I just love all of these fantastic projects from our super creative Cycling Teams.

Today I have two beautiful Head of the Class layouts from CT member Kat Blue. 

Here's Kat to tell you all about them!

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I absolutely adored the Head of the Class collection; it was full of bright primary colors but then. A twist of the steel gray, distressed greens and whites in there were perfect for me!  I have both a girl and a boy at different points in their educaton; one in elementary school and one in high school so, rather than scrapping kindergarten pictures of both, I was able to use current pictures but in two totally different ways!

Rather than do the single picture, I created the boy's layout so I  could utilize multiple photos but rather than crop them all to a smaller size, I simply created a double pocket style layout.  

One pocket for the pictures and the other for journaling on the super cool 10 Things Pocket....Even though I only used 5, I asked my son for his answers and he could only name 5 so we'll add the other 5 things he loves later!

For my daughter's layout, I wanted an edgy "teen" style layout.  A family member had taken this photo a few months ago and it had been sitting in my bag just waiting for the right paper collection and yup, Head of the Class fit the bill perfectly!  Notice how the Red Numbers paper has a cool factor already built in; it screamed "teen" TO ME and to make it pop against the blue of the photos, I popped it against black cardstock and then added a simple title with the fun Head of the class fabric stars tucked in for a bit of star power.  

Another sticker element in the center of the photo blended in perfectly without looking like a sticker-so perfect that it looks like it was part of the printed process right??!! I l also layered many of the clear cut pieces together with the chipboard pieces in cluster groups.  What I loved the most was that the glitter was already on the clear cut pieces ( 100% gratification for the instant drying of it all) AND you could write with any writing utensil  (my choice is my favorite black Sharpie) on the canvas elements with an instant drying time and no smearing.  I was able to sneak mini notations on the small canvas school elements for some quick visual information and then I also added my own additional private journaling  on the back for each layout for each child to read privately.

Thank you again Little Yellow Bicycle!  I felt honored to be able to work with your products!!!

- Kate Blue

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Nope. Thank YOU Kat Blue!  Be sure to visit Kat's blog for more inspiring projects!

And I'll be back tomorrow with more from the Cycling Teams!!

Both LOs are awesome, love the way you used the embellishments!

Posted by: Treva | Oct 24, 2011 10:14:22 AM

Beautiful pages, Kat! I agree about the colors. Congrats to YOU!

Posted by: Karen Henderson | Oct 23, 2011 5:41:35 PM

Awesome layouts Kat. I love how you used the red numbers paper (my fave) on the black. It looks amazing!

Posted by: Lowri McNabb | Oct 23, 2011 3:50:10 PM

Fantastic work! Love all the clustering of eye candy on each layout!

Posted by: nitasha | Oct 22, 2011 11:15:18 PM

WHAT? These are AWESOME!!!!! You totaly captured the age group in each page- LOVE the design in both and the COLOR- so fabulous! I HAVE to get some of tiny little star pins- they are incredibly cute!
The pencils in the pocket is a fantastic detail !

Posted by: Michelle | Oct 22, 2011 10:09:44 PM

I soo love the beautiful pages Kate created with LYB collections. Here pages make me want to go purchase this collection & create all day! Congrats!

Posted by: The Scorpian Crafter | Oct 22, 2011 9:48:49 PM