Here is a fun little page to showcase some photos from play date at Dave and Buster's. I rarely scrapbook photos like this, because they are indoor shots and are often dark and blurry. I seem to have lots of photos like this (@ Mr. Ghatti's Pizza, Incredible Pizza, Laser Quest, Chuck E Cheese, etc), because it seems every birthday party for kids age 10 and under is held at one of these indoor play places. If I have the photos, chances are good others do, too...and need good ideas for ways to scrapbook them. So, here's what I did with mine:
SOURCES Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper. Font: Underwood Champion (journaling). Stickers: SEI En Route Epoxy Stickers (small colorful circles), SEI En Route Perforated Tickets, K&Company Embossed Stickers ("& The Winner Is" and "Super Star"). Rub-ons: Doodlebug Design (thin yellow), source unknown ("games"). Chipboard accents: Imagination Project GinX (blue chipboard arrow). Ribbon: BasicGrey Hang Ten (brown trim).
Here is a detail shot:
I'm well-known for my extreme dislike of indoor flash photography, so I rarely ever take a flash photo--no matter how poor the lighting is. These photos are no exception. My best advice is to make the most of the lighting you have available. For example, in the main photo on the layout above, I took a picture of my niece as she was looking down at the game she was playing. The light from the game acted as a reflector and bounced light back to illuminate her face. I did the same thing in the other shots and tried to capture Daisy and her friend as the lights from the game were reflecting towards them.
To create the page, I used a classic scrapbooking technique and pulled colors from the photos to use on my layout. Light blue, orange, browns, and yellows seemed to jump out at me most, so I went with those colors. I was actually stuck and couldn't decide how to scrapbook these photos, until I asked for advice on the Scrapbooks etc. forums and user Keithann_2003 got me going. She came up with the title and advised I use stickers for a bottom border.
I was trying to use bright and colorful embellishments at first, which is likely the reason the page wasn’t coming along as I’d
hoped. Once I selected embellishments with a warm tone to match the photos, the
whole page fell into place!
I used perforated ticket accents from an SEI travel scrapbook kit as the bottom border, because they reminded me of the tickets the girls won while playing the games. Too bad I didn't keep any of the actual tickets, but they had to turn them in for prizes. The small colorful epoxy circle stickers reminded me of the shiny lights we saw throughout the restaurant/arcade, so I thought they were an appropriate addition to the page, too.
If you're ever stuck and don't know how to scrapbook difficult photos, the internet is a great resource to turn to for assistance. Ask for advice in a scrapbook forum, or just browse layouts with similar topics until you find something inspiring!
