A Little Digital to share...

Just wanted to share a couple digital pages that I am working on right now. These are part of a book I'm making called "Our Outdoor Adventures 2010." I have so many photos from our outdoor treks, so I wanted to get them all in the same place. I know I wouldn't get to use them all in my regular Family Yearbook.

Scrapbooking Fun

I had my first "Scrapbooking Fun" class last week, and these are the pages we made. There is still room in these classes, so if you are a scrapbooker, looking for a night out once a month... why not come on out and scrap with us?! The cost is only $10, and you will go home with a double 12X12 layout! The dates for the next 3 Scrapbooking Fun classes are: Monday, Oct. 19, Monday, Nov. 9 and Thursday, Dec. 10. Contact me if you would like more info.

The subtitle was created by punching out the letters, and every second letter was raised with a dimensional.

I really love my Big Shot machine and these butterflies were created with my Beautiful Butterflies die. I use this die quite a bit!

Here's the final product. Hard to see in the pic, but we used the Jumbo Outline ABC, and then with blender pens and watercolour pencils, coloured in the letters to match the layout. The full title of mine is "Ordinary Moments that make life Extraordinary."

The rest of the picture!!

Remember the sneak peek I gave a couple days ago? Well, here are the finished projects... no pics yet, but I have several hundred on hand, so I am sure that it won't take long to find some to fill these spots!

I loved what Leanne did on her page tonight, she put a 5X7 on the left side of the black layout, close to the bottom, and then let the circles "float" above the image as well, rather than just along the left hand side. The title was "just me and my dad" and the pics were all of her hubby and son. Sure wish I remembered to take a pic of it before she left with her masterpiece. (If you post a pic of yours, let me know please, Leanne, then I can add a link!).

A Teaser...

This Thursday I am having a scrapbooking class. We will be making 2 double layouts... here is a little teaser for you - pieces of the pages we'll be making - the pages are using the 2008-2009 In Colors. There is still room, so email me if you are in the area and want to come to a fun evening of scrapbooking.

Who? YOU!! And invite a friend... please RSVP by Wednesday night.
What? Treasure the Memories, Scrapbook class $15.00 - everything included
Where? My house
When? Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 from 7:00 - 9:00pm
Why? Because you will get 2 double layouts done in an evening, and you just have to add the pictures!!!
How? It's easy! Your kits will be all ready to go and all you need to bring is your favourite basic adhesive.

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Scrapathon

Just over a month ago, I had a really fun day of scrapbooking with my friend Melanie. She has gone to a Scrapathon put on by one of our local scrapbook stores for a few years now, and this time around she invited me to join her. It was so fun, and there were door prizes, a registration gift bag and an amazing turkey dinner with all the fixin's!

I completed many, many layouts that day... some for my 8 1/2 X 8 1/2 travel album, some for my kids' albums, and even a couple for my 2008 yearbook. (8 1/2 X 11 size). I made this page, and then left myself a note in each photo block to remind myself which pictures to get printed from that day. I opted to print them in sepia because then they would all go with my layout colour choices.

Fall Pages

Just wanted to share a new layout I did for my Scrapbook Club. The pictures are from Sept. 2007, on the 19th anniversary of my husband's car accident. It truly is a Season of Thanks every September 23rd when we celebrate his health. I have just printed these pics from my computer, and I will order the "real" copies through Snapfish this week, and then put them on there for a better quality finish.

Scrappin' with Bold Brights

There is something about using Bold Brights and primary colours for Elementary school photos that just seems right. The playground is painted in these colours, classrooms are decorated in these colours, and kids just look good surrounded by these colours.

In this layout, the only stamping I did was with the "My ABCs" wheel, because I found some 3-d stickers that seemed to do all the work for me! I got Scott to write his name on the first day of school, and I will get him to do it on the last day as well... hopefully there will be some improvement!



I will just add some journaling and the page will be done... It's a bit on the busy side, but that is kind of how kindergarten children are... busy! So I think it fits in this layout, and it also lets me use a lot of pictures in one layout! I still have pics leftover from the first day of school that I didn't use, but those will go in our Family Album or a regular photo album.

Family Scrapbook

Feature: Scrappin' Passion!

When I scrapbook for the kids and for Steve, it is in a 12X12 format. In these books there are major events in their lives (first day of school, birthdays, Father's Day, etc) or just a layout of some of my favourite pictures of them.

I also keep family yearbooks going, in an 8 1/2 X 11 size. In these ones, there are usually 2 double layouts per month, and sometimes an extra layout in December because we have our anniversary and Christmas both in that month.

But what do I do with all the fun little family trips we take? My family lives in Victoria, so we are often on the island visiting. And in the summer there are other trips to scrap about, like camping, etc. I will put a page of these pics in our family album, and certain moments of holidays get added into each of the kids' books, but that's not enough pages! I needed a place to put several layouts of each trip, without feeling the pressure of space in a book... I think I found the perfect solution:

An 8 1/2 X 8 1/2 chipboard album from Stampin' Up! It is my new favourite size to scrapbook in!!

I covered it in Designer Paper and used my "Summer Home" Scrappin' Kit to decorate it. I am using this scrappin' kit throughout the book as well, and have completed a few pages already.