On our way to Canada, I stopped in my favorite stamp/scrapbook store in Buffalo. We don't have anything like it in Rochester, so I'm always anxious to see what's new. I picked up a Tim Holtz stamp set, a Hero Arts set of leaves, and a few papers and ribbons. I bought just one sheet of a Basic Grey Whiskers & Whiskers paper. It just called out to me for a fall layout, so yesterday I put together a quick layout of photos from our weekend in Canada.
I started with a digital template from Moon Ko which I've used in the past. I like the combination of landscape and portrait photos that it accommodates. Once I printed that out, I wanted some embellishment. I so envy people like Sian who seems to pull together the most wonderful collections of items into beautiful focal points on layouts. It's not a natural process for me, so arranging the items on the journaling circle from my Scrapbook Circle kit took longer than doing the digital template. I'm happy with the final result, though. There's a wooden ring with sticker from Sweetwater which has been in my stash for years, two leaves from Prima, a sticker from Jolee, and one of Studio Calico's new rub-on birdies. I fell in love with them at CHA.
I finished taking the photos and writing my post for this weekend's "Let's Eat" Blog Hop. Are you ready?