We got hit with a yucky sick bug at our house this week - the older girls missed a couple of days of school and we haven't done much this week. For some reason (named Valerie) I got the urge to go through some old pictures so I pulled the box out of my closet and started my trip down memory lane. For my friends on Facebook, sorry if you're sick of all the old pics I've been posting ;-) Anyway, it also got me in the mood to start scrapping again - like hands on scrapping, not just digital. Since moving here I have hardly printed any new pictures, which is a good thing, I guess, since I do have a lot already printed! In R-ton I lived a block away from Walgreens so I would go online, order the pictures I wanted to scrap, pick them up in less than an hour, and do a page or two. Here we don't have good local photo printing options - I have to take a memory card or jump drive to the hardware store, sort through and order my pics on a dinky little kiosk, which is just no fun, especially with kids. Plus I've never been pleased with the prints, the colors always seem off, and it takes forever for just a couple of prints. Now I know I could always order them online and have them shipped but I am just never that prepared in advance to know which pictures and what sizes I want to order a large quantity of pics to make it worth the shipping cost. Thankfully Studio J has kept me scrapping recent pictures, so I can't complain! If I want to get some hands on scrappin' done I will turn to my box of already printed pages - it's a good way to accomplish that goal anyway!
Anyway, didn't mean to ramble - what I really came here for today is to share some pages that I finished up yesterday. I used some Fancy Kewl papers from Fancy Pants Designs that I've had in my stash for a few years now. I picked this paper because of the teal color (which matches my dress) and notebook lined papers (which goes along with my school theme). I only had one page of the teal pattern I wanted to use, and only a few inches left of the lined paper, so I had to stretch it as much as I could. I will show you how I did below. I used a sketch from the PageMaps 2 book.
You can see that I used the patterned paper along the top of both pages. Then I got the idea to use my Cricut and the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge to add some leaf shapes to the bottom white space and tie in the pattern above. Then I got the idea to use my spray pen (mixed with water, re-inker, and pearl paint) to mask some designs with the shapes that I had just cut out. I am really pleased with how it turned out.
I used the Field Trip Alphabet and Classmate Alphabet stamps for my title. I used the CTMH ink colors Ocean (retired), and Tulip as they matched well. I think Lagoon would have worked as well, but Ocean was the first color that came to my mind.
But wait, that's not all - I also wanted to fit more pictures without adding more pages, so I used the handy Flip Flaps (I used one 4x12 and one 8x12) and now the entire right page opens up to reveal more. Here you can see how I stretched the last 4x12 piece of teal flowered paper - the top piece is actually the back of the pattern from the front page - I was going to cover it or fill it up with something but decided to leave it as is.
Here is how it looks in the page protectors/Flip Flaps all put together (except the top flap is closed in this picture).
This scrapbook is the very first scrapbook I ever received - my grandparents gave it to me years ago and ultimately (along with some help from my aunt) got me started in scrapbooking. This one is full of just my childhood pages and is about 4 inches thick, but I think it's time to divide it up!
Thanks for looking and joining me on my flashback!
