Scrapbook Page #4

I know I haven't been as good with posting lately as I normally am. I apologize for this and hope to have some more posts coming up. The last couple of weeks have been a little stressful as my husband and I have just bought our first house. This is way more stressful that I had anticipated especially since it was a bit of a spur of the moment decision! In my house-buying frenzy I realized that I posted my scrapbook page #5 before #4 so here is page #4.

This page is of my daughter with her first degree. We have been going to UBC and doing studies for the infant development and cognitive development labs and this was her first one (she is a post-doc now according to her degrees).

For the background I found a retired SU! paper with numbers on it, they colours are pretty close to Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze so that is what I used. The stars are made with the new star punches, I love that there are 2 that you can layer. Something to keep in mind too is that you can run the cardstock through the printer for your journaling, that is what I did with the Kiwi Kiss piece at the top. I'm not a fan of my handwriting so I'm always looking for new ways to journal without actually having to write anything.

Scrapbook Page #5

In honour of National Scrapbooking Month I have a new page done of my daughter. This photo was taken last summer by my mom and it is one of her favourite, with good reason I think!

Because I want each scrapbook page to be different from the others I am having to get pretty creative, at least I think I am. For this one I took a sheet of Kiwi Kiss textured cs and added strips of Bella Rose DSP which I think totally matches her little hat. The photo is matted with Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red (lifted both colours from the Bella Rose).

To add a little interest I wove the organza ribbon through the strips, but there has to be a better way than how I did that, it looks nice but was a lot more work than I thought!

Finally I added some journaling that I did on the computer and made the font print in RHR. To carry the strip look through I cut the journaling into pieces and stuck them on.

My goal was met, this page does look different from my other ones so I am satisfied.

Scrapbook Page #3

I thought with putting the scrapbooking tips up I should show everyone my next page. This is the page I made for Holly's baby shower. I am most proud of this page because I made the background paper out of wrapping paper from some of her presents. How did I do this you may be asking? I covered the white sheets that come in the scrapbook with tombow glue (a glue stick would probably work better though) and then layed on my pre-cut pieces of wrapping paper. I used strips of matching cardstock to cover the seams and them just added matted pictures and my journaling block. Super easy and it really means something to me. I think it is pretty too.

Stamping scrapbook titles

Here is another scrapbook page that I liked from Scrapbooks etc., this one is page 10 of the 15 examples. This idea is from their newsletter again but this time tells tips for stamping titles. On this page the happily is stickers but they stamped over the white stickers to give a little more interest. I love this idea and it could totally be done with the chipboard letters if you are like me and are too lazy to cover them with designer paper. You could cover them with craft ink or paint and then stamp them to give them some pizazz.

I am getting so many ideas from just putting up these posts, I think my scrapbook obsession is really coming to light now....

Stamping and Scrapbooking combined

I got this in my inbox since I am a subscriber to Scrapbooks etc. They have a weekly newsletter that comees out with lots of neat scrapbooking tips. I thought this week was especially relevant since it pertained to stamping and scrapbooking. I thought I'd share some of the links in the email so everyone can see how versatile and easy it is to incorporate stamps in your scrapbook. This tip is how to create custom backgrounds for your scrapbook pages with stamps. I liked this one because you don't need patterened paper, even though there are tonnes of great ones out there, sometimes you don't have exactly what you need. I also liked it because it gives you ideas how to use any stamp, not just those specifically designed for backgrounds. There are 15 examples of beautiful pages so there really is something for everyone.

This page was my favourite and it could totally be done with any large flower set. It also uses strips of designer paper that coordinates with the pink in the little girls shirt. I think that is what I like so much about this page, they pulled the colours out of the photo to make the page. I must try that next.

Scrapbook Page #2

Here is my next scrapbook page. On this page I had more than just pictures to incorporate, I had 3 hospital bracelets and the tape measure that they used when she was born. I decided to split the page in two and put pictures on half of it and the bracelets on the other half. It was a bit of a challenge to get the tape measure on there with the little tears visible but I managed in the end. I love that this page has both yellow and pink, my two favourite colours. That makes it extra special :)

Scrapbook page #1

I have jumped on the scrapbook bandwagon with both feet now. I have completed my first page and I am quite happy with the results. This page is what really sparked my scrapbooking desire. We got these cute ultrasound pictures and I knew I needed to keep them forever but couldn't think of anything else to do with them than scrapbook them.

I matted them with red and blue paper that matched the flowers in the paper I found. Then I added some scallop circles and the title. For interests sake the scallop border around the title I did with my scallop edge punch, a little tricky but I had all sorts of time to perfect it.

I think I may be an addict now but oh well. I can't wait to get the next page done!

Scrapbooking

So I've finally decided to venture into the world of scrapbooking. It is something I said I'd never do because I thought you needed lots of supplies and I just wasn't into spending that much. I changed my mind when my daughter was born and I had all these hospital bracelets that were just asking to be scrapbooked. I now know that you don't need to spend a lot to make a nice scrapbook, you just need to have pictures and treasures that mean a lot to you and a scrapbook will just come together.

I have started a lot of pages started but none are quite finished yet. It turns out I really like to start them which involves picking out colours and embellies but not finishing them which involves cutting the pictures. I don't know why I have a problem with this, they only cost 29 cents at the store and I can always get another printed but still, it makes me hesitate.

I wanted to share where I've been getting most of my inspiration for my pages that I am starting (but not finishing yet). I have been checking out a friends blog for ideas. Sandra has the best scrapbook pages and I love how simple they are, these are the kinds of pages that make me think that I can do that too! I will be posting some of my finished pages just as soon as I manage to finish them. I have given myself a goal of at least 1 per month so keep your eyes open for February's :)