CTMH Studio J Layouts using CTMH Zippidee paper

These layouts are from my daughter's 8th grade play.  They put on a production of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi that was really adorable.  I was enlisted by the drama teacher to do the monkey face painting which was a lot of fun and allowed me to be backstage to get some great "getting ready for the production" kinds of shots.  I really wish the large picture of my daughter bowing on the second layout was a bit crisper but it was the best of the bunch.

I played around with the paper colors for this set of layouts A LOT.  One of the fun things I discovered is that you can adjust how strong the pattern comes through when you custom color the background and texture paper.  The black paper on the 2nd layout is actually one of the star papers, I changed the colors and adjusted it darker (there is a sliding percentage bar I used) so the stars are just a bit visible on the real life layout.  I wanted a very subtle background that wouldn't take away from the pictures but would support the whole "star of the show" kind of theme.

This is the end of the 6 new layouts I did for October so I'll start working on my November order now.  I've also got lots of items from my last two Christmas themed Stamp Camps to share as well.  I'll do a photography shoot soon for those.  I came down with some kind of virus last night - hit me like a ton of bricks all of the sudden.  My hubby is working from home today so he could get the kids off to school for me (that says how sick I was last night/this morning because I NEVER ask him to do that).  Worst part is I'm supposed to be testing at Martial Arts tonight!  We have 5 people going for their black belts or their 2nd degree black belts tonight so its going to be a killer and LONG test.  I have until 5:30PM to start feeling human again and decide if I can push myself through a 3 or 4 hour test.