Ah, February — the month of love! And who doesn’t just love a beautiful love story?
It is always extremely difficult choosing a winner, but as Andrea went through the challenge gallery, this double-page spread by Imcgue really stood out:
The beautiful, timeless photos of her parents when they were young and newly in love flow seamlessly through to the photos of them after more than 60 years of marriage. This was achieved by keeping the same soft sepia tones throughout the two pages.
Her use of the ‘Scrap it Now’ template system introduced in the Your Story. Brilliant class is stunning! Adding the subtle tabs along the sides of the photos with dates helps to define the time-line of their lives and keeps the viewer engaged. The journaling begins with a light-hearted feel and slowly turns more compelling — much like most marriages, I would think.
So congratulations on winning the challenge, Imcgue, and thank you for sharing this precious story with us!
Imcgue, in the next few days, you will receive a little note from Andrea in your inbox at the Digital Scrapper forum with your $10 gift certificate code. You can use it in the Digital Scrapper Shop towards Photoshop & Photoshop Elements Tutorials, Digital Scrapbooking Kits, or Scrapbook Templates! (Gift Certificate codes cannot be used for existing or future Premier Membership.)
If you’re new to digital scrapbooking and want to learn how to create your own digital scrapbook pages, check out our Learn Digital Scrapbooking class, taught by Adobe’s Official Scrapbooking Expert, Linda Sattgast. You’ll learn the basics and get started designing your own terrific, unique pages in Photoshop Elements or Adobe Photoshop!
Check out Digital Scrapper’s brand new class from Linda Sattgast — Your Story. Brilliant. It’s just begun last month, and it’s not too late to sign up! Don’t miss out on this amazing year-long class!
Our new challenge is ‘I Love __________.’ You fill in the blank. What do you love? It can be about anything — a person, a pet, food, books, anything! Create a page about it and post it in our ‘I Love __________ Challenge Gallery’. You have until March 4th, 2012 at midnight (Pacific Time) to enter the challenge. A new winner will be chosen and featured here on our blog. Have fun with this and we hope to see you there!
15 Responses
Ann Field
I love your pages. Your layouts and your message. You really caught your parents, their love and life for all of us.
Thank You for sharing.
Ann
ctraun
Wonderful pages! I love the colors, the layout, the fades, the journaling…. well, just ALL of it!!
Cheryl
rfeewjlj
Great job – these are wonderful pages! 🙂
pattya
This is a wonderful love story–beautifully written,beautifully lived! I’m so glad you are recognized here for it. Congratulations!
Shirl
I so enjoy reading all about your parentage, from their youthful marriage full circle. It is so ironic as I have a great big smile because your second page year tab is my birth year. I just adore these templates that are included within this class that layout your photos so majestically. You are an excellent choice with your soft, warm, and serene layout design. These paper choices are spectacular and the perfect backdrop for this grand and long-lastingstory of love.
Shirl
I so enjoy reading all about your parentage, from their youthful marriage full circle. It is so ironic as I have a great big smile because your second page year tab is my birth year. I just adore these templates that are included within this class that layout your photos so majestically. You are an excellent choice with your soft, warm, and serene layout design. These paper choices are spectacular and the perfect backdrop for this grand and detailed story of love.
roseb
Gorgeous! How could I have missed this LO! Well deserved win!
nann
Oh I loved these layouts so glad you won!
Ester
Wow, I love how you did this. I am scrapping my Dad’s love letters to my Mom and I want to scrapbook your layout for the end of the book. I like the soft tones and how you used photos and tabs to do a kind of time line on the second page. Marvelous! Thank you for sharing and your win is well deserved!
Ester
Wow, what a beautiful layout. I am doing a scrapbook of my Dad’s love letters to my mom. I want to scraplift this layout because I think it would be a beautiful way to end my book. Thanks for sharing it and your win is well deserved!
Reni Daniels
What a beautifully depicted story of your parents. And what a perfect tribute to faithful parents from a faithful daughter. I love your choice of photos and the beautiful way you have arranged them in the sepia tones. I also love your narration. It is succinct and informative. Well done!
Bev
Gorgeous pages. Thanks for sharing.
Tina C,
Wow these are fantastic! Thanks for sharing such wonderful layouts and stories.
Mary
I love, love, love! your work.
It is very inspirational…not just your work, but the fact that your parents had 60 years of marriage. You have really honored them not just now, but for future generations.
God bless them and all your family!
farmwife
Beautiful in all regards: the wonderful photos, the design and special add-ons, and the heartfelt journaling. Excellent!
Chris