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SundayL
19-05-2009, 07:48 PM
Hi there,
Just found your forum and having a look around at the moment. But I thought I would jump right in and post a page I made (which was actually made for a demo at my crop about the technique of layering).
http://www.crafttelly.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=18&pictureid=86
I have scrapbookers and cardmakers at my crop and I like to show that scrapbookers can be cardmakers and vice versa, so I made a birthday card using the same materials and technique.
http://www.crafttelly.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=19&pictureid=88
There are more pictures on my Scrapbooking Blog (http://scrapbooking-layout-inspiration.blogspot.com/2009/01/can-yu-guess-where-other-photographs.html) and THIS (http://scrapbooking-layout-inspiration.blogspot.com/2009/01/hidden-pictures-in-scrapbooking-layout.html)post shows where the hidden photos are that make this a multi-photo layout!
P.S. is it because I have only just registered as a member that I am unable to put on an avatar or signature? Not showing the options in my CP at the mo.
A warm welcome Sunday.
Glad you jumped right in! love the lo and the card.
viv
Ribbons
19-05-2009, 08:48 PM
Welcome from me too SundayL - thats a lovely layout and matching card, love the colours together.
Mrs D
19-05-2009, 08:57 PM
Hi Sunday. Love the page design - it's good to see some scrapbooking here.
gill71
19-05-2009, 09:33 PM
Hi SundayL
Love your layout and cards - they are really beautiful!
You have to donate to the forum in order to have an avatar, etc. There's information about it on the toolbar at the top of the page.
gill
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Lovely layout and card Sunday.
Welcome to the forum.
Marie
19-05-2009, 09:38 PM
Welcome on board Sunday, there's your answer about the avatar in the post above! Very beautiful layout - is that your little girl?
SundayL
19-05-2009, 09:38 PM
Thanks ladies, are there many scrapbookers here? I have been scrapbooking for a while now and I give demos and beginners workshops locally, so am happy to help anyone, but also to learn so would love to see some members LOs too.
And thanks Gill - I will go have a look a the donate bit!
SundayL
19-05-2009, 09:41 PM
Hello Marie, Yes that's my daughter, she's aged 3 and half there (May 2007).
Marie
19-05-2009, 09:45 PM
I know that there are some scrapbookers out there - Lola is one but she's on holiday at teh moment. I have 3 scrapbooks waiting to begin, just trying to gather together family piccies etc before I start.
I'm a bit overawed by the prospect of starting so any suggestions about getting started would be appreciated!
And your little girl is gorgeous!
SundayL
19-05-2009, 10:03 PM
Aw thanks re my DD - everybody (inlcuding complete strangers!) comments on her hair, as it is lovely and curly and blonde and lush. Gets it from her father's side - as sadly mine is naturally as straight as a die and the colour is now out of a bottle! :D
As for starting a scrapbook... the following is from a post on my blog (http://scrapbooking-layout-inspiration.blogspot.com/2007/08/scrapbooking-albums-5-tips-for.html)...
...my advice to all beginners is:
1. DON'T attempt a whole album - start by laying out a single page, then another and then another.
2. Start with your most recent photographs - these memories are fresh in your mind and journaling comes much more easily.
3. If you are doing older photos, then concentrate on the layout leaving space for journaling - or even put your notes/journaling on the back (if only for posterity's sake)
4. Try to start on an 8x8 layout - there isn't so much blank space to cover than 12x12 and the picture takes up more space and has more impact - it's just not so daunting.
5. If you really want to make an album - start by making a paper bag book or a 6x6 album bound with book rings or even ribbon, pages are filled a lot quicker and subsequently your album is finished a lot quicker - this gives you enthusiasm to do more and bigger albums.
6. If you get stuck in a rut when doing an album on a specific theme (like a particular person's album), stop trying and create a layout about something completely different, this will free you from the constraints of your album and let your creativity flow, it should jump start your album pages again.
The rest of the post is HERE (http://scrapbooking-layout-inspiration.blogspot.com/2007/08/scrapbooking-albums-5-tips-for.html)
Try making a little album first Marie, it will help! What is the subject of your albums-to-do?
SundayL
19-05-2009, 10:14 PM
Oh and Viv, Thank you for your kind words over on the Ribbon Holder thread!
tru-ella
19-05-2009, 11:56 PM
Hi and welcome! Love your LO. I 'dabble' in scrapbooking, no where near as lovely as yours though.
I love scrapbook challenges - where we all create a LO from a theme, maybe we should organise one of those on here sometime.
fabyon
20-05-2009, 12:02 AM
Hi Sunday and welcome ! Stunning LO and Card. The layering is top-notch, thanks for sharing.
Jeanette
20-05-2009, 05:21 AM
welcome to the forum SundayL. I love your LO and card
SundayL
20-05-2009, 07:47 AM
Tru-ella - Do you share your LOs? Can I see ? ;) I have a monthly sketch and challenge in my newsletter, I could easily set up a thread once a month to post a past sketch/challenge, what do you think?
