A colorful new year at Scrapbook Circle

This winter has been pretty warm, but we recently experienced some intense cold and snow here in Minnesota. As a result, I love working with bright colors in the winter. The Scrapbook Circle January kit Fresh Start gives me that opportunity. Here's my first page:

I used a lot of the add-on Shine Bright with this page; indeed, I love to use the 6x6 papers as layers for a photo mat. The big number in the add-on inspired my title. Lots of fun embellishments in this add-on too, including the Fancy Pants die cuts and meta badges. Here's some details:

Then a page that celebrates our favorite movie series, Star Wars:

Like the last page I used the add-on Shine Bright for the die cuts and badges. I also used the add-on New Day for the title--the big gold letters were so forceful, they were perfect for the page. The sequin embellishments in the add-on also show up in this page: I removed the adhesive backing and disassembled one to use the sequins sprinkled across the page.

The die cut font in the title is Bebas Neue, which is a good one to cut tiny.

Next is a page that came about serendipitously. I had taken the photo on the left last year, my son's last in elementary school. His first with a school iPad, he was highly distracted and did not perform as well as he could have. The photo on the right I took this year at conference night. He's been performing much better and has been excited about school, so I put the photos together to reflect on his transition in a year. I just happened to see the two photos together, which gave me the idea for the page.

(This may be the time to mention how hard it is to photograph these letters without capturing myself reflected in them!)

I punched the Maggie Holmes Crate Paper Sine Carefree, then sewed them in a frame around the two photos. I liked the whimsy and spirit. This time I used the sequin embellishments in the add-on New Day as is to frame his photos as well.

Finally, my favorite page this month, which I made as a Christmas present for my parents:

This is a favorite photo of the boys from last summer. I used the Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Shine paper called Sweet as the backdrop, then layered the Studio Calico Seven paper and washi on top as a base for the photo The wood and cork from the main and the badges and die cuts from both add-ons surround the photo with happy sentiments.

Not much journaling on the page, just a list of nouns that identify who they are: 2 brothers, 2 builders, 2 black belts, and so on. I used epoxy dots from the main to separate the list.

I always struggle to adhere vellum. These big numbers are dark enough so that using regular dot adhesive works OK, but here I sewed it down  v   e   r   y      s   l   o   w   l   y, turning the page to mimic the number's shape. It mostly worked.

Thank you for visiting today! I hope these pages show you how fun this kit and the add-ons are. Please visit Scrapbook Circle to check out this truly inspiring kit.

Scrapbooking the year's best moments

A few years ago I scrapbooked a page I called "This was the year that..." It was a retrospective of all the noteworthy events from the previous year, using some leftover photos and a leftover kit. I loved that page. Since then, I've done a similar page every year. Here's my page from this year:

Before I made the page, I journaled a list of what I remembered from the year that was notable. I also opened up PSE Organizer and scrolled through the photos to find representative shots. I also rediscovered other moments that I added to my list.

To create the page, I started with the blue circle paper, then dug into my scraps for the trim. (Yellow is my favorite color, so that was a natural choice.) I dug into old supplies and used the corrugated numbers and the die cuts which I hadn't used yet. Of course I journaled on strips, then inked them with yellow because.

Thank you for checking out my page! Stop by later this week for my January work for Scrapbook Circle and Write Click Scrapbook.

January 2016 pages for Simple Scrapper

Hello! The new year is upon us, and I wanted to share the pages I made for Simple Scrapper. Here's my first, which uses an old story starter and a new sketch:

If, like me, you took photos of the eclipse that were poor, this sketch was a nice one--lots of white space to demonstrate the theme with a good piece of patterned paper since the photos didn't capture what I wanted.

This was a little bit of a kitchen sink page. I picked up do-dads and scraps I had lying around that seemed to fit. and how happy was I to use these glistening Thickers I had gotten long ago that fit the theme?

