I have long been waiting for an opportunity to get a boy’s kit. Tess – my friend has a son who celebrated his 5th birthday way back in December and I promised her I will make an album for Iggy. The month of May turned out to be a great opportunity because the collaborative kit we made at Scrapable was a boy theme kit named – Boyish Charm. So, the other day, I had an opportunity to finish my first layout before I went to check some hydroxycut information online.

Hubby was the one who took pictures that day and it was a fun opportunity for him. I used their family photo, the ones taken when the party was nearly over and some of the guests are just chatting with each other. I wanted the LO to be simple but striking to the eyes so I decided to use a dark toned paper for a background to ensure that my chosen photo will pop out! There was a very nice page border – a metallic one and I made use of it too! Since it’s a family photo, I had it nested in the center of the layout with a cute cluster on the right corner. To finalize – I had some bead spills scattered.

The general impression of the layout was appealing to me, but I am pretty sure that my husband will get mad when he sees the photo being this small with a lot of white space LOL! He never really likes using his photo on scrap layouts because I will most likely crop or cut some portions of it LOL! But on the other hand, I am enjoying his photos on my LOs – with the resolution being high and the photos beautifully taken, who wouldn’t?