More Project Life Pages

More Project Life Pages

 

Miko's Project Life Scrapbook Progress

 I am slowly but surely making progress with Miko's Scrapbook. The majority of the pages will be completed using 'project life' layouts and cards. You can read more about 'project life' here. I chose to try this type of scrapbooking because it seemed easier and less time consuming  - and it is. The more traditional style of scrapbooking, which you can see an example of here, does in fact take much longer to complete. And also involves a lot more cutting and gluing. The one downside to project life is that the layouts are obviously more restrictive than having a huge blank 'canvas' to work with. But I think he trade off is worth it!

The pages have been assembled in chronological order.  The first page features our wedding and pregnancy news.



Pregnancy belly pics

 

Getting ready for baby
 

 More getting ready for baby...

 

 The arrival of our little one

 

 A yellow themed page

 

And baby's first Christmas :)

 

As you can see above- I am finding ways to be more creative with some of the pockets. I'm having a lot of fun so far, and I love how quickly I can finish a page or two.

Miko's Scrapbook -Traditional layout for ultrasound pics

 I have been working on a scrapbook for Miko of course. My Aunt started one for me as a gift for my baby shower and I love it!  So far I have completed a few project life pages but my goal is to have a combination of both traditional style and project life pages. This one is my first traditional scrapbook page, these seem to take much longer to complete than the PL pages...

 I really enjoy the complete freedom of a blank page every once in a while. 

I am a very frugal crafter so I rarely ever spend money on embellishments (I think they are so expensive for what you get).  I tend to create my own and I have really started to enjoy the process.  Making your own embellishments means they can be tailored to meet your needs for each specific scrapbook page.  I also like to use ribbons and buttons a lot :). My alphabet stamps are probably my most used item, aside from my ridiculous collection of scrap book paper.

 

I buy books of paper at Michaels when they are on sale, or I use a coupon.  I never pay full price for anything at that store, with a little planning you can always get a discount.  Most of the time I end up creating embellishments from my favourite paper patterns. In this example today, I cut out some stars and a cloud from one of the pages and used them to create a theme for my entire layout. I also cut out some heart shapes from various pieces of scrap book paper.  I often like to draw in some extra details - in this case I added a 'quilted' effect and drew in a few hearts. 

Homemade Thank you Card

Our Wedding Scrapbook

Homemade Thank you Card

I love making homemade cards, they are so quick and satisfying, almost like a mini-scrapbook page. I made this card for a lady at work who is moving to a different department and I think she appreciated it. There will be many more of these homemade cards in my crafting future that's for sure!