Emily Grant Design

Happy Saturday! I'm crafting on my bedroom floor at the moment because my mum is decorating our craft room. 

Made a couple pages this morning using pictures I took of Nathan when we went up to Lakeside a couple weeks ago. I got some duck pictures as well, but my boyfriend is cuter than a couple of Great-Crested Grebes. I wasn't planning on using these pictures, but they came out really well. I was standing on a hill and zoomed in to take the picture in the first page and it blurred out the background... who needs a DSLR, eh?!

One thing I struggle with sometimes is page titles. I go on Pinterest but nothing quite fits...

Then I thought about what Nathan might think when I'm taking his photo.. he doesn't mind coming out with me while I take pictures... but I'm sure he'd rather be inside!

With this first page I tried to get a 'distressed' look to match the backing paper. I inked up the edge of the lined paper and used the rest of that sheet as a backing for the photograph. I ripped the edges but it still wasn't distressed enough... so I screwed it up and then stuck my photo to it and curled the edges of the paper around my photo. 

Papermania Nature's Gallery paper, basics cork alphabet, Chronology metal gears and pocket watch embossing folder, gems

Prima paper (free with the latest Scrapbook Magazine)

Studio Calico veneers

Tim Holtz tag die

K&Co borders

Hobbycraft tiny alphabet

Teresa Collins brads

I took the next photo for this specific layout, I'd seen it on Pinterest and wanted to recreate it. I used Photoshop to turn parts of the photo black and white, then cut it into strips and moved the coloured part down to emphasize it.

Kaisercraft collectables

Recollections The Sweetest Thing papers

Papermania chalk arrow and speechbubble,  craft collection trim, buttons.