Scrapbooking Made Simple

I took this photo on Saturday as my kids were waiting for DS's friend to arrive for a sleepover. They were siting in the doorway keeping a lookout and my daughter got a pillow put it in my sons lap and put her head down. My son then sat there stroking her hair while they waited. It was such a lovely moment I of course had to snap and photo but now am having difficulty coming up with a title to go with it...... any suggestions would be gratefully accepted.

Here at last are the photos I promised you of my scrapbook space makeover. I've started decorating my scrapspace to make it brighter and more cheerful (less boring). I was given these drawers and thought they'd make a great place to store my chipboard letters. Now when I'm doing a tittle I simply get the letters from in front of me rather than digging through a large box. Plus it makes it more interesting for mixing and matching fonts. I've used the Kaiser Scrapbook beyond the page range and have also done a "Tabe Tidy" and "Magazine Holder" and then covered them in Kaiser paper. I chose these papers because they're perfectly co-ordinated and very bright and colourful. I wanted to go with a pink, orange and lime green colour scheme so thought this paper perfect for the job! I'm planning to do the ribbon storer, rubbish bin and 12 x 12 paper storer also. But will have to wait a little while as the paper storer is $50 in it's raw form....l...

Here's a layout I did of my sons's 5th birthday present. I used some dry embossing techniques here so if you've just watched my free video on this topic you'll know how I did it....lol Here I used the dry embossing technique and then chalked over the top to make it stand out. I got the embossing plate free with a magazine too so I especially love this techniqe for it's money saving aspects. By embossing my titles and tags I find that I am saving alot on overall supply purchases. I embossed the tags and then chalked them so they'd stand out a bit more and then used these to hold my journalling.

Here's a layout I did of my mum's friend Bess and her husband Merv. They were over here from Perth a month ago and I got a late call from my dad (11am that day) to say that they were here and did I want to see them? So because Bess had been such a good friend of my mum's and so special to her I really did want to see them! So all plans for that day were cancelled and around I went with my daughter. Unfortunately my son was at school so Bess didn't get to see him. But I'm glad I got this photo for my kids scrapbook as it helps them get an idea of who their Grandmother was!

Here's a layout I completed this morning. I had a bit of time between folding the washing. I'm also waiting for my battery to be recharged so I can take a photo of my completed scrapspace draws etc to show you. They turned out GREAT by the way! Also for those of you not on my mail list Part 2 of the video on Dry Embossing was uploaded yesterday. (Check You Tube)

It's Sunday night and the end of another great weekend with the family. I am lucky enough to live in a seaside suburb of Brisbane. And we take advantage of that fact whenever possible. Of course with all the rain of late there hasn't been much chance to enjoy the beach. For instance yesterday we had a picnic in our carport because it was raining and therefore not pleasant enough to go out somewhere. But today it was really lovely between overcast periods. So we went down the beach for a picnic. I also took the kids roller blades and they skated around a basket ball court that has been made on the foreshore. the kids had a ball but because they hadn't done alot of outdoor stuff lately I decided to go for a bike ride. As we only live two blocks from the sea I prefer to ride along the bike paths at the beach whenever we ride as the view is so nice. So off we set! (My bike had flat tyres so DH stayed home and I took his bike). DS rode his bi sleef!ke and DD sat on the seat on ...

This layout is one of my more boring offerings. BUT it's true to the real point of scrapbooking. Preserving memories. So I'm including it regardless. The title here was cut out using a cricut machine using a shadow font. The little envelope was from a gift tag and holds the journalling about this photo. This photo shows how DD couldn't put her feet into first position for the first year of her dancing and how she used to have to bend over and place her feet in the right position using her hands. I thought it was so cute! I've used a piece of patterned cardstock for the background and then embellished the photo to add interest. I love the little pair of ballerina shoes I found and stuck in the bottom left hand corner of the photo.