Lake Michigan Scrapbook Page

Pete and I recently enjoyed one last summer outing.  We had a very nice day out in South Haven, on the coast of Lake Michigan.  It was our first visit to this picturesque town and we were excited to explore!  

I just completed this scrapbook page so that we can easily remember our experience there (which is harder to do if your photos only stay in your computer or on your phone!).  Today I want to share with you a couple of tips that I used to create this simple page.

SIMPLE STAMPING TIP #10:  Print some of your photos as "wallet sizes", in order to fit more photos on a page.

"

Not only will you be able to use more photos, you can also place them so that they overlap some of the "blank" spaces in larger photos, like I did here with the sailboat photo.  

SIMPLE STAMPING TIP #11:  Use vellum when you need a perfectly neutral color and also as an element on water pages.

As I looked at the photos I wanted to use on this page, I could not think of any color that would look right for my title block.  I was stumped for awhile, until I happened to think of vellum cardstock.  As soon as I pulled it out, I knew it would work!  If you look closely, you will see that I tore the left & right edges, to create a look that mimics the waves in the water.

The vellum looks rather un-impressive in the photo above, but it looks amazing when used on cards and scrapbook pages. It is translucent and is perfect for a subtle, delicate touch.   Stampin' Up sells it in a pack of 20 8 1/2 x 11 sheets for $8.00.  

I had so many photos I wanted to use, that there wasn't room for many embellishments.  (The photo of Clementine's is actually a postcard.)  The only stamps I used were alphabet stamps for the title and as the first letters in my journaling blocks.  I added just a bit of color with the tiny red strips on my journaling blocks, which goes with the red in the lighthouse, Pete's shirt, & the bricks of the restaurant.  I tied some linen thread on the title strip, which is inspired by the rope that is in the photo of the harbor.  As always, look at your photos to get ideas for how to embellish your page.  

I hope that those are useful tips for anyone reading this who is interested in scrapbooking.  My goal for this blog is to show you that it doesn't take a lot of supplies, time, or money to create meaningful pages and cards!  Please let me know if I can be of any help to you in your stamping or scrapbooking projects.  (email address:  godismydelight@yahoo.com).