{Inter}national Scrapbooking Day @ scrapbook.com

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The challenges for the day were structured quite differently this year.  Instead of separate challenges you had the opportunity to check out all the free classes that they have on offer.  There were loads to choose from and lots to learn.  Several were organisation based (time for a posted update on my space I think).  These layouts were from a couple of the other classes.  While in the past they have selected winners at random, this year they were selected based on how well they represented what had been learnt in the class.

With so many opportunities to enter for prizes the one below was the one that won. It was nice to do something a little more girly for a change.  So I get $75 voucher to spend.  Yay!

And this was my favourite.  Seems watercolour effects are the thing at the moment.  Each site I played along with had a challenge.

There is something for everyone.  From mini albums to cards.  There were lots of great ideas and new techniques to try.

  

{Inter}national scrapbooking day is so much fun.  Definitely making sure I check it in on the calendar for next year.  Maybe I can get some others to join me for the fun.

 

Baby cards

Whenever I have been away from scrapping for a while, making a card seems to get me back into the swing of things.  With a couple of friends having babies it was the perfect chance to get creative.  These bits and pieces haven't been out in a while so it was fun seeing what I could come up with.  I started with the girls card and once I had the design, adapted the colours and images for a boy.

Colours:  brocade blue, pumpkin pie, white

Stamps: baby (kaiser), storytime alpha (CDS), parateddy (elzybells)

Finishing touches:  striped ribbon (SU), wood veneers, letter sticker, stitching, paper (unknown)

Colours: lovely lilac, certainly celery, pink pirouette, regal rose

Stamps:  baby (kaiser),peek-a-boo (elzybells), wood veneers, letter stickers, stitching, paper (unknown), striped ribbon (SU)

Cards, cards, cards

So thankful that I have a great stash of cards tucked away.  Especially at this time of year when most of our birthdays are it is great to have them "good to go"  So I had a chance to stock up on cards for later in the year.   A bit of this and that.  Am certainly a bit rusty it seems.  My favourites were the notes cards.

With so many I haven't included my usual list of bits and pieces that I have used.  So if there are any that you want to know leave a comment and I can let you know.

Cards for Him

So I headed away for the weekend to our church girl's getaway weekend.  So good for the soul.  We had some time to choose something that we wanted to do and so I headed to the craft spot for some creative time.  I started out with some cards for boys as I need to add to my collection.  A little bit here and something else there and they came together.

It was all the more easy with this handy tote where I keep a few bits and pieces, including papers in colour lots.  It keeps all the little bits together and is so easy to throw into my cart when I am creating away from my space.  It also gives a challenge to use what I have.

Tell your Story - Prompts

I have subscribed to Ali Edwards Story Stamps.  Each month a new stamp set arrives and in the classroom you get loads of great ideas and see what others are creating.

One of the stamps in Ali Edwards stamp set was Currently.  I wanted to do a page of each of my boys.  She had used a similar design using an enlarged picture of her daughter.  So great to capture where they are right now.

Loving choosing pictures and using them to tell a different story than just what was happening in the photo.

Go to layouts

Whenever I go to retreats and crops I always come back with something new.  Lately I have been using mists on my pages and getting to know different ways to use them.  So I purchased some more and couldn't wait to have a go.  My other latest purchase has been the button trend.  I had bought a few in my last online purchase and there was a lady at camp that had one of the new machines that makes them so I got to make some of my own.  This was the perfect match up for these pages.  My go to when I want something quick and easy in a layout is working in a grid.  As I have the same story for both my boys it made sense to push repeat.

Will definitely be having more of a play with these products.