Hello Scrapbooking, my old friend

It's been a long time since I rummaged through my vast supply of scrapbooking supplies.

(Let's just say I have enough stash to open a small shop.)

Finished in the nick of time...

... because no one wants a new calendar once January has already started!

It's easy to think you have plenty of time in September, when you recklessly purchase a couple of blank calendars in Lidl.

"That will make a nice Christmas present for the grandparents," you say to yourself. "I can just stick a few photos in, and embellish them a bit."

Then you have to actually find twelve photos. Preferably not all of the same child. Preferably taken at appropriate times during the past year so you can have a summery photo on the June page, and a Christmassy photo in December.
And the kids are sick through most of December and not very photogenic as a result.

And then you have to print them out, and find suitable backing papers for each page.
And then it takes longer than you thought to glue them all in straight. (Or wonky as the mood takes you.)

And you haven't got the right embellishments in your vast box of things, so you decide simple, uncluttered pages would be nice.

But eventually, on 28th December, when the grandparents have all gone home after their Christmas visit, it is actually finished.

Just have to remember to take it to the Post Office tomorrow. And hope Royal Mail can get it there before February!

Mallorca holiday fun

I am out of practice for scrapbooking; this simple layout has taken me ages!

These are pictures of us having fun in the pool on holiday. I have mounted the photos onto white paper and rounded the corners.

The title and journalling are handwritten, and I have avoided lots of fussy embellishments as I think the page is already pretty crowded.

Incidentally this...

...is the mess I have made on the dining table. My inability to work neatly is a major deterrent for this pastime!

Swinging

Haven't scrapbooked anything for a while, but here is a page featuring Anthony on the swing at Granny and Grandpa's.

Pretty plain and simple; I think I might have to add some more stuff if I can decide what it actually needs!

Looking Smart - another scrapbook page

 

This is a photo from last July when Mark was an usher and James and Anthony were pageboys at the wedding of two friends. They usually wear t shirts and baggy trousers so it was nice to see them in suits for a change.

James quite liked being dressed up but Anthony changed into his shorts before the reception had even started.

It's quite a simple layout for a change; I tried to hold back on lots of embellishments.

The lettering is stamped and the journalling is handwritten.

Cakes and Scrapbooking - two of my favourite things!

 

I thought I'd try something different in my scrapbook, so here is a page featuring a few photos of my many cakes! If fact if you've looked at my blog before you'll probably recognise most of the photos.

The layout is pretty simple, some squares of paper with a stamped title.

The cupcakes are also stamped, then embellished with shiny glue, glitter and sequins.

Snowy scrapbook page

I had this fab pink snowflake paper in a Christmas pack and forgot to use it on my Christmas cards (which is a frequent problem when you have a huge paper stash like mine!)

The pictures are Poppy having her first experience of snow and looking cute in her knitted hat. I've used quite a few ribbon scraps to decorate; I seem to be loving ribbon at the moment! I also used some brads and eyelets. I hate eyelets; far too fiddly.

Scrapbook page - three fidgetty children

I've made this scrapbook page because I accidentally printed out a load of reject photos!
I was trying to get a pic of all three children to print onto canvas for a Christmas present for the grandparents - the bottom picture was the one which made it.
Because there are so many photos on this layout I decided not to add a title, and kept the embellishment simple with a few bits of ribbon and some brads.

Paddling

I love this photo of the boys paddling at Tenby last Summer. I've been meaning to scrapbook it since August.

It hasn't turned out anything like I'd planned in my head, but I'm pretty happy with it.

This is a page I did a couple of months ago, of Anthony collecting shells on the same beach.