Scrapbooking With Little Yellow Bicycle 12 comments  

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Summer.

The possibilities are endless with the hot weather topic - swimming, picnics, parties and countless other activities.  Traditionally, I think bright yellows, royal blue, kelly green - all bright and fun colors.  So, when I saw the slightly muted colors of Little Yellow Bicycle's Boardwalk line, I was intrigued.  I live in Wisconsin, and our summers are shorter than most, so I decided..."what the heck!" I can always use it for Easter.    So, when I got my shipment, imagine my surprise when I totally LOVED it!  There are a few lines that pictures just do not do justice, and this line is one of them.  The variety of colors is incredible, and yet they all work so well together.  It makes it easier to scrap summer pictures, as the colors in the papers are not competing with the colors in my photographs.  In any other season, I can change my photos to black and white, but for summer photos, the vibrancy and intensity of the colors seem a part of the experience.  Therefore, I almost always scrap in color.  These papers are an amazing compliment to that!

So....let me show you what I did!

First of all, I did a layout of my niece and my daughter.  These two are a year apart, but they look incredibly alike, and have a special bond.  It is ironic, too, as their dads are brothers, but they look like their moms!  Every time we are together, we always have to take a picture together...we will have years of these layouts.  See that wave?  It is canvas.  It is SO COOL!

 Next is another summer layout.  This is Kiley on a paddleboat at our friends cabin.  The muted water color made this a perfect photo choice for this line.  The pocket is now full of all the things that she loves about her summer experiences with my friends daughter and the weekends that we spend at their cabin.  LYB has amazing embellishments, and this is one of my favorites.

 The last layout is a very simple and classic layout of Kendall when we went to see my Brewers play in Arizona for Spring Training.  It was kind of a mistake shot, but I loved it, and wanted to highlight it with a layout that was simple and had clean lines.

 Lastly, I have to show you the product that I love the most from Little Yellow Bicycle...their mini-albums.  This line has one that is mostly chipboard, and some acrylic.  It is AMAZING.  The neatest thing about it is the multiple shapes, and that there is a tablet that has papers already precut into the shapes that fit into the album.  It makes is SO easy.  You have more than one option, too, so you are not limited to their paper choices.  Again, there is no journaling yet, as I prefer to have my children add their comments after I post them on line.  PLEASE, to appreciate this album, click on it, and check it out in my gallery.  Also, Angie is showing an alternate way to decorate this album in a class for the crop, so PLEASE check that out.  You might want to order soon, though.  They have already sold out once!

In conclusion, I love this line.  The colors are so well matched, and the embellishments are so incredible.  I actually went back to order more things, and they were all sold out. 

And I bet not even one of you that popped them in your cart is going to use them for Easter