The Beautiful Smokey Mountains

     One of our challenges for November was to use at least one full sheet of RTC (ready-to-cut) grid paper and make mini pages that could be displayed in one of the We R Memory Keepers multi-pocket page protectors.  We could choose 4 x 6 or 4 x 4 grids.  

     I had never used this type of grid paper, so I have thought about it quite often in the last two weeks and have procrastinated until the deadline is here (I nearly chickened out).  However, I don't like to be a quitter, and I don't give up easily.  Sooo, I have created a simple layout which turned out better than I expected.

     I chose white grid paper (4 x 4 sections), because I wanted the color of the pictures to really stand out.  I did each section in vertical strips.  The bottom pics are up close shots, the center section were shots which were a little further away, and the top section pics were at a distance.  Hopefully, you can see the depth created by this technique.  

     The element option I chose was to "silhouette" (see my husband's arms and the tree at the left of the center section).

     After taking a photo of the entire page, I then cut it into 4 x 4 sections and inserted them into the pocket page protector (see second photo).  I know this was a simplistic layout, but I like the way it looks for my first try.  I'm sure the next one will be more creative, because I will be more comfortable with the process.