playing with pretty paper, part 2

My second paper pad was the Colorbok Beach House pad from Walmart for $10. I forgot to take pics before I threw away the pad cover, but found these images online. There were 25 sheets, double sided, so 50 patterns.

 

And this is what I came up with:

 

 

 There were so much paper in this pad, that I was able to do 4 of each of these layouts for Terri:

 And two of each of these:

  And some cards:

 

 I wanted to use these October Afternoon stamps and decided to put it on a tag.

 I liked how it turned out so much that I stamped a bunch more and then ended up using 7 of them.

 

 

Final total:

 

6     8.5x11 double layouts
6     8.5x11 single layouts
10   12x12 double layouts
2     12x12 double layouts
10   cards

There were a couple sheets of paper I didn't use that went in the giveaway pile. The multi colored chevron arrows I set aside to use later. A lot of smaller strips of paper went to the recycling. A bonus? I also used up 3.5 spools of the AC ribbon that I bought an over abundance of. 34 projects for $10 makes me pretty happy.

 

playing with pretty paper, part 1

Lately there have been a lot of cute paper pads available at great prices, making them hard to resist. I decided that, since I wasn't in the mood to scrapbook per se, but wanted to play, I would do a "perfect collection" type job on a couple paper pads. That way, I was still playing, and using the paper, but there was no pressure. Up first: My Sunshine stack from DCWV at Joanns, a bargain for $12.

I also pulled out my stack of Scrapbook Generations sketchbooks and used the paper placement (and disregarded photo placement) to make some backgrounds.

 There were two of this single page layout, one for me and one for my sister.

 And I made some single page layouts for Terri to use. There are 2 of each of these:

And finally, some cards:

 

So...

8    8.5x11 double layouts

2    8.5x11 single layouts

12  12x12 single layouts

6    cards

 

Not bad for $12. A couple sheets I put aside for the giveaway pile and all the small scraps went to recycling.