Scrapbookers? [Archive] - ConstantChatter

KristyK

06-26-2005, 10:39 AM

I have a question, because I'm new to scrapbooking. I'm making my parents a scrap book for their 50th anniversary. I'm hoping to get more pictures soon, but I've gotten quite a few from their friends and I took some of their wedding pictures.

What is the best glue to use? I have looked and looked and none of them seem superior, and they all seem to do the same job.

So, do I use, 2-sided dots, 2-sided squares, glue stick that's non-acidic, and which one?? The 3-m 2 sided thingy with refills, the one made by something starting with an H, I think. I didn't buy anything because I don't know which is best, or easiest. I do kind of like the idea of the ones that are like the new wite-out, where you just roll it on, and you can buy refills.

Help, and TIA!!

Kristy

emschwar

06-26-2005, 10:43 AM

Kristy - I like the tape runner ones. I can't remember which I use, but the dispenser is navy and clear. I also use some liquid glue pens for smaller jobs.

Don't use a glue stick - I've had bad experiences with those. (Things started popping off my page a few months after I made them.)

I also like terrifically tacky tape for ribbons and fibers. Glue dots and pop dots for embellishments.

KristyK

06-26-2005, 11:41 AM

I think I saw that blue one at walmart. There were so many choices I didn't know where to begin! LOL

I'll go looking again, probably today!

Kristy

rebeccasmommy

06-26-2005, 11:41 AM

Thanks, Kelly! I scanned it and printed it on good paper. It was so fun to keep something she'd drawn!

emschwar

06-26-2005, 01:00 PM

Kelly - you could also spray the art with archival mist if you wanted to keep the original in the scrapbook.

rebeccasmommy - I'm definitely stealing that idea now that Noah's starting to draw a little :)

kmmommy

06-26-2005, 01:12 PM

Thanks for the idea em!

I'm totally into that idea - so much fun and so unique!

LeslieR

06-26-2005, 03:13 PM

LeslieR ~ I made it through Rebecca's first year by scrapping while she napped. It worked well for me!

Must remember this as I am getting super inspired by everyone's pages! :D

kmmommy

06-26-2005, 03:22 PM

DH has to work tonight so I think I may do a couple pages once Kaeden goes to bed.

Emily and Rebecca's Mommy have inspired me!

***Suggestion for finding awesome fibers: check out lavender-haze on ebay. You can get 30 different fibers (1 yard each) for like $5 plus shipping - my total was $6.50.***

emschwar

06-26-2005, 05:22 PM

wow! Thanks for the tip, Kelly! I'm definitely getting some! I'm sooooo addicted to fibers right now! (And now I've got some paypal funds so DH doesn't have to know how much I spend :) )

kmmommy

06-26-2005, 05:29 PM

Anytime - I've gotten so many awesome things on ebay.

Have you had a chance to check them out yet Em?

emschwar

06-26-2005, 05:39 PM

I went right over there! I love the set of 30. Those are auction though, so I might stalk them for a while, and see how much they tend to go for. DH is a little upset with my scrapbook spending of late, so I've got to collect some funds before I go crazy :)

kmmommy

06-26-2005, 06:28 PM

Jared gets like that too.

The sets of 30 go anywhere from $7-$25 usually. Still really inexpensive compared to buying in the craft stores. She sends a coupon for $2 off your next purchase with your item.

emschwar

06-26-2005, 06:38 PM

That's good to know. And dangerous, because I really need an excuse to buy more ;)

Anyone interested in a copy of Becky Higgin's Art of Creative Lettering?
http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/images/product_images/ACL_soft_images.jpg
I have 2. (I bought one for myself, and my brother bought me one for hanukkah.) The one I'm looking to sell is brand new, never opened (well, I leafed through it pretending to be really interested in it when my brother gave it to me ;) ) PM me or email me if you're interested. eas725 at gmail dot com

allison

06-26-2005, 09:32 PM

Subscribing!
I've always loved scrapbooking and when I was younger and in college, I used magazine clippings and saved everything, including receipts! :p

Right now I'm finishing up a scrapbook for the local women's golf association. I'll take some pictures this week.

rebeccasmommy

06-27-2005, 07:23 AM

Don't know if y'all are interested, but when I was searching for cardstock for my next project, I discovered that you can buy Bazzill cardstock in bulk at scrapbook.com. I'm getting 50 sheets for about $14. You have to print the order form and fax it in, but it's a great option if you're using the cardstock as the background for a lot of pages! The album I'm working on (a commission from a friend) is a small light green album by Bazzill, and we're using the same color cardstock for the pages and accenting with two other solids and two patterned papers. :)

Link to order Bazzill in bulk is here (http://store.scrapbook.com/bazcarbyinsh.html)

al'sgirl

06-27-2005, 12:57 PM

Great pages, everyone!

I've been scrapbooking for just less than a year now ... and I'm offically hooked! My first book is from the day my DH and I met until our engagement. It's already at 45 pages long! Thankfully, it is almost complete :) I'm a sentimental saver, so every movie or football game or whatever my DH and I went to or did, I have the ticket for. It's been fun. Here are a couple of my favourites ...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d831b3127cce92678f05936900000026108AasXDFy1btq
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d831b3127cce92678fa412f800000016108AasXDFy1btq
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d831b3127cce92678c6552a000000016108AasXDFy1btq

I also did a gift album for my Mom.

Hopefully, I'll be able to find some time soon to finish up the courtship album so that I can really get at my wedding planning one.

cat_loverpq

06-27-2005, 08:55 PM

Love this thread! I am still a beginner when it comes to scrapping, but I get so much inspiration from seeing everyone's pages! Please keep the awesome pics coming! :D

nekopie76

06-28-2005, 05:28 PM

I love everyone's ideas and work. I started a Las Vegas scrapbook months ago. I just haven't found the time to finish it. Hopefully with the awesome work in here I will get motivated.

emschwar

06-28-2005, 08:08 PM

Here's the pages I made tonight:
http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3443242723232%7Ffp3%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437%3EWS NRCG%3D323237%3B4%3B765%3Anu0mrj

http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3443242723232%7Ffp6%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437%3EWS NRCG%3D323237%3B4%3B739%3Bnu0mrj

And some more, from a few weeks ago:
http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3443242723232%7Ffp4%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437%3EWS NRCG%3D3232375497668nu0mrj

http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3443242723232%7Ffp3%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437%3EWS NRCG%3D32323754975%3B8nu0mrj

kmmommy

06-28-2005, 08:17 PM

Em ~ Where do you find the time? Great pages, as always!

emschwar

06-28-2005, 08:21 PM

My goal for the summer is to get Noah's 1st year album finished, so I'm trying hard to do a little, if not every night, then a few times a week. It helps that there's nothing on tv during the summer. I've actually been on hiatus for a little while and haven't done anything until tonight.

The 2nd year photos are piling up, thanks to the new digital slr (and my tendency to take 60 photos in one sitting), so I need to get year #1 done!

kmmommy

06-28-2005, 08:28 PM

The 2nd year photos are piling up, thanks to the new digital slr (and my tendency to take 60 photos in one sitting), so I need to get year #1 done!

You take 60 pics at once too?! Kaeden starts to look at me annoyingly after a while!!

emschwar

06-28-2005, 08:39 PM

Noah loves the camera :)

kmmommy

06-28-2005, 08:40 PM

Kaeden does too - he's really a ham, but when it gets to much he lets me know with a little look.

MommaO

06-28-2005, 08:59 PM

rebeccasmommy

06-28-2005, 11:48 PM

Yay!! Tanya's here, Tanya's here!!!

Glad to help, m'dear. My dream is one day to have an entire cabinet full of Bazzill. *sigh*

BethS0103

06-29-2005, 06:03 AM

Another scrapbooker here from the old WC thread. I haven't scrapped in a while because all of my creative juices have seemed to stop flowing as of late. Probably has something to do with looking for a house and a job at the same time. ;) But all the layouts you ladies have posted are inspiring me to start up again.

DH & I lived in Germany last year and we spent much of that time traveling so I have a travel album that I'm not even close to finishing. I'm only to April of last year and we took at least one trip a month. So I've got quite a bit of work to do. :)

Jen1098

06-29-2005, 07:18 AM

subscribing

I'm so impressed with everyone's pages. Makes me embrassed to show mine-I'm so not creative. Oh well it's better then sitting in a box somewhere right?
Once ds's birthday party is over I've got to get cranking and finish his book.

Love all the ideas-hope no minds if I borrow some ideas. ;)

BethElena

06-29-2005, 12:12 PM

Wow! Great thread! I've been scrap booking for a whopping 1 month so far. At first I thought it was going to be way too much money, but I've been lucky to have two local craft stores with incredible sales lately.

I'm making a scrap book for my mom as a thank you wedding gift and my FH is making a scrap book for his mom as a wedding gift (although he hasn't started yet, and we have like 50 days until wedding....)

Anybody have wedding themed pages? There are no babies in our family yet, but those pages you guys have done are way cute!

Lisa&Jason

06-29-2005, 12:43 PM

ooh, I saw this thread and love your girls' work.

I recently (and I mean in a week & 1/2) cranked out all 11+ mos of my daughter's scrapbook so that I could have it ready for her birthday party on Sat. Although it was really expensive to do, I'm happy with how it turned out. Hopefully she will be one day too!

The ND page(s) were for her daddy, who is an AVID-ND football fan (and I work at ND)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d835b3127cce927a6f33508400000016108AZNW7Vq3ctK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d835b3127cce927a2fccd16b00000016108AZNW7Vq3ctK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d835b3127cce927a2fcf505800000016108AZNW7Vq3ctK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d835b3127cce927a2fc9505e00000016108AZNW7Vq3ctK

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d835b3127cce927a2fced16900000016108AZNW7Vq3ctK

and no more.. promise! LOL
(the last page) - until her birthday party pics...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d835b3127cce927a58a0109400000016108AZNW7Vq3ctK
The caption under the last picture was "Busted.. looks like this is the END for me!"

haha!!

Sorry to bombard you with pics!

ETA: Hi Jen! I didn't see you up there! Can't wait to see Josh's pages! (he'll make ANY pages adorable..hehe)

Chris'slady

06-29-2005, 12:47 PM

i always look at the scrapbooking stuff as soon as i get married I'm starting several scrapbooks, but i look around now they are so expensive.

berry

06-29-2005, 06:08 PM

Scrapbooker here. Never really posted on the WC scrapping thread. Glad to know there are other scrappers around!

I started scrapping about a year and a half ago. I love it, but don't always put as much time into it. I also get caught up doing a lot of gift albums and not as much stuff for my albums!

This little album I just made for my friend's bdayhttp://www.twopeasinabucket.com/layouts/layout_images/587635.jpg
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/layouts/layout_images/587635-2.jpg

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/layouts/layout_images/587635-5.jpg
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/layouts/layout_images/587635-6.jpg

berry

06-29-2005, 06:11 PM

Sorry those pictures are so big, I don't know how to shrink them!

