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Like many scrappers, I am sometimes better as a collector of kits than I am of getting those memories scrapped. I used to just get a kit, and then find a photo I liked, and play. That worked for a bit, but then at the end of the year, I had oodles of events, funny shots or memories that NEEDed to be scrapped. I would be overwhelmed.
I am a list maker, so I opened my PHOTOS file, and went to 2012 and hand wrote out lists on 3×5 cards:
The date was the file and date that the camera dumped them. I now had a paper list to select photos for to use on my pages. Now, I could either go shopping or look on my EHD at what I already had! This really has helped me so much. I look for challenges that will give me that extra oomph to do a page.
You can see the highlighted dates are pages that are completed. I looked and say I had not done the school lunches photos, and there were a few of them. I was busy doing some challenges over at The Lily Pad, and they had a scrap lift challenge, and I thought I could use this to do the school lunch memory. I was challenged now to get her done! Great motivation:
Now I could cross that off my list of Memory to Scrap! I kept looking at the Porta-Potty photos. Did I really want porta-potty in my year book? Of course I did!! So, another challenge at The Digi Chick that came with a free template also was offered.
There are so many shops that offer inspiration and challenges to help us scrap pages, they give coupons, discounts and a whole lot of love in their galleries. I hope this helps you to get unstuck and get those pages done. I am hoping to send my 2012 book in by Valentine’s Day!
~never lose your joy
Anne of Alamo
This Project Life has totally blown me away, how’s about you? Becky Higgens is the name I hear as the beginning of this wild wonder. I went and read her blog and saw her products! Wow all over again! This is just amazing! I have to admit, my palms get all sweaty at the thought of cutting photos or doing this without my handy dandy Control Z(undo power). This is why I love the galleries, and see that there are others in the DIgi~World that do this with the power of a computer! Look at some of these inspirations:
Amyjaz has started the year off with a bang, and apparently she designs these dohickeys too! Pretty cool inspiration. These journaling cards are what I love too:
This is one of those projects there is no wrong or right way, just do it your way! I think this is kinda cool!
I gave it a whirl, and did a page:
Now, I am not hooked, but so love looking at what others do with this phenomenon! I would love to hear how you do it, if you are in this fun fad! I was also thinking how cool they would be printed at My Pic Tales with the Wire Bound Photo Books:
Happy Scrapping however project you use for your life!
~Never lose your joy
Anne of Alamo
I stressed! I got a bit ugly! I lost the Christmas fun. But! I found it again! All is good!! I was diligently taking pictures each day in December. I love that part. I had great plans on being super mom and once again getting the Christmas book finished. I failed and spiraled into, I didn’t do this, and I failed…waha hahh waaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
I shook myself off, and then got some fun ideas in the galleries around DigiTown! I laughed and giggled at the antics of the people that love to scrap as much as I do. I also noticed that there were some really cool pages from Christmas past:
She (lkdavis) did this one from 1968! I breathed a big sigh of relief and realized I have 365 days to scrap this December. I am not going to stress! I am gonna smile!
The biggest smile came from Traci Reed in her December Daily page for last year!! See she is doing last year this year! Look at this page and if it doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will:
So from the bottom of my heart I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
~never lose your joy
Anne of Alamo
If you are anything like me, you probably take a million pictures. Too many times, the photo is not quality for an advertisement, but it is a memory I want to capture and hold on too. I hope that showing you different ways to work with the blurry photo and how you can still use it, will help set you free from perfection.
My oldest boy and pcameras are not friendly, it is rare he will pose. I took a series of pictures when he was rearranging his room, and only one turned out clear. I knew I would use that one, but this one was horrible:
The blurry one had the smile that melts this mom’s heart and I wanted that to be on the page. So I used the blending options! Using Luminosity on the photo and then with the word art “BRING IT ON”, I used overlay. Color Burn is another fun one to use, to give it a translucent look with color. I also play with the opacity and fill levels to get the look I want. Not over powering, but soft and still captures the feel of the photo. That cute smile!
I have given you a whole different reason not to delete those blurry photos! I can’t delete anything! I want to capture every moment of our lives, and if it means working with a blurry action photo, I will do it! I hope you are able to use this in some way!
A huge thank you to the ViVas for this beautiful kit: University Drive available now as a bundle @ ScrapBook Graphics!
~never lose your joy
anne of alamo
Here are My Pic Tales best deals of the year JUST for YOU!
If you are having a hard time with the images, here is all the codes and extras, all spelled out! Good deals!
