Wrap It Up #6

Yet another high school page that I never got around to finishing.  This was the first page I've tried to fix that I actually didn't like what I tried to do originally.  I mostly didn't like how the color scheme seemingly had nothing to do with the subject of the photos or the photos themselves.

I ended up adding in some blue striped paper mostly to make it feel more like EIU and to match the colors in the photos better.  I and removed the flower buttons because they felt so out of place no matter how I much I tried to spruce up the page.  I covered up the marks they left with the bling that I thought was more appropriate for the page.

I'm surprised I was able to salvage this page as much as I was.  I usually have pretty good instincts in designing pages but clearly not always.

Identifiable Elements:

• White bling - Jolee's Boutique
• Letters - Sticko
• Blue stripe paper - SEI

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

Wrap It Up #3

For today's Wrap It Up Page I think I genuinely thought I was done with it when I originally made it, but I decided to spruce it up just a little bit more.  It's shocking how much just a few embellishments can add to a page.

I almost didn't post this page because I altered it so little but I think that is the beauty of it and why I should post it.

I don't have elements to tell because they're all so old, so forgive me for the abrupt end to the post.

Wrap It Up #2

 Today's page is one that I'm surprised I never finished.  It had pretty good bones and had I added ANY text I might've considered it done.  I really like the color combo past me chose.

It's really shocking to me just how close I got to finishing some of these pages before walking away.

The crazy part about finishing this page was that I only added 3 elements; some washi tape, felt buttons, and letters.  I had to add extra glue to the letters to get them to stick down, but that's probably because I've had them for quite awhile and original purchased them from a clearance pile.

Identifiable Elements:

• Thickers – Gold Foil Chipboard Letter Stickers by American Crafts
• Felt buttons – BlumenthalLansing Company
• Washitape – Create 365

Wrap It Up #1

 Last year's Wrap It Up challenge that I set for myself didn't go so well so I'm hoping that this year will be better.  I have a lot of scrapbook pages only half finished and I want to make this year feel more worthwhile.  I spent a lot of months aimless and unmotivated so I'd like to end on a positive note.

This first page is one that I had a lot of fun amping up.

When I first started the page I must've used some funky versamark/shimmer combo that I really like.  I went looking through my stash of stickers and embellishments and was very lucky to find that I had a set that matched the color scheme almost perfectly.  I used them, a random board sticker I had and cut up, along with some stickers to indicate the year and other details, to make the page something I consider to be complete.

I'm looking forward to working with more of these types of pages this month and finally getting some of them done.  It'll feel good to go into the new year with a little less baggage.

Identifiable Elements:

• Raised stickers - Yellow Bicycle
• Green letters - Create 365

Wrap It Up #2

Continuing the challenge I set for myself on Monday, I updated this page.  I forgot to take a before photo but literally all the page had were the ribbons and the silver circles.  There was no bling, no flowers, and definitely know lettering.  The large white block at the top is just me censoring my friend's name to protect the innocent.

That being said, the ribbons did add a pretty cool base for this revamp, and I really like how it turned out.  I had the orange flowers and was super excited to use them.  They fit the crazy ribbon theme perfectly which also kept with the eclectic looks we were wearing for mismatch day in the photos.

Identifiable Elements:

• Orange flowers- Maya Road

Wrap It Up #1

This month I decided to do something a little different.  As the year is coming to an end I decided to do my best to go through old albums I have that are full of half finished scrapbook pages.  I used to leaved space so I could type up titles and little blurbs about the photos but lately I haven't wanted much to do with that style.  So instead of letting myself go into the New Year with all these old incomplete pages, I'm  going to do my best to fix them up.  

Since it is December I decided to start with this page that featured a nice Christmas theme.  I'd made a dress out of wrapping paper but the sad face was because I couldn't really sit in it so I knew it'd get trashed at school that day.

Before I revamped this page it was pretty bland and left a lot of negative space that I didn't really care for.

I've realized that one of the biggest challenges for these pages is going to be finding the years that the photos were taken.  I had to do a lot of scrolling on Facebook to figure out if it was my junior or senior year of high school, but eventually I found it and was super grateful for social media.

Obviously, because these were made so long ago, I don't really know what bits and pieces I used to put them together.  All I can list below is what I added that I can identify in the revamp stage.

Identifiable Elements:

• 3D stars-  "Sweet Freedom" stickers by Pink Paislee
• Red circles- Real Red by Stampin' Up!