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Week in the Life 2014: October: Thursday

Week in the Life Thursday layout is here!

Today has the same layout as the other days but I've used more letter and phrase stickers not to mention a black and white collage and sewing! I had a lot of fun with Thursday's layout.

Here is a pic of the layout for the week.

I'm using a 6x8 album using a couple different page protectors including a 6x8, 3x8, 2-4x6 and 4-3x4's.

This was a fun pic to take. I set my ipod on a towel holder and set the timer. I like how you can see the image twice. One is fromthe reflection of my makeup case and the other is the actual picture. It feels a little bit Norman Rockwell. :)

Details by time for the day. This isn't the most glamorous section of the day but it's probably the most informative.

Turn the page and you get a layout about my hobbies and crafts and what's in my wallet. The two don't really go together but I wanted to put both in and this seemed the most logical spot.

I created this 3x8 in Photoshop Elements using a low transparency picture in the background with journalling on top.

I love looking back and seeing what it is I had in my purse. I can tell you that right now it's totally different. I'm thinking right now that when I do this documentary project again I'm going to put another one of these pictures in it just because in year's time it is totally different.

The next spread was all about my prep for Halloween on Friday. This one is probably one of my favorites. It was so much fun to do and I love the bright orange pop of color.

A fun card I made out of my Halloween stash of scrap supplies.

Glasses for my Halloween costume...which you can find out about on the Week in the Life Friday post coming soon. :)

My cherry candy card. I realized when I was getting ready for Halloween that I had a lot of candy that was cherry. I LOVE cherry candies so I took some of the different candies and put them in a jar in my craft room, you know, for late night snacking or just a hit of sugar.

I thought this made a good post. Something probably not a lot of people realize about me and something that I hadn't thought to share.

Last page.

Informational last page about some of the things I ate and some basic things about what I was doing.

Each day has the left and right-hand side cards.

just some pictures from the week that I didn't want to use individually but thought they would be good as a collage. I turned them into black adn white so that they were easier to see. With the array of different colors and lighting it was a bit of a modge podge without the conversion to black and white.

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Co-Ed Softball 2015

Co-Ed Softball in Owatonna, Minnesota is serious business...well mostly. My team plays hard but also has a ton of fun. We joke around, tease our teammates and even our competitors.

Here's some pics from one of our games this summer.

This is Courtney. She's played on our team for quite awhile. Her dad helps sponsor the team too. :)

P.s. this was definitely a hit.

This is Danelle. She joined our team this year. This was a nice hard grounder.

This is Christles, my brother aka "The Blowhole". I gave him that nickname because he can't keep his trap shut. LOL The back of his shirt says "The Big Show". That should tell you something about him. :) He's our backup pitcher tonight but normally he plays a mean left-center.

This is Nicky, Nick or Nicholas Matthew (Mom calls him this.) He plays short-stop normally.

I'm pretty sure he missed this ball. Ah well. Jason out in left got it and threw it back in.

Wait...these aren't players. This is Karen and Ashton. My brother's girlfriend and my nephew. They come to watch quite a bit. Ashton likes hanging out in the dugout trying to sneak out onto the field.

This is Tara getting a runner out at first. Nice throw Chrissy.

 

"Hey Squirt-o, where do you think you're going? LOL"

This cutie love his Daddy. A lot. He tries to sneak out onto the field to see him.

This is Tara, my cousin, catching an infield fly. Good job!

This is Sam, a friend of the family, getting a nice hit and making it to first.

Kimmie warming up. See the ball. Hit the ball. See the ball. Hit the ball.

 This play was hilarious. Sam trucked it over to third and the outfielder threw the ball into the 3rd basemen right as Sam got to the base. She ducked right under the tag. SAFE!

This is Kimmie, my little sister getting a nice hit. She's got a nice swing.

 This is my brother Chris at bat. You can see the ball sailing out of the picture in the upper left-hand corner. He likes to either hit pop ups or line drives. Like a penny machine you never know what you're gonna get.

Somebody batted my brother Nick in. Woohoo! Honestly he probably just kept running from second because he's fast and they never throw him out.

This is my cousin Tara, getting a hit. She used to play fastpitch softball and now she plays slowpitch for us. That makes my mother very happy.

Nick. Again.

Nick again. The concentration. It looks like he's going to chew off his lip or something. LOL

Aaaaaand. He got it. Notice the yellow ball in his hand? Yep. He snagged it.

