Month: January 2015

You guys, I did it!  I finished the Year 4 Volume 3 book!  (That’s the book that ends with Raptor’s 4th birthday.)  I’m now officially only a year and a half behind.  lol.

I always end up with a ton of pictures of Raptor in the pool because I love to play with my waterproof camera.  I was trying to decide what to journal about for this page, when RaptorDad dropped this pic of Raptor as a baby on my desk.  (He’s cleaning out his side of the art room.)  I love it.  Of course, there’s a layout with this same photo in Raptor’s first scrapbook, but how fun is it to see these side by side!  If you can’t tell, this photo is from the very first time we took her swimming.  She was so not a fan.  lol.

I kept the page super simple.  Paper is from The Pier.  Wood veneers are from Lawn Fawn.

Just for giggles, I counted up the number of layouts I’d have to do to “catch up.”  193.  lol.  I think I need to pare that number down in a big way.  That doesn’t count Project Life either.

 

Let the slow process of catching up begin.  🙂

Process is pretty much the same for this year as last year.  I’m still using an assortment of cards (these are from the Becky Higgins winter collection) but focusing on the photos.  I am changing the fonts that I used so that the look of the book was at least a little different.

I’m also looking for a new calendar card.  I found one I loved on Pinterest, but of course it’s not listed in the shop anymore (because, duh, I’m a year behind).  I’ve emailed them, but with it being Christmas and all, I’m sure they’re taking a well deserved break.  If I hear back from them, I plan on buying the calendar cards and just dropping it in that blank spot.  If not, I guess it’s back to the hunt for a perfect card!  🙂

 

 

You may have noticed that since I’m a crazy person I added another goal to the side bar.  I know I said I was going to focus on finishing at least 1 page for each month, but then I realized that I only had 9 left in Raptor’s Year 4 Volume 3 book.  9 pages y’all!  I think we all know that I had to add that onto the list.  😉  I’m proud to report that I have been a scrapping fool this week on vacation and I’ve whittled it down to 3 pages.  Most of them are super simple (they’re from June 2013 and I just want them done at this point) but here’s one I put a bit more effort into.

Why yes, that is my desk in the background.  I’m experimenting with taking the photos in our art room.  The lighting stinks though, so I’m not sure how long it will last.  I used the new (ish) collection from Shimelle (love the papers!) and then I was digging around in my Valentine’s Day supplies to find more heart stuff and I came across all sorts of fun goodies!

RicRack, trim, brads, prima flowers…  What fun!  I love using up old supplies.  🙂  I think I’m going to put these brads out where I see them more.  I used to use them on pretty much every page I made.