School Portraits Clear Scraps Style

It's Pink Paislee week here at Clear Scraps!! I have always loved the "Old School" line from Pink Paislee and I was so excited to be able to create with it this week. The muted colors and classic designs are perfect for any school themed project, no matter your 1976 elementary school photos or your child's first day of school next week. It pairs perfectly with Clear Scraps!

Tomorrow we've got an appointment with the school counselor at the Jr. High. On the agenda: selecting classes, getting to know the campus, and school ID photos. My daughter Katie is insistent that TODAY we must go get her a new haircut for that photo.  And it got me thinking. Now is a great time to get ready to scrap school photos. I always have an overabundance of 8x10 photos, class photos, and the like from school portrait packages and they feel so out of place in my regular scrapbooks amongst the candid, "real life" photos on most of my layouts.  

The solution is an album dedicated solely to the school portrait.

The Clear Scraps 12x12 Top Load Album is perfect for this kind of project - customizable yet slim and easy to store. Each album holds ten 12x12 sheet protectors or up to 20 inner pages. Here's how I planned out my pages:

1. Intro Page - Covered in twelve 2.3" x 3.5" squares to put a wallet photo for each grade.
2. Preschool
3. Kindergarten Class Pic
4. Kindergarten Portrait
5. 1st Grade
6. 2nd Grade
7. 3rd Grade
8. 4th Grade
9. 5th Grade
10. 6th Grade
11. Elementary School Graduation
12. 7th Grade
13. 8th Grade
14. Jr. High Graduation
15. 9th Grade
16. 10th Grade
17. 11th Grade
18. 12th Grade
19. Graduation
20. Off to College

It's perfect!

To start my album I decorated the cover using paint and Pink Paislee's "Old School" paper collection. I painted the edges of the cover with black acrylic paint. Then I stamped letters along the bottom of the cover using red acrylic paint and foam stamps (hey, remember those?). It's all about "old school"!

I then outlined the letters using Sharpie Paint Pen, coloring some of the letters in. I then use a paper towel and water to rub the paint from the cover in some spots to give it an aged look. 

I used the Gingerbread House from the Clear Scraps Clear N Chip Holiday Treats pack to create a school house for the cover of the book. I traced the house onto paper and cut out the paper, adhering it to the back of the acrylic house,. I then painted the edges with black paint and added a punched star from coordinating paper plus 3 buttons.

I stamped a star burst pattern emanating from the school house using Staz-On ink.  I then added Pink Paislee and Echo Park sticker letters for a title and tied ribbons around the cover. I adhered two of my daughter's used pencils to the cover-- a little personal touch!

I adhered the diecut "Members Only" paper to the back of the cover, placing the adhesive behind the ribbon and the house to hide it from view. Now the book is ready to add my daughter's school photos year after year.

Supplies:

• Clear Scraps 12x12 Top Load Album
• Clear Scraps Clear N Chip Holiday Treats
• Pink Paislee Old School Collection
• Black Acrylic Paint by Plaid
• Staz-On Ink in Jet Black
• Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Blackbird
• Ribbon and Buttons by hydrangeahippo.etsy.com
• Chipboard Stickers by Pink Paislee
• Typewriter Stickers by Echo Park
• Stamps by Stamper's Anonymous and Advantus

Posted by Jennifer Priest

http://hydrangeahippo.blogspot.com

Comments

[Dawnll from Dawn's Craft Place]

Jennifer you have done a spectacular job with this album...this top load is on my list of wants.
Love that you showed this.
Thank you for sharing.
blessings to you, Dawn ll

[Tonya Dirk]

Love this Jennifer!