From an album for my friend's baby's 1st bday

http://66.170.6.50/layout_images/439111.jpg
http://66.170.6.50/layout_images/439111-2.jpg

PrincessCrappy

06-29-2005, 08:58 PM

I'm so happy to have found this thread. I am very, VERY new to scrapbooking. I had the goal of scrapbooking throughout this pregnancy and I now found myself at 6.5 months pg with only 2 pages done....oops!

Emschwar - I ADORE you're style of scrapbooking. I would love to see more of your work! I like pages that appear simple and straight forward, but I know a lot of work goes into making them look like that.

More pics, everyone! :)

MommaO

06-29-2005, 08:59 PM

What a beautiful Baptism page,berrry THanks for sharing!

MommaO

06-29-2005, 09:01 PM

Yay!! Tanya's here, Tanya's here!!!

Glad to help, m'dear. My dream is one day to have an entire cabinet full of Bazzill. *sigh*
:D :D You can not run away from me, my dear.

As to your dream of bazzill.... I share it. If sleep escapes me I count sheets of Bazzill rather than sheep. *sigh* It is my obsession. It's silly really, cardstock is cardstock is cardstock.....at least that's what I thought until I bought my first piece of bazzill. It is scrapbooking crack, I tell you.

Brandles

06-29-2005, 09:13 PM

I'm checking in here a little late, I guess. I've been scrapbooking since 2000. It all started with that heritage album and wanting to scrapbook the wedding. I do special events (graduations, birthdays, reunions, etc.) as well as every day things (DH changing the lightbulbs, DH sleeping, me baking Christmas cookies, Cat Bath, Garage Sale, etc.).

I haven't scrapbooked in about a month now and I'm itching to scrapbook our Vegas Vacation, Girl Scout cookie sales (I've been going back to get these), My group of friends through the years, and a Sleepover Sale at local stores.

it's a bug

06-29-2005, 10:20 PM

Another Fellow Scrapbooker signing in here...I used to sell Creative Memories till I got too busy to cultivate the business, but I still love to scrapbook and I'm almost up to date (since starting with 2000). I just did an album for my BIL of his trip with my hubby to Yellowstone. And lately I've been working on my own family albums. I'm looking forward to seeing the layouts here and getting more ideas on stuff!

emschwar

06-30-2005, 06:42 AM

Princess - you can see more pages here - http://www.degaff.net/~jsteele/gallery/noah_scrapbook

amtaylor

06-30-2005, 12:22 PM

I've got to join... I thought I had some pretty good scrapbook pages, but you guys definitely put me to shame! Hopefully I can learn a lot and improve :)

I'm still really new at the scrapbook thing. I've completed one for my wedding, one for the honeymoon and I've started a scrapbook/journal about my pregnancy that I'm going to give to my daughter when she's older.

berry

06-30-2005, 04:08 PM

berry

06-30-2005, 04:09 PM

emschwar Your pages on Noah are amazing! I love the "Democrat from Birth" what a cute idea.

emschwar

06-30-2005, 05:14 PM

Thanks!

kmmommy

06-30-2005, 05:23 PM

What do you all think of listing items we have for sale in here too? I'm thinking I may have a couple things I don't need.

emschwar

06-30-2005, 05:31 PM

Works for me! I listed a book on page 2 or 3, I think.

Brandles

06-30-2005, 05:44 PM

Today, I found some papers in DH's HS colors and even a "W" and "M" (West Muskingum) that kinda looked like a HS letter. I got them. I have the papers and the embellishments...if only his mother would copy some HS graduation pictures for me! :rolleyes:

MommaO

06-30-2005, 07:30 PM

Everyone has such gorgeous pages. I love seeing them.

Good to see so many scrapbookers here too!

QOTD: What scrapbooking websites do you like?

I love twopeas www.twopeasinabucket.com (http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/default.asp)

I'm a fan of twopeas as well. It's honestly one of the only scrapbooking sites I frequent regularly.

ag-girl

07-01-2005, 08:18 AM

oh, I love two peas also!! I swore I wasn't getting into scrapbooking, but I've just started my first scrapbook :D

rebeccasmommy

07-01-2005, 09:34 AM

I haven't found any that I love. I think my dislike of most of the sites is that there are many people on them that are so negative toward any type of scrapping they don't like. Example: I started as a total CM scrapper. I have evolved somewhat, but I still do very simple pages. To that end, the few times I've posted pages there, or at other places, I've been told that they're "cute" or "not bad for a beginner," when I've been scrapping for 2 years. I've gotten tired of defending my style (sorry, I just don't want to spend hours and hours on a single page, and the story is more important than the embellishments to me), so I don't go to many sites very often. I sometimes find inspiration in the galleries, but I get so irritated at the attitudes I see on the MBs that I just stay away.

I do, however, get inspiration from my dear friends who post pics of their pages. Tanya - will you unpack your scrapbook stuff and inspire me, already!?!?!?!?! ;)

MommaO

07-01-2005, 11:27 AM

I do, however, get inspiration from my dear friends who post pics of their pages. Tanya - will you unpack your scrapbook stuff and inspire me, already!?!?!?!?! ;)

Oh how I wish I could scrap! I fear it will be another week or two (or three) until the house is unpacked and I have enough done that I can actually justify spending my time scrapping! :) How sweet are you saying I inspire you, that's too sweet. You know I love your pages too!!

About TwoPeas. OMG, those gals can be mean. I just ignore 'em. I do my hybrid style thing. I can't quite define my style but it's all mine :) I do LOVE the gallery LOVE IT. I find so many cute things in there.

sunshineab622

07-01-2005, 03:40 PM

Wow Yall have some great looking pages - I love to scrapbook - It is just hard for me to find the time.

strwbrygirl

07-02-2005, 08:32 AM

CC ate my post... so here it is again.

I'm looking for some sort of embellishment for this very plain page- any suggestions to "jazz" it up?!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/haskalah7/DCP_0409.jpg

emschwar

07-02-2005, 11:49 AM

CC ate my post... so here it is again.

I'm looking for some sort of embellishment for this very plain page- any suggestions to "jazz" it up?!

Jolee's makes some New Orleans stickers, I believe. You could probably find them at michaels.
http://www.eksuccess.com/images/products/product_3494_lg.jpg

rebeccasmommy

07-02-2005, 01:40 PM

It makes me sad that my most major scrapbooking accomplishment lately is cleaning off my scrapbook table so that I can (hopefully) get some scrapping done this weekend!! I have an album that I'm being paid to make, so I need to get to work. Now maybe I can.

Brandles

07-04-2005, 10:46 AM

I got 8 pages done on Saturday. I did 2 pages of a local "Sleepover Evening" where you'd get 25% off what you bought if you had PJ's, a teddy bear, slippers, mud mask and curlers in your hair. Heck, I've made a fool of myself for less! :rolleyes: DH went with me to take pictures!

I also did 6 pages of my Girl Scout troop selling cookies out front of Ames, then Wal-Mart from 1990 to 1994. I had a lot of fun doing those! I can't believe how young we looked! ;)

rebeccasmommy

07-04-2005, 11:03 AM

I did manage to get a 2-page LO for our family album done, and 2 pages for an album I'm being commissioned to do for a friend. I'm hoping to get more done today.

My CM consultant is doing an overnight crop - 7 p.m to 7 a.m. on August 5th. I'm soooo going!! :)

BethElena

07-06-2005, 06:35 AM

rebeccasmommy - I have found other women to be the meanest when it comes to "judging" crafts like scrapbooking. I enjoy a more plain style myself. It is less expensive, and it also doesn't take away from the pictures themselves.

strwbrygirl - that page looks great! maybe like one or two trinkets or tickets or something from new orleans put into the blank spaces, but even that isn't necessary! sometimes less is more. I think it's very classy! :)

Since I am newer to scrapbooking, can somebody tell me what fibers are? Any good, inexpensive places to buy paper besides michaels & joann fabrics in southeast PA?

chandy

07-06-2005, 01:35 PM

Hi ladies! I used to lurk in the other scrapbooking thread, but this is my first post over here. We're moving into a new house in less than a month now and I found the coolest thing ever for my scrapbook room:

http://store1.yimg.com/I/yhst-45678101443578_1850_215135394

http://store1.yimg.com/I/yhst-45678101443578_1850_300289571

Does anyone have anything like this? Any reviews or recommendations? How do you keep all of your scrapbooking stuff organized?

strwbrygirl

07-06-2005, 09:03 PM

BethElena- thanks for the compliment! (BTW, fibers are a "fancy" word for cloth embellishments- like ribbons, etc. There are tons out there to choose from.)

I added a few small embellishments to the page, and here's the result:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/haskalah7/23c991e3.jpg

Here are two pages that I did earlier tonight:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/haskalah7/e0cde3bc.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/haskalah7/100f1304.jpg

and here's one that I did this past weekend of my nephew:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/haskalah7/dce2269e.jpg

cr8zyforaf

07-07-2005, 11:43 AM

I am also interested in a scrapbook table/organizer - however I would like it to double as a sewing table. Does anyone have any recommendations?

BethElena

07-07-2005, 01:47 PM

I'm jealous Chandy! I wish I had the room for something as neat as that!

chandy

07-07-2005, 01:57 PM

Well, I haven't convinced DH yet, but I'm hoping he'll come around!

tgray99

07-07-2005, 09:40 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/emschwar/scrapbook/announce4.jpg

Em, how did you do the letters at the top of this layout? Are they rub ons? TIA!

mrsliby2004

07-07-2005, 10:43 PM

subbing - gotta take pics of my pages!

They seem so simple compared to what you ladies have done! I am so jealous!

BethElena

07-08-2005, 07:46 AM

I have to take pics this weekend of the scrapbook i'm giving to my mom for all the help with our wedding....then I'll post them if I can get this website to work right for me! I'm having that auto refresh problem.

LeslieR

07-09-2005, 02:02 PM

http://store1.yimg.com/I/yhst-45678101443578_1850_215135394

http://store1.yimg.com/I/yhst-45678101443578_1850_300289571

Oh wow-where oh where did you find this???? My dream is to have my very own scrapbooking area in our next house. Something like this would be perfect!

chandy

07-09-2005, 05:52 PM

Isn't that the coolest? I've found it at a couple of places online. Target.com has it, but it was cheapest here:

Autumn Gallery (http://www.autumngalleryforthehome.com/twodocrcebyc.html)

nylons73

07-09-2005, 08:03 PM

I did my first scrapbook this year with our wedding cards. It turned out o.k. but I would really like to get much better! Definately getting inspiration from all of you in here.

Em - some of your pages are really breathtaking!

kmmommy

07-09-2005, 08:17 PM

Does anyone have page layout books they are interested in selling?

emschwar

07-09-2005, 08:59 PM

Kelly - I probably would be willing to part with one that I have. It's (I think) the old CK baby idea book. Let me find it and look through it just to make sure, but I don't think there's any ideas I still need to steal from it. Let me know if you're interested and I'll get some more specific info on it (you know, like the title :) )

Nylons - Thanks! (Although I can't take credit for all of them, since some of them are from classes)

emschwar

07-09-2005, 09:00 PM

Em, how did you do the letters at the top of this layout? Are they rub ons? TIA!
Crap! Totally missed this somehow...