Fabyon, thanks for the compliment... nice blog btw, I have just put the "Linked Within" widget on my Blogger blog as you have on yours, I'd seen it before - finally got round to it!... looks good!
Jeanette, thanks for the welcome, does your avatar ever get anything out of that purse? poor thing! LOL :)
tru-ella
20-05-2009, 01:18 PM
Tru-ella - Do you share your LOs? Can I see ? ;) I have a monthly sketch and challenge in my newsletter, I could easily set up a thread once a month to post a past sketch/challenge, what do you think?
Fabyon, thanks for the compliment... nice blog btw, I have just put the "Linked Within" widget on my Blogger blog as you have on yours, I'd seen it before - finally got round to it!... looks good!
Jeanette, thanks for the welcome, does your avatar ever get anything out of that purse? poor thing! LOL :)
still working on my wedding album, when I have done a few more pages I may be brave enough to share some of the LO's.
Jeanette
20-05-2009, 02:55 PM
Jeanette, thanks for the welcome, does your avatar ever get anything out of that purse? poor thing! LOL :)
Sadly not SundayL! I'm on a stash diet because we are doing major alterations to our house! I have been very naughty just lately though :eek:
SundayL
20-05-2009, 04:06 PM
still working on my wedding album, when I have done a few more pages I may be brave enough to share some of the LO's.
Well I look forward to seeing them soon, I'm sure they will be lovely, but all that matters is that YOU like them, anyway!
Sorry to hear about the stash diet Jeanette, won't be forever (hopefully!) and I won't tell anyone about any slip-ups, if you don't! :cool: Shhhhh! ;)
I am on a self-imposed "use up what you've jolly well got already!" :)
Marie
20-05-2009, 04:24 PM
Hi Sunday, that's all great advice. I've got a couple of 8 x 8 albums and a 12 x 12, I'm going to do the big one as a history one of my parents' families. The others I'm going to build up piccies of my nieces and nephews. It will take some time (oh I mean months and months!) to pull it all the piccies together, as you've suggested I'm going to do a few test pages first.
Jeanette - I think that there are a lot of us who are on self-imposed stash diets but it's scary how much stuff I've got after less than a year of crafting! I'm guessing you've got more than I have if you've been crafting longer.
Jeanette
20-05-2009, 05:14 PM
and I won't tell anyone about any slip-ups, if you don't! :cool: Shhhhh! ;)
Thank you;)
Jeanette
20-05-2009, 05:16 PM
Jeanette - I think that there are a lot of us who are on self-imposed stash diets but it's scary how much stuff I've got after less than a year of crafting! I'm guessing you've got more than I have if you've been crafting longer.
I have too much Marie. When the house is done my little cottage industry is going to start. I have loads of people asking for cards
Wellington
20-05-2009, 10:29 PM
Lovely LO Sunday :) And big warm welcome to CT.com!
I made 2 scrapbooks (one 8x8 & one 12x12) for my parents for Christmas 2007 - completed both within a few weeks :eek: I did post pics a while back, now I'm just trying to remember it was before or after the forum went bang last year??? Hmmm - I shall go have a look round.
My next aim is a Wedding album - for which I'm desperately trying to save up for lots of lovely K&Co Mira stuff & I really want to do some kind of mini-album, probably chipboard.
Marie
20-05-2009, 10:34 PM
I have too much Marie. When the house is done my little cottage industry is going to start. I have loads of people asking for cards
Go for it Jeanette! Hope you sell lots so that you can get more stash!
:D
SundayL
21-05-2009, 02:47 PM
My next aim is a Wedding album - for which I'm desperately trying to save up for lots of lovely K&Co Mira stuff & I really want to do some kind of mini-album, probably chipboard.
Thanks for the welcome, I look forward to viewing some photos of your albums, well done, especially in the time frame! :)
Wellington
22-05-2009, 10:21 AM
Thanks for the welcome, I look forward to viewing some photos of your albums, well done, especially in the time frame! :)
I found the pics in this (http://www.crafttelly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=341&highlight=scrapbook) thread. And having looked at it again, I think I know what mum's getting for her birthday in July - some more pages to get the album up to dat LOL. Now - do I start making them now, or shall I leave it till the last minute again :eek:
SundayL
22-05-2009, 06:01 PM
I found the pics in this (http://www.crafttelly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=341&highlight=scrapbook) thread. And having looked at it again, I think I know what mum's getting for her birthday in July - some more pages to get the album up to dat LOL. Now - do I start making them now, or shall I leave it till the last minute again :eek:
Nice use of patterned paper there, I note you said you made an 8x8 for your Dad, why not make an 8x8 for your mum this time, or even a cute little 6x6 (like a paperbag album) I am planning to do some articles on those in my newsletter/blog soon. Might be better (quicker) than a 12x12 !