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Summer Lovin'

digital Creative Team reveal

As summer is swiftly fading away, we take a few last moments to reminisce over all that we've experienced in these short vacation months. Do you remember back in elementary school when one of the first activities back to school was to answer, "What did you do this summer?"  Well, for a little fun, the digital Creative Team decided to answer that question too, in the form of summer themed layouts with journaling. Scrapping about summer was a breeze, it was the journaling requirement that had the team grumbling about homework. But they aced the test and if we had blue ribbons, you'd see one on each and every reveal layout. I know that you'll get some great inspiration from these examples, for scrapping about your own summertime activities, whether you took an exotic vacation abroad or stuck it out at home trying to stay cool and keep the kids occupied.

Thank Goodness For Summer by sarahwhithers
~ Despite some rainy days and cooler temperatures, Jennifer managed to have a pretty busy summer and her creative layout design highlights the best parts! 

Texas by davsar
~ Sarah's family has a tradition of traveling to visit family every summer, building years of fond memories. Cropping her photos into circles is an eye-catching technique.

scrap your holiday by annelies1972
~ Annelies and her family enjoyed a lovely two week holiday in France! Arranging photos in a line is a great design tool to use when you have a series of photos from different activities.

Vegas by nun69
~ Angie's ultimate vacation was a trip to Vegas, just she and her dh! The bright green background makes the B&W photo *pop* and the delicate glitter strokes lend a sassy movement to her clustered design.

6 Weeks by Keling
~ Unfortunately Sara's ideal summer did not include doctor's orders to stay confined in a wheel chair. That didn't keep her from working a little fun into her summer break with the help from family. Her layout design focuses more on the journaling and creative embellishing without the need of photos, which is a great example for moments you wish to remember but didn't capture on film.

"What we did this summer" by janello
~ Janell is still riding the high from scrapping with double pagers last week and created this great 2 page spread, summer in review with lots of journaling. She says, "Sometimes it's important to record the special details that don't always come out in the pictures."

Swim'n Summer '09 by Smiley-Scrap8
~ Ronny recalls having to write those childhood essays detailing the summer's activities and while journaling may not be her favorite part today, she is glad for the challenge which inspired her to write much more for these few photos than she would have otherwise.

Summer With Family by JennK
~ Jenn's annual family reunion is filled with special memories and the kind of subject that can sometimes be tricky to scrap each and every year. She kept her design very clean and simple, using a full page photo as a background instead of papers, and accenting the page with only a title and journaling.

Summer '09 in review by MamaK321
~ Kristianne used a calendar style grid to highlight a few images from her busy summer activities. Don't hesitate to scrap over and under such a design, as she did here by layering a larger photo, journaling strips and embellishments on top of the grid.

See something you like? Here are some of  the products the layouts above were created with.

About the author ...
Kristianne Swanson, known to most as MamaK321, began scrapbooking in 1998, discovered A Cherry On Top in 2003 and joined the ACOT CT in 2005. What Kristianne loves most about scrapbooking is that it’s a creative outlet. Kristianne has a weakness for trying new techniques and products and she finds joy in sharing her talents and passing on her knowledge to fellow scrapbookers.

Published on 08/28/2009. Submitted by MamaK321