I just loved this one of me, but it was so small and it was just a stray picture someone took

perfect for this page!

maybe this will inspire you to make a list and finish some unfinished pages!  Or at least give you an few good ideas for how you can make First and Last pages of your Scrapbook!

Lots of Love,