Vintage A4 LO with Modern Feel

This A4 layout has a vintage (not sure my mam will want to know I've described her photo as vintage!) photograph but a modern feel. I never work in A4 but decided to try it and see what I thought. I have concluded that I find this size a bit restricting if you want to use more than one photograph (6" x 4") but it is great if you want to frame your layout as A4 frames are easier to find than 12 x 12 or if you have smaller photographs.
I used modern colours mixed with muted as well as printed acetate and it worked well for me, however I won't be in a hurry to swap from 12 x 12 to A4 but it was an interesting experiment.

Who Do You Think You Are - LIVE

I was very lucky to be given the opportunity to work with Sally Butler's new range of Heritage papers in preparation for the WDYTYR show at Olympia in London.

The layouts below are all 12" x 12" in size and feature a range of colours and themes

The page above features a photograph of my Mum aged 18 (she is 81 now so this was a few years ago!)

The above page shows how journaling and information can be hidden from people looking through your album but still available to you.

Sally has been taken to ensure the uniforms are British as can be seen in the layout above. 

I wont be at the show as I will be playing at the shop! Feel free to pop in to see me if Olympia is a little too far for you to visit.

Vintage Layout

I have made the above layout for a workshop class on Family History. Nowadays we take for granted photographs with unlimited quantities and sizes but in the past this has not been the case so its important when creating a vintage layout that there are other things going on in a layout but not creating a page that is so busy it over powers the photograph/s. 
The other detail we need to remember is the size of photographs. The photos I have from the 1930's are tiny approx 2" x 3" and only having a couple can make them difficult to scrap without them getting lost on a page.
The wartime photos I have of my Granddad, Uncle and Dad were all made into postcards which in some ways has helped preserve them as they are on a thicker paper.
For me the most important thing about heritage (and baby) layouts is that the photographs are the main focus and that decorations and embellishments are kept to a minimum.

Who Do You Think You Are - LIVE

This month sees another WDYTYR event at Olympia in London.

The show covers everything you need to know about tracing your family history and building your family tree.

British Artist Sally Butler will be releasing her latest 

designs of scrapbooking papers exclusively 

at the Crafting Time stand. 

Sally has designed papers specifically for the UK market and has many papers with a military theme. Papers can be bought on the day or ordered should supplies run out (which I think they will as they are amazing).

So if family history interests you take a visit to the show and check out what Sally has on offer. Nina Grecco will also be on hand to advise on scrapbooking techniques and is demonstrating simple ways to make your pages stand out.