I scrapbooked! Why am I so happy about it? Because I haven't made a traditional 12x12 scrapbook page since Layout A Day in May! That's almost a full five months without personal paper scrapbooking in my life. I have scrapbooked, but not for myself.
Today is a good day as I share with you my latest scrapbook layout...
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| "Family" 12x12 scrapbook layout featuring Cosmo Cricket paper. |
That's me as a baby! And the reason I made this page is for a MemoryWorks challenge that asked me to use this sketch:
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| Sketch by PageMaps |
I've never been a big fan of sketches, but I liked this one and it helped me to scrapbook my page quickly and put me in the scrapbooking mood.
I knew I wanted to use the Cosmo Cricket cut-apart elements I purchased on sale last fall and have been scrapbooking my childhood this year, so I planned on flipping through an old album for photos. (I rarely buy any scrapbooking supplies at full price and being a MemoryWorks Consultant gives me an even greater discount.)
I used leftover ribbon from a gift and staples to match:
My favorite cut-apart element was this "Tweet Tweet" (makes me think of Twitter):
This page was (like the title said) "a quickie" and where did I do it? At my craft desk, of course. (I try to sit down, but most of my scrapping is done standing up.)
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| See more photos of my craft space here. |
It doesn't quite look like that right now. It's actually messy from working on a Halloween mini-book that I started last year, but never finished. You'll see photos of that book on Halloween.
And if you ever wondered how I photograph my projects, I have something special for you:
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| This is where I photograph my scrapbook layouts. |
It's definitely not rocket science. I usually snap about 6-10 photos, half on the flower setting of my camera and half on the text setting, for the best shot that I end up cropping and sharing.
The stool in the photo is also an altered project that once looked like this:
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| Before photo of the decoupaged stool. |
I planned on sharing that project on my old blog, but never got around to doing it. I used extra fabric from my curtains, along with cord, and decoupaged them to the worn-out stool - a money AND environment saver!
After making the above layout, I'm back in the scrapbooking groove and can't wait for the Great Lakes Mega Mini-Meet next month! Yep, I'm going...and with my mom! More info about that later!
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