Scrapbooking: Special Everyday Moments (part 1 of 2)

Happy Friday everyone!!

I’ve got another scrapbook layout for you… I’ve been working hard to try to get caught up on my scrapbook. After sitting down and looking at my progress I realized at the rate I was going, I would never catch up. It was taking me about 2 months to do 1 month’s worth of scrapbooking. So I had to step it up – or reduce how many photos I want to scrapbook (which I did NOT want to do – the point is to capture the memories, not put them on the back burner!).

Scrapbooking is therapeutic for me – it’s something I enjoy and I get in a zone when I scrapbook. I guess it’s a bit of a stress reliever for me. I really enjoy doing it and sharing it with others so that you may also enjoy the craft. :)

Ok, anyways… on to the layout.

The is part 1 of what I suppose could be called a 2-page spread. I did not make them to be a full 2-page spread, but they do coordinate – I’m using all the same papers and similar supplies to make each page so that they look good side-by-side.

The supplies I used are…

papers – all from the American Crafts My Girl collection (I have the 12×12 pad so I just pulled a bunch from the pad)
stickers – Doodlebugdesign Inc. Bitty Baby Boy icon stickers and SEI At The Zoo stickers
alphas – Studio Calico Clean Slate color theory alphas and October Afternoon Daily Flash in Dandelion ‘Story Book’ alphas (both fonts – script and tile)
other embellishments – paper doily (from a local bakery supply store), Twine & Ink enamel dots, Project Life Wedding Edition 4×6 card, Silver Glitter tape (from the dollar spot at Target), Zig Writer in Pure Black, American Crafts Metallic Marker in Silver, miscellaneous star cut from yellow adhesive vinyl with the Cricut, and American Crafts best of Dear Lizzy papers (grey/chalkboard camera, polaroids, and mason jar cut outs)
tools – Recollections Mini Heart punch (with miscellaneous paper scraps)

Here are a few close ups of how this turned out….