Wrap It Up #4

 Lately I've been trying to reorganize some of my scrapbooks by year.  I don't tend to like working on scrapbooks in order or as a whole so much as just making pages when I find photos I want to scrapbook, but the problem with that method has been me not knowing what I have and haven't scrapped yet.  I found this page in dire need of an update while I was scrambling through an old book trying to find out if I'd made a page with a DIFFERENT set of photos.  I figured finishing this page would be a fairly simple task and I was right.

Luckily for me, once again, my base page was pretty good.  I had also just picked up these flowers and thickers from Tuesday Morning so I was able to pretty quickly pull everything together.  I love the way it turned out and can now proudly put it in the album I've dedicated to my senior year of high school.

Identifiable Elements:

• Flowers - The Paper Studio
• Thickers - American Crafts

Cruise Album #9

This page is a little different than the others I've made for this album so far but I tried to keep it in the same world by using a similar color scheme and of course the skulls.

The day this picture was taken I had woken up pretty sea sick, but it didn't take me long to figure out that floating in a pool on the ship actually helped quite a bit.  While one of my favorite bands, Bowling For Soup, played poolside I happily floated around and got some sun.  My friend was walking by and saw me so she took this picture before joining in.

I tried to use the same colors as previous pages and hoped the circles would be able to repeat the circle theme I have working throughout the album, even though I did something a little different with their arrangement.

The song for the day is from Bowling For Soup since they truly were the soundtrack of this photo.


Identifiable Elements:

• Bling- The Paper Studio
• Felt Skulls- DIY Craft by FLOMO
• Background paper- Blue Calypso by Bazzill
• Yellow paper- "Daffodil Delight" by Stampin' Up!
• Red paper- "Poppy Parade" by Stampin' Up!

Cruise Album #4

It may not look like it, but my friend and I are in fact in this photo.  I still know where I am, but I'll leave that as a guessing game for you all.

Good Charlotte was the first band to play and kick off the cruise as we were sailing away from New Orleans.  They were supposed to go on earlier but everything was delayed by a few hours with the chaos of everyone trying to board and get settled in.

Kevin Lyman is the founder of Warped Tour and he took the stage with them for this awesome photo.  (They were also sponsored by PBR, hence the excessive can presence.  They were passing them out for free in the crowd as well.)

Since the photo was so large and took up so much of the page I didn't want to waste any paper trying to do too many layers so I opted for a rich background and a simple black piece to give it depth.

It bothers me that I accidentally put my Os all upside down and now they somewhat resemble Qs but I think anyone reading could guess that they are not.

The most frustrating thing about this album so far is the fact that the photos themselves are not actually straight.  I've had to adjust things and cut thins wonky in my paper cutter to make the illusion that they are.

Song:




Identifiable Elements:

• Background- "Rose' Inspired" from the Rose' All Day collection by Reminisce
• Black paper- Basic Black by Stampin' Up!
• Yellow paper- Daffodil Delight by Stampin' Up!
• Lettering- Alphabet stickers by The Paper Studio