Brotherly Love

Hello!  This is Lori Sjogren from The Singing Shell blog - stump-free and happy I got over a crafting bump in the road.

I was stumped for this month's project so I asked husband, "What should I do?"  

He answered, "Do something showing off our boys."

Easier said than done.  Do you ever feel intimidated to even try a new crafty endeavour?  That's how I feel about scrapbooking.  The funny thing is I started out a scrapbooker.  But I set out to do just as my husband suggested and picked out one off our favorite pictures to scrapbook.  That's all the inspiration I needed.

I used an image from A Child's Year but it wasn't right because I had two boys.

Before

So I did what I learned how to do from you lovely ladies in the Cricut board - I altered it. :)

After

 I noticed that the girl image had rounded edges and I just used regular crafting scissors to remove the rounded edges and the flair on the bottom of her shirt.  I lopped off her hair and Voila! Two boys!  I also removed the duck because it just didn't go with the the page.  

One of the most difficult things for me is lining up the letters - even in cardmaking.  So now I use a level with a laser.  I forget which blog I got the idea from but it is great!  I tried to take pictures of it but they are not so great.  I would love to hear how others make sure their letters are straight.  How you keep your letters from being crooked?

Do you see the red line?  That's the laser!

I turned off my Ott light so you can see it better... Oh well, I tried :)

 Lastly, I added some old fashion looking alphabet cards from October Afternoon to complete the page. 

Have a great day everyone!

Cricut Info & Supplies Used

Designer: Lori Sjogren

Machines Used: Imagine

Cartridges Used: A Child's Year (letters, image) & Elegant Edges (frame)

Other Supplies: SEI cardstock: Moravia and October Afternoon alphabet cards