Photo Albums Revisited

Hello, Natalie here. I have a fun idea that gets an event scrapped without all the time and expense... with just as much fun. This is great for those of us that want to accomplish more than we should expect to... I might just be doing this more and more since I find it so enjoyable.


Ever given a photo album by someone who knows you love photography and scrapbooking? I have. I used to get disappointed; thinking, what a shame I won't be using this... but now I see it as a fun project with just enough challenge to excite. Sure opening them you just see 4x6 slots looking very uninspiring, but since so many people print 4x6 photos, and it's easy to have them done quickly, this is a no-brainer for many people, but it felt like a light bulb moment for me :)

I started by deciding what was going into my photo album, and made me a mini title page. This took like 10 minutes! That's a die cut fish I had left over from a fishing page I did at a crop. (not my die)

Then I stuck in some photos, and cut some paper to fit.

I had a few photos I'd printed at home, and one 4x6, stuck in a piece of BG to journal on later, and moved right along.

While a passenger in the car, I wrote up some details about fishing on some 3x5 cards and scrap paper, these I will type up later and print them. If I hadn't been in a moving car I could have just written it to use. When I print it up, I will either matt it on scrapbook paper, or print it to cut out at 4x6.

It's crazy how fast an album builds when you're slotting photos into place, and leaving slots to tell the story. I have 2 events I'm still trying to finish large scrapbooks for... now I'm wishing I'd started them this way... I'd be done by now.

The big plus for me doing it this way -I'm not compelled to find ways to embellish each page.

~That's so liberating!

Maybe try this the next time you want to scrap an event and feel you have no time for it :)

Calendar Gift Bag

Jen here! I just wanted to share this bag that I made for my girlfriend's birthday. I just loved being able to personalize it with her birthdate...that was the first thing she noticed when I gave it to her! LOL!!!! I filled it up with some small cardmaking supplies. The bag was made with my cricut and I got the calendar stamp from The Cutting Cafe.

Just Frame It!

Have you ever used a frame on your cards and layouts? If you haven't I strongly suggest you do. It adds such texture and interest to your photos! Shellie issued this challenge to our guest designers. The challenge was to use a frame on a project. Here are some projects our guest designers have done using frames that I'm sure will inspire you!

Megan Peacock

Sara Repinski

Robyn Weatherspoon

Natalie GowardHave a wonderful week!

Quick Valentine Gift Idea

Just sharing a quick and easy last-minute Valentine's Day gift idea! Create a candle wrap with cardstock and patterned papers... Embellish with stickers, flowers, brads, rub-ons (whatever your little heart desires) and voila...quick and cute gift for your loved ones!

Check out the BoBunny Blog for more ideas!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hugs,

Dee

A little something

Morning everyone!!

Here's a little paper bag I created and used a stamped saying for the embellishment on the front.  It could be filled with a little gift or some baked goodies.

So easy & so fun to make!!  A great little valentine's project too.

Have a great day!!!

Cari

Another stamped card

Hi y'all!
Teri here.
Here's my take on the challenge to make something with a stamp or two.
The images are from HappyLittleStamps.etsy.com. The papers are from Making Memories and Crate Paper.
Have a great day!

Stamping Two Ways

Jen here...I love this new face stamp I bought recently. I keep trying to find more ways to use it. So here's two uses I've come up with... on an ATC for my background and over patterned paper for this card.