Going Solo album title page - Maria

I've started a new album! This is the title page. This whole album will be about the road trip I took in the summer of 1997 from Utah through Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Canada - by myself!! I'm so glad that I took the opportunity to go.

More to come . . .

Layout about udders - Maria

This is a layout I've been wanting to do for a long time, but my memorabilia storage was so messed up that I didn't know where things were. (Side note: organization REALLY is key to being able to create!) When I ran across these papers last week, I knew this was the first layout I wanted to do.

You can click on the picture to see a bigger image, but here's what the journaling says:

"I don’t remember exactly how it started, but sometime in 2005 Colin developed a strong and passionate interest in cows with udders (if they didn’t have udders, he wasn’t interested). He wanted to see cows in real life and drawings of cows; he started to collect his own cows; and one of his greatest ambitions was to milk a cow (happily fulfilled at Wheeler Farm while on vacation to Utah). He always asked me to draw pictures of cows for him, and then he’d draw his own. He was often content just drawing udders. He’d draw them over and over again.

One of the funniest moments brought about by this fixation was when he came home from his Primary class with a sheet of paper that was supposed to be about how he could show love for others. He thought the teacher had said “udders,” and happily drew udders all over the page! His teacher and I both got a pretty good laugh out of that. How I love my silly boy!"

Scrap Support - revisited!!

Okay, life got busy and we all slowed down on our scrapbooking. Recently, I talked with my sister about wanting to create at least once a week, and was thinking about how much accountability helps - and remembered this blog. Rather than posting a challenge, though, it will now be a place just to show what you have created.

If you want to participate, just post your goal of how often you want to scrapbook (one layout a week, a day, a month . . .) and then post pictures of your finished layouts/pages here! If anyone happens across this that isn't already listed as an author, just contact me and I can add you as one if you want to join in.

Here's to creating! (:

Weekly Challenge #11

This week's technique challenge is to scrapbook a photo (or photos) of you as a child. Depending on how old you are, those photos may be in an unconventional size, which can present an interesting challenge! If your childhood photos have turned orange or other odd colors with age/incorrect storage, there are several software programs that can correct that in a scanned image (I use Creative Memories Memory Manager, which works great!).

This week's journaling challenge is to use a quote on your page. You can handwrite or type a poem or quote that's meaningful to you, or there are plenty of vellum or rub-on ones all ready to put on.

Around here it's Spring Break, but that should mean MORE time to scrapbook - right? Well, maybe not. (: Happy scrapping!

Layout with 15+ brads challenge - Maria

I had fun with this one. If I were to do it over again, I'd take some time to space out the brads more evenly. I liked that the arrow made of brads helped point the title towards the dinner that Spencer was so anguished about.

I also used a technique I just saw in a magazine - when you mess up while handwriting (I goofed when writing "huge"), cover it up and repeat what you did so it looks like a deliberate design element. I actually like the effect of a few of the words covered in red, so I guess I'm glad I made a mistake. (:

Weekly Challenge #10

This week's technique challenge is to use 15 or more brads on a layout. This might not be much of a stretch for some people, in which case, try to use those brads in a creative way you never have before, as more of a design element.

This week's journaling challenge is to scrap a layout about a sibling. This could be about your current relationship with them, a childhood memory, a quirk or trait they have . . . you get the idea!

Happy scrapping!

Layout about favorite shows challenge - Maria

Yet another layout without pictures! I wanted this one to have a fun and upbeat feel, so I chose some very BRIGHT and glittery paper from my Nana's Kids stack, and then took another page of the same design, cut a strip, and placed it sideways on this page for some contrasting lines. I actually wanted the "Shows I love" to be in the black fuzzy chipboard letters, but I didn't have enough vowels! I had to change things around several times to make it fit, but it eventually more or less worked. I'm wishing I'd inked the edges of "Shows" so it stood out a little more, and I think I still want to handwrite a note in the middle about how hard it is for me to choose favorites, and that these aren't in any particular order or significance.