Quick one. This was a challenge to scrap about yourself from Shimelle.com (#8). Scrapping about myself isn’t something new to me. But I haven’t done it in a very loooong time. So in a way that was a challenge to take time away from my other projects to talk about me. This is 6×6 for my personal album.
They say if you are going to go, go big. And I did for this one. These challenge were from both Big Picture Classes and Shimelle.com (#1, #3, #9, #11, & #17). The main challenge I focused on was try something new. So many new things for me here. The arty style, using fabric to hand cut shapes, homemade spray ink, using my Cricut + Gypsy to design & cut a popular Polaroid style frame, using lots of pink & sparkles, adding color to a black and white photo. All new. And I love it!
Yesterday was National (or International, if you prefer) Scrapbook Day. Each year I want to participate fully and each year there is always something else going on. This time our family went to a Medieval Festival and also Free Comic Book Day at our local comic shop. So my scrapping came in late in the day. Never the less, I got a ton of work done trying to catch up on the last 4 months of scrapping. I’m hoping to plow through pages this week! With the help of NSD and some challenges at a few of my favorite sites, I am making things happen.
Here is my first layout.
The challenge both from Big Picture Classes and from Shimelle.com (#21), was to use divided pages to add extra photos to a layout. I’ve never done this before and I do like the results. My only worry is that none of my other pages have to be removed from their albums to be fully experienced. I’m wondering if this style will work for me long term. I have some ideas to tweak the process to work for me. So maybe I can incorporate it next time a way that I didn’t use here.
I’ve been meaning to enter one of the DCWV stack-a-holic challenges since I first found out about them a couple of months ago. I just haven’t felt like photographing and uploading and writing to my blog. Well, I found the energy tonight for this one. Here is the sketch
And here is my entry…
Recipe
pattern paper: DCWV (Day to Day Photoreal Stack)
stamp:
punches: EK sucess
alpha stickers: Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts, Sasafrass
marker: Copic
embellishments: Jolee’s Boutique
ink: Ranger
So May. I haven’t posted anything since May. I promise you I have been crafting. I have not felt any inclination to blog though. Such is life. I’m here now and offering some crafty goodness.
A friend had a baby not too long ago and I had fun making this layout for a gift when we get to visit for the first time. I placed it in a 12×12 frame so that they can hang it on their wall with the other lovely family photos. I hope they appreciates this little piece of art to add to their collection.
For this project I actually went to the craft store and specifically shopped for product. I never (okay, ALMOST never) go shopping for a specific project. I try to keep a bunch of interesting supplies on hand and just create with what I have in stock. But this time I wanted to shop. And how fun it was.
Recipe
Baby themed kit (6×6 paper pad, die cuts, tiny text, words): Authentique (on sale for $5! What a score)
pattern paper: Studio Calico, My Mind’s Eye
inks: Studio Calico (Mr. Huey), Ranger (distress for inking edges)
washi tape: My Mind’s Eye
wood die cuts: Studio Calico
die cut machine: Provo Craft (Nursery Rhyme cartridge for title lettering, Heritage for banner, Gypsy for resizing elements)
date stamp: K&Co. (Smash stamp)
punches: Stampin’ Up
journaling pocket: Simple Stories
journaling cards: Project Life elements
This qualifies for 2 challenge blogs, both of which I have never entered anything in before:
I look forward to more challenges with these sites and a few other new ones as well as an old time favorite. I may even get blog posts done about them and actually enter them! He he.
My daughter and I went to CKC this past weekend and we had a really good time. We haven’t really done too many mother-daughter specific activities, so this was special. Ignore my goofy smile. This photo was taken on my cell phone which has an abysmal lag so we never know when it will really take the photo. Any hints on improving the Android system phone would be much appreciated (and I did try downloading some different photo software with no luck)
While at the show I got a few things done. Not as much as I would have on my own, but it was more fun to have company there this year. I don’t have any scrappy friends so every year I go alone. So again, this year really was special! Check out the layouts I go finished for my kids’ October layouts.
For this first one I chose a bunch of girlie products and went with The Paper Variety’s current challenge prompt of Tic-Tac-Toe
I used the bottom row with stitching and a die cuts (flowers) on a layout.
And here are my next two pages. Just simple pages that captures the photos and stories.
And here is September… my favorite layouts since they bring me many happy memories of a warmth while I am in the midst of our typical cold dreary winter.
This brings us up to date with what I have finished of my layouts from 2012. I will post the rest of the year as I get them done. I will likely finish up at the Creating Keepsakes Convention event I am soon going to. I am especially excited this time as my daughter just turned 10 and she wants to go with me. We will see how much scrapping I actually get done now that I have someone to hang out with at the convention!
And now for August layouts! For these I used collage prints in a couple of ways. I am a fan of 8.5 x 11 photo collages but that doesn’t mean all my layouts need to be the same. You’ll notice that I used the collage prints in a number of different ways.
This first one I did not fill up the entire 8.5×11 space with photos. I varied the sizes of each photo to allow uneven borders around the edges. I then cut them apart, lined them right up against each other and outlined each photo with a pen to add definition to the collage.
For this next one I just left the collage print alone with its simple white border and I used the entire space to fill with photos for an even border all the way around.
And finally, I used the uneven outside border style from the first photo but an even border between photos. Instead of leaving the white photo border I cut the prints apart and layered them on a piece of patter paper for a more interesting photo mat.
Another run of layouts for you. These ones are from last July.
For this one I purposely took a photo of my daughter standing in the exact same place at a vacation spot that she had stood 5 years previously. I also took a photo of my youngest daughter who was the same age as my middle daughter in the “then” photo. I plan on using those two photos for a “you and her” sister layout at some point.
And this one is a super simple layout with a photo collage and some journaling labels made using my new EK Success label punch. So easy! I just wish “moments” could have been split up better. Ah well.
And for this one I pulled out a bunch of stamps. I haven’t used stamps as primary elements on a page in a very long time. I rather enjoyed it. I think I may have to try and get more stamping into my layouts.
I have more of my kids’ layouts from 2011 for you today. This time we are covering June. For these I just used bits and pieces from kits and other projects that I never got around to using. Just some simple layouts that get the job done!
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