It's a transparancy. I've got the brand around here somewhere, if you want me to find it.

kmmommy

07-09-2005, 09:06 PM

Em ~ I'm definitely interested! I think it's the one I just missed on ebay - called The Big Idea Book of Baby Memories. Just let me know the details!

Thanks!

emschwar

07-09-2005, 09:29 PM

Yeah, I think that's the title! This one? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1929180039/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/002-4850966-7064860

I'll take a look at it tomorrow and let you know.

kmmommy

07-09-2005, 09:30 PM

That's it!

Definitely let me know. Just an FYI - I don't have Paypal funds right now (I did too much shopping this week), but have a couple auctions ending next week or I can send a check, etc. Let me know!

emschwar

07-09-2005, 09:36 PM

Not a problem. I sold some stuff on ebay last week, so I now have 2 pp accts, one for existing funds and one for CCs.

kmmommy

07-09-2005, 09:38 PM

Ok, good.

I'm kinda new at ebay so if you don't mind my asking - why don't you accept cc/debit cards? Is it because of the fees?

emschwar

07-09-2005, 09:42 PM

Kelly, I'm PMing you, rather than hijacking the thread :)

LeslieR

07-10-2005, 06:29 AM

kmmommy

07-10-2005, 07:47 AM

We went to Michael's yesterday looking for a frame for a poster and I wandered off to the scrapbooking dep't (which is pretty paltry, btw). I was DROOLING over all of the "It's a boy!" and 'baby' stickers and kits. They weren't having a sale and I didn't have a coupon, so I was good and didn't buy anything!:eek: Just for kicks I decided to check ebay for stickers and it seemed like they were going for more money on ebay than buying them in the store. Anyone know if that is the norm? There were a couple lots of stickers that seemed reasonable, but then you add on the ridiculous shipping charges and it just doesn't seem worth it.:confused:

Michael's has a coupon in their ad in today's paper for 40% off 1 regular priced item (at least here, but I think it's universal.)

Ebay does usually have lower prices, but you do need to watch the shipping. There are a lot of them who have decent shipping rates. Check out jadzyacl and scrappycreations. They were great to work with!

LeslieR

07-10-2005, 08:52 AM

I saw that coupon today! And I think they have 50% off on some kits. Now I'm itching to go shopping.:D

Thanks for the tips on ebay, Kelly!:)

bensgirl1222

07-12-2005, 03:11 PM

I am just getting into scrapbooking. Actually, I am going ot the store tonight to get some supplies but I need a little guidance.

I want to do something for mine & my boyfriends first year together...we've been on a few vacations together so I'd like to incorporate them as well. But would I do like our first meeting? date?

Does anyone have something like this?

bensgirl1222

07-12-2005, 03:15 PM

And also, do you buy an album and add as you go? Or just buy pages and do them until you think you have enough? LOL I have never done this before so I will probably have alot of questions...

kmmommy

07-12-2005, 05:34 PM

Emily ~ Have you had a chance to see about the book yet? Hate to bug you, but I may buy one on Ebay if you don't want to sell yours.

Thanks!

emschwar

07-12-2005, 05:38 PM

Crap, Kelly, I'm sorry. I totally forgot. Mommy brain! I'm going up to look at it now.

emschwar

07-12-2005, 05:59 PM

Ok, I'm willing to part with it. PM me and we can figure out all the details.

bensgirl1222

07-12-2005, 06:41 PM

You guys are awesome! I love all your scrapbook ideas. I went to AC Moore to get some "starting" supplies but I got too overwhelmed. LOL. So I only ended up with a scarpbooking book to check out and some things I think I might need, to decorate.

But there is SO much stuff to choose from. I mean, there was books of already put together pages & different patterned paper? I dont even know where to start. Ugh. I guess it will take some time. :cool:

rebeccasmommy

07-12-2005, 07:02 PM

bensgirl1222 ~ The easiest way to start is to buy an album (you have to decide what kind you like), some coordinating cardstock (Michael's sells packs of different colors), a good pen, adhesive (a tape runner or photo squares usually works well, but everyone has their own preferences), and a good pair of scissors. Seriously, as much fun as all of my other goodies are, if you're just starting, you can do a lot with just the basics. Then, as you get more experienced, you can play with other fun things. Also, I've found that looking at magazines that feature layouts that I like helps me to get ideas.

Hope this helps. I have to rescue the checkbook from my daughter's hands!

bensgirl1222

07-13-2005, 06:45 AM

Thank you! What about the premade cardstock with the patterns? Is tha OK? I alomst bought that last night but then I didn't bc I wanted to see what you all thought.

BethElena

07-13-2005, 06:52 AM

I'm just a beginner and I love it when Joann Fabrics has sales...I've been getting my paper for like 5/$1 or 50% off. I've also bought those packs of cardstock -- i've used a lot of them for mating pictures and poems and such. They seem to be the most economical packs for just starting out.

MandyMaloo

07-13-2005, 08:36 AM

Hey everyone!

I am definatly going to be subscribing to this one! I love scrapbooking!

I actually started in college. I wasn't good at all, but I really liked it. Then in Feb my cousin and his wife had a beautiful baby girl, and I scrapbooked an album for them. I am getting more into it now and I was able to scrapbook an entire album of my FI's first trip to Washington DC in 1 day!

I would also suggest the sale going on now at AC Moore. They have a book of 180 pages of patterned paper for only $9.99! I am in love with the patterns and have made some pages so far and really like how they turned out.

You all have amazing pages! I'll see if I can post some of mine later (they're not as nice as everyone else's!). I did make one page for my cousin's scrapbook and wrote the lyrics to "I hope you dance" arouind the pages and had some great pictures of their daughter! I was so proud of that one!

Nice to meet you all!!

al'sgirl

07-13-2005, 08:51 AM

Bensgirl ... welcome!

I know it all seems overwhelming of what to buy and where to start. I would also recommend looking at idea books and magazines for inspiration.

You were asking if anyone had any pages of how we met our BF/DH's. My first scrapbook (which I'm *still working on 45 pages later!) is of our courtship. The day that we met was new years eve, but we didn't have any photos to add, so I just made a celebration page with the story.

The following page is to mark our first date ... it's really simple, but I think it turned out ok.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d831b3127cce92678f02125e00000045108AasXDFy1btq

Hope that helps you a bit.

catch

07-13-2005, 10:07 AM

So glad I found this thread! I've been scrapbooking for over 2 years but have mostly just been sticking to easy pages, CM style. I want to get more into embellishments and other fun stuff. I'm almost done with my first album which chronicles the 3 years FH and I dated before getting engaged. I bought a nice red album for our engagement years. I do lots of doggie pages as well, I include them in our albums. I have a separate little blue album I want to use as a memory album for one of my dogs that passed away last year. But I've been avoiding it and it's one of the reasons I stopped scrapbooking for a while. This year, I've been engaged a year already and I really want to complete our dating album and get started on our engaged album. We're getting married next year and I hope to be all caught up by then.

All of you girls are so creative and I hope to get lots of pointers and help with completing my pages. I really want my new album to be more creative.

Here are some pages I've done, very simple CM style:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc11b3127cce9e8af7b590f900000026108DYt2rVizc

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc11b3127cce9e8af7ba11c600000026108DYt2rVizc

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc11b3127cce9e8af7a190ed00000026108DYt2rVizc

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc11b3127cce9e8af7cb908700000026108DYt2rVizc

P.S. Spencer is not the puppy I was talking about before...meaning, thankfully, he's still with us :)

MandyMaloo

07-13-2005, 11:21 AM

Catch--You've got some great stuff there! I'm not one with creative ides (sorry) but if uyou're looking for nice embellishments, try stopping in at either AC Moore or Micahels. They have some great transfers of sayings for pets, love, vacations etc.

I've done some pages about FI and I and all the stuff we've done together since we've been engaged (vacations and the like) and I found some great stuff at both the stores I mentioned before. They have so many romantic things, and after awhile, the creative ideas just start pouring from your fingertips! You've got some great pages so far, so I know once you get back into the swing of things, you're going to have even more amazing pages!

Everyone has some really great stuff! I'm at work right now, but tonight I'll try to snap a few pics of some pages I've done. They're not fancy or anything, but they got the job done ;)

So glad I came here :)

catch

07-13-2005, 11:29 AM

Thanks Mandy! Can't wait to see pics of your pages.

Unfortunately, we don't have any of those stores you mentioned in my neighborhood. All of my scrapbooking supplies, I got from a friend who sells Creative Memories. I love the products, but I'm looking for extra stuff.

I guess I'll have to check out ebay, they always have tons of scrapbooking supplies on there.

al'sgirl

07-13-2005, 11:32 AM

Catch ... they look great! I like how you did the journaling on the curve. And such a cute puppy! :)

Micheal's is great for embellishments and such. Also, there's a discount scrapbooking store online that has some interesting things ... www.discountscrapbooksupplies.com

catch

07-13-2005, 11:49 AM

Thanks Andrea! I have one of those template thingys that you can stick your pen in and just follow the lines, lol. I think I was supposed to draw the lines in pencil and then write over them, but I didn't know better when I did that page :D

Thanks for the link! I'll check it out right now.

JenGirlie

07-13-2005, 12:00 PM

Hello everyone! New poster here...

I'm an avid scrapbooker and so I'm glad to see other like-minded people! :D It's such a great hobby.

Great job on all of your pages. I need to go back and read from page 1 so I can catch up with you guys but I wanted to say hello and jump right in.

This last weekend I had a scrapday with a friend and we had a great time. I worked a bit on my honeymoon album and some other fun stuff. I don't have any of those pages online, but here's a pic of one of the last pages I worked on:

http://images.snapfish.com/34444%3A6323232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E2328%3D737%3D96%3B%3 DXROQDF%3E232396772%3A9%3C2ot1lsi

Okay, now going back to read from page 1...

al'sgirl

07-13-2005, 12:04 PM

Hi JenGirlie

I love your cat page ... and the subjects are cute too. Funny, I have a friend whose cat looks like a long-haired version of your Oliver ... and it's name is Oliver too! :)

catch

07-13-2005, 12:17 PM

Hi Jen! What a cute page :) Love the ribbons, where do you get your stuff?

And super cute kitties! I have a 2 year old yorkie named Oliver. It's a great name :D

JenGirlie

07-13-2005, 12:25 PM

Thanks guys! Aren't the kitties cute? I guess I'm a little biased! :)

Catch, I buy my stuff all over...a lot I buy from local scrapbook stores. One of those is Memories, which is a chain, so there may be one near you. I also have ordered from TwoPeasinaBucket.com, and I ordered a ton from www.croppinparadise.com. They have a lot of great stuff at great prices. As for ribbons and stuff, I buy a lot at Michael's, and also some at the local scrapbook stores.

BethElena

07-13-2005, 02:33 PM

CATS ARE SO CUTE!!

Hey, how do you girls use that velium stuff? I used some on one of my pages (guy told me to use glue to stick it) of velium quotes and it looks horrible! I will try to send page to show you.

