Scrapbooking: Kai's 1st visit.

I made this layout for a challenge on UKScrappers, we had to...
Scrap about a Male (in this case Kai)
Use more than 2 alphabets.
Use ink (date, yellow edging & red rectangle partially under the photo)
Use rikrak (3 pieces just under the start of the title)

As it was about starting Pre-school I chose to keep to primary colours. The stickers are actually his name tag (school name blurred out) & the sticker he got at the end of the session for being good.

Scrapbooking: Mitten Weather

I used this weeks 52 layouts step by step over at Being Scrappy. It always fascinates me how different pages can look from the original by using different papers & embellishments. These lessons really take out a lot of the work behind the scrapbooking for me, I thoroughly recommend them.

Scrapbooking: Snow much fun!

A quick, yet effective (I think anyway) double page layout. I got 2 pieces of 12x12s that looked similar, cut a third off each & stuck them back on the other sheet giving a subtle variation in the pattern.
I then stuck my photos onto a sheet of lined paper, cut to size and inked the edges in brown.
I added my journalling and used stickers to add the date.
Everything was stuck down before adding a few details & the title in the form of stickers.

Scrapbooking: Stay cool in the pool

I enjoyed using kits last week, this was made up of the May 2012 CCW kit. I love how the blues reflect the water in the pool, and the yellow reflects the heat of the day.
I started off with the bazzil sheets as the background, I then cut around the patterned fancy pants sheets to leave just the swirl patterns. I layered it up with a square of white paper behind each piece, some of the fancy pants border and corner stickers before sticking them down. On top of these I added the photos and rectangles cut out of the fancy pants paper so that each side was mirrored. Finally I stuck on alphabet stickers for the titles, drawing round them in red pen making them stand out more, and used the same red pen to do the journalling.

Scrapbooking: I have a tail

Sorry for the blanked out photos this week folks, normal service shall return shortly. This page is a simple one that has a photo of Kai pretending he's got a tail (no, he hasnt got a real tail), so I went looking for other tails to add to the page. The background paper is covered in peacocks with their beautiful plumes, I stuck the photo down, & then added the title. I inked all the way round the photo & even over some of it to make stand out a bit more before removing the title stickers. I wanted to make "Tail" stand out more so put a fresh letter T and A back on. I added a couple of embossed leaf stickers and different animal stickers with tails showing. The journalling and date were the finishing touches, written on with a teal coloured pen to match the  predominant colour on the page.

Scrapbooking: "Just like Mummy"

I so wish I could safely share the photo on this layout with you, it is sooooooooo funny, almost as funny as my little sister colouring in a Sanitary Towel with red pen when she was little to prove she'd had her first period but thats a page yet to be scrapped. Kai will be so embarrassed by this when he is older but its definitely one of my favourite photos of him, and one of my favourite layouts.

Scrapbooking: Piercing

I used the patterned K&Co paper to inspire the rest of the colours on the page, I kept it simple so that the photos showed up more.
The journalling reads...
"I dont think Kai could quite understand why he couldnt get the belly bar to stay on his tummy button like mine did"
This page has prompted me to make a note that I must do scrap pages on my own piercings as each has its own little story to tell .... fingers crossed I have a photo of my belly bar when I was younger , or rather slimmer, lol.

Sorry about the grey area but as I'm sure you can understand, even images that aren't "rude" can be taken the wrong way and by the wrong people on the internet.