Here’s another page I did with the baby pics from 1988. These photos of friends who stopped by to visit our newborn were all Polaroids which I scanned into my computer, edited and reprinted.
One thing I’ve learned since I did this page is how to remove the color cast which the scanner introduces. If you can do that, editing your photos becomes 100 times easier. (I could not believe how much blue the scanner was adding to my pics!)
In the next day or so, I’ll post a step by step on how to make a custom action for Photoshop which will fix this problem for you. 🙂
Some of the supplies I used on this layout:
Title: Grungeboard Alphas (Tim Holtz), Stream Paint Dabber, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Punches/Die Cuts: Scallops On The Edge Die, : Doily Lace Edge Craft Punch (Martha Stewart)
Distress inks: Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Faded jeans
I mentioned in another post that I wanted to incorporate my son’s original baby book into these scrapbook layouts. I did that by cutting a ‘frame’ in a regular 12×12 page and mounted each page from his book into the opening so you can see both sides of the page of the original book. I trimmed the edges of most of the frames with ribbon. On this one I got kinda fancy and used the Martha Stewart Garden Trellis Punch
That’s precious. I’m wondering–have any of the people in the original photos seen the new pages?
Hi Robin,
That’s a very good question. The two older folks, Dot & Connie, have passed away; I have no idea where Dede is, I think she & her husband are missionaries somewhere. We’ve lost touch with the two single guys, who have both since married, but are still in the area.
I did enjoy reading the names of the folks who came to see us, remembering good friendships from that time. 🙂 There’s really only one couple that we are still close to now. After revisiting the baby book I reminded her of what she gave me at Josh’s baby shower. She thought that was neat.
It is neat. I enjoy remembering kindnesses from people I don’t see anymore. It makes me feel there’s still a link between us.
Hi! I love your work. Plain and simple. It’s nice to look back on pictures and remembering the people who has been part of our life.
Hi Katrina,
Thank you for the kind comments. It HAS been nice to look back and reminisce.
Thanks for stopping by!
You’re much welcome sandy.