We Will Always Have Paris

Layout: 21 Months

 

I stumbled upon these pics the other day and wanted to scrapbook them.  I didn't really have a story to tell... the pics were snapped in my backyard while my hubby was mowing the yard and the girls were poking things with sticks.

As I've mentioned before, I keep 4" x 6" index cards for each girl on a monthly basis.  I jot down milestones and "likes" and "dislikes" and anything I want to remember.  I was able to flip back to November 2010 and find Baby A's card.  It allowed me to add journaling:

 
I didn't want the journaling to detract from the pictures, so I used a CTMH 4" x 6" flip flap to conceal everything.  All of the journaling was hidden under the third picture on the second page of my layout.  It is easy to flip and read the words inside (with a tab to make it obvious).  Want to order some flip flaps for yourself?  Just drop me an e-mail at korie@wewillalwayshaveparis.com!

The details:  Stampin' Up! (paper & Sizzix die), Sizzix (die), McGill (file tab punch), Close To My Heart (Typeset alphabet stamp set) & CTMH (ink).

Finish It Friday: Disney 2007 Album - Day Two

We are taking the kids to Disney World next month and I thought it was high time I started working on the scrapbook from our last trip to WDW.  Scrapping our last vacation is just adding to our excitement about this year's vacation.

 
One more Disney layout done... now I only have about 40 more to do!

Supplies used:  Basic Grey "Pyrus" (patterned paper), Making Memories "Acorn" & "Monarch" (paint), EK Success "Mickey" (punch), Stampin' Up! "Linen" (stamp on #2), Palette ink (on #2), unknown chipboard & brads

Layout: ?

 
Anyone who has had a child knows about the steady stream of questions that starts flowing around the age of three.  Baby G. never stops.  I thought it deserved a layout.  Besides, that top picture was so perfect, it needed to be scrapped!

Details:  Basic Grey "Curio" (patterned paper), Grasshopper font, Creamy Brown and Chestnut Roan (Clearsnap chalk inks), Basic Grey (chipboard), MPIX (photo processing)

Layout: 17 Months

I love when I have large groupings of photos of the same moment.  These are just shots from a random morning last July.  None of the photos is particularly extraordinary.  But, when you put them together, it really shows off Baby A's personality.

I opened my photo storage album the other day and these were the first photos I stumbled upon.  When I order from MPIX, I have them put the month and year on the back, so I was able to quickly determine when the photos were taken. 

Every month (sometime around the 15th), my Toodledo task list sends me an e-mail reminder to update our family cards.  I keep an index card for each child and one for "us" as a family each month.  I make lists of the kids' favorite TV shows, foods, and hobbies.  I capture what is going on in their lives and our life each and every month.  It makes it incredibly easy to go back and add journaling to random photos (such as the photos above) later.

I store these photos behind my "All About Baby G.", "All About Baby A" and "All About Us" tabs in my Library of Memories Category Drawers.  To make this layout, I just pulled Baby A's card from last July and I had my journaling!  When I was done, I added "all scrapbooked" in red and put it back behind her tab.

I use photo collages quite a bit to get a ton of pics on one page.  This is my favorite style:

With the 1/4" border around all the sides, I have a block that is 10.5" high and 10.5" wide.  I can then mount it smack dab in the middle of a sheet of patterned paper & I'm done!

Here are the specs:  Basic Grey (Urban Prarie patterned paper), EK Success (the large scallop punched pink & white borders), Papertrey Ink (button dies and coaster chipboard), McGill (file tab punch), Marvy (scalloped circle punch), Sizzix (chipboard circle), Maya Road (chipbard numbers), American Crafts (rub-ons), Judi-Kins (Diamond Glaze on die cut buttons), Offray (ribbon), Zutter (corner rounder) and CK Journaling (font).

Layout: My Studio

Last September I included Close To My Heart's Flip Flaps in one of my "Two for Tuesday" listings.  I finally had a chance to use them last month on this layout:

I used the 6" x 12" flip flaps to create two additional pages on the left side:

 
  
I love the flip flaps because I was able to add an additional 12 photos to the layout without having to do additional layouts.  If you want to get some of your own, just drop me a note at korie@wewillalwayshaveparis.com and I can get them for you!  The flip flaps come in additional sizes as well -- 4x12, 8x12 and 4x6.  I plan to incorporate them in some of the layouts where I just have too many pictures!