And then my next page, which used an old sketch that I stretched to two pages with a new story starter:

I tend to do a page like this every winter when my soul languishes for color. I mixed Pink Paislee and October Afternoon mostly for the bright hues to match the photos.

Thank you for visiting my blog! Please go check out Simple Scrapper for ideas this new year to make your scrapbooking more inspired and manageable.

What are your favorites? Scrapbooking the end of the year

Hello! I am scrapbooking on Write Click Scrapbook this week highlighting favorites. Today I'm scrapbooking my favorite photos of the year. I use the same design every year, which simplifies the process, and simple is good. Here's the page:

I used remnants from my December Scrapbook Circle kit, plus some letter stickers and background paper, which I was running low on. I picked yellow for the paper, my favorite color.

And that's my year-end photo review! Please stop by Write Click Scrapbook this week for more fabulous ideas about scrapbooking your favorites.

December gallery for Write Click Scrapbook

December is upon us, and so is the new gallery at Write Click Scrapbook! The theme is holiday favorites, andI had one lone holiday photo unscripted that fit the theme. Here's the page:

I suppose it's fitting that I scrapbook this photo now with the new Star Wars coming out in a couple weeks. I hope you can tell the joke in the page--it's Christmas Lights, with {abers} added after the S just like my sons added Star Wars to the manger.

I also used my favorite scrapbooking products--embellishments, especially stickers and die cuts. No patterned paper this page!

Thank you for checking out my page! Please visit Write Click Scrapbook to see some other awesome holiday pages.

Scrapbooking sunny colors: December's Scrapbook Circle kit

The last month of the trimester is always super busy for me. I am near the end of grading, though--one week to go!--so I got some time to scrapbook using December's Scrapbook Circle kit Tell Your Story. It's bright and cheery, but not in a Christmasy way. That made me happy--I like to dip into summery themes when the weather gets cold. Here are my pages:

These were my two favorite photos from the state fair this year, the boys enjoying ice cream treats.   I picked lots of sweet colors to be a little ice creamy. (On a side note, I scrapbook ice-cream a lot!) Here's the details:

The next page was inspired by scrolling through photos and noticing how many photos I had of my cat in stuff. I printed my most recent favorites and put them together on this page.

That main photo makes me laugh so much. I'm a fan of LOST, and every time I see her with her paw on the glass, I mentally see "NOT PENNY'S BOAT."

This page shares a dream of my son: he met his favorite author, Lincoln Peirce, at a comic convention. And my husband forgot to take a picture. I did the best I could and recorded this page with a photo of him with the autographed book.

The title is a gaming term. I loved adding bits and bobs and stitching them down, just for fun.

Finally, the page I started with that gave me a creative block. I kind of knew what I wanted, but I wasn't sure what exactly I should do. I'm pleased with the final page and glad I was able to push through my creative block.

The font on the title is a new favorite of mine, Wolf in the City. It is GORGEOUS. Here's a link.

I was happy to see the kit had blueberry blue paper, but I wanted it to be ALL blue, so I misted it to cover the white.

Thank you for stopping by! Now that the new term in beginning, I look forward to scrapbooking more regularly again. I have backlogged projects, including a vacation album from 2011, that I want to finish.

To check out these delicious products and December's kits, please visit Scrapbook Circle. This is a terrific time to visit--there is an amazing sale on old kits and grab bags--and check out subscriptions while you are there!

It's NO-vember at Write Click Scrapbook

Hello! I am a part of the blogging week at Write Click Scrapbook. Our theme? NO-vember. For me, I decided to scrapbook with no embellishments, something I love. Here's the page:

I did some stitching, but only token stuff down. The stuff were numbers for my list journaling and date and a thin strip I worried would fall off. Other than that, I just used cardstock, 3 pieces of patterned paper (the orange and stripe were back to back), and Thickers.  Here's some details:

Thank you for checking out my page! Please check out Write Click Scrapbook this week for further inspiration this NOvember.