JenGirlie

07-13-2005, 02:45 PM

BethElena, you need to use certain types of adhesive when gluing down vellum, because the adhesive shows through. There are several different kinds. One, you can try a spray adhesive. They have some specifically for vellum, I think it's called vellum spray (what an original name! :) ). Two, you can try using a Xyron machine. I don't know if you have one of those, but from what I've heard, they work really well with vellum (it's a machine where you run your paper, vellum, or whatever through the machine and it applies the adhesive to the back). I have several different Xyrons but I've never used them for vellum but I've heard many people rave about them. Three, you can use vellum tape. Special double sided tape made specifically for vellum, that won't show through. You should be able to find it at Michael's or any other craft store. Actually, you should be able to find any one of these three at any craft store.

Oops, just thought of something else! You can also attach the vellum without using adhesive, such as with eyelets or brads in the corners, using staples, some sort of decorative clips, etc.

Or you can disguise your regular adhesive by placing it under the vellum only in parts that will be covered by something else on your page. So for example, if you have a photo or something that is going to cover a corner or two of your vellum, place the adhesive in that corner so it will be covered by the photo and then it won't show through! :)

My favorite way to attach is to use brads or eyelets...then you don't have to worry about the adhesive at all, plus it's super cute.

Hope that helps!

LeslieR

07-13-2005, 04:28 PM

Thank you! What about the premade cardstock with the patterns? Is tha OK? I alomst bought that last night but then I didn't bc I wanted to see what you all thought.

I think you'll find that you will develop your own style. For example, I'm a paper person. I have tons and tons of patterned paper. I used it for borders around pictures in all sorts of different ways. My best friend is a sticker person. She likes her plain white pages with lots of stickers. Once you get started, you'll experiment and go from there. Definitely get an idea book or magazine, that will give you lots of inspiration, too!

BethElena

07-13-2005, 08:06 PM

Thanks, JenGirlie. I will have to go to the craftstore and look for that! Thanks for the mini education :). Keep the advice coming...

snowzilla

07-13-2005, 08:48 PM

Whew! Arriving fashionably late to this thread! I followed along in the other scrapbooking thread and really enjoyed it.

I second what Leslie is saying about everyone having their own individual styles - the girls I scrap with all do things just a little bit differently, but that's half the fun - we're able to pick up on interesting ideas from each other that we might not have thought of on our own. We usually get together for a midnight crop about once a month, but ever since summer arrived, we've been too busy to organize anything. :(

I have a few pictures from my wedding scrapbook to share. I like a fairly simplistic style, most of the time, and with my wedding book, I tried to stay very simplistic since there were SO many pages, and I didn't want the project itself to get so overwhelming that I wouldn't be able to finish it. ;)

Our First Dance (the little circles are mirrors, and the words on the vellum are the lyrics to our song):
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df28b3127cce9e502de3431e00000016108Cbs2zNszaO

Our entrance into the reception:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df28b3127cce9e502a9c03fa00000016108Cbs2zNszaO

These last two are my favourite two-page spread - I went through all of the table camera pictures, and picked out all of the photos of pairs of people together, whether they be spouses, BF/GF or just two friends together:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df28b3127cce9e50f7b4432400000016108Cbs2zNszaO
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df28b3127cce9e50f7da434a00000016108Cbs2zNszaO

JenGirlie

07-13-2005, 11:32 PM

BethElena

07-14-2005, 06:42 AM

Here are a few pics of my album for my mom as a suprise gift for our wedding coming up:
Bridal Shower Shots:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid177/p34a89cf2e1bc0b2e5cd6db1323724a4b/f343638e.jpg

Myself & 2 brothers as children, as well as b&w of my mom as a child:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid177/p93a62549c128016adb7672845c21f538/f3436393.jpg

Wonna take on a challenge? Try scrapbooking your mom's photos growing up -- i know a lot of my mom's pics I have NO idea who the people are :)

Horrible Velium experience:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid177/pdea85e339704485d9ddb59db1340208c/f3435b15.jpg
I hope to have time to correct if before giving as a gift :(

nekopie76

07-14-2005, 09:56 AM

I finally got around of taking pictures of my Las Vegas scrapbook. It isn't complete but here are some of my favorite pages so far:

Cover Page
http://images.snapfish.com/3444585523232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D57%3B%3D988%3 DXROQDF%3E2323967%3A7485%3Aot1lsi

Freemont Street
http://images.snapfish.com/3444585523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D57%3B%3D988%3 DXROQDF%3E2323967%3A75259ot1lsi
http://images.snapfish.com/3444585523232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D57%3B%3D988%3 DXROQDF%3E2323967%3A7526%3Aot1lsi

View from the Eiffel Tower
http://images.snapfish.com/3444585523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D57%3B%3D988%3 DXROQDF%3E2323967%3A752%3A2ot1lsi
http://images.snapfish.com/3444585523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E232%3A%3D57%3B%3D988%3 DXROQDF%3E2323967%3A7487%3Bot1lsi

I am hoping I can finish the book but the end of the month. It shouldn't be too hard but the 2 pages I did last night (Freemont Street) took over an hour to do. :eek:

snowzilla I love all your pages but the last ones are great. What a wonderful idea!

snowzilla

07-14-2005, 10:15 AM

Snowzilla, I love your Making an Entrance page! The red matting of the photos on the black background is so striking!

And doesn't it feel great to get the wedding album finished? That's the only completed album I have so far and I was so glad to get that finished!

Thank you, Jen! Finishing the album was tough - I made a mistake that I won't make again when doing such a large album - I got TOO complicated and over-ambitious with each layout, and wound up burning out. When I flipped through the album, it felt so hodge-podgey - each page was pretty on it's own, but it was lacking a feeling of consistency. I ended up going back and taking apart about six or seven layouts, and redoing them in a much simpler design. I was so much happier when I did it that way - wish I would have saved myself the wasted time, but at least I know for next time. :)

snowzilla

07-14-2005, 10:17 AM

BethElena I didn't think it would be fair to let you air your dirty-vellum-laundry without airing mine too. ;)

As you can see, I need to fix this page - but every time I go to the scrapbook store, I spend my money on Bazzill paper (I'm addicted) and other goodies, and forget to pick up vellum adhesive. :D

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df28b3127cce9e50f2ce03c400000016108Cbs2zNszaO

catch

07-14-2005, 10:37 AM

Everyone's pages look great!

Nekopie, I LOVE your Freemont Street pages. Look really hard to put together but they look beautiful.

I'm so excited! I just ordered over 200 pics from Shutterfly :) I should have them by next Tuesday or Wednesday.

mrsdrummer

07-14-2005, 11:50 AM

I'm getting in on this action. Just as soon as i get back from lunch i'll post some l/O's I've done for my husband's band. I have so many freakin pictures and I've finally conceded to the fact that i'll have to jut put most in an acid free photo album. :rolleyes: You guys do great great great layouts. I'm truely inspired.

mrsdrummer

07-14-2005, 01:31 PM

Here we go: sorry some of these are blurry, not real sure why.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929eadff5c4a00000016108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929eadeadd6f00000015108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929ea26b9d7100000016108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929ea2561c7c00000016108Das27lm1E

MandyMaloo

07-14-2005, 01:36 PM

Eeeek! I was going to post some pictures of some pages that I've done--but everyone does so well--I'm afriad they're gonna look REALLY bad compared to the awesome pages everyone else has done! :(

mrsdrummer

07-14-2005, 01:49 PM

Post them anyway, everyone has a different style, trust me not all of mine look this good, I just posted the ones I like the best. Post 'em Post 'em.

BethElena

07-14-2005, 02:33 PM

I like all the different styles!

Snowzilla - thanks! I am not a crafty person, usually, so I actually listened to what the store clerk said "sure you can use clear glue". NOT! Mine looks horrid, and I have one more scrap book to finish up in 30 days!

Hey, mrsdrummer...where did you get those drink stickers or whatever? They're so cute, and I could definitely use some of them!

mrsdrummer

07-14-2005, 02:35 PM

Hey, mrsdrummer...where did you get those drink stickers or whatever? They're so cute, and I could definitely use some of them!

Wal-Mart. They are stickopotamus I believe.

BethElena

07-14-2005, 03:00 PM

Darn..just in there today. I will have to look again some other time . Thanks!

Kimberland30

07-14-2005, 06:57 PM

I'm gathering ideas for our wedding album. I've been so busy with other projects that I haven't gotten around to much, but I found this website with tropical layout designs that will be helpful when I do our honeymoon pages.

Just thought I'd pass them on :)

Tropical Pages (http://www.tropicalscrapbooking.com/layouts.htm)

Everyone's pages are WONDERFUL! I really can't wait to dig in. I've only done one scrapbook so I'll take some pictures and post. I liked doing it, but since it was my first one, I had to spend a ton-o-cash for the supplies. I can't imagine what it's going to cost to get everything for our wedding one. :eek:

Kimberland30

07-14-2005, 07:15 PM

Well since I have the computer for a little bit, here's our vacation scrapbook that I did when we got back from St. Lucia. I can't believe I did it 2 years ago. :) Since it was my first one, I spent probably about 6 hours on each page, carefully cutting each picture with scissors, matting and rematting, laying out and relaying out. It took me about 6 months to finish it, and it's only 19 pages!!! But it was worth it :)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b50a7bd8900000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b50a63cb800000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b50a43cba00000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

Kimberland30

07-14-2005, 07:16 PM

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b50b9bd9700000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b5099bdb700000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b50a43cba00000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

I need to redo this page eventually because the beads are falling off.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b50983c8600000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

Kimberland30

07-14-2005, 07:17 PM

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b509bbdb500000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b509c3c8200000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b513e7cb800000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d935b3127cce929b5131fd8700000016108AbsXDFm2buJ

snowzilla

07-14-2005, 07:25 PM

Wow, Kim, those are amazing pages. There is no way I would have thought that was your first scrapbooking project.

LeslieR

07-14-2005, 07:40 PM

Ahhhhh!!! Reading this thread makes me so anxious to scrapbook! Awesome pages everyone! I ended up finding a buyer on ebay that was selling a couple different lots of 'baby', 'pregnancy', and 'it's a boy' stickers. I cannot wait until this little guy gets here and we take tons of pics so I can start his album! :D

rebeccasmommy

07-14-2005, 10:55 PM

Great pages, Kim! I agree - it definitely doesn't look like a first book!

al'sgirl

07-15-2005, 06:42 AM

Kim .... Great pages! I agree, it doesn't look like your first attempt at a scrapbook. I love how you put all those pics on a page, but it doesn't look crowded at all. Keep it up!

catch

07-15-2005, 10:44 AM

Kim, your pages look great!! What did you use to make letters out of the pictures? That looks super cool :)

MandyMaloo

07-15-2005, 12:52 PM

Here are some pictures of the Scrapbook I made of our first trip to DC in April of this year. It's not too fancy, but here they are!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce928659fec5b300000016108FZN3DNy4o
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce928659f3448e00000016108FZN3DNy4o
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce92865908c54500000016108FZN3DNy4o
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce928659a2c5ef00000016108FZN3DNy4o
(Sorry this one is so blurry! It's of the Vietnam Memorial)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce92865984c5c900000016108FZN3DNy4o
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d934b3127cce92865e72049400000016108FZN3DNy4o

That's about it--they're really simple pages, but since we got so many great pictures, I wanted those to be the focus. I've seen some great ideas on this thread--I'm truly inspired!! Hopefully I can do some more creative things with the album I'm working on now!

