Heart and Craft

Yesterday we celebrated my Dad’s 60th Birthday, so now I can finally show you a Scrapbooking gift that my Mum, Sister and I gave him.

About 6 weeks Mum, Kaz and I got together for coffee to discuss Dad’s birthday.  2 hours and 3 coffees later we had decided that it would be lovely to make Dad an album.  Once we got home and the realisation of what I had committed to sunk in I could not sleep (however that could have been the 3 coffees???)

Anyway, knowing that I didn’t have heaps of time I decided to make it easier for myself by having a colour scheme (that matched a DSP paper pack) and a set page layout for every page.  This way I was not going to be overwhelmed by choice and it would force me to keep it simple (Simple Pages, Completed Albums…sound familiar to anyone? )

So I decided on Windsor Knot (it has a simple Masculine look), coordinating cardstock (Whisper White, Old Olive, Sage Shadow and So Saffron), plus I decided to do the album in a 8×8 inch size as I find it less intimidating than 12×12 inch.  By the end of the album I was a little tired of the same colours and did branch out a little, particularly on the pages from the kids, however having a set colour scheme helped to tie the album all together. 

The next day (after Mum had also had a restless night) she delivered a huge stack of photos covering all the topics we had decided we wanted to include.  There were so many that I couldn’t resist including so I found an easy way of making a photo collage, so that I could print out one 4×6 inch photo but have 2 or 4 photos on the same print.  Like this photo above.  I used Picasa, which I accessed from my GMAIL account, it is free and did exactly what I wanted.

So, join me for a step by step peek into Dad’s album….see you tomorrow.

Happy Scrapbooking!

Here is a card I made a while back.  It was published on my previous blog so you would have seen it before, but in the interest of building up this new site I thought I would post it again.

It is copied from one of Dannie’s  I love Dannie’s work, check out how she decorates the inside of her cards!

This card uses the Good Morning Sunshine DSP and some chunky sprinkles on that cute little bird (a stamp from “Good Friend”). I have also used some Chocolate Chip and Pacific Point Cardstock.

This card is actually using scrap from this layout that I have also done using a similiar sketch…

This 12×12 inch Scrapbooking layout showcases the devotion my three daughters have for my son.  This is what he would wake up to each morning.  Now he is an almost 2 year old who is often the one to wake them up in the morning…what goes around, comes around

2010 is the year for scrapbooking for me and many of my friends.  One of my many New Years Goals/Resolutions is to scrapbook more this year!

Happy Stampin’