This is Traci and Al. Al is a bit of a goofball. He's a friend of the family. Traci is my cousin and usually plays catcher for us but...

Both her and our other Al injured their feet in the same week so they were warming the bench up for us. Technically the bench is already warm because it's freakin' hot out but whatever. I have to use the old baseball terms. :)

Here's Chris throwing someone out at first.

That's all I've got. I didn't get pictures of everyone....because it's hard to get the people in front and behind you when batting but I did my best.

Have a great day!

 

Week in the Life: 2014: October: Wednesday

As I'm ramping up for another Ali Edwards' "Week in the Life" Documentary in August I decided to post pictures of my last year's album each week.

Let's start with the plan.

This is my layout for each day of the week. It's the same for each day. I like to keep some things consistent so that the album has better flow.

I'm using a 6x8" album.

First spread always starts with a picture of me and a 3x8 listing of my activities during the day (in a time stamp order)

My headers always contain a large "day" of the week, followed by the actual date and an embellishment that fits the activities of the day. I then digitally add some words that describe my day and a cardstock strip of the day of the week.

The cardstock strip was easy to make. I just opened up a 4x6 file in photoshop (I use elements.) and added a text box for each day with the day of the week. You can change the background and font color to your liking. I made sure to leave some space between the strips for cutting.

Spread 2: Today included a specific detailing of my home. That's the one main thing I wanted to concentrate on.

In the above image I put 4 3x2 images on a 4x6 page because I wanted to have more photos.

In the next section I concentrate more on my day; getting a haircut, carving pumpkins.

I even have a card that I do everyday with some basic facts about the day: Where I was, what the weather was like, what I ate, enjoyed, listened to, etc.

The last spread of the day:

My high and low card that I do for each day. Just to document what I thought was the best thing and the worst thing. Need to keep balance. Life isn't all sunshine and flowers. There are some negatives too. Granted I don't like concentrating on negatives when I scrapbook but putting one low isn't necessarily a bad thing.

At lunch. I usually read at lunch. today I was splurging on a pop and I also keep a journal during this week. I find at lunch is a nice to time to do half of my day then at night I'll finish up and write about the rest of the day. That way I don't have to worry about trying to remember what happened during this Week in the Life.

The End.

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Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Day 8: Edition 4: McMenamin's Kennedy School

Hello from McMenamin's Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon!

This hotel is an old elementary school that was converted into a hotel. It was freakin’ neat. Seriously one of my favorite hotel experiences of all time. I'm glad I ponied up the cost of the room (it was over my budget by quite a bit). I loved it. It was worth it. The attention to detail was amazing AND they kept much of the original school in the design. I really loved that.

I stayed in “Sally’s Room”. King-size bed.

Old wooden floors. HUGE tall windows, books and monopoly in the cupboards.

Old vent heating on the ceiling.

Antique wooden writing desk and bed-side stands.

The best part were the chalkboards they left up in the room, in the hallway in my room and the hallway into my room. Two rooms per classroom.

So you open a door to get to Room a and room b which has a hallway.

Then you enter the room and you have another hallway that leads into your room.

So 3 chalkboards in all. They leave some chalk and an eraser for you.

It felt so nostalgic like I was back in High School. When I first started we had chalkboards then we switched to whiteboards. That was sad. I made a couple art drawings and quotes on the boards. It was fun to play.

Loved the old hardwoods.

Here are some pictures of some of the other areas in the hotel. They converted the old auditorium into a movie theatre. A real movie theatre! They have a couple restaurants, a small salt water pool, a brewery, a couple bars. It's definitely a neat experience. I'd do it again.

The Hallways

Soaking Pool

That's all the pictures I have. I hope you enjoyed the short journey through the hotel.

Jen

Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Day 8: Edition 3: Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Oregon is fun, beautiful and an entertaining place for families. There are activities for children, young and old, and rows and rows of beautiful tulips. A photographer's dream and a gardener's joy.

Tulips are EVERYWHERE! They are etched into the concrete paths, in planters and half-barrels, for sale in bags of bulbs, and in rows and rows in the fields.

The only downside to the farm for me was that it was a bit commercialized. I wasn't there with my nieces and nephews. I just wanted to take pictures of the flowers so it was a bit much for me. However, if you were there with a family it would be perfect.

The tulip farm is very good at having a lot of activities so when people come out they stay for awhile. It’s very suited to children as well. They have food and craft vendors on site as well as playground items for kids. You can take a motorized ride through the tulip fields instead of walking. One has padded seats and one does not. The “ferries” are basically john deere gators pulling wagons with seats.