LeslieR

07-15-2005, 05:16 PM

kmmommy

07-15-2005, 07:18 PM

Did someone in here say they had the Big Idea Book of Baby Memories? I just bid on one at ebay. I was going through my scrapbooking stuff today and found The Big Idea Book of Wedding Memories! I don't even remember buying that one. :o I *really* need a scrapbooking area in our house. All of my stuff is in a large rubbermaid container and it is so disorganized. I seriously don't know what I have and what I don't have anymore!

Emily had the Big Idea Book of Baby Memories and was nice enough to sell it to me! I bid on one on Ebay last week before I posted that question and barely missed it.

I need a scrapbook area too. DH just suggested putting me in the closet under the stairs in the house we're looking at. Nice guy!! :rolleyes:

LeslieR

07-16-2005, 07:49 AM

Kelly, even that sounds better than scrapping at the kitchen table out of a rubbermaid container! :p I spent 2 hours yesterday getting organized and by the time I was done, I had absolutely NO INTEREST in scrapping at all. lol I guess the next time I get the urge to scrapbook, at least everything will be in order. :rolleyes:

The auction I bid on started at $1.99!!! There were 2 other auctions for a bit more and none of them had bids on them. Hopefully I'll get lucky!

kmmommy

07-16-2005, 07:52 AM

Kelly, even that sounds better than scrapping at the kitchen table out of a rubbermaid container! :p I spent 2 hours yesterday getting organized and by the time I was done, I had absolutely NO INTEREST in scrapping at all. lol I guess the next time I get the urge to scrapbook, at least everything will be in order. :rolleyes:

Hey! Have you been spying on me? I have a couple different rubbermaid containers full of stuff! Good to know I'm not alone on that!

Good luck with the ebay auction!

LeslieR

07-16-2005, 08:09 AM

LOL! I haven't graduated to more than one Rubbermaid yet (although, I suppose it's only a matter of time)! And the worst problem is that there isn't really a place in our house to keep the damn thing. It's kind of hidden away between the wall and our fireplace in the living room. I don't even know how I picked it up yesterday with this big pregnant belly. lol

rebeccasmommy

07-16-2005, 08:42 AM

I finally convinced my DH that all I wanted for Christmas (last year) was to clean out our second bedroom and get a table for me to scrap on! I got my wish, and now I have a place all ready to scrap on - if I can keep him from stacking crap on it! :)

kmmommy

07-16-2005, 09:20 AM

LeslieR

07-16-2005, 11:53 AM

Kimberland30

07-18-2005, 05:58 AM

Thank you so much for the compliments everyone! Like I said, it took a very LONG time to get it done, so I definately appreciate the comps!

Kim, your pages look great!! What did you use to make letters out of the pictures? That looks super cool :)

I did them free hand. I cut out a template of each letter using poster board, then cut the letters out of the Sandals catalog that we got from our travel agent.

al'sgirl

07-18-2005, 07:22 AM

I work out of rubbermaid containers too! I definately would get more done if I had a space in the house that I could spread out in.

We're redecorating our little house this month, and I'm sneakily try to leave space in the guest bedroom for a table and shelves. Think it will work? :D

catch

07-18-2005, 09:33 AM

I also work out of a Rubbermaid container, lol. I have one of those long ones that go under the bed, with wheels. It's good enough for now :D

Chimichanga

07-18-2005, 11:05 AM

I love everyone's pages!! Wow - everyone is so creative :)

I'm new to the thread, but have enjoyed catching up. I've scrapped since college (about 8 years now) but I don't get too intricate. I'll have to get some pictures of my favorite pages and post them.

My biggest problem: finding the time to scrap. Not that I'm super busy - but we just moved into a new house. And I don't feel right about scrapping when we have other things to be doing.

I do have my own room for my crafts (since we don't have kids) and everything is set up and organized - ready to go. I think I'll just have to designate time for scrapping. Like 4 hours on a Saturday night or something. :)

Audrey&Jackie

07-19-2005, 07:01 AM

Hi everyone! First of all, let me just say relieved I am to find out where all the WC people have gone. :D Second, I love this thread and would love to join in! Everyone's pages are so inspiring, especially to a first time scrapper like me.

I just started my first scrapbook about 5 days ago; it's a "baby's first year" book that I'll display at my daughter's 1st birthday party. Since it's kind of a quick flip-through book (and I have a tight deadline) I'm not really including much if any journaling.

I finished my third page last night and I have to say I am just ecstatic! It is very fulfilling; I can already see how this excitement turns into obsession!

Here are the pages I've done so far if anyone's interested. I'm afraid they are not very creative since I'm totally stealing layouts (mostly) from the Cathy Zielske book I have. I even read a quote by CZ where she encourages beginners to copy and that their true style will emerge. So I'm going with that. LOL The only difficulty I'm running into so far is that I don't have a 12x12 paper cutter (just one about half that size, a gift from my mom) so it's impossible to get straight cuts of cardstock. I'm not sure if I'll get one or not, since I'm thinking of going all digital after I get my physical photos scrapped. Also, the layouts I'm shamelessly copying are 8.5x11, so I'm trying to translate them to 12x12. It sure is fun!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/mttemple4/DSC_0006.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/mttemple4/DSC_0007.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/mttemple4/DSC_0005.jpg

BethS0103

07-19-2005, 07:54 AM

Cute LO's Audrey&Jackie! :) One thing though, would you mind putting each picture on a different line rather than side by side like that so we don't have to scroll sideways to read text? I know a lot of us just give up on reading after a while because it's too annoying to have to scroll back and forth for every single line of text - like you're doing right now. :p

Audrey&Jackie

07-19-2005, 08:22 AM

BethS0103 --Thanks! I hope that I've fixed the problem with the pics. They actually showed up on separate lines in my browser, but were indeed side by side in the tags. Oops!

catch

07-19-2005, 08:47 AM

Very cute pages Audrey&Jackie! Love the paper you used and the layouts are cute too.

al'sgirl

07-20-2005, 08:23 AM

Audrey&Jackie ... great pages! I like your mix of papers ... and the pics are adorable too :)

taraw

07-20-2005, 08:49 AM

Does anyone here do any scrap book pages digitally? Once my DD was born, I started using only the digital camera. I figured that since I was going to have to edit the pictures on my PC and then print them out, that I might as well layout the entire page on the computer and then print it all out. I have a scrapbook software called "Creating Keepsakes" that I like somewhat. I do a lot of the page layouts in Photoshop though. This has been easier for me (and cheaper too) then doing a traditional scrapbook. If anyone else uses scrapbook software, which one do you use? Here are a few of the pages that I have done.

http://images.snapfish.com/3444%3A9%3A323232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2338%3D47%3B%3D%3A 89%3DXROQDF%3E2323976%3A574%3B7ot1lsi
http://images.snapfish.com/3444%3A9%3A323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2338%3D47%3B%3D%3A 89%3DXROQDF%3E2323976%3A5%3A%3A6%3Aot1lsi
http://images.snapfish.com/3444%3A9%3A323232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E2338%3D47%3B%3D%3A 89%3DXROQDF%3E2323976%3A574%3B8ot1lsi
http://images.snapfish.com/3444%3A9%3A323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2338%3D47%3B%3D%3A 89%3DXROQDF%3E2323976%3A5%3A%3A77ot1lsi

emschwar

07-20-2005, 08:51 AM

Here's my latest, sorry the pictures are so bad. I couldn't get rid of the glare.
http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3444%3A9%3A323232%7Ffp4%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437% 3EWSNRCG%3D323238%3A4%3C4%3B25nu0mrj http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3444%3A9%3A323232%7Ffp5%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437% 3EWSNRCG%3D323238%3A4%3C4438nu0mrj http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3444%3A9%3A323232%7Ffp4%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437% 3EWSNRCG%3D323238%3A4%3C559%3Bnu0mrj

mrsdrummer

07-20-2005, 08:52 AM

Great layouts Emily. He's so cute.

Kimberland30

07-20-2005, 10:31 AM

I even read a quote by CZ where she encourages beginners to copy and that their true style will emerge.

This is so true! I bought a few layout guides (like stencils) that show where to cut and such, and it helped me out so much! I took many a trip to our local scrapbook store to look at what they had, then tried to remember it all when I got home. I'm also saving quite a few ideas for use when I start our dating/engagment/wedding/life scrapbook. Your pages look great!

taraw: Since I'm green to all this, what do you mean by doing whole pages on the computer? Did you do the entire page (including the cute borders, frames and cut outs)?

emschwar: Cute pages!

*************
I'm going to my first Creative Memories party soon, and I'm soooo excited! I hope to get my office/craft room in order soon, I need to get more organized for when we start building shelves and a work desk. I'm still gathering up as much as I can for our scrapbook so when I'm ready to go, I'm not looking all over the house for a particular item. Everything is everywhere from all my wedding crafts, and I need to get it back together before I go nuts. :)

snowzilla

07-20-2005, 10:50 AM

Great paper deal!
I don't know if all of the Costco's in North America get the same kind of deals at the same time (I'm in Canada, so maybe not) but I just picked up a 300-sheet slab of cardstock in gorgeous, basic colors for less than 20 bucks.

I noticed that they're also carrying stamping sets now - they came with several different stamp pads in various colors, and a ton of stamps in different sizes. :)

Anyways, if you're a Costco shopper, it doesn't hurt to see if they have the slab of cardstock there the next time you're shopping. :)

BethS0103

07-20-2005, 10:56 AM

I don't know if all of the Costco's in North America get the same kind of deals at the same time (I'm in Canada, so maybe not) but I just picked up a 300-sheet slab of cardstock in gorgeous, basic colors for less than 20 bucks.Yeah, I got mine here in MI for $12.99. I was so geeked! :D

taraw

07-20-2005, 11:04 AM

taraw: Since I'm green to all this, what do you mean by doing whole pages on the computer? Did you do the entire page (including the cute borders, frames and cut outs)?
Yes, the entire layout (including borders, frames, clip art) was done on the PC and then I print out the whole page.

nekopie76

07-20-2005, 11:12 AM

emschwar

07-20-2005, 11:24 AM

taraw

07-20-2005, 11:44 AM

taraw Where did you find that program and (if you don't mind me asking) how much did you pay for it? It sounds like something I would like to do.

One more question ... did you use regular white paper or can you use scrapbook paper? I don't how to ask that any other way. I guess I am wondering if the top where it says "We're Expecting" is something you did on the computer or if it was on paper that you printed the rest of the page out on. Does that make sense? Sorry!

Thanks for your help!

