Good Morning,
I have recently gone through a huge a loss and as loss often does, it made me step back and re-evaluate what is important in life. One of the biggest realization during this time isI am not doing enough “everyday” life themes in my scrapbooking. I seem to have scads of pictures for the obvious annual events such as first day school, holidays, birthdays and other milestone events. While I take pictures of life happening around me almost daily, it seems the pictures that get the most priority are the special occasion. Why is that? I am regularly telling myself I need to do a page of my youngest son’s love of purple or a funny phrase that is defining my oldest son at the moment. Why are these precious fleeting moments not getting printed? Is it too personal for me? Is it so common place that I take it for granted? Am I alone in this type of “rut” ?
In an effort to change this behavior I have a new project titled “My Boys” to share today. This album celebrates the everday phrases, routines, fun and frustrations; like a toddler who loves to give “raspberries” when he is mad. Perhaps a note about our “remote stealing” dog when she is feeling ignored. This is an album not to be tucked away in some room on a shelf but to be in our family room/living room so it can be picked up and enjoyed.
I am using a Simple Stories 6×8 album along with their “So Rad” collection, which is my all time favorite paper collection for boys. It is the only boy collections that recognizes not every “tween” or teenage boy is into sports. While it has some sports it also has the current pop culture phrases and trends happening in the everyday life of “tween” or teenage boy. Along with the positive messaging, this collections gives many options to highlight the different interests of each son.
For today’s post I am sharing the simple cover design I created and the inside cover.
Front cover with charms from my local scrapbook store
I wanted to incorporate their names as well as a few represtive icons of their intersts. This paper is my favorite in the whole collection. Am I the only one who has a hard time cutting into their favorite paper? I know I will enjoy it more if I use it than keep it in my stash but still, it is hard to make that first cut. I also want to recognize the awesome Converse shoe charm I found at my local scrapbook store Scrapbook Island/Creative Escapes.
Inside front cover
This cork paper was so inspiring, I had too many ideas. Thinking it would be wise to take a step back instead of forcing the issue, this remains fairly blank. An update will be made when I decided on one idea.
Back cover
The plaid is another favorite and another reason this collection has endeared itself to me. Simple Stories includes these basic design patterns like plaids, stripes and dots all jazzed up for guys. It is so much easier to design pages or albums when these basics are included. Plaid seem like the ideal paper to go with since I normally keep the back of the album plain.
Next I want to finish the chipboard dividers and pick out some pictures from this year to add to the pocket pages. Stay tuned….
As alwasy I appreciate you comments or feedback.
Until next time…
This page has a new technique I tried out with a Stephanie Bernard flip it card. The layers of this page are difficult to see in a picture but now here is a bird’s eye view of the whole page.
I popped up the center to give it a subtle dimensional look. Inside the pocket is a 4×6 folder covered with another one of the beautiful journaling cards.
