Friday, January 27, 2012

Cricut Craftin Friends Blog Hop



Welcome to Cricut Craftin Friends Blog Hop!  I am a Sweet Sassy Diva Friend to Suzanne!!!  You should have arrived from Shawnee!

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I recently went to an all day crop and got my son's album caught up. It was great to get caught up, but I did not have my camera to take pictures step by step.  

He is a high school junior and I have a hard time with his pages at times.  I do a lot of baseball, bowling and tennis pages (aka boring) and try to keep them plain (also boring).  This photo was taken this year of my three boys and I just loved the colors.

I grabbed my Gypsy Girl and created my title by welding the word Brothers from the shadow font from Batman.  I sized the letters (shadow and regular letters) to 1.71inches.  The word three is from Graphically Speaking and is sized to 1.47 inches.  

I needed a little more fluff, so I added 3 amigos sized at 2.53 inches and Certified at 2.18 inches, both from Graphically Speaking.

I cut everything out of black cardstock except the regular letters.  I used a lavendar cardstock for those.  I added a purple border behind my photo and adhered it all together.

This is my end result.  A little plain and not fancy ~ perfect for a 17 year old boy!  I am surprised I got away with the purple paper (he he)!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

Your next stop is Mindy!!

31 comments:

  1. Thanks Lori. Glad you made it. Great picture of the boys and I think your right sometimes simple is best. I love the "purple" too. Thanks for joining me in my first blog hop. :)

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  2. Great page and simple is WONDERFUL. I have been working on pages on my Gypsy and was amazed that it had been so long since I did any.... I know shame on me and I thank you for always reminding us of the importance of scrapping! Have a blessed day.

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  3. Simply wonderful! Have a great day and keep crafting.

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  4. Lori I love your lo!!! It is simple and to the point!!! And simple is good at times!! The pic is awesome, such handsome guys you have!!!

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  5. Simple is sometimes best. I just paroozed some of your other projects... and I would say you are darn talented. I am trying to master my Gypsy that I have owned for 8 months. I just need to sit down and do it. I always end up crafting insteat. Nice to meet you through the hop!! :-)

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  6. Beautiful page. I love the photo you chose. Great job

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  7. I love your page Lori .
    Rachelle
    joyfulhrt at gmail dot com
    www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com

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  8. Fantastic LO and guys like simple and the purple looks great as well

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  9. What a grat LO. And the photo is wonderful!
    Charlotte

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  10. Beautiful layout .... I love simplicity! Great job!

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  11. great page. sweet memory too. guys like purple in small amounts and that is what you used. job well done.

    craftingwithblue at gmail dot com

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  12. Very cute layout. i love the simplicity of it. Great job!!

    scrapbrat07.blogspot.com
    tlmiller.tasha@gmail.com

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  14. Very cute layout. i love the simplicity of it. Great job!!

    scrapbrat07.blogspot.com
    tlmiller.tasha@gmail.com

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  15. Lori, your layout is just perfect. A perfect way to showcase a wonderful picture !

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  16. Great layout - and such handsome boys!
    It's such a treat to be in this blog hop with you!
    Kate
    Small Bits of Paper
    smallbitsofpaper @ hotmail.com [remove spaces]

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  17. I have boys too and I agree sometimes simple is best when it comes to doing their pics. Love the "3 amigos" Great LO!
    http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/

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  18. You have handsome boys. It may be plain but it is definitely 'just right'. It puts the focus on the guys, as it should.
    Rae Ann O.
    http://joyinart.blogspot.com

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  19. I like that this is plain, and showcases the photo and title :)
    michelle
    scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com

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  20. Love the clean lines and simplicity of this LO. It is beautiful.
    janiceaeschliman.blogspot.com

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  21. This is just my kind of simple!! Love it!! TFS!!! I have been a follower here!!

    http://ibecircled.blogspot.com
    ilovetonkinese2 at hotmail dot com
    Rexann♥

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  22. I like the simplicity of this LO.


    http://vickiesscrappings.blogspot.com

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  23. Beautiful LO Lori! Such a great picture of boys. I agree, too fancy of a LO would have over shadowed the picture. BTW, I love the purple too.

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  24. very nice layout. It is a little plain, but that makes it look elegant.

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  25. boy this age do not like any thing fancy, i do find that sometimes plain and simple is the way to go
    upnurse at aol dot com

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  26. I like the simplicity of this layout--perfect for boys.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  28. What a wonderful LO. Good looking young men you have there, too!
    Happy to be hopping and already a follower.
    :O)
    Jessica

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  29. You've managed to make a BOY layout lots of FUN, Lori!! I also struggle with those BOY layouts -- I LOVE that you sneaked a little purple in!! :)

    Somehow I missed this on the first day, I'm glad I rolled back around to see it!! :)

    Hugs,
    Amy :) at www.lovetocrop.com

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