Quick page extravaganza!

It’s a tough job but someone has to do it…and it’s even better if that someone isn’t us!

Today we bring you three – that’s right, THREE – School Days quick pages, hot off the press and ready to be downloaded and turned into layouts in the blink of an eye!

Carole, our quick page master and digital CT member, couldn’t get enough of School Days, and decided to get even more creative than usual…so for your scrapping pleasure, check out the first her three quick pages now!

Now, we know this is fairly specific to pics of kids starting first grade (or prep, as we call it in Aussie-land) but we’re guessing there’s at least a few of you proud mummies out there who are already thinking about which pic would fit the layout best.

If your little one hasn’t yet hit first grade or has already moved past it, though, don’t write off the quick page…because here we have the exact same design, minus the mention of first grade!

Or, if you prefer scrapping with cheerful bright colours, try this gorgeous creation – colourful, packed full of cute elements and with enough space for some short journalling, this is our personal favourite and the one we’re already thinking about how to use!

We think this is about the sweetest thing we’ve ever seen…now all we need are some school photos to add and we’ll have our own memory-filled layout!

And speaking of layouts, check out this little beauty by Leah – it shows her youngest son, Ethan, copying his brother doing schoolwork.

This would have to be one of the best School Days layouts we’ve seen so far – the fantastic use of colour and perfectly-placed combinations on patterned and plain papers give it a very lively feel, and we can just tell how much Leah loves this collection.

She says School Days’ fun colours and doodles make it perfect for a “messier look” and worked well for journalling…we have to say, we agree. So darn cute!

Onto to something totally different with Chrissy’s offering, and here we have an alternative to kids and school-related themes. Chrissy thought about all the notebooks she has stashed around the house when she saw the notebook paper in this collection, and it fits perfectly!

To create the layout, Chrissy says she played with blending modes for the background paper and eventually chose “exclusion” as she liked the colour it produced. She removed the white background under the punched holes in the notepaper using the magic wand tool to select the white patches, which she then deleted.

And if that doesn’t go to show how School Days can be used for any kind of photo, not just school snaps, check out Brittney’s awesomely funky layout, which shows her daughter, Ali, learning which foot each shoe goes on.

We would NEVER have thought to darken the notepaper to a greyish hue to contrast with all the bright blues, reds and greens, but we LOVE it! Imaginative, innovative and commemorating what is definitely a rite of passage for lots of children – definitely a winner.

Brittney filled in some of the brushes but kept them a bit rough-looking, then added them to the paper as elements, almost like stickers. She layered strips of paper underneath her photos and clustered the elements all around to create a seriously striking and commanding layout.

We’ve really been impressed with what the CT has produced with School Days but more importantly, we want to know what you think…do you like the minimal number of papers and extra transparencies? Do the colours work for you? Have you enjoyed scrapping some of those special moments in your kids’ lives?