Okay, so I’ve been at this scrapbooking thing for all of MAYBE 5 months and I only started entering challenges the last couple weeks so imagine my surprise when I discovered one of my layouts posted on one of my usual blog hopping sites. http://alacartechallenge.blogspot.com/ Scroll down a bit and you’ll see my “BOO” layout under the “some layouts we LOVE” line. I’m so chuffed!! (for all you non-Brits out there – chuffed means “proud”, “happy”, “please with oneself”!)
Hee, hee, hee!! I guess I really CAN do this thing afterall!
I’ve been very fortunate lately to win a couple Blog Candy giveaways on the Scrapbooking sites I like to stalk … errr … check frequently for more great ideas. 🙂 So I figured it was high time I actually entered some of their fantastic challenges. Give back so to speak. I have been working on the following two pages all week trying to make various deadlines. What with 3 kids to take care of and my homework for BCIT plus all the various other tasks that are involved in daily life, I usually manage to get about 5 minutes of scrapping in at one time. So slowly over the past week, those 5 minutes have added up to equal two finished pages!! Knowing that it would likely take me some time to complete a page, I figured I’d better make pages that could fit the criteria for several challenges at once. There is no way I’d ever have the time to make a new page for each of the challenges I follow!!
This one is for the Page Maps Challenge you can find here, as well as the Colour Challenge over at Design Dollies AND the TEXTURE challenge at Studio Calico. Phew! The paper is from the Halloween pack from Recollections with coordinating ribbon, 3-D and flat embellishments. I mounted the picture of Marley and Paige on some orange cardstock from my stash and did the journalling on a scrap piece of green also from my stash. The picture is from Halloween last year – Marley and Paige about to head out the door to Trick or Treat in our neighbourhood. So cute!
This picture is for both the Scrapsketch, Sketch #172 Challenge and the Pattern Challenge at Design Dollies. I used two patterns from the above mentioned Halloween pack from Recollctions plus a Bronze textured paper from Making Memories Autumn Splendor pack and a Black and White stripe from Me & My Big Ideas Black & White Butterfly collection. These pictures were taken last year when I took the girls to The Great Big Boo. This was actually the first time both girls were “allowed” to wear their costumes and Paige did so well. The Hallowe’en before she was freaked out of her Ladybug costume and wanted it off almost as soon as we put it on. It was pretty hard to get photos of her she was so anxious to get that costume off!! So Greg and I were pleasantly surprised to have her so happy in her Kitty costume. In fact, it was hard to get it off her!! I love these pictures of Marley. I think she looks so sweet and so grown up at the same time. They are getting so BIG!!
This year Marley is planning to be Hannah Montana (yikes!), Paige is going to be a Ballerina and LC will be a Panda. Can’t wait to take pictures! Hope Paige lets us!!
Another scrapbooking project I’ve been working on is completed! Yay!! Only about a billion more to go!
My friend Sandra talks on her blog about these shadow boxes she has. She does layouts for them every now and then and switches them up. That seemed like a bit too much effort for me but I liked the idea of doing a shadow box for each girl. I hummed and hawed for awhile over the content of these boxes and finally decided to showcase their births. The details are probably a little hard to see in these pictures – sorry – but I am pretty happy with how they turned out. The girls (well, the two that can verbalize anyway!) are thrilled with them! It’s nice to have such an appreciative fan group!!
Marley Regan Day Feb 26, 2004, 9lbs 4oz, 20″, 8:04 AM
Paige Alexandra Day Apr 15, 2006, 8lbs 14oz, 22″, 5:41AM
Christine Elizabeth Day Mar 23, 2009, 9lbs 9oz, 22 1/4″, 11:33PM
Well, I finally completed a scrapbook of our honeymoon. Only 7 years late!!
After Christmas I thought I would have the time (and energy) to finally organize baby albums for Marley and Paige. Since Little Christine’s due date prevented me from taking another class at BCIT, I – rather optimistically – thought I’d need to fill the time usually spent on homework with another project. I took over the dining room table with various photo albums and scrapbooks I’ve accumulated over the years. And there they sat
… untouched
… gathering dust.
I was stumped. I had no idea how to get started. I had little experience scrapbooking and what I’d done before I wasn’t happy with. It wasn’t until June that I got the idea to create a mini album for Marley’s preschool teacher as a thank you for the incredible 2 years she gave to Marley. It turned out really well (if I do say so myself) and the rest is history!!
I was totally hooked! I started to check out various Blogs and even got books out of the library. And Michael’s became my new Mecca – I have a bit of a paper fetish! Then I had to pick a project. Any project! In the pile of albums on the dining room table was my first attempt at scrapbooking our honeymoon. It seemed so amaturish to me and that’s when I knew I had my project. I could redo the album and this time complete it!
It took me all summer (having an infant, two other children and a husband in the house doesn’t allow for concentrated “scrapping time”) but it’s finally done and I’m really pleased with how it turned out.
But you be the judge! I’ve taken pictures of all the pages and made a movie of them. Enjoy!! And stay tuned for future projects!!