Despite the amenities I wanted to walk. Walk out to the fields and walk up and down the rows. It was very idyllic.

They even had a pink tractor so I texted a picture of it to Dad. He happened to call me right when I got there so I was telling him about my day and the tulip gardens.

They also had huge wooden shoes you could try and walk around in and a small windmill just for photography purposes. Everything flowed around the dutch concept.

They had an old truck they used to haul tulips with. Now they just use it for photo-opps. There was a lot of “scenes” to take pictures of. Cutouts for kids to stick their heads in. Old rusty tractors to sit on and take pictures of. I liked all of those touches.

I walked the rows looking for the perfect shots. I squatted down, walked through the mud, in between rows, held my camera over my head, stood on this ladder/bridge thingy. I took pictures that were far away, close up, and I used my 50 mm lens for blurred backgrounds. I have more than enough pictures of Tulips to last a lifetime. I even managed to set up the self-timer so I could get one of me.

These beauties turned out to be my absolute favorite. Something about that light edging of yellow on that warm reddish color. It just takes that flower to an entirely different level. It almost seems like a neon-yellow. It's beautiful.

I took a TON of pictures. It was so beautiful. Rows and rows and rows and rows…phew and more rows of tulips. All colors of the rainbow. Reds, oranges, pinks, whites, yellows, purples, pinks, and combos. (red with yellow edging).

I called the tulips on the right Sunrise because they had all the pale colors of a morning sunrise; pink, peach, and pale yellow.

I loved these pointy tulips. I have never seen a tulip like that. I didn't realize there were so many different types of tulips. I guess I should know better than to assume.

I call this one "Black as Night"

Thank you for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed seeing tulips all colors of the rainbow. If you'd like to see more of my adventures in the Pacific Northwest please click here.

Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Day 8: Edition 2: Downtown Eugene, OR

Downtown Eugene is an eclectic groovy mix of urbanite, artsy and hobo. It's very artsy in a warm and organic way. Red brick vs. colorful tile and woody nature references.

You have trendy urbanites, strange hobo-type people singing on the street, homeless people with dreadlocks and a sign that says “my dog ate my wallet”. I walked past one of them and the stench was so bad my eyes almost watered.

There is a lot of artwork downtown too. I took a picture of this huge mural all along a side of a building. It was from ground to roof all painted. So cool. That’s a lot of work and planning and inspiration.

I also took a pic of this neat sculpture on a street corner. I’m not sure how to describe it other than saying it was like a spear shooting out of the ground similar to the space needle in shape except thin on top and thick on the bottom. It was covered in a pattern of tiles that had different shapes and colors on them. The top had this golden globe. It was neat.

All around Eugene there is a special part of the streets dedicated just to bikes. They take their biking seriously. A lot of people use these roadways. Also I notice a heavy emphasis on being green so using the transit, walking or biking. I can appreciate that. Also they don’t give you plastic bags to cart around your purchases. They will give you one if you ask for it though.

When I was wandering the downtown it was close to noon and I was HUNGRY! I thought I’d hit the Voodoo Donuts in the downtown area.

*WARNING* - If you are easily offended you should stop reading right now. 

Turns out that was a wise choice. I got a cock-n-balls donut. It’s literally shaped like a...well, you know, um...ahhh, well, anyway. I'll let the picture tell the story.
I told the clerk that it was seriously the cheekiest donut I’ve ever seen so I was buying it. It was HUGE too. Covered with chocolate frosting and even had white cream filling. So naughty and so hilarious.

The store was eclectic. They gave you a big pink box to put it in.
They had old school video games too. One of them was Mario Brothers which I played for a quarter because I haven’t seen that game in forever. The old-fashioned stand-up video game where you have a joystick and 2 buttons. I beat the first level but ended up dying in the next. Ah well, it was only a quarter.

Next stop was Sizzle Pie. I spotted it on my way to the Donut shop.

There was a huge sign I could see thru the windows saying “EAT PIZZA”. I knew I had to stop. It called to me like a drug. PIZZA! Piiiiiiizzzzzaaa!

So I grabbed dessert first then grabbed an “Ace of Spades” piece of pie aka Pepperoni and a local root beer in a glass bottle. Tasty and it hit the spot.

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Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Day 8: Edition 1: Silver Falls State Park

Silver Falls State Park in Silverton, Oregon is a gem. A true treasure. A little slice of heaven...and the drive to get there isn't bad either.

