The Start of a New Year

Well, I'm starting a new year in my scrapbook anyway ;)

 

Quite possibly the easiest page you can imagine.  It came together in just a few minutes and I absolutely love it!

 

 These pages were also extremely quick.  I know there's a lot of color going on here, but it matches the personality of the pictures so perfectly I think it's justifiable. 

 

 Again, some bold and bright colors going on here.  I've been a little bit out of my comfort zone with these eye catching colors.  I really prefer working in muted, vintage tones.  Sometimes, however, you just have to let the true nature of the photograph shine through, and I just couldn't dull the brightness coming from these photos!

So I have a question for y'all.  Are you comfortable working in any color combination, hue, saturation, and brightness? 

Bring a little brightness into these gloomy days of fall!
~Digital Nicole

 

I'll get right down to it.

Yes - it's been a while since I posted anything.  No - I don't have an excuse.

You'll notice the pages are dated 2009, but in my defense, I only finished them a few months ago.  Like so many of you, I have a terrible back log.  For a while I was catching up, but I've been devoting myself to other things lately and have fallen behind again.

These pages were hilariously quick to put together.  They are understated, but I didn't want to detract from the craziness going on in the photos.

 This is another set of very simple pages, but with so many photo's I felt it was necessary to keep the embellishments to a minimum or risk a chaotic, confusing layout.

This is another understated layout.  I truly wanted to showcase the photos here, especially the one on the right because it's so rare that Zach gets a photo with all his siblings.  Even so simple, each piece was methodically chosen to create an elegant design.

And we've finally reached the end of the year!  This page isn't anything too special to me, but truthfully, neither were the photos.  They're cute, for sure (of course I'm biased), but they weren't of exceptional quality or content.  I really just needed a solid way to end vol. 09.

Happy Scrapping,
~Digital Nicole

Back Log

I'm going to start posting some of my back log of scrapbook pages.  As of right now, I have well over 50 pages designed that are just sitting on my computer. I'm going to work my way through these, slowly, and get them all print ready.  I'm hoping to have them all completed and printed by thanksgiving (which means by Christmas in reality, lol).  And remember, as I am posting these designs, I always love feedback.  Both positive and negative, as long as it is constructive!  Seriously, I know a lot of people say "give me feedback" but what they really want is compliment.  I truly prefer honesty to false compliments (as long as it is constructive, of course).  I love doing this, and I want to get better and better, and I hope you can help me.


Just one year, and her hair was to her shoulders!

These pages were a challenge for me because the pictures themselves were
very dark and I could only lighten them so much.  So I was trying to work
with what I had.  And since I have very few pictures of my dad with us,
I was certainly going to use them.

All the embellishments on these pages were created using clipping masks



 

As you can tell by the dates, I have quite a back log!  But, I'll post a few every day and I'll have you caught up in no time, flat!

~Digital Nicole