I print on photo paper, but you can print on regular white paper. Everything you see on the page was done on the computer, all of the graphics, text etc... There are a lot of Scrapbook softwares out there, I happened to buy "Creating Keepsakes" because I found it at Walmart and it was fairly cheap. I bought it a long time ago so I don't remember how much I paid for it, I want to say $20-$30.

emschwar

07-20-2005, 12:15 PM

BethElena

07-20-2005, 12:50 PM

I saw that computer program at Best Buy for $20 or $29 bucks this past weekend.

emschwar

07-20-2005, 07:24 PM

One more from tonight (my goal is to get Noah's 1st year done by the end of summer. I don't know if that's realistic anymore, but I'm trying...)
http://images.costcophotocenter.com/3444%3B39923232%7Ffp4%3Enu%3D3235%3E33%3B%3E437%3E WSNRCG%3D323238%3C64%3B969nu0mrj

rebeccasmommy

07-20-2005, 11:02 PM

Does anyone scrapbook for other people? As a source of income? I think I remember some folks on the wc thread doing this, but I'm not sure.

If so... how did you get started? How much do you charge? And how do you do it? I think of scrapbooking as such a personal thing, that it would be hard to do for someone else, especially the journalling!

I have done a couple of commissioned scrapbooks. The first one is an ongoing portfolio for a friend who is a wedding planner. For that album, she pays for supplies and $8 per layout. Since it's a business thing for her, there's not really any journaling, per se.

The second one (I'm still working on), I scrap the photos, but leave space on each page that she can do the journaling on. I also did that with an album I did as a gift (for the same person the portfolio is for), and left her space throughout the album and at the end for journaling.

As for how I got started, both people approached me. I haven't really thought about soliciting any projects, simply because I barely have time to do the ones I have! :)

emschwar

07-21-2005, 06:00 AM

The second one (I'm still working on), I scrap the photos, but leave space on each page that she can do the journaling on. I also did that with an album I did as a gift (for the same person the portfolio is for), and left her space throughout the album and at the end for journaling.
That's a good idea!

DiscoDiva

07-22-2005, 09:46 PM

You knew I'd make my way over here sooner or later, didn't all of you? :)

I'm looking for a hole punch, can you help me? I want something that makes small holes and 'slits' in my cardstock, for threading ribbon, thread, etc. I'd to be able to make a few sizes of holes, and I guess the slits would be from 1/2 inch to about an inch, and pretty narrow, just something I can thread ribbon through. I'd like the tool to be able to reach the middle of 12x12 paper, so if it's the stapler-looking type of hole punch, it would have to be long. If it's a hand held punch (kind of like an eyelet setter) I want something you don't have to bang down on really hard to cut the paper (it drives me crazy when people at crops start slamming on their eyelet setters)! Sorry to those of you who use them. Any ideas what I should buy?

emschwar: Do you still have that copy of Becky Higgin's Art of Creative Lettering? How much are you selling it for?

emschwar

07-23-2005, 06:08 AM

DiscoDiva - I do. PM me and we can discuss the details.

trefoil

07-23-2005, 01:44 PM

Fun thread! Here are some pages I did yesterday.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d903b3127cce92aca43a170a00000015108BcuWzdu3bk
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d903b3127cce92aca439963900000015108BcuWzdu3bk
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d903b3127cce92aca427962700000015108BcuWzdu3bk
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d903b3127cce92aca422171200000015108BcuWzdu3bk

mindy

07-23-2005, 03:38 PM

subscribing- love everyones work I want to start doing it again so hopefully I will have some pages done soon to share.

JenGirlie

07-23-2005, 07:44 PM

DiscoDiva, the only thing I can think of that may work for you is the Sizzix Paddle Punch (http://www.sizzix.com/shop.cfm?function=form&content=bodies/product_landing/paddlepunch.html&menu=menu_shop.cfm), since you want to be able to use it in the middle of a 12x12 page.

I know there are different punches for it for different size holes, and there is also a couple of slit shapes for lacing. So that might work for you. I can't think of anything else that could punch the holes in the middle of a large page.

Hope that helps!

jeeplover

07-23-2005, 08:45 PM

I love this thread! You girls have inspired me to get back into it! I have been scrapbooking for about 4 years now. I have a couple of scrapbooks started-augh!

emschwar

07-23-2005, 09:35 PM

Here's a fun little QOTD - what's your favorite scrapbooking tool?

Mine is the Perfect Layers from QVC:
http://images-p.qvc.com/is/image/f/15/f3415.001?$proddetailmain$

They're rulers with little lips of different widths. You glue your photo to the mat, bump the edge of the lip up to the photo, and use the craft knife to trim. So easy!

(I've mentioned it before on WC.)

kmmommy

07-23-2005, 09:50 PM

I also like the Perfect Layers tool. I love how easy it is to make multiple frames and that they all actually look the same.

I also like Dry Bond adhesive from QVC. Price is $19.78 + shipping.
http://images-p.qvc.com/is/image/f/86/f9686.001?$proddetailmain$

BTW, Emily - I got the book today. Thanks!

emschwar

07-23-2005, 09:56 PM

Hooray! I'm glad it arrived.

I can't live without the perfect layers. I'd go nuts.

kmmommy

07-23-2005, 09:57 PM

Me too! Wish all of us from this thread could get together and have a crop party. Maybe 2006 in Vegas?!

Our DH's can watch our kiddos!

LeslieR

07-24-2005, 02:04 PM

Oh, I would so love a crop party!:D

I started Luke's book this weekend. I figured if I get the pre-birth date pages done, maybe I won't get so far behind once he is here (wishful thinking, I know).

Thought I'd share some pics (mind you I'm a better scrapbooker than photographer :p !):

http://photos21.flickr.com/28257292_7c721d8ca0.jpg?v=0

http://photos22.flickr.com/28257293_66d8ce7701.jpg?v=0

http://photos21.flickr.com/28257294_6d624648f5.jpg?v=0

3 pages in two days. :rolleyes: My attention span is very short at this stage in pregnancy. lol

Now I have to vent-I spent $55 yesterday at Michael's on paper and stickers and what do ya know? They're having a sale starting today on paper-2 for $1 and some percentage off stickers. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

ktnkids

07-24-2005, 02:16 PM

just wanted to get in here. Maybe I'll get back into doing some pages! the last ones I did were 2 years ago and it was for my daughter from when she was 2!!!! :eek: (she's 6 now--you do the math-I'm really behind). Now my son is 10 months and I haven't started on anything for him. I need some inspiration here!!!!!

jeeplover

07-24-2005, 02:30 PM

Leslie-Those are some cute pages you created! That stinks about Michaels having a sale on that stuff!

QOTD: I would have to say that my favorite item (not really a tool) is this:

http://www.michaels.com/online/images/product/large/sb0186.jpg

LeslieR

07-24-2005, 02:37 PM

hbeshore, thanks for the compliment!

I hate buying my stuff at Michael's, but it's like the only place around here. The other two stores that I loved buying supplies from both closed. :mad:

I sooooo want one of those organizers! I asked for one for Christmas, but no dice. I bet that's much better than a big Rubbermaid container. lol

QOTD, I don't have a favorite tool, but I'm definitely going to have to check out the Perfect Layers. It sounds really cool!

Darin's Girl

07-24-2005, 04:15 PM

Subscribing. I am hoping that you ladies can inspire me to actually start a scrapbook for my daughter. My DH says that I am the best darn scrapbook stuff collector he knows. :D In other words, I buy all the stuff but never use it! I really need to get motivated! I think the idea of cutting, pasting and all of that paper stuff scares me! I found a Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Software program at Target today that I think I would actually use, sinse I like doing stuff on the computer. Thanks for the idea taraw!!!

txssenorita

07-24-2005, 05:18 PM

I've been too busy to scrap, but I starting to work on my wedding scrapbook and this is the first page I did. I probably won't work chronologically. The scan is a little dirty, I need to clean the scan bed. http://images.snapfish.com/3445478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2326%3D5%3A%3B%3D%3B97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323987733674ot1lsi

Edited to add that the ribbon on the page was leftover from my dress. :D

wagsgirl

07-24-2005, 05:35 PM

subscribing 20 pages into the thread :rolleyes:

I'll be back...

jeeplover

07-24-2005, 06:00 PM

Question : When you ladies have writing do you use something to trace it first or just do it freehand?

wagsgirl

07-24-2005, 06:02 PM

hbeshore-I do all my journaling free hand.

Now I have a question/request. I see some of you have scrap rooms/spaces. I've looked at the gallery on two peas, but I'm always on the lookout for other ideas. Can you post pics of your spaces? Or armoires/storage items you'd like to purchase someday?? :)

jeeplover

07-24-2005, 06:12 PM

Wagsgirl-a couple of pages back one of the girls (sorry I can't remember who it was) posted a beautiful scrapbooking armoire with tons of storage. I will go back and see if I can find it for you. Here it is;

http://store1.yimg.com/I/yhst-45678101443578_1850_300289571

http://store1.yimg.com/I/yhst-45678101443578_1850_215135394

Originally posted by chandy

LeslieR

07-24-2005, 06:23 PM

Question : When you ladies have writing do you use something to trace it first or just do it freehand?

I hate my handwriting, so I type up all of my (long) journaling in Word and then print it on solid paper. If it's just a sentence or two, I'll write it out freehand.

emschwar

07-24-2005, 07:42 PM

Now I have a question/request. I see some of you have scrap rooms/spaces. I've looked at the gallery on two peas, but I'm always on the lookout for other ideas. Can you post pics of your spaces? Or armoires/storage items you'd like to purchase someday?? :)
I have a table in the guest room for scrapbooking. On one side, I have a 10 drawer rolling cart from costco. On the other side I have this cabinet from ikea:
http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/22842_PE073146_S3.jpg
I got extra shelves cut at home depot and I store my paper in there.

Above my table, I have this on the wall, also from ikea:
http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/27467_PE081906_S3.jpg
Technically, it's a cd shelf, but it works for holding supplies.

Some of my supplies are in a Crop-in-style XXL, though those tend to be the ones I use less frequently.

I also have a set of yaffa blocks for more storage, and the bed in the guest room :)

On the table I have 2 desk organizers to hold pens, pencils, rulers, adhesive, blades and other things I use frequently.

islandgirlsj

07-24-2005, 08:16 PM

I have been lurking for a long time, admiring everyones work.
I have not posted because I had not taken any pictures of the Album I'm doing for my sister right now.
It is just sorta a mini album of sorts, and I have left lots of room on each page for her to journal on, so some of the pages look a little bare.
I figure they out to look much better once she finishes writing on them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook4.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook5.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook6.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook8.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook10.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook11.gif

I think that is all I can fit in this post, so I'd better submit it before I lose it.

islandgirlsj

07-24-2005, 08:18 PM

Here are the last 5 pages I have finished.
I'm waiting for more pictures to come from her before I can finish, which is rather frustrating when you are on a roll. :rolleyes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook12.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook13.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook15.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/Jakesscrapbook16.gif

What do you all think?? I have not shown her any pages yet, I wanted them to be a suprise when she got the album back.

rebeccasmommy

07-25-2005, 01:23 AM

Question : When you ladies have writing do you use something to trace it first or just do it freehand?

I do most of my journaling by hand, unless it's long. Then I'll type it and print it out. The only major exception is the album I'm doing of my teaching career. I do a page for each year, and the journaling itself is usually an entire sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper, so that's typed. :)

islandgirlsj - nice pages!!

BethElena

07-25-2005, 08:54 AM

LeslieR - could you go back to Michael's for a price adjustment on the supplies?

