Learning Something New

Along with Mel and many others I am taking part in Shimelle's Learn Something New Every Day class throughout the month of September. I chose to make my album 8x8 this year and used the new Prima Printery papers as the base for my book along with some Bo Bunny Etcetera papers.

I covered my book in old book pages from a recycled French/English dictionary and am using these mixed in with the papers throughout my month. I know this means it isn't acid free, but the book will be in page protectors and I am not concerned it may wear in time, indeed it is quite grungy to start with!

The Prima Printery papers can be found HERE in the shop, and the Bo Bunny Etcetera HERE (which also forms part of the B categories in this weeks Thirsty Thursday challenge)

I have scrapped my page for this week's challenge - a Back to School page of my boys, once the light is better I will photograph and share.

Learn Something New Every Day - Pre Made Album Pages

As I mentioned in my post yesterday I have been making pages for my LSNED album. I took a photo this morning of the 6x4 cards I made so far. The rest will be done in the next few days as and when I get time.

Some have no added embellishment at the moment other than what was already on the paper (like the dictionary paper with the bird cages) Others like the one with the lollipop flowers and butterflies have a bit more. I *really* love the My Minds Eye Lost & Found - Union Square range I have used. :)



I figure each day once I know what I am focusing on I can choose an appropriate card and add any extra embellishment once the title and journaling are on.

I have set aside some lullaby red glitter thickers, some copper honey thickers, some MM glitter letters in red and brown and various red, black and brown sticker alphas for alphabets. I will journal by hand which is usually my preferred method anyway. Then I have a 12x12 baggie of embellishments that I have pre sorted that might go with the album so it is all to hand when I come to complete the project.

Bank Holiday Crafting

well it was super rainy here yesterday and today so I had to cancel \ postpone my annual Bank Holiday BBQ. Every cloud has a silver lining though and the upside was that I had some extra time to do some crafting.

I have scrapped a few layouts lately which I liked but I was feeling somewhat mojo-less this past week so I ended up signing up for Shimelles "Learn Something New Every Day" class which will begin on September 1st. Now September is going to be a busy month for me as I a will be settling in to a routine of going to work five days a week - the last time I did that was April 2005 so I am sure it will take some getting used to. Therefore I decided if I am going to do this Shimelle class AND of course play along with our Thirsty Thursday ABC project then I need to be super organised. This does NOT come naturally to me! I can organise retreats (with the help of my trusty spreadsheet) and I can organise the information and assessments for me class (again with my spreadsheet - do you see a pattern here?!) but organised scrapping.... not something I am famed for!

HOWEVER! I have sorted out my album format for Learn Something New Every Day (Henceforth to be referred to as LSNED as it is much shorter to type) I will be using an 8x6" portrait album which I will make and bind with the BIA. Each page will have a landscape 6x4" photo and a landscape 6x4" card for journaling, titling and embellishing.

I have precut my 30 6x4 cards from patterned paper and begun to add some basic bits and pieces to them. The idea being that I can pick up a card and add the relevant journaling and title plus a little additional embellishment if there is room for it and the time required each day will be minimal! The photos I will take and store on the computer in a folder and get them printed in a couple of batches. I don't print photos at home so printing out daily is not an option.

I have chosen the gorgeous Lost & Found Union Square range for my album and although there is not much on the cards I am really happy with how it is coming along. It is 10:30 and the light is too bad for a photo now but I will try and add one tomorrow of the cards I have made so far :)

The only problem is I want to start making an album with it RIGHT NOW!