BASKETBALL SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT

My basketball scrapbook layout shows exactly what my basketball-playing stepson would look like if he slam-dunked with a no 44 on his back. As I didn't own such a photo, this one is a great likeness!

CHEATING?!

Well, if I'd pretended that the guy in this photo WAS my stepson, now that WOULD have been cheating. For the purpose of this basketball layout, I wanted an action shot with no blurring. I have never taken an action shot without blurring, so that's my excuse.


SILENCE IN COURT?

If there's one place you can guarantee noise it's on a basketball court. I wanted to create 'noise' in this layout by laying bright colours on black. The page kit was great for this purpose. I have, however, discarded the packaging and have forgotten who makes it. I've searched on the web for the supplier, and haven't given up. I will add the supplier as soon as I trace them!


'ONE ON ONE' WITH A SKETCH TEMPLATE

I put this basketball scrapbook layout together 'on the fly' - not really planning it at all. ('I know', I can hear you say!). These days I'm more likely to take a leaf out of Jen Gormley's excellent book '500 Scrapbooking Sketches' so I can have a clear idea of where the layout is headed. In fact if you scroll down to almost half way down this page you'll see a good example of how a simple line sketch can morph into a great looking layout.




A BASKETBALL ENVIRONMENT

Basketball is very often played on outdoor courts - surrounded by walls, usually with grafitti on. I tried to suggest this by placing my stick-ons on my black 'wall' in a haphazard fashion. If I was to do this again, I'd probably daub some grafitti on it of my own. (Clean and morally upstanding grafitti, of course

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