scrapbook your life

21 August 2013

Strictly Scrapbooking CK Class

I always enjoy taking classes from Sophia at Strictly Scrapbooking when we attend the CK Convention. I have some journaling left to do on a few of these.

I'm waiting for the companion kit to come so that i can complete the 2nd page for each of these layouts.

First Day of School

I'm not a chronological scrapbooker so these pages were completed and photographed in a random manner. I waited to post them until I was at least up to date. I finished 2008 earlier this week and 2013 just this morning, after I dropped the kids off at school for their first day. They always complain a little bit about first day pictures. As if it's hard to just stand there and smile a bit. I try to make it easy and not fuss about it too much but but they still manage to give me a hard time. It's the game we play.

Without further ado here are the layouts I created to commemorate Daniel & Waverly's first days of school 2002 to 2013.....

2002: Preschool for Dan. Daycare for Wav

2003: Kindergarten for Dan

2004: First Grade for Dan

2004: Preschool for Wav

2005: 2nd Grade & Kindergarten

2006: 3rd Grade & 1st Grade

2007: 4th Grade & 2nd Grade

2008: 5th Grade & 3rd Grade

2009: 6th Grade & 4th Grade

2010: 7th Grade & 5th Grade

2011: 8th Grade & 6th Grade

2011: continued

2012: Freshman & 7th Grade

2013: Sophomore & 8th Grade

17 March 2013

Creating Keepsakes Convention 2011 St. Louis

These pages are all from a Scrapbook Generation kit (I love them!!). This was the first year Heidi and I went to St. Louis for convention. As expected we had a GREAT time. And I'm excited to think that as I type this we are getting ready to go again in just a couple weeks.

Project Life: Weeks 1 through 11

I started Project Life 2013 with the idea that I was going to use what I had on hand. I have a remarkable stash of scrapbooking gear: papers, buttons, ribbon, ink, stamps, embellishments, stickels, glitter, glue, pens, markers, stickers, brads, die cuts...I could go on and one. Anyone who's been in my craft room (i.e. the basement) knows this is a fact. However after a few weeks I realized how hard I was working trying to fit my photos into the spots I had. While I love the Lickety Split 9x12 page protectors (with their flips and what not) I realize they weren't practical for this application. I needed a more uniformed layout. One I could count on every week. So I caved and bought Becky Higgins true Project Life pages and it's been smooth sailing every since. Not to mention my logical, square, clean line eye much prefers the consistent layout.

25 November 2012

Scrapbook Generation: My new favorite site!!!

I came across Scrapbook Generation on Pinterest and quickly fell in love with their style. They have a ton of good ideas and information out there. (Don't click on their link until you can spare a few hours to really dig through their web sites and online store, I'm just saying.) It didn't take me long to place an order with them and sign up for a couple of their monthly kit clubs. I have since completed two of the four kits I initially ordered, you can see those below. That speaks volumes to me. I was a member of Studio Calico for a couple years and I probably have 20 brown paper bags down stairs piled up. Kits I've never used yet. Now I have every intention of using them, I just felt like I had no direction with their kits. SC is a GREAT company and they put together amazing products but I need direction. I'm so happy to have found Scrapbook Generation!

Super Sketch Club

Allison Davis Hall of Fame Page

Random Pages

Just a few random pages I've finished the past few months.

Social Hour Cosmo Cricket. Perfect for Magic Mike night!

Fancy Pants: This was originally a page kit but I threw caution to the wind and used a layout from CTMH instead! Crazy I know! This was me recycling years and years of Creating Keepsakes, Memory Makers, Rubber Stamper, Simple Scrpabooks magazines among other crafty publications. Dan was pissed because we had just moved all these boxes only months earlier, only to now be throwing them out. I tried to explain that i had to get rid of them in my own time, lol!