CODE: HolidayClassic
Get a 30-page custom cover Classic (8.5×11) landscape format photo book for $29.99 (portrait format books are $33.99). Not valid with any other offers. Not valid on books with less than 30 pages. Additional pages $1 each. Logo removal and shipping not included. Be sure to refer to the holiday shipping calendar for deadlines.
CODE: HolidayCalendar
Get 50% off a custom 11×17 Center Fold Calendar (folds to 11×8.5, 26 pages) or a custom 8.5×11 Poster (Top Bound) Calendar (13 pages). Not valid with any other offers. Shipping not included. Be sure to refer to the holiday shipping calendar for deadlines.
CODE: HolidayCards
Get 50% off a dozen custom 5×7 Folding Cards. Not valid with any other offers. Shipping not included. Be sure to refer to the holiday shipping calendar for deadlines.
All Offers are valid 11/30/2012 through 12/14/2012 at 11:59 pm EST
What are you waiting for, go now! woo hoo! You are almost done with your shopping! Happy Dance!
~Never Lose Your Joy
Anne Of Alamo
Really it isn’t too late! I am so excited to once again be doing a book for December! Last year I had a blast with Roadside Designs daily downloads and went a bit more fluff on the books. This year, I don’t have the time, but want it to still look good. Thankfully Roadside Designs must have read my mind, because her templates this year are sooooooooooo easy!
Seriously, I did day 2 and 3 in 30 minutes last night to “catch up” First thing, is to grab the pics I want to use and clip them to the ready made template:
Then open the journal page:
This is a memory for our family, so I am writing what happened. It was a good moment! The tree is such an important part of our Christmas holiday. We are not rushing Christmas this year, but enjoying each day. Savoring the memories.
Day 3, same thing, open template and find the pics I want.
HELPFUL HINT-carry your camera with you all month, take pictures of things you wouldn’t usually. I took a pic of my desk with my hand to hold the fact I really did do my Christmas cards this year! I was also playing with the settings to get the shot of the basket of ornaments. It is just fun to do.
Then the journal page: (Warning, not all moments in December are happy in our house) this is a freedom! If you yelled at the dog, or kicked the garbage can, put it in the journaling part. It may not be funny right now, but by Christmas or by the time you print the book and get it back, you will laugh about it! I know I plan too!
You can see the one thing that is the same, is the font. I wanted to use something that my kids could read. I have a 1st grader who is excelling at reading and a kinder just starting, so I try to keep the big words to a minimum also. I am using a Darcy Baldwin font; Miss Rachel, from her Storytelling Sisters collection.
Also keeping it simple, a quick ornament or branch element on the day number (I used an emboss style on the provided number from Roadside Designs template).
If you just jump in now, you can have a 60 page plus book to print to remember this month of joy and craziness! Stay tuned how uploading them now to MyPicTales can save you time and energy on my next blog post on Tuesday! ♥
~never lose your joy
Anne of Alamo
Left overs again and again is the norm for after Thanksgiving! We have had turkey sandwiches, turkey enchiladas, and then today ham hash with eggs on top! The turkey carcass will be boiled this week as the weather begins to turn for some yummy soup too! I love left overs, my family is never sure of what it is, til they taste it! Hilarious faces and then as they experience the new recipe, a thumbs up or thumbs down! Tonight’s Ham hash got thumbs up all around, although none of the kids were keen on the name!
I went and looked at some of the pages to feast on after Thanksgiving and saw some pretty cool ones:
This Thankful Tree by Seniorgal totally touched me, and I admit to a big ol’ smile at her thankfulness of kiwi’s!
Here is a new tradition that they are starting on the day after Thanksgiving. Now the elf has done not much for me, until I saw her precious eyes looking at him, and that cuddle. That is a mom making magic and keeping the memories on her page!! Where is the elf today/ by Sagediva2!
Keeping your memories alive is a job we take serious! I so love to see your lives on pages in the galleries. I hope you take them this year and print them so others may see them too!
It is good to be back blogging for My Pic Tales! I hope to see you at least once a week! Please leave some feedback, tell me what you would like to see here!
~never lose your joy~
Anne of Alamo
Wow! I found the most wonderful Scrapbook Page Holder today! It’s a metal stand to place on an end table or coffee table — or anywhere you’d please! It includes ten page sleeves and will be the most perfect gift for my grandson’s girlfriend (I have been creating pages for her with photos she has provided).
MyPicTales offers calendars & books, but you can also have your pages printed individually, as I often do. The stand is an awesome alternative to placing pages in an album — and the stands I found were for eight inch pages and twelve inch pages. I found them at Michael’s.
As Ever,
Pam