Those are such cute pages, islandgirlsj!

I wish I had room for neat storage things you girls are asking for! Someday...

MandyMaloo

07-25-2005, 09:17 AM

Everyone has such beautiful pages! I spent all weekend scrapbooking the pictures from our beach weekend and it's coming along very well!

trefoil--OMG! It's like you walked into my house! Our kitchen looks EXACTLY the same, and our cat Xander does the same exact thing...it's so funny! He'll either sleep on top of the freezer or on the top of the cabinets! Your pages are adorable!!

I know it was awhile back, but since I didn't get to post for awhile, I wanted to share my favorite tool. It's REALLY simple, but I've gotta say the corner rounder is a favorite. I think it just makes things to finished looking. Also, I bought these pre-made mats for the pictures at AC Moore, and I adore those too!!

Hopefully I can post some pictures of my new pages!

(I LOVE this thread!!:) )

Kimberland30

07-25-2005, 01:38 PM

When you do your scrapbooks, do you embellish each page?

I have over 400 pictures from our wedding. Some are duplicates, some are the same picture from different angles. But there are some that have to be put in our wedding album...and that could take pages and pages. I was thinking of just embellishing the important pages (bridal party, first kiss, cake fight, etc) and using colored photo corners for other pages in between. I don't want to spend a fortune on supplies, or a lot of time on pages, and I don't want it to look too "cluttered".

Any suggestions?

nekopie76

07-25-2005, 02:43 PM

islandgirlsj ~ I think you did an awesome job! If I was your sister, I would love to have it. :)

MandyMaloo

07-26-2005, 06:17 AM

Kimberland30- When I am scrapbooking an entire album of the same event, I don't embellish every page. Sometimes simplicity is key. Especially with things as important as wedding pictures, let the pictures be the focus of the page. Sometimes something as simple as rounding the corners, or even the paper your putting the photos on will be all the embellishment you'll need!

Good luck scraping your wedding...if you take any pics of them, please post them. I'm looking for some inspiration for when I need to start scraping it myself! :)

DiscoDiva

07-26-2005, 10:33 AM

When I am scrapbooking an entire album of the same event, I don't embellish every page. Sometimes simplicity is key. Especially with things as
important as wedding pictures, let the pictures be the focus of the page. Sometimes something as simple as rounding the corners, or even the paper your putting the photos on will be all the embellishment you'll need!
I agree. I used to use a lot of stickers and 'stuff' but I've found that simple and elegant is much better!

al'sgirl

07-26-2005, 11:18 AM

I'm fond of the simple and elegant look as well ... I like the photos (and some journalling) to tell the story themselves.

Kim ... We have about 400 pics from our wedding as well. What I'm doing with them is splitting them into two albums. One album is for all the professional proofs and other photos just themselves. I didn't want my scrap-album to contain all of the photos ... the book would end up huge! So, I'm just going to choose my favourites from the pics to make the scrapbook.

vjel

07-26-2005, 02:02 PM

I just started our wedding scrapbook (we've been married for almost 3 years now :rolleyes: ). here's a couple pages of what I've done so far. I wanted to keep this pretty simple.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d907b3127cce93787dfd25fa00000016108AbMWbJu2Zs0

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d907b3127cce9378725fe4f700000016108AbMWbJu2Zs0

islandgirlsj

07-26-2005, 07:20 PM

Kimberland30 ~ I have been slowly working on my wedding scrapbook, for over 2 years now .... YES, I AM THAT BAD... it is not even done yet. I believe I'm up to the end of the ceremony now.
I have other projects that have gotten in the way of me finishing it... so what can I say. :rolleyes:

Anyhow, I wanted my wedding book to be rather simple, as we did not get a professional album.
Here are a few pictures that I have taken pictures of to show you kinda how minie is turning out.
Hope they give you some ideas.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/wedalb9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/wedalb8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/wedalb10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/wedalb3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/islandgirlsj/Scrapbooking/wedalb.jpg

Sorry the pictures are not the best, I was in a hurry when I took them

LeslieR

07-26-2005, 07:23 PM

Oh wow, everyone's wedding pages are so beautiful! I don't think I'll ever get to mine. lol

wagsgirl

07-26-2005, 09:13 PM

emschwar-I love that cabinet from Ikea! That is a great idea! Building extra shelves at Home Depot. I would have never thought of that!!

I will never get to my wedding album! Now that I have a second baby, all of my time is spent scrapping them. But I'm not complaining ;)

Kimberland30

07-27-2005, 06:09 AM

Thank you so much for all your responses! Now I won't feel bad for not embellishing each single page. :)

MandyMaloo: I'll definately post when I get started. Now that I'm on the idea bandwagon, there are so many pictures I wish we'd gotten from the wedding. Like more of the guys (2 GM's showed up just before the wedding, so they didn't have time for candids). Our pro guy missed a lot and I'm so disappointed, but hopefully we can make pictures from the DVD's that we got of the ceremony and reception.

Al'sgirl: I'm not exactly sure how I am going to do our scrapbook yet. I'll probably put just the best pictures in it...and keep the rest (duplicates and such) in a separate standard album. We'll have our pro album too.

Vjel: I think I saw some of your layouts at the other site because they look very familiar. They are great! In fact, when I saw yours I realized that I really should include pictures of us ladies getting ready. So many wedding albums I've seen only focus on the wedding and reception, I want ours to include our baby pictures and growing up (only a select few that we highlighted at our reception), our engagement story and our wedding day.

Islandgirlsj: Your pages are wonderful! See what 2 years will get you? LOL I agree that simple is the best way to go. :)

*******************
Last night I went to my first Creative Memories party...and OH MY! I didn't do a project because they were doing one for little boys (I have a 15 year old girl), so I just watched and looked at the catalog. I am going to get a regular scrapbook album (12 x 12 with the insert sheet protectors). I don't like the ones that CM has. I have a 40% off coupon for Michaels and saw a nice one there that I could use. Plus Michaels is having a sale on all their scrapbooking items, so I kept that in mind last night.

One thing I did get was this....a personal cropper.
http://creativememories.com/ProductCollection/Images/en-US/Item%20Grouping%20Type/Product/Product%20Image%20Type/Item%20Image/140_2.jpg

On my wish list is this....12" decorative trimmer (I have a Fiskars straight trimmer already).
http://creativememories.com/ProductCollection/Images/en-US/Item%20Grouping%20Type/Product/Product%20Image%20Type/Item%20Image/492_2.jpg

I also bought some stickers, borders and journal boxes. I'm going to Michaels tomorrow night and get some other stuff. I told my DH that this could become a very expensive habit...and bless his heart...he said "How in the world can that happen? It's just paper!!". That's my sweetie!!

Maybe all this will motivate me to finally clean my office so I can get a craft station built. :)

LeslieR

07-27-2005, 06:59 AM

I'm not a big fan of CM, but those two tools look really cool!

Kimberland30

07-27-2005, 07:58 AM

I didn't see a whole lot that I had to have, you know? Their stuff is cute, but I'm sure I could get similar things at a scrapbook store, and probably cheaper (???). I definately don't like their albums. I do like that their kits come with instructions and all the paper & stickers you need for that particular project.

LeslieR

07-27-2005, 08:16 AM

That's how I felt when I went to a CM party a few years ago. Maybe they've changed since then, but I thought their stickers and papers were boring. I did get a free pair of awesome scissors, though. :p

BethElena

07-27-2005, 08:19 AM

Kimberland30- yes, michaels is cheaper. i found CM stuff to be way over priced.

mrsliby2004

07-27-2005, 10:00 AM

Our pro guy missed a lot and I'm so disappointed, but hopefully we can make pictures from the DVD's that we got of the ceremony and reception.

OMG - my pro guy missed a lot too and I was scrapbooking it made me sad when I wanted certain pictures! How do you make pictures from a DVD?

Love that personal cropper and the decorative trimmer is pretty cool too!

There was a Michael's coupon this week? How could I have missed it?!! Going to the recycle to find the ads from Sunday!!

mrsliby2004

07-27-2005, 10:08 AM

I do most of my journaling by hand, unless it's long. Then I'll type it and print it out. The only major exception is the album I'm doing of my teaching career. I do a page for each year, and the journaling itself is usually an entire sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper, so that's typed. :)

Ooh -- love the idea -- if you get a chance, I would love to se an example of a teaching year page!! I have been trying to do full scrapbooks for each year and it is killing me!! :eek:

E'sprincess

07-27-2005, 10:21 AM

Just wanted to stop and say HI and I'm *Subscribing*, I haven't been able to read all the pages yet, on page 3 lol, but I love the ideas you guys have. I started scrapping about 1 year ago. and love it, Just wish there was more time to do it. Ok well off to read some more.

~Jen~

rebeccasmommy

07-27-2005, 02:36 PM

Ooh -- love the idea -- if you get a chance, I would love to se an example of a teaching year page!! I have been trying to do full scrapbooks for each year and it is killing me!! :eek:

Here's the first one:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/sllester/DSC04762.jpg

I went back and added a small tag under my picture with some miscellaneous information. I don't have a picture of the second page yet (from my second year of teaching), and I have to do the LO for last year. Once I get those done, I'll post! :)

Kimberland30

07-27-2005, 08:28 PM

OMG - my pro guy missed a lot too and I was scrapbooking it made me sad when I wanted certain pictures! How do you make pictures from a DVD?

Love that personal cropper and the decorative trimmer is pretty cool too!

There was a Michael's coupon this week? How could I have missed it?!! Going to the recycle to find the ads from Sunday!!

What is it with some pro photographers? We paid so much money for him, and granted the pictures he did get are INCREDIBLE and we don't regret hiring him, but I wish he got more pictures of things like the mother's lighting the candles, the dad's doing their speeches, candids of the groomsmen...stuff like that.

We have two DVD's of our wedding and reception from different angles. My daughter seems to think that if I pause a frame, I can copy that into paint, crop it, then save it as a picture. I haven't gotten it to work, but I'm a computer idiot. She's playing around with it right now so I hope she can figure it out. I'll let you know if it works!

There was a 40% off one item coupon in our paper this week...it expires 7-30. They are having a big sale on scrapbooking stuff. My DH is working late tomorrow night, my DD will be at a friends...what better a way than to spend the evening at Michaels? :) I'll worry about bills next week. LOL

rebeccasmommy: That is such a great idea to do a page per year! What a great way to track your teaching career!

kmmommy

07-27-2005, 09:06 PM

Wow! What gorgeous pages everyone is posting. I wish I'd starting scrapbooking before DS was born. He was my inspiration but that means I need to do our wedding album still.

Tonight I finished making DS's birthday invitations. What a job that was! I'll try to post pics later!

DiscoDiva

07-27-2005, 09:35 PM

There are some things that you just have to buy from creative memories: The personal trimmer (like Kimberland posted above) and their cutting system. The cutting system consists of templates and blades so you can trim pictures or paper into ovals, circles, shapes, etc. It may be expensive, but it is hands down the best cutting system out there!

