I printed the image on watercolor paper and used my watercolor pencils to color the image. The clouds are printed on Cosmo Cricket patterned paper to match the background. I used my large Marvy Uchida scalloped punch and added American Crafts ribbon to each side.
I started by stamping a sheet of cardstock with Cover-a-card Wood Grain (CC034) stamp and Sunset Strip Shimmerz Vibez. Then, I stamped the journaling stamp from Journaling I (WP165) stamp set. After I cut them out I started decorating with patterned paper, trim and ribbon.
I used a different stamp for each background and all the different sayings. The album "formula" is pretty much the same for each page with fun little detail changes. Pretty simple and quick to put together.
When I was done decorating I punched a hole and added a ring and ribbon.
The flower is from the same Life & Flowers (CL250) stamp set as the sayings. I stamped the flower on patterned paper and colored each one with a marker and added a little colored pearl to the center.
What do you think? I can add some paper and a fun photo of me on each page or I can leave it like this.
While I was experimenting with backgrounds for the above album I had this left over so I decided to make a little notebook to carry with me. I love to journal and write everything down and this would be a great place to keep things together. It's a small notebook, but perfect for writing down ideas and cute little things that Alex is saying lately.
I used Cover-a-card Large dots (CC007) for the background with Journaling I(WP165) journaling stamp. I added some patterned paper and rick rack that was laying around. The beautiful bluebonnet stamp is from Sweet Delights (CL278) stamp set. I used my watercolor pencils to color the flowers.
I hope you'll take the time to visit the other designers' blogs for inspiration! Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, Deborah, Rosemary and Laura.
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Here is page one of my album - paper scraps. Still doing 6x12 pages. I know that some of you thought the album cover was a card, I know, I like it so much I might make a card like that. This one should look more like a page, I hope, with the photo (of me).
I love my paper scraps. I have a little container on my desk, pretty small, that I keep these little strips. I pulled them all out and arranged them on the page. I didn't really worry too much if they all go together. Paper strips: October Afternoon, Sassafras Lass, Collage Press, Pink Paislee, Scenic Route, Studio Calico, white cardstock and Bazzill Just the Edge strip. I used a tiny bit of tape to hold them down and then I used my sewing machine to stitch the strips in place. I don't know if you can see the first (my last) row, I ran out of thread. I just kept sewing. 
The metal words (Making Memories) were still out on the desk from my cover page, and they fit perfectly. I stamped the bird cage from Believe Birds (WP277) stamp set by Impression Obsession. I love that stamp set. I have a fun little project coming up using the same set.
I repeated the flower from the cover page, but I added more crepe paper to the base. My friend Dani has a great video tutorial for that technique.
I got my watercolor pencils out! I love them, I don't know why I don't use them more. They are out now so I have no excuses. I painted the Jenni Bowlin journaling card with watercolor pencils. So pretty. I need more of those!!!! I still need to add journaling.
***There were some questions about my scrapbook room furniture. Thank you so much. I am glad you like it. The white shelves are from The Container Store - Elfa, and they go on sale all the time. My desk is from Ikea. The EZ View desktop I won on a blog!!! I thought it was this small thing that sits on your desk...imagine my surprise when this huge box arrived. The bottom of the EZ View is made out of two shelves from Ikea, the same ones that are holding my desk. The rolling carts are from The Container Store and they hold 12x12 containers, the smaller carts are from JoAnns and they hold my embellishments, stamps, punches.... Let me know if you have any other questions.
I'm taking an online class called Something from Almost Nothing taught by Shimelle. I just wanted to dig into my stash and use up some of the old supplies I have been holding on to.
I decided to make 6 x 12" pages. I don't have an album, but I will figure something out.
Prompt number one was to use metal on our title page. Can you spot anything really old here?????
The papers I am using I received recently in a huge goodies box from Cards and Scrapbook Trends. Love the colors and I am using the left over stash from the cards I created last week: Bo Bunny, My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon...The flower is made from crepe paper. You can see my original one here with a tutorial link.
Yes, I am using metal circle frames from Scrapworks. I love that I had these (and more) in my stash and they went perfectly with my page colors.
The metal "celebrate" word is from Making Memories, still new, in the package. I have total of two packages with different words. The felt butterflies by Jenni Bowlin need to be used up. I have been holding on to them for way too long. The hear pins are from Heidi Grace Designs.
Here are some photos of my scrapbook room to show my stash, pre-class challenge. I know, it's clean, but only when the photos were taken. It does not look like that right now.
Have a great weekend.
I love this Beautiful Tree set from The Cutting Cafe'. So many fun trees to choose from. I used the grass from the same set. The sentiment is from Because Nice Matters printable stamp set. I printed it on a piece of paper that was left over from the tree and I added two little jewels.
I use Adobe Photoshop to arrange and print all my images that way I can get everything on one page. I print a sample page and adhere patterned paper over the sample images and print again. You don't need a fancy program to print