A page with pictures from my Class

As promised, here is a close up of one of the pages we did at the Summer Days Scrapbook class I held last week. I added pictures to the page and
will add the journaling before I put the page in my album. I find it funny that I rarely put pictures of myself in the family album. I almost passed on this picture too, especially because I am making such a funny face, but I decided to add it since it helps show just how silly I get when trying to make the baby smile. These were two pictures from Nicholas's first visit to the pool, his first time actually getting in the pool I should say since he spent many days in his stroller while the older boys swam. I was getting him ready to swim and Tim took these shots. I love that close up of him. This is one of my favorite layouts to scrap with. It is a 12x12 background layered with an 8 1/2 x11 piece of paper, then coordinating strips along the bottom. The title goes in one corner and embellishments where needed to balance the page. Next time I use this layout, I'll reference this page and you can see how the two pages compare.
I'm back in the groove, so keep checking back!

Hugs,

No stamping for me, here's a Scrapbook page for you!

We survived day 1 of the garage sale. I was expecting a bigger turnout, but I'm sure the weather had something to do with it. It was cool and rainy, so I'm sure it kept people away. We did unload some stuff, especially the bigger baby items which were taking up soooo much space. If we do at least the same tomorrow then this whole process will have been worth it.
Needless to say, there has been no stamping for me all week. I did get to finally add the buttons to this page today, but that is about all the creative juice I could muster. I've had this page almost completed for two weeks now, but I just got my neutral pack of buttons in an order last week. I cased this page/layout from May Stampin' Success magazine so it was a super quick one for me. The changes I made were subtle, and unless you really study the picture in the magazine you could never tell. The base is 12x12 textured choc. chip cs, layered with a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 bravo burgundy, then topped off with strips of sky and Kraft cs. The olive strip is a piece of Old Olive twill ribbon attached with two pewter brads. I tied two pieces of double stitched sky ribbon (the stitching is pulled out). I added the photo corner punches to the corners, and the buttons to the center to help add interest. The title is done with chipboard (now on sale this month!). Have a good one!

Hugs.

Can't show favoritism!

I guess it is only fair that I share a page with my other two boys. This is one I did a while back, some of you have probably seen it in my SCS gallery. It was a simple page that went together quickly. You'll see, I'm all about speed scrapping. I love the creative process, but I don't fuss over the little things. My time is limited and I have lots of pictures to turn into pages.

I love SU's textured cs (yes, I love all things from Stampin' Up!, well all the products I order anyway). I just recently discovered Going Grey and love how it looks with Basic Grey (one of my favoirte go-to neutrals since it came out in July). I didn't use the darker Basic Grey on this page, but I did pair Going Grey with some of the Western Sky designer paper.

Doing this page reminded my just why I love to scrap. I got to tell the story of how big brother, Joshua, was helping Ryan learn to write his name. It was one of those melt-your-heart moments. These photos weren't staged. I was lucky enough to have to camera close by when they decided to practice writing all on their own.

CS:Going grey textured, Western Sky ds paper

Ink:Basic Grey and Ruby Red

Stamps: Jumbo outline alpha, ABC alpha lower

Acces: My Way Punch, Basic Black journaler