The drive is a beautiful rolling drive through lush green farmland (animals not crops. I mention that because I'm from Minnesota and a farmkid so I naturally think of explaining the difference...whereas I'm guessing most people are like...ooookay lady. LOL).

It's an elegant drive through the Oregon countryside and then... you get to the falls. Oh the falls.

The South Falls is like nothing I've ever experienced. We have falls in Minnesota but not hikes like this.

I should probably start at the beginning of the Park because it would be a travesty to neglect it and just mention the falls themselves.

First of all the park itself is neat. There is a log cabin restaurant and souvenir shop. So iconically classic that I HAD TO stop and check it out. It's one of those buildings where your natural curiosity is peaked because it's a beautiful log cabin...so naturally there must be beautiful natural things in that shop. I wasn't wrong. There were beautiful things in that shop. Little trinkets and ornaments hand-carved out of wood. Things like that.

My favorite decoration in that shop was a map and log book of all the visitors that had visited the park. People from all over the world have seen this park. In fact there was a french couple in there while I was there.

I'm always fascinated by how one simple place can lure so many people from all over the world. I always wonder what they are thinking. Are they silently judging America and all our commercialism and greed? Are they just appreciating the beauties that our country holds? Are they wondering what I'm thinking? Wonder wonder wonder

I know, this is a post about Silver Falls not my internal questions. I'll stop now. :) I just wanted to point that out.

Just a glimpse of the falls as you walk to the starting point of the hike. There is a rocky ledge protecting you from falling over the cliff.

I love how the ferns and moss grow on the rocky ledge. I think it's a glorious green hedge of lushness.

Walking along the rocky ledge you get a glimpse of the 177 foot South Falls. As you criss-cross your way down the wet muddy path you are cuddled in by the mossy rocky ledge on your left. On the right is a dark brown sturdy wooden fence protecting you from falling.

As you get closer and closer you are misted by the falling and churning water. It's like a soft slow morning where you feel freshened up by the light wetness not drenched by it.

The start of this 8 mile hike is the South Falls. There are 10 waterfalls total if you continue along the path. I ended up only seeing this one because I didn't have the time to hike 8 miles. Although if I travel out to Oregon again I'd definitely start out in the am and make my way along that 8 miles.

The neatest part of this hike is that you get to experience the South Falls from all sides including top, bottom, left, right and even behind. Yep that’s right you can walk around behind it. It’s a wet journey but man is it cool. The pictures I have don’t do it justice. Some things I just can't put in a picture. You will have to experience it for yourself. I hope you do.

 

After this image of the South Falls you make your way downward toward the backside of the Falls.

As you get closer and closer the mossy ledge gives way to a very rocky steep rock-face.

At one point the spray of water got so bad I put my camera inside my raincoat because I didn't want my camera ruined. A little bit of wet is fine but a lot is dangerous.

This is the little cavern behind the falls. It is tall enough where you don't have to crouch down...unless you are a lot taller than my 5'4" self.

I'm crouched down here because I didn't want to block any of the background.

This was so neat. I felt like I was doing something I shouldn't be...even though this path is built for people to walk behind the falls. It felt like a place I shouldn't be but was. Like it was a secret place that was only for me.

This is directly behind the falls. You can't reach out and touch the water but you can definitely feel the rush of water crashing to the pool below. The noise is not deafening but it is definitely loud. If there were someone standing beside me I would have had to shout at them to be heard.

As you make your way along the backside of the falls and down the path you come across a bridge that you can cross. This is, yet again, a gorgeous view of the falls. From the front. You can see where you just came from and how big it truly is.

I politely asked a man photographing the falls to take my picture.

Honestly it's amazing to me when I ask people for photography help. They are always willing to do it. Always willing to grab my camera and take a picture even if they have no clue how to use my camera. People are nice in this respect. Always nice. This guy was no exception. He grabbed it right away and took several shots both landscape and portrait.

Crossing the bridge you meet up with the path you were originally on and can continue on the waterfall hike or go back to the main lodge. I went back to the parking lot.

I'm not going to lie, it was a hard hike going back up though, my calves were singing loud and clear, “owwwwww!!!"

As always it was worth it.

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Around Here: Babies and Flowers

Around here:

Watching my flowers and niece grow. :)

Roses blooming consistently

Lily's still coming.

This beauty finally popped out.

These day lily's bloomed once and are getting ready to bloom again.

My petunias are getting fuller and growing longer.

