Ask anyone who knows me, they will tell you, I fought against scrapbooking. Just didn't think I could. Just didn't want to. Just wasn't organized enough. Just too much work. Oh ... I had excuses, and they were good ones too. How long can you fight something that involves things you love (paper crafting) and people you love (in photos) and memories and love? A long time, a very long time. Then one day I just gave in. I tried it. I was hooked! I have been loving scrapbooking ever since. May is national scrapbooking month. I am putting together a class for you and have enjoyed every step so far. I am still in the planning stages but this is what I figured out so far. We will use the "On Board 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 ring scrapbook". The class will be "A YEAR in a Day!" and we will make spring, summer, fall, and winter pages. The book will be complete and ready to fill when you get home. How awesome is that?! A year's worth of memories put into a beautiful book! I will show you how pretty the cover is once my embellishments are finished. Here is a sneak peak at one of the simple but beautiful layouts:
I will have embelishments for you to pick and choose to use, buttons, punches, ribbons, brads, eyelets...it will be up to you. I wanted to give a simple base and accomplished that with this layout.
I came up with an idea for those of you who don't want to make a completely decorated 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 with coordinating pages. If you would rather make page to add to an existing book, you will be able to add this layout directly to a 12 x 12 paper with a few other pieces of added cardstock.
Here you can see the two page spread. Green is the 8 1/2 x 8 1/2.
Isn't that pretty? More details will follow, but I did make 18 pages this weekend! For me that is a huge accomplishment, I am a very slow scrapbooker. I started on Friday and worked every spare minute I had just to pull all those pages together. I will continue to post some sneak peeks. Hope you had a productive and fun weekend too!
