Scrapbooking Cooking Photos

A scrapbooking bug hit me yesterday so last night I grabbed out a bunch of photos I’d taken last year of the kids getting stuck into some cooking and put this simple layout together.  Just cardstock, photos, and a touch of ribbon.

Here’s a closer look at the left side.  I had a tiny gap at the bottom where one lot of photos was a touch shorter than the ones on the right of the page so I used our new very narrow taffeta to square the bottom up, and popped some more here and there to coordinate …

I love the look of concentration on Jack’s face in that shot where he’s brushing the pie with egg. 

This layout was a bit like doing a jigsaw.  I trimmed down the photos to feature certain portions, then arranged and rearranged until it worked on the 12″ Kraft (oops Crumb Cake) base.  I popped some scraps of cardstock into the gaps, picking out some colours from the photos – Poppy Parade, Real Red and Melon Mambo. 

My Big Shot and Timeless Type alphabet die came in handy for making a coordinating title.  Love this alphabet.  Was a bit of an investment but I’ve used it a lot so quite worth it I think.  Decided the photos spoke for themselves really so no written journalling on this one apart from the title “We love to COOK.” 

We’ve been watching Junior Masterchef quite avidly in our house, so quite a timely layout!

Off to Harvey Norman in a tic to pick up another great batch of photos from the last 6 months, so hopefully a bit more scrapbooking for me in the next few months.  I’ve missed it with all the busy busy of the last few months.  Time to get back into it.  I always feel happy when I’ve recorded some of those funny little everyday snippets of life.  Such a satisfying hobby.

Cheers, Sue