So much for a monthly update. It's ok, better late then never. It's been a while since I last wrote, but insomnia is keeping me up and so I decided to blog. I started this album for my grandpa's 80th birthday almost 4 years ago and never finished because law school was in the way. Now that it's not in the way, i've only added 2 more pages. But I promise that I will finish before his next birthday so that I can give it to him as a present.
This was one of the first pages I did when I started scrapbooking. Coming up with ideas was hard then, but I think after law school it's even harder. Law school drained all my creativity away.
I hand painted those chipboard pieces and crimped the background papers. I love the wiring and the little pieces hanging. That cake has the names of all the grandchildren in the family.
The papercutting for this page was so tiresome. I think this is why I don't like to measure before I cut anymore.
Like I said, being creative is hard. I get better with time.
My goddaughter, what a cutie. Now that i'm older and wiser, I realize that I need to use more texture and to frame the pictures. I guess I did ok since I did use photo corners, but by simply adding another piece of paper to frame the picture would just add so much more to the page. This is something my aunt taught me. She's so wise even though I brought her into the scrapbooking world.
I love this page b/c I was inspired by a magazine advertisement. The flowers actually have brads in the middle. The top part, where the paper is beige, actually said happy Easter underneath. This page taught me how to be crafty.
New page #1. You can't tell from the picture, but there is a lot of texture going on here. Those brown flowers are actually fabric with gem brad centers. The pink and purple flowers are paper flowers that I got from the dollar booth from the scrapbooking expo. Those green photo corners add a nice touch. I can thank my aunt for those, she has photo corners in every color. Also, the framing of the photos. See how much nicer the pictures looked framed.
New page #2. I love this page. That swirly twirly thing on the bottom is so cute but so difficult to put on. The whole backside of it was sticky and it kept sticking to itself. I made that little pocket with a T too. I bought a stamp that cuts out tags a while back, what a great investment.So that concludes my grandpa's 80th birthday book. I still have several pages to go. I will update when I get to them.
Happy Holidays Everyone....and when I mean every, I mean T.N. and N.D., you know who you are.
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