| Worry-Free Prom Layout |
by Susan |
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Like many parents I am eyeing with both dread and excitement the end of the school year. This year marks a milestone at my house: the end of secondary education. Sad but true, my youngest child will be graduating from high school this spring. And with the excitement of this next phase of his life, comes the sadness of his moving on. Yet before we face those new challenges we have a few spring events to get through first! The first in the line of special spring events is Senior Prom.
My husband and I have hosted pre-prom parties of each of our children’s senior proms. This year will be our last (insert a big sigh). We are planning an indoor/outdoor event complete with a professional photographer, frozen non-alcoholic drinks, fun food, lights and festive decorations. There will be an abundance of photos for my scrapping pleasure!!!
I know that like me, many of you will be faced with prom photos to crop and scrap. It can be overwhelming to have a pile of photos and not know where to begin. I thought I would share a starting point with you: pre-planned layout files! I often pre-plan my layouts, thinking in terms of photos I may have and layouts that will be appealing. And yes, I often do this before the event has even happened!
I have created a double-page layout for you to use with your prom photos. The layout was designed completely in Plantin Schoolbook (PSB). It includes backgrounds, photo mats, words, date, and embellishments all designed and cut with PSB. The left page features the word PROM and an attached mat sized for a 5x7 photo. The first two pages of the cut file are previews of what your assembled pieces will look like:
Each of the subsequent page tabs in the design are labeled for you. For example, the background page tells you to cut two pieces – you will need one for each page. The other pages in the cut file offer the remainder of the cut needed to complete the two pages.
One of the benefits of pre-planning my pages is I find I waste less of my scrapping supplies. In this double page spread, I only used four pieces of card stock, two pieces of printed paper, and a 6x6 scrap. Of course you may want to dress up your page with ribbons, brads, flowers, etc. as you complete the pages. Also, when assembling your pages you may want to help your photos POP by adding smaller top mats to your layout. Light colored top mats, mounted on darker color rear mats can make your photos jump off the page visually. And really, scrapbooking is all about the photos and the memories.
I hope that this Prom 2009 double page layout gets you on your way to scrapping all of your student’s special night!
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Submitted by Jennifer
Thanks for the non-fussy layout! Great example of less is more.
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Submitted by suzanne
I don't have any prom pictures to scrap but I really like your mats and the layered look with the paper....Thanks for your hard work
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Submitted by Amy
I love the little scalloped edges you did on the pages. That gives me some ideas!
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