Suz had some fun with the October Afternoon’s wonderful 5&Dime range of patterned papers and embellishments in this layout. Her daughter often drags her and her camera off for ‘fashion’ photo shoots, and this 50’s inspired theme worked perfectly with the patterned papers. The golden tones of the late afternoon sun and the air of nostalgia in the photos is reflected perfectly in the designs of the papers, and Suz especially loved the rubber embellishments that gave the layout a bit of texture and dimension with minimum effort!
Kathie’s son, Jamie, started school at the beginning of this year. In this, her first “school page”, she has beautifully captured his excited, yet apprehensive expression as he looks to his father for reassurance on his first school day. Her departing vision of him settled with his class at the feet of his teacher is captured in the smaller photo and will be forever imprinted in her memory.
Kathie’s used the Shape Stickers from October Afternoon’s Report Card collection as the focal product on her page. She loves the old style imagery of these stickers; perhaps because they are reminiscent of the illustrations in the school books she was reading when she first started school all those years ago. Kathie’s mixed in some of the Schoolhouse collection too, with a snippet of the Flashcards paper at the bottom of the page.
We thank Georgia Keays for the above two layouts – as you can see she rocks the October Afternoon papers with style! We love the balance of patterned papers and embellishments being the perfect backdrop for her photos and the little details like the negative of the cloud diecut above the title in No Fanks. Thanks Georgia – your style is superb.
We also spotted this gorgeous page by Treesa Young, Perth. Treesa wanted to create a summery layout to feature some photos of her son on his new slip n slide. October Afternoon's Seaside papers were a perfect backdrop for the vivid colours in the photographs. This is such a happy, colourful page! Thanks for sharing it with us Treesa!
Finally, we saw this amazing layout while browsing the galleries and just had to share it with you. Belinda Venables, Perth, has used the Campfire line to make this incredible house. From the fine penwork detail, to the opening and closing front door and the little critters Belinda has cut from the patterned paper, the entire project is simply irresistible.