This is my niece Clara. She wasn't too happy at this moment. Daddy just dropped her off. She loves Daddy so you can imagine the crying that ensued....it only lasted a moment though. I kept her busy with new things.

See the cute little curlies she has. Her Daddy had that when he was little...until Dad trimmed his hair. :{

She's thinking about being happy at this point.

Her little toesies. She doesn't mind sitting out in the grass and playing.

Week in the Life: 2014: October: Tuesday

Week in the Life Tuesday! Woot woot.

If you missed Monday click here.

I am using the same format each day. Here is a quick sketch of the basic layout.

First pages

First page is always a large 6x8 of me with a handdrawn day of the week, an embellishment (a star today), the day, the words for the day and Tuesday repeated over and over.

Words are a day are about 10 words that describe my day whether it be good or bad.

This 3x8 is always a recap by time of what I did that day. It's usually free from embellishment although today I added an embellishment of a worker at her desk.

Turn the page and you'll get the topic of the day. Work.

This insert was all about work so I took a picture of my mouse and park of my keyboard and reduced the transparency to under 25% so that I could type over the top and be able to read the story.

I really loved doing this 3x8 spread. Every day I loved doing it. Loved picking a topic and using a picture to record my thoughts. I am probably sure I"ll do that again.

Next page is 2 4x6 pictures. I added some journalling to each and some phrase cut-outs.

Flip the page for the next two pages.

On this spread I usually tried to put a picture of lunch or dinner for the day as well as pictures of what I'm doing.

Gotta add a little embellishment. ;)

I also liked adding some black and white images. I like to do this with images that just aren't as good it takes out the bad color. Also, I think adding some black and white images mixed with color helps the page not look so busy ergo keeps a focal point. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Indifferent?

I added a card with the -ings on it. Just a basic description of the day. Like a twitter comment worth of words.

I sewed on this card...cuz you know it was the quilting card. That was fun but I think my settings were a little screwy so it isn't perfect but I'm not usually going for perfect. I'm going for almost perfect. LOL or I'm just trying to get it done. Depends on the day.

Honestly though...the more time I try to reach perfection the more time I spend which reduces the amount of pages I actually get done. In the end when I'm looking at my albums years from now I'm going to care more about getting the pictures and the journalling than I will about how perfect it looks. I won't care that I selected the perfect embellishments. When it comes down to it I'll be staring at the pictures. So...perfection is overrated.

Phew. glad I got that out.

The next set is my dinner and evening pictures as well as the high and low card that I have for each day.

I like adding those nice recaps in there. I feel like it helps me take stock of the day by choosing a high and a low. Also, I'm keeping the balance. I'm not focusing on all the good or all the bad but a little bit of both.

Balance is always good.

Here's a close up for you. It looks a bit nicer than the two-pager.

This page ended up being all about Bruce, my boyfriend, which is fine because he's a part of my life. I wanted to focus on what makes me happy right now. What little things make me happy.

Gosh I really like this 3x4 pic with digital journalling. Really love it.

Last page of me relaxing. I made those phrase embellishments. I didn't buy any kits but wanted to put some journalling that fit me instead of trying to pick through my embellishments.

I don't always think that way but for this project I wanted to try doing my own thing instead of using everyone else's product and templates.

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Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Scrapbook: Trip Stats

The latest craze in design are infographics and I'm definitely riding that train. Being an accountant and all around numbers gal I'm in love with this. Using numbers as a base for a layout. Hell yeah! Of course I like to add color, pie charts, icons and different fonts too but the basic premise is numbers.

This was some serious fun and I'm not gonna lie, it took some time. Granted I fell down the rabbit hole and went way overboard with multiple colors, pie charts, rows, specialty borders. I started off basic but turned this bad-boy into something way more than simple. You don't have to. You could make this more simplistic than I did. One color, only basic icons, no pie chart.

I thought about doing a tutorial on this but it would take forever and a day to show you all the steps. What I am going to do is give you some guidance on the basics of how this is done. Then you can take that and roll with it, just like I did.

Step 1: Google or search on Pinterest for ideas. Figure out what type of infograph you'd like to do. Here are some examples of infographs I pinned.