My studio is the only place in my house that is mine.  All mine.  I occassionally allow Baby G. to work on a project down there, but for the most part, entry to my little bit of heaven is by invitation only.  I'm working on a "Studio Spring Cleaning" project that I'll post as an upcoming series (for those of you looking to get organized) starting later this month. 

Here are the specs:  Fancy Pants and My Minds Eye (patterned paper), Bazzil (cardstock), Wishblade (custom cut title), Basic Grey (chipboard "my"), Tim Holtz Alterations Dies (birdcage and bird die cuts), Stampin' Up! for Sizzix (aqua borders die cuts), Making Memories (paint), Creative Memories (circle cutter) and, of course, Close To My Heart (flip flaps).

I tried to use the colors of my studio (red/pink/aqua) as much as I could in the layout.  The used my sewing machine to zig zag stitch the papers together, but used a white pen to hand draw stitch lines on the title.  Now that I look at it, I kinda threw everything in my studio at this layout -- buttons, paint, ribbon, various lines of papers.  Hey, at least I can justify having all of that stuff, right?

 

Layout: Fearless

 
I've had these bright & sunny My Minds Eye papers for a while, so I was happy to find pictures that went with them!

The specs:  My Minds Eye (patterned paper), Martha Stewart (border punch), Basic Grey (chipboard alphabet), Making Memories (paint), McGill (3" File Tab Punch).

Layout: Gold Rush

 
My husband's "Stinky Pete's Gold Panning Table" was a huge hit at last year's Fourth of July party.  The kids enjoyed the hobby horse races, sack races and steer ropin', but they kept going back to the gold panning table.  Water... sand... rocks painted to look like gold.  What's not to love?  It cracks me up to see all of these kids swarmed around the table and my friend C's dad at the end, panning for gold.

The specs:  Creative Imaginations (patterned paper), Bazzill (cardstock), Glimmer Mist (spray on the title), Old West Cricut Cartridge (title), Stampin' Up (punch for date).

Layout: A Day At The Lake

 
The details:  Basic Grey "Pyrus" (patterned paper), Basic Grey chipboard monograms (title), Jo-Ann Essentials (photo turns), and McGill File Tab Punch.

I love the "Pyrus" line by Basic Grey.  It is my go-to for all outdoorsy pics.  The title was made by using Ranger Glossy Accents to glue a 6" x 9" photo of the lake to the front of the Basic Grey chipboard monograms.  I then used an X-Acto knife to trim the letters and Ranger Distress Ink to warm up the edges.  Easy peasy.

Layouts: Carnival & Birthday Girl

I finally got around to printing my pictures from last July.  My MPIX order was for over 350 photos.  That's after I took the time to weed out the yucky ones (blurred, boring, duplicates)!  I brought the pics with me to my crop this past weekend and was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of pictures from my daughter's birthday party.  I could fill an entire scrapbook with that one day!

The above layout features the following:  My Minds Eye (background papers), Bazzill & DCWV (cardstock), Martha Stewart (border punch), Cricut "Storybook" (title), and Papertrey Ink (pennant banner dies).  I hand-stitched the pennant banner together -- not recommended unless you like whipping out one layout in 6 hours.... The banner dies were one of my "Two For Tuesday" picks from a couple of weeks ago.  My friend Louise bought them and I was thrilled to have a chance to play with them.  Thanks Louise!

 

The above layout features the following: Basic Grey (patterned paper strip), My Minds Eye, (patterned paper), Queen & Co. (brads), Martha Stewart (border punch), Bazzil (cardstock), and Cricut "Storybook" (title and "5").

Now, just 340 photos left to scrap!

Layout: Sisterly Love

I recently scrapped these pictures I shot right after Baby A. was born.  It's hard to believe she was once so small.   I'm thrilled that her big sister still loves on her as much today as she did back then.

Too sweet!