A Picture in Picture Layout

The Layout
I hope you had a great Mother's Day yesterday! Besides celebrating Mother's Day this weekend, I also went to a National Scrapbook Day crop at my LSS, Pages from the Heart. Before working on any DT projects, I made sure my first project was one just for fun. Here are my two doggies frolicking in the backyard.

The App
I recently installed a free photo app on my phone called PIP Camera, which takes fun picture in pictures. Here are some sample pictures which I took during the NSD crop.

I took this of myself to text to my friend who was late in arriving to the crop. I was kind of embarrassed to be taking a picture of myself, but no one at the crop even batted an eye. I guess selfies are so commonplace.

When my friend, Becky, did arrive I took this to show her the app. 

I see now that she is drinking and texting and not scrapping. The store owner came by and said, "It's Becky in a bottle." And I replied, "Yes, don't rub her the wrong way." So that is a little taste of what goes on at our crops.

The Details

I really love all the sketches on Paper Secrets' blog so I used the May 1st sketch as the starting point for my layout. 

Besides using their sketch, Paper Secrets always add a twist to their challenges. This time the twist is to use a Polaroid on your layout.

I started by taking pictures of my doggies using a frame from the PIP Camera App that looked like a Polaroid picture. Here is a picture of Hanxi that I didn't end up using.

After I had everything laid out, I realized that I had forgotten to pack any letters for the crop. Luckily there was a set of glitter Thickers in the paper kit that I brought. Also luckily, it was the right scale and color for the layout. Becky gave me the mini alphas and another friend, Ruby gave me a key. Thanks ladies!

 

Upon returning home, I looked through some wooden embellishments that I had because I knew I had a camera. What I didn't know was that there was a Polaroid camera too! I added a small piece of photo paper to simulate the photo magically appearing. I remember thinking when I was a kid that Polaroid cameras were so awesome. I guess everything comes full circle. 

Supplies

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine, Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic)

Chipboard Die Cuts - American Crafts (Dear Lizzy Neapolitan)

Wood Die Cut -  Studio Calico

Foam Letters - American Crafts Thickers

Mini Alphabet Stickers - Doodlebug Design Inc. 

Punches - Creative Memories (Hearts), EK Success (paw print)

Ribbon - May Arts

Chalk Ink - Prima Marketing Inc. 

Pen - Sharpie

Dimensional Glaze - Inkssentials (Glossy Accents)

Brads - Creative Impressions

Metal Key - miscellaneous 

I'm entering this in:

Paper Secrets - May 1st Sketch

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Animal Antics

Get Inky! Challenge - #4 Die-Cuts

Make it Monday - #140 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stoppin' by,