Layout by Leah
Hi everyone, it's Leah! It's been awhile since I posted so I thought I'd show you a page that I made yesterday using photos from a recent trip. In March, I went to South Africa and taught classes as part of scrapbook road show organized by Scrap Shack Designs. I had a great time and the country was so beautiful, but I am just now starting to scrapbook some of the photos that were taken. This page was made using the Fifth Avenue papers, trims and colorboard stickers - I love this collection! Have you made a page using Fifth Avenue? Post your page in the gallery and link it here in the comments. I would love to see it!
I also made the flowers on the page using the Slice and the Basic Shapes card. This little machine is so cool! Once the flowers were cut, I did a quick machine stitch around the edges using black thread.
Before I go, I wanted to give you a couple tips today. Are you a frugal scrapbooker? I like to think that I am. I try to save my scraps of paper and leftover embellishments. I save my large scraps of paper in hanging folders but for smaller pieces I use Ziploc bags. For my long strips of scrap paper, I put those in a Ziploc bag too but to keep those a bit more organized, I used my sewing machine to stitch columns in the bag. For the scrapbook page I made yesterday, I layered a few of these strips of scrap paper.
I also like saving my scraps of ribbon and I usually save pieces as small as 5" which I can tie onto a longer piece of ribbon stapled onto my page, like I did for this page. If I really love the ribbon - like this black gingham ribbon in the picture with the jar - I'll save pieces as small as 2" which I can fold and staple on a page. For storing small scraps of ribbon, I use the Making Memories embellishment jar because the wide mouth and shallow jar makes it easy to grab the scrap that I need.
Well, that's it for now - have a great weekend and enjoy Mother's Day! If you have time, drop by my blog and say "hi". And if you're looking for something fun to watch plus scrapbook related, I also have some silly scrapbook videos there. Also, if you want more information about the products I used on my page or the Slice, visit Making Memories website.
Beautiful, beautiful page! Love the tips you sent along as well.
Thanks Leah!
Posted by: Sheri Franklin | May 09, 2008 at 03:02 AM
Love your LO-Great colors. Thanks for the storage ideas.
Posted by: Carolyn | May 09, 2008 at 03:16 AM
Okay I can't figure out the gallery stuff.. but I put the picture of my 5th avenue layout here: http://lh4.ggpht.com/brookesummer/SCQ_oNSHRBI/AAAAAAAAGSE/1xGOYvR-XbI/2pages.jpg?imgmax=800
Posted by: Brooke | May 09, 2008 at 05:13 AM
Very cute :) and thanks for the tips!
Posted by: ShellyJ | May 09, 2008 at 05:18 AM
love this lo! love the flower over the knotted ribbon!
Posted by: CoreyW | May 09, 2008 at 07:32 AM
beautiful layout Leah!
Posted by: kimmie | May 09, 2008 at 07:35 AM
Leah I just love your work and 5th ave....I've not been to your blog in a while...I loved to videos...I need to get back to yours today....
Posted by: Carolyn Mcavoy | May 09, 2008 at 09:28 AM
Oh Leah, you make everything look beautiful!
Kathy (from the Winnipeg Crop for kids)
Posted by: Kathy | May 09, 2008 at 07:09 PM
Love the way you did the flowers with the ribbon centers. Something cool to try.
Posted by: Sheryl | May 09, 2008 at 09:16 PM
Thanks everyone! :)
Carolyn, great page!! Cute photos too!
Posted by: Leah Fung | May 10, 2008 at 08:23 AM
nice LO! ;)
Posted by: Beatriz Jennings | May 11, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Love the ziploc bag storage idea...
Your design is lovely... I am scrap-lifting this idea.. I adore the ribbon in the center of the flowers and also stapled to the page..Fantastic this is my new #1.
Lucky you to have a slice..
Thanks
Posted by: sh@ron k | May 11, 2008 at 01:00 PM
Thanks Beatriz! Thanks Sharon!! :D
Posted by: Leah Fung | May 11, 2008 at 01:06 PM
Everything you make is so beautiful and this layout is no exception. The papers go so nicely with the photos too. Great Job Leah!!!
Posted by: Shawn Wenrich | May 11, 2008 at 05:30 PM
Hi Shawn! Thank you!! You are so sweet :)
Posted by: Leah Fung | May 12, 2008 at 08:03 AM
this layout is beautiful! Thanks for sharing your great ideas of easy storage! Love them!
Posted by: Britta | May 12, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Oh Leah it's so nice to see your lovely face again after your trip to SA... I thoughly enjoyed our crop day together. Lovely layout with you and the girls.
Posted by: Cathy Sanders | May 13, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Love your work, Leah.. this is a wonderful LO! I love the way you combined the different pp and love the accents. Thanks for sharing!
I started a BOM recently for a challenge, and I used the 5th Avenue line.. love the colours. I don't want to swamp the gallery with many LOs. I hope it is ok for me to share this link:
http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=102227&a=148675&page=2
Posted by: Jelly | May 13, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Wow, Jelly, great pages! I love what you did with the 5th Avenue and how you use and arrange multiple photos on a single page. Nice work!
Thanks again, ladies!!
Posted by: Leah Fung | May 13, 2008 at 05:15 AM
you are such an inspiration! Your lo is amazing!
here's one of mine!
http://www.acherryontop.com/gallery_viewer/,1745193,cid,,223,,76423
Posted by: pambennett | May 17, 2008 at 03:47 AM
Thanks Pam! Hey, beautiful page! I love how you cut out the diamonds and how you added ribbon at the bottom of the floral decor. Very nice!
Posted by: Leah Fung | May 18, 2008 at 08:59 PM