• Infograph Tutorial in Photoshop - Barbara does an infograph of her trip using a picture as a background, white fonts and icons. She also includes a tutorial for how she created hers. I used this to get ideas on how to do a couple things that I didn't know how to do.
• Basic Numbers and Charts - Basic white background, charts, large numbers, horizontal and vertical descriptions, simplistic design and some color.
• Hawaii Trip - Photo as a background, white fonts and icons. Pie graphs, horizontal graphs, elegant and interesting.
• Zambia Trip - Picture background, white font, used several of the same icon to show how many. Examples: 2 shopping malls was defined as 2 shopping carts and 1 accident was defined as 1 car. Very pictoral and less straight out numbers-based.
• Handwritten Seven Country Trip - Beautiful layout using a background picture and the designer's own handwriting and drawings to display the trip stats. I almost went this route. Almost. I might do it in the future but I really wanted to work with existing icons.

Step 2: Write down what stats you want to remember. Write stats you think are interesting. Each person is going to be different in what they want to jot down. This was my basic list. I adjusted it as I went along. Some things I took out and others I added depending on space constraints or desire to record.

My final stats were: total photos, miles by type, states visited, bags carried, nature visits by type, cities visited, trails hiked, days on vacay, temperature high and low, spending, and gray whale count.

Other items you could do: fuel stops, gas tanks, elevations, different state license plates seen, different animals seen, inches of rain or snow, worst visit, best visit, activities completed (swimming, hiking, tennis, sleeping, running, surfing, rock climbing, etc.), time in different cities or states, time at the beach versus on the road...the list is endless.

Step 3: Pick out what font you will use and what color(s). I would stick to only 2 fonts at a max. I used Rockwell and Bebas in different sizes. Your layout will be busy with different icons and sizes so it's best to have 1 particular font to lessen the amount of craziness. In other words you will maintain some continuity and repetition that will bring your layout together by using a limited number of fonts.

I used dark brown as my main color but used a couple different accent colors including a light brown, gray, green, sunflower and turquoise. I made sure all my colors worked well together and had the same warmth before using them on the layout.

Step 4: Choose your icons. This part is definitely fun. There are tons of free icon .png files online that you can download and use. Some places you might have to pay or give the artist credit but most of the time they are free. I ended up going with 2 different sites: Flaticon and Freepik. Both require that you acknowledge them on your site. (click on links to go to the sites)

Some of my favorites:

I also used some .png files from Ali Edwards Story Kit.

Step 5: Design each statistic. I started with item and chose an icon, added a large number, a title and in some cases a subtitle. Then I changed colors of each item depending the size and how many components. I made sure to link each section in Photoshop so I could re-size that entire item should I need to. (click on each layer while holding down the shift key then right click on a layer and click on link layers)

A quick tutorial on the Hikes Taken Image:

Note: added gray border only for instructional purposes.

A. Open .png file in Photoshop.

 

B. Drag and drop onto your blank canvas.

C. Rotate image: Image/Rotate/Flip Horizontal (as necessary)

D. Add large number, resize and place where you want it.

E. Add wording.

F. Adjust image at your discretion. I moved the hiker close to the number and aligned the Trails and Hiked to be evenly distributed over the 21.

G. Add color if you choose. I colored the hiker green and the verbiage dark brown.

Note: I choose my color using the Color Swatches (Window/Color Swatch/Select Color). Then I re-color using the Paint Bucket tool (select the image, click on paint bucket, then click on the image)

H. Then I grouped the images together. (Hold down the shift key, click on each layer, right click and left click on link images. You can also click on the chain link as well)

I. Now you can resize if you like or move the entire image.

Step 6: Arrange and re-size all your images on the blank canvas. You can do this any way you like. If you like more structure everything can be the same size and can be side-by-side or up-and-down. If you want certain things to be larger and more the focal point then you can do larger and smaller in whatever order you like.

Step 7: Add lines to differentiate each item. (This is optional depending on your taste.)

I started with the horizontal lines then did the vertical. The easiest method is to use lines from the shape tool in Photoshop. (under the draw tool)

I made dotted lines because I thought it looked less rigid and more fun. Here's how to do it.

a. Click on Brush tool.

b. Select Basic hard brush.

c. Click on Brush Settings: Fade, Hue and Scatter should be 0%, Change spacing to around 150% (Again this can change depending on your preference. Large percentage = larger space between dots.)

d. Click on the left-most end of where you want your line to be (I turn on the grid so I can get this straight and exactly where I want it.) Then hold down the shift key and click on the right-most end of the line you want to draw. The line you just made should fill in with a dotted line.

Finished:

That's it folks. Pretty easy peasy just a bit tedious...depending on how anal you are or how far you've traveled down the rabbit hole.

Hope you enjoyed this scrapbook page and tutorial