Kiss and Tell Scrapbooking

4 Layouts / One Night: How Message Boards Can Help You To Get More Scrapbooking Done!

Last night I made 4 layouts.  Whoo Hoo!  I wasn't even going to scrapbook at all until I saw this "General Scrappin" post at Two Peas.  My Friday night post that lead me to make 7 layouts had inspired someone!  How thrilling!  So I couldn't wait to play along. 

 

NOTE ABOUT THE VIDEO:  That's a flash video which sadly does not play on iphones, but you can also get there by going to ustream and searching "scrapbooking" and my channel is "Kiss and Tell Scrapbooking" there. Ustream is a bit tweaky and there are commercials but it lets me talk for 80 minutes - something I can't do on youtube.

I did usteam for most of the process which is fun, but also slows me down a lot! 

Here are the layouts:

#1 Mischief Allowed:

Here's a detail shot (somehow I didn't get the twinkling of the jems despite being in natural sunlight - you'll just have to trust me that they are sparkly and fun):

And then I made another ustream video and started three more layouts that used scraps for the backgrounds:

 

Layout #2: Never-Ending Yum:  All about unlimited ice cream on cruise ships:

I even went glitter crazy on a chipboard cherry embellishment:

#3: You 2 in 2013:  I made this one with lots of pink scraps and some Primrose Shine Spray from Heidi Swapp:

Here's a detail off my mostly handcut hearts - inspired by a Corrie Jones layout - she did washi strips with white hearts over top:

#4: Making Waffless (remember donkey from the Shrek movies?). 

I made the background paper with scraps of patterned paper strips and I laid them on the already diagonally striped design:

 

Scrapbooking the Cruise: Selfie

Journaling:  "Oh I know this little trick is trendy and overused but I've been doing the selfie since the 1980s - these are from Spring Break 2013."

All this stamping was inspired by Glitter Girl's Stamping episode.  And yes I did that title with crayon - it was getting late and the crayon mixed in with my stamps so I figured it would be quicker than stamping a title and it would be a bit unexpected and imperfect just like stamping and selfies.

Supplies:  Heidi Swapp stamps, Stampin Up inks, Crayola Crayon!, sharpie and cardstock.

 

Scrapbooking the Cruise: Ropes Course

Journaling:  "We picked the Carnival Breeze Cruise Ship partly because it had the only ropes course on a cruise ship and it was truly thrilling - we all did it:  Charlie once; Allison and I twice; and Mac did it three times!  He totally mastered it!  Way To Go Mac!  Spring Break Cruise 3/2013."

Scrapbooking the Cruise: Jamaican Bob-Sledding

We all loved the movie about the 1988 Jamaican BobSledding Team and my son loved actually bobsledding in Jamaica - I held on tight while he drove!

 

Scrapbooking Boys: Trains & My Son's "Toy Story Scrapbook"

When my son was one, my husband bought him a Thomas The Tank Engine video and a long obsession with all things trains began.

Fast forward to last fall, at ten, my son still wanted to get his photo taken with a train. 

But a few months ago in Durango, Colorado, we had the chance to see a real Steam Railroad and ride the train and he passed it up to ski.

 

Using Ephemera On Scrapbook Pages: Ski School / Lift Ticket

Long before modern scrapbooking, I was saving lift tickets and putting them into my magnetic page scrapbook albums.  I used the color scheme on this lift ticket for the title tag and the Journaling block.

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Glitter Girl Inspired: The Ups and Downs of Geek Fest

Here's another layout inspired by Shimelle Laine's Glitter Girl!  I have come to love Wendesdays because of her videos.

I used the Snap Life products on this one - all from a 6x6 scrapbook paper pack.

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Vacation Scrapbooking: Barbie's Dream Condo

My daughter brought her Barbie along with us on our ski vacation.  Of course, Barbie brought her luggage, skis and a few of her children and all sorts of outfits.  Allison assured me that Barbie approved of our sweet condo.  I have an album that started out as "The Adventures of Baby Buttons" all about my daughter's favorite doll and I'm thinking that the second half of that album will be "The Adventures of Barbie"; this layout will probably go into that album.

P.S. The yellow ski bib is actually one of my Barbie's outfits from when I was a kid in the 1970s.

Supplies:  Pebbles, Dear Lizzy, American Crafts, Bella Blvd., K&Company.

Road Trip: Durango to Mesa Verde

"January 2013:  Extreme Mountain RoadTrip:  Durango to Mesa Verde:  Google Maps said it was 56 miles or 1 and 1/2 hours.  It didn't mention that most of the drive was on beautiful but dangerous mountain roads with huge drop offs and few guardrails.  Fortunately, the weather was clear and we were the only ones on the road so I stopped to take lots of pictures."

P.S. At first I stopped on the side of the road to take the pictures but there were many parts of this drive where there was no place to pull over, so I just stopped in the road - we were really just about the only ones up there in those mountains.

P.S. This photo reminds me I need to either darken up the bottom part of my hair or lighten up the top - I'm pretty sure 42 is too old to just grow out my roots and try to pull off the ombre look ;)

One More P.S. Chevrons were pretty perfect for this layout.

The Airplane Trick / Happy Skies: Simple Scrapbook Layout (4 photos)

Oh she is growing up so fast - this was just a year or so ago. 

December Daily Drop Out

Its true, this year I did about 6 or 7 days of the December Daily Album Project and then I didn't finish - usually I make it at least half way through and last year I kept up with it for the entire year, but somehow, this past Christmas, I just didn't have the motivation to scrapbook the Chirstmas season during Christmas.  I have just gotten a big stack of Christmas photos back from Shutterfly and I'm feeling like scrapbooking them now - so here's a simple page highlighting the tastes of Christmas - I got the idea for those Santa Hat Strawberries on Pinterest.

Christmas Cinnamon Ornament Dough - A Simple Scrapbook Page (4 Photos)

I've been having fun making Chirstmas pages after Christmas - something I rarely do!  I'm also having fun trying to get lots of photos onto simple scrapbook pages that go together quickly - done!

Scrapbook Improv and Using What You Have Available

Have you been watching all the CHA 2013 Winter Releases like I have?  I've been surfing Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and Two Peas to catch glimses of what's coming out and trendy in the scrapbooking world.  

One of my favorite things to do around CHA is to use what I have to simulate the look of the yet to be released new and trendy CHA Scrapbook Products.  For example, Amy Tan's "Yes, Please" by American Crafts has a stencil template for letters - I have a very old school letter template and I gave it a try.  Normally I wouldn't make a title with embroidery floss, but because it was new and trendy and I don't actually have the latest and greatest yet, it is then fun for me to improvise and use what I have to create the new and trendy look.  Super duper fun.

E-How Mom's Article "Practices of Science Improvisation in School" can easily be adapted to the wonderful world of scrapbooking; just substitute the word "science" for "scrapbooking", check it out:

"Improvisation is the act of creating something or using something in the absence of the ideal tool. [Scrapbooking] teachers often try to teach [scrapbookers] about [scrapbooking] principles through the use of [challenges and sketches], though they do not always have access to the resources needed to optimally perform [scrapbook layouts]. Innovative [scrapbook] teachers can use cheaper products to simulate [trendy new CHA scrapbooking supplies]. [Scrapbooking] teachers can also help [scrapbookers] learn improvisation as an important life skill. [Scrapbooking] teachers can work with [scrapbookers] to come up with ways to improvise, forcing [scrapbookers] to think critically about [scrapbooking design] concepts underlying the devices."

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One of my favorite Scrapbooking Teachers of late is Shimelle Laine, otherwise known as Glitter Girl, and this week, her challenge included using colors that did not necessarily come from the photos and she used the actual hot off the presses Amy Tan letter stencil thing.  Her video was the inspiration for my page and I used a similar color scheme and did the stencil thing the improv way.  (Yay!)

I also created a vellum envelope for the airplane tickets (vellum is also trendy again - my vellum is from 10 years ago - see I knew I was saving it for a really good reason!).  I used photo corners to look like the new and trendy arrows.  I also used colors that seem to be trendy this year.   So this scrapbook improviser feels completely satisfied using old supplies to look new and fresh.

P.S.  Some of my supplies aren't actually all that old - I went to Whim So Doodle's Garage Sale a few weeks ago and scored $15.00 worth of 2011 and 2012 papers and sticker sheets (lots from Bella Blvd.) for $.10 a page - which means I got about 25 pounds of paper.  I also bought a scrapbook tote for $2.00 to hold all that old but new to me papers and sticker sheets.  So that was only $17 bucks; I should seriously do a scrapbook haul video -- I got a major amount of really cute papers and supplies!

Techniques, Tricks and Trends Tuesdays #2: Arrows & Tone on Tone

I noticed lots of arrows: "bow and arrow" type arrows and directional or sign type arrows in the CHA Winter 2013 releases.  I can't help but think that Katniss and the Hunger Games had something to do with that trend (for my Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge Series click here for Hunger Games Scrapbook Challenge). I created an arrow using negative space with a scrap of paper that I had that looked a bit like an arrow - then I just added a few bits to complete the negative space look.

The Story:  This page is about how my daughter and I cleaned her room (a deep dive clean) over this past weekend and while she didn't get rid of her favorite doll (Baby Buttons), she did get rid of BB's high chair and stroller.  My girl is growing up so fast!

Journaling:  "Allison, you are nine now and it seems like you'll be a tween very soon, I love to see you grow.  These photos were just 2 years ago and yesterday you passed your stroller on to a little friend."

I also did a bit of tone on tone with the punch on the navy paper over the navy background - I think that tone on tone things is going to be getting a lot of scrapbook play in 2013.

December Daily Day #1

This year I am using a 6x6 American Crafts 2 ringed binder.  In the past I've used a slightly larger American Crafts Album.  These albums fit into a triangular bookshelf in our home so I was about out of vertical space for the larger size so this smaller size will fit perfectly and match the other six December Daily Albums I have.  Oh yeah, that's a big whoo hoo! - I love it when things fit without a whole lot of planning.

I love the 6x6 page since I can just grab a 6x6 sheet and take it into the living room while I watch my new favorite show American Pickers and jot down my notes, this took me less than 5 minutes and I recorded a whole lot of things that happened yesterday including:

4. Allison (my 9 year old daughter) gave me a haircut.  (took off 2 inches or more!)

8. Grandfather turned 92! (complete with party over at Grammy's House)

11. Cousin Sally & Teresa rented a home in St. Pete (they arrive from Georgia on January 3!)

15. Trimmed the tree. (and finished decking the halls & putting up exterior lights)

18. Watched A Christmas Story with the kids on the big screen. (our version of movie night).

I used my point and shoot Canon to get these tree trimming photos and printed them at home on my HP Photosmart C4795.

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