Scrapping again

I am working on a lot of pictures that have been sitting around for awhile. These are some of my favorite pictures. This is Gillian helping me make pizza dough. She is a riot. She put on her Disney Princess apron, rolled up her sleeves and informed me that, "ingredients are very important, Aunt Jana."

This is some scrap paper that I have been holding onto. Not sure I am convinced I like the way it wound up, but I can live with it. The sketch came from Sketchy Thursdays. Thanks to them for the fabulous inspiration.

Final San Francisco Layout

I needed a layout that focused more on journaling. There was so much to say about our San Francisco trip and I had to get it all down. Unfortunately, I cannot bear to scrap a page without a picture, so I had to put together a layout giving me enough space for journaling and still have a picture that represents the foggy city. That layout is scraplifted from an old Creating Keepsakes magazine. And I got to use up a lot of my old scraps and old kit pieces. Yeah!

Cannot get enough of San Francisco

I am almost done playing with my San Francisco pages. It was such fun, that I think I am trying to hold onto as much of the vacation as I can. One more page with lots of pics and then one last page with lots of journaling. And then... maybe I will be done.

This page could not be completed without the inspiration of Apron Strings blog and their sketch ideas. Thankfully, they have seen me through my San Francisco scrapping.

Most of you know that I am a paper lover! When new paper lines come out, I race to the store to see them. I try to check out as many sneak peeks as possible. Paper is one of the many things that I heart. HOWEVER, I am a hoarder. I cannot bear to let some paper go. As in, "it is too pretty to use." "I cannot find the right picture, occasion, stamp, etc. to go with it." "I can't just cut it up and use it on any old thing."

So, on these pages, I finally broke down and used my last sheet of Basic Grey Nook & Pantry and my only sheet of Lullaby Lane's Puppydogs and Pigtails. The flip sides of both are fabulous too, which led to a lot of dilemmas. And I am glad that I had paper worthy of such a wonderful city.

Now, if I can just find the perfect project to use up the leftover scraps. It may be another few years for that! Here is hoping.

Another page down...

Working through my San Francisco pictures and getting them scrapped. Thanks again to Apron Strings for the beautiful Cosmo Cricket Togetherness paper. Also, another good way to demonstrate multiple uses for Christmas paper. I used a strip of Bella Road's Everybody Loves Christmas line. The Target dollar spot provided lovely flowers and Chinatown provided the pictures. Could not get enough of little flowers and birds. Yeah!

It feels unfinished, but I think I just need to leave it alone. Lot's of times when I want to add, I usually ruin. Sometimes, you just have to walk away!!

One page down...

Sketchy Thursdays does it again. Thanks to their inspiration, I am able to complete another page. This one highlights the relationship between my grandmother and my niece. Gillian holds Nana in the palm of her hand. Of course, Nana has Gillian's number too. I cannot get over how much fun it is to see Gilly with her great-grandmother.

Of course, this layout would not be complete with the help of my January Smaller than a Breadbox Apron Strings kit. Love Apron Strings! This kit was about Crate Paper's Snow Day collection. Thank goodness for double-sided paper! Makes the crafting a whole lot easier.

Another good day at the crafting table!

Scrapbook Challenge 4

Alright, we are plowing through challenge 4. Four is a fun challenge with chipboard. Making your own chipboard accents. I had fun making a few, but the one that was most playful was the star of David I made to add to a Hanukkah page.

Step one, cut out the image. Step two, paint it a fun color. Step three, outline with stickles (starry night). Lastly, run over the paint with a fabulous glitter pen to brighten it up. Another option would have been to spray angel mist over the chipboard (after paint, before stickles).

Enjoy the page. Here are a few pictures close up of the accent and a great picture of Aaron.

Scrapbook Challenge 3

Just working our way through a whole bunch of fun ideas. This challenge called for a fun ribbon border. I love ribbon. I save ribbon from just about everything. And my favorite thing to do with ribbon is staple it to a page. The only thing nearly as fun as ribbon is some lace! So this little page about Katie has both.

Once again, I am borrowing one of Becca's cute kids to scrapbook. This is a page about the first time I met Katie. Katie would sleep for around three hours at a time. She slept best after she had been fed, burped, changed and held. Unfortunately, the colors in this layout are not showing up so well in my pictures, but trust me when I say, they are pink and cute.

Scrapbook Challenge 2

Next on the scrap agenda, is focusing on one photo. The recommendation is to make it black and white and emphasize that with colorful papers. I had this great photo of my father in law and my niece walking in color. I wanted to emphasize this photo with the colors, because it looks so much fun to see Dina's pink crocs! So here is me focused on one great photo about one great walk.

The papers, embellishments and letters all come from a fun page kit by colorbok I picked up at a garage sale. You would think I have enough in my own stash... but passing up fun paper is too challenging for me.

Scrapbook Challenge 1

To bring on the creativity, I have started using Creating Keepsakes 52 Scrapbooking Challenges by Elsie Flannigan. Creative challenge one was a focus on journaling, mainly through strips. So, I pulled out my fun Braden pictures and had a blast. Thanks to Elsie for the creative spark and thanks to Becca for having such a cute little boy.