For those who are looking for scrapbook storage, I bought a 6' high by 4' wide (around 20" deep) cabinet for my supplies. It is absolutely fantastic, and it holds ALL of my scrapbook stuff including 2 totes! The shelves are adjustable and the front has a lock: perfect if you have kids. I got it on sale for $99 at Home Depot but I think it's regularly $120 or so. Here are a few pics:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df05b3127cce9f4c8c7ebc8900000015108CYt2Thy3Zq
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc31b3127cce9073abba82e500000015108CYt2Thy3Zq
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc31b3127cce9073a8ce433800000015108CYt2Thy3Zq
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc31b3127cce9073a8cc433a00000015108CYt2Thy3Zq

I love my scrapbook cabinet!!!!

wagsgirl

07-27-2005, 10:02 PM

Great cabinet!! I just have no idea where to look. Home Depot is a good idea!

DiscoDiva- What do you have your paper stored in? That's my weakness, paper. I have a TON of it! In all sorts of different patterns and colors.

How do you all store your patterned papers? By main color?

Kimberland30

07-28-2005, 05:22 AM

There are some things that you just have to buy from creative memories: The personal trimmer (like Kimberland posted above) and their cutting system. The cutting system consists of templates and blades so you can trim pictures or paper into ovals, circles, shapes, etc. It may be expensive, but it is hands down the best cutting system out there!

Have you (or anyone reading this) tried the Fiskars set of templates? I saw it online at Michaels, and was wondering if it was similar to the CM set. ?? Fiskars also has one of those personal trimmers, although theirs doesn't have the handy drawer at the bottom and I don't know what it costs. I've been looking on Ebay now that I have a CM catalog and know what it would cost me IRL.

Love your storage cabinet! My brother said that he'd build me a craft station in our office, but I'm thinking that to save time and $$$, a cabinet like that might be better. I'll need more shelves though - but I can also have some cut at Home Depot to fit.

al'sgirl

07-28-2005, 07:11 AM

Kim ... I use the Fiskars templates. I really like them. It takes a while to get the technique down to get the shapes perfect, but I, personally, like how it works better than the CM system.

I have the CM personal trimmers, though. It's very handy for trimming photos and smaller paper pieces. The paper cutter I have is the 12x12 Fiskars cutter.

This week, I went out and bought a 5 drawer "rubbermaid" storage tower on castors. I can't wait to get my supplies out of the big container they are in, into something I can move around easier. I'd love a cabinet like that! But, my craft corner just isn't big enough yet ... until we get out basement renovated!

DiscoDiva

07-28-2005, 08:09 AM

DiscoDiva- What do you have your paper stored in? That's my weakness, paper. I have a TON of it! In all sorts of different patterns and colors.
My paper is stored in some of those wire cubes. I twist tied them together, and I store my solid colored paper in there. I usually buy my printed paper in 'books' like The Stack, so I leave the paper in the 'book.' When I buy single sheets of printed paper, they are for a specific layout, so I store them with the photos for that layout. Here's a few pics of my paper in my cabinet:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc37b3127cce9013cb0f50f000000016108CYt2Thy3Zq
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc37b3127cce9013cb00d1cf00000015108CYt2Thy3Zq

Have you (or anyone reading this) tried the Fiskars set of templates? I saw it online at Michaels, and was wondering if it was similar to the CM set. ?? Fiskars also has one of those personal trimmers, although theirs doesn't have the handy drawer at the bottom and I don't know what it costs. I've been looking on Ebay now that I have a CM catalog and know what it would cost me IRL.
I tried the Fiskars templates and did not like them at all! I wanted to use them, but they were just too hard to use. After trying them, then trying the CM set, I returned the Fiskars set. In my opinion, CM is the best way to go.

Kimberland30

07-28-2005, 08:18 AM

This week, I went out and bought a 5 drawer "rubbermaid" storage tower on castors. I can't wait to get my supplies out of the big container they are in, into something I can move around easier. I'd love a cabinet like that! But, my craft corner just isn't big enough yet ... until we get out basement renovated!

Where did you get yours? I have been looking for some type of storage tower that will fit my 12" x 12" paper, but no such luck. I have one that is holding all my craft things now, but it's not wide enough for my paper so I need to buy something else. :(

LeslieR

07-28-2005, 08:24 AM

This week, I went out and bought a 5 drawer "rubbermaid" storage tower on castors. I can't wait to get my supplies out of the big container they are in

This is what I need to do! That would be sooooo much easier to manipulate around the house since it would be on wheels. You super-organized ladies with scrapping areas in your houses would laugh at my current system. lol

snowzilla

07-28-2005, 08:28 AM

Storage System - we were very fortunate that when we moved into this house, the laundry room had already been converted into a sort of "sewing" room, with plenty of shelves, and a nice big desk built in. Hubby bought me a small television set and we got the cable hooked up in there, so I can sit and scrap while watching my favourite shows at night.

I would take a picture, but as organized as my stuff can be, it's still just a laundry room, so it's NOT glamorous at all. But it serves it's purpose very well. :)

PalmBch2002

07-28-2005, 09:04 AM

Disco Diva - I still don't understand...where did you get the wire cubes and the shelves? Did the cubes come not assembled and then you just bought a couple and didn't assemble them? So lost.

mrsliby2004

07-28-2005, 09:18 AM

DiscoDiva - is that one of tose wire cube things that you can stack all up together and you just didn't stack?
http://images.marketworks.com/hi/66/65898/1051750.jpg

DiscoDiva

07-28-2005, 09:23 AM

Disco Diva - I still don't understand...where did you get the wire cubes and the shelves? Did the cubes come not assembled and then you just bought a couple and didn't assemble them? So lost.
Yup, I bought some of these things:
http://images.marketworks.com/hi/66/65898/1051750.jpg
But, they come with those white plastic things that only hold them together at the very corners, to make 12x12 'blocks'. I twist-tied the shelves to the sides between the corners, so I could have shelves 1" apart. Now I have a bag of extra plastic corner thingies that I don't use. Does that make sense?

LeslieR

07-28-2005, 09:27 AM

Ooh, found this on target.com for $49.49. It doesn't say how deep the drawers are, though. :rolleyes:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000820YLU.16._AA384_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Kimberland30

07-28-2005, 09:34 AM

I twist-tied the shelves to the sides between the corners, so I could have shelves 1" apart. Now I have a bag of extra plastic corner
thingies that I don't use. Does that make sense?

Very very clever! Where did you get those wire bins? How tall is it? Sorry for so many questions...I have shelves in a closet and I want to make sure it's tall enough before buying something like that. I like the stackable drawers, but I could probably fit/organize more paper going with a system like yours.

DiscoDiva

07-28-2005, 09:37 AM

Very very clever! Where did you get those wire bins? How tall is it? Sorry for so many questions...I have shelves in a closet and I want to make sure it's tall enough before buying something like that. I like the stackable drawers, but I could probably fit/organize more paper going with a system like yours.
I got the wire bins at Target, Home Depot, etc. A lot of places carry them. I'll bet the have them at BB&B and LNT as well. The cubes are around 14x14, so they are big enough to fit 12x12 paper. The nice thing is that I can always add on to the system easily.

Kimberland30

07-28-2005, 10:12 AM

Thanks! I checked the Target website but not BBB.

ETA: Here's one I found on the BBB website. I'll be right by there tonight so I'll check them out in person. This one has 6 cubes for $19.99. They have another one with 4 cubes for $14.99. I have a 20% coupon that I'm dying to use too! :)
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/assets/product_images/230/2249912872941P.JPG

al'sgirl

07-28-2005, 10:20 AM

Where did you get yours? I have been looking for some type of storage tower that will fit my 12" x 12" paper, but no such luck. I have one that is holding all my craft things now, but it's not wide enough for my paper so I need to buy something else. :(

The one I got was like this one, except 5 drawers instead:
http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/07/31/49/31/0007314931308_215X215.jpg

I got it at a store we have in Canada called Zellers, it's similar to Walmart, where I found the pic. It was about US$28. It just fits the 12x12 paper, with finger room beside so the paper won't get squished.

Kimberland30

07-28-2005, 10:31 AM

Thanks! I did check the ones at Walmart and the drawers were too narrow for 12" paper. But I'm really thinking about getting a 3-drawer one like the one you posted for other things, like ribbon, wrapping paper, bows, etc.

islandgirlsj

07-28-2005, 11:37 AM

I personally *LOVE* my cropper Hopper work station. I can not believe how much paper they hold. I have two of them, one for plain paper, and another for patterned and speciality paper.
https://www.cropperhopper.com/images/products/CH3HD-B.jpg

You can even get them at Michaels. Use your 40 % and you'll be rocking!
They are great because you can roll them anywhere.
:D :D

islandgirlsj

07-28-2005, 11:44 AM

Oh Oh Oh..
They also have this new one which looks cool also.
I think I had better stop myself from looking! :eek: :D

https://www.cropperhopper.com/images/products/Paper%20Holder%20Trolley(1).jpg

al'sgirl

07-28-2005, 11:51 AM

I like to have my paper protected from light and dust etc. (like cat paw marks and hair!) That's why I went for something that closes up well.

Kimberland30

07-28-2005, 12:06 PM

I like to have my paper protected from light and dust etc. (like cat paw marks and hair!) That's why I went for something that closes up well.

Now that you mention it, I didn't even think of our dog's hair and such...it gets EVERYWHERE. And since our office/craft room is also going to be used as a gym, maybe something that closes will be a better idea.

Islandgirlsj: I *heart* those!!

catch

07-28-2005, 12:30 PM

islandgirlsj, I'm a little behind, but I just wanted to tell you how awesome I thought your pages were!

PalmBch2002

07-28-2005, 01:50 PM

Disco Diva - thanks for explaining it!

Kimberland - thanks for doing the research on them!

islandgirlsj

07-28-2005, 01:52 PM

catch ~
Thank you for the wonderful compliment *blushes*
:D ;)

LeslieR

07-28-2005, 03:13 PM

I'm so proud-I got two pages done yesterday and two pages done today! Methinks I'm using scrapbooking as an escape from the ancticipation and fear of labor. :rolleyes:

http://photos23.flickr.com/29307925_a6a92e72a5.jpg?v=0
http://photos22.flickr.com/29307926_c831e81cfe.jpg?v=0
http://photos23.flickr.com/29307927_fd0a9741e9.jpg?v=0
http://photos21.flickr.com/29307928_2c47879561.jpg?v=0

Kimberland30

07-28-2005, 08:37 PM

Leslie, great pages!!!

************
Well I went to Michaels tonight to take advantage of their sale, and boy did I! I went after work and this might be TMI, but I had a Red Bull just before leaving work and didn't go to the bathroom ON PURPOSE, just so that I wouldn't spend so much time in there. Halfway into my spending spree I really had to go...SO I HELD IT all the way until I got home. How pathetic am I?

The one I went to was small compared to the one by the mall, so I might have to run into that one tomorrow. I didn't have my coupon either, so that's a good excuse to go again.

My office shelves won't hold one of those 14.5" sorter racks. Dang! Anyone know where I can get the plastic vertical storage things in this picture?

https://www.cropperhopper.com/images/products/Paper%20Holder%20Trolley(1).jpg

I didn't see any at Michaels.

Thanks!