Mama-razzi

I'm experiencing a rare, snowy, October day in Delaware today.  This seemed like the perfect opportunity to do some scrapbooking. (like I need an excuse)  I've been wanting to use the BoBunny Mama-razzi paper for some pictures of my kids.  I am using the sketch from the BoBunny Layout Challenge Friday. The sketch was created by Gabrielle Pollacco. Here is the sketch.

Here is my layout.  The journaling says: "Yes . . . I will take your picture EVERY year on the last day of camp." 

The embellishment in the lower left was inspired by a sticker on the "Say Cheese" cardstock sticker sheet.  I chose to build it with more dimension by using a square of paper, flower, twine, and a dimensional sticker.

BoBunny materials:
Mama-razzi collection
Double sided paper - Slides, Stripe, Tabloid, Cut Outs, #12M716
Combo Stickers
iCandy Dimensionals 3D Cardstock stickers
Say Cheese Cardstock stickers

Other materials:
Brown ink
Black ink
Paper flower
Hemp twine

Christmas card ideas

Close To My Heart has a great Stamp of the Month set available in October.  It features great designs for making Christmas cards and decorations.

 

October 2011 Stamp of the Month

I used this stamp set to make some cute 6" x 6" cards.

The first card uses the triangle tree stamps.  The second tree is cut down to a smaller triangle and placed behind the larger one.  The larger tree is lifted with foam squares.  The faux-stitching is created using small dashes with a brown marker.

The second card features a small piece of ribbon across the center to 'anchor' the stockings 'hung by the chimney with care'.

On the third card I used the sleigh runner stamp with second generation ink as a guide for paper piercing.  I used a pushpin and created holes in the design evenly spaced around the curves.  I used silver metalic embroidery thread and back stitched along the runner.  The second generation ink virtually disappears under the stitching.  The sleigh is stamped in black and raised with foam tape.

Capture Your Memories

I recently attended a class at Big Picture Classes called "Finding Photo Freedom" with Stacy Julian.  It is amazing and I highly recommend it to anyone feeling overwhelmed by all the photos (print and digital) that they have hanging around in boxes and on a computer or still in a camera or phone.  It's just what you need to get back to scrapbooking the meaningful memories of your life. 

After taking this class, I processed enough of the pictures in my digital library that I identified lots of things I wanted to scrapbook.  Not wanting to lose any time I decided that online scrapbooking would be especially useful so I could get a few pages done quickly. 

This is where Studio J from Close To My Heart made it easy for me.  I uploaded my pictures, selected my papers, chose a layout and then selected from several pre-designed mixes.  I dragged my photos into the photo wells, made a few modifications to personalize each layout and that was it!

Here are some examples.

Tag Book

While I was at the CK Valley Forge convention this year, I was fascinated by all the wonderful mini album kits that were available.  My favorites this year were from The Button Farm.  Here is the cover of the one I'm working on.

The paper collection is called Yacht Club and is just perfect for my beach vacation pictures.

Here's a few of the interior pages.  I'm still finishing up the journaling.

 

 

 

I printed all my photos in sepia so the album would maintain a consistent feel throughout. The bright beach colors of all my different pictures would have distracted from the theme.

Step one

Hi, my name is Marilyn and I have a paper problem.  Yes, it's true.  I love paper of every kind.  From the cutest little post-it notes to the most elaborate wrapping paper.  I love file folders, note pads, journals, and of course, my biggest weakness . . . scrapbook paper. 
Here are a few of my favorites

How cute is this!?
Post it dispenser
Overstock.com

Mouse "pad"
Knockknock.biz

Scrapbook paper
Dude collection
From The Paper Loft