Opening Day Fun

     
This spring my niece, Jennifer & her husband, Matt and I attended Opening Day for the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.  We left early so we would arrive in time for the Opening Day Ceremonies.  Ha!  It took us over an hour to find parking, and 20 minutes to walk to the field after parking the car.  The lines to get into the stadium wrapped around the building from all directions.  Luckily we were directed to the south east gate where we got through the gates  fast and easy, grabbed our hotdogs and our seats with 3 minutes to spare for the start of the game. Missing Opening Ceremonies!  This was the 2nd time I've attended Opening Day and I still haven't seen any of the Opening Day Ceremonies. I think next time I go to Opening Day  I'm taking the train.  Maybe then I'll get to see the Ceremonies. 

                                         

 Even though we missed the Opening Ceremony, we had a fantastic time and a win!  I took lots of pictures with my new camera and got some fun pictures considering we were sitting in the right field stands where if we were lucky enough, we might catch a home run or might have if we'd remember to bring a mitt with us.

Wanting to use as many pics as possible, I decided to play with my  new Spellbinder die Contemporary Squares.  As Mariner's colors are some of my favorite, I knew I had to use their colors in the layout and had so much fun coming up with this design. 

After looking at stack of die cuts on the teal colored paper,  I realized they could be easily linked together to form a border around the  paper and the small squares were just the right size to put pictures in of different events throughout the game such as the Welcome sign, Kings Court, different players, Cruz hitting the ball and of course pictures of us.  


Thanks to my trusty Xyron 2.5 and 5" Create a Sticker stations, it was easy to apply adhesive to each die cut and then attach it to the papers creating a border on the outside edge.  Then using the1.5" Create a Sticker I adhered adhesive to the backs of 1" punched squares of different scenes  from the game.

 

I added pictures in the center along with some baseball stickers that have been in my stash for several years along with Teresa Collins white enamel dots to create the illusion of baseballs around the outside of the design.  I cut the team logo off the  packaging that held an Opening Day Pin and used that as the capital O in the title.  Notice in these invidual pages that even the 1" pictures show lots of details while being highlighted in each square. 
                                                                             

I had so much fun with this design that I used it again for the baseball pictures from our Mother's day trip to the game with another double layout with reversed colors  (Teal on Navy) and a single layout using a totally different design. But that's for another blog  day.  

Love how this layout came together  showcasing our day at the ball park. 

Till we craft again!
                Crafty Aunt Dee







Supplies:  Spellbinders Contemporary Square Die, Xyron 1.5, 2.5 and 5" Create a station,  Xyron Mega Runner, Teresa Collins Enamel Dots, Recollections Navy & Teal Papers and unknown baseball stickers.