January layouts

Poor neglected blog!

This year, I decided to do things a little different. For 2014, I went through and picked the photos I wanted to scrapbook, and then I set up the album/page protectors. Then I went through and planned out the pages for the first seven or so months with photos printed and paper and sketches selected.

I am also leading a year long challenge on a message board. Every Monday I post a "recipe" of 4 or so "ingredients" (theme, product, color, tool, technique, etc) and a specialty bakeware item (tools or product that not every one might have). I also signed up for a 40 week challenge (post one layout a week).


1. Random recipe, week 1

Recipe: summer theme, journaling in strips, brads, washi tape. Extra: border punch (which I forgot, lol).

 

2. Random recipe, week 2

Recipe: flowers, multiple fonts, mat at least one photo, gold. Extra: shape die. (tab underneath journal card)


3. Random recipe, week 3

Recipe: stripes, grid design, enamel dots, ink other than black. Extra: Project Life or cut apart card, any size.

4.  40 week challenge, week 1

 

 

5. Ditch the Kids Crop

SG sketch

 

 This one also has an insert for more photos (still needs one more photo printed).

 

 

I'm so mad that I forgot to save the cut file! It took me forever to create.

SG sketch/kit that I scraplifted. I loved the kit (made 3 layouts), but it was A)sold out, and B) I already owned the paper, so I created the 3 layouts from the photos on the web, and used on for this layout.

I think it needs something above the 4x6 photos. SG page kit that I scraplifted.

Still needs the journaling :)

 

 

6. Random recipe, week 4

Recipe: 6x6 paper pad, ribbon/twine/lace, one word title, at least one camera. Extra: any watercolor medium (Gelatos, watercolor pencils/paints/crayons).


7. 40 week challenge, week 2

SG sketch

 

8. Random recipe challenge, week 5

Recipe: at least one banner shape, 3 different pattern papers, stars or hearts, yellow. Extra: die cut title. I was going to die cut the "me" portion of the title but forgot. SG sketch/kit that I scraplifted (same "kit" as the bluebonnet pics).


2015 layouts: 21

SC June kit "Roundabout"

I wasn't real impressed with the kit when I saw it, but when I got it in and moved the papers around and switched to some B sides, I liked it much better.

I added in the CP clear letters and a few pieces of paper that appeared in the add-ons.

2 layouts for the Tennessee vacation album:

 

 

and one for the California/San Francisco album:

 

This one will have some journaling in the arrow blocks, just as soon as I can make Brandon do it :)

 

50 projects total: 53/50

100 projects total: 53/100

playing with pretty paper, part 4

Oh, the DCWV Carnival Stack by Deena Rutter. Total impulse purchase because it was so cute. Really? How likely would I have been to use this.

 

 This one can maybe used for pics of my pink roses.

 And I have some older blue snowcone face pics of the boys that I'll use this one for.

2 of these for Terri.

And one lonely card before I conceded that I was tired of playing with it.

 

Total:



4 double 8.5x11 layouts

1 single 8.5x11 layout

2 double 12x12 layouts

1 card

 

Definitely not worth the $12.99

playing with pretty paper, part 3

Joanns has been getting some "exclusive" Basic Grey lines in for awhile (they also can be bought on the website and sometimes show up in kit club kits), and this was the 3rd set (there are usually 2 paper lines, one more feminine and one more masculine and a bunch of embellies that coordinate with both). Hey Girl was definitely a splurge/impulse buy. I really liked a couple papers, and a lot of them not so much.

What I came up with:

 

 I'm thinking that this one might work for our most recent pumpkin patch photos.

 And this one I purposely put the adhesive at the bottom of the strips, thinking I would make it a journaling heavy layout by tucking tags into the tops of the strips (treating them like giant pockets).

 

I liked this simple one enough that I also made 4 copies of it for Terri.

 And the cards:

 

The total:

4 double 8.5x11 layouts

2 single 8.5x11 layouts

4 single 12x12 layouts

9 cards

 

Not bad for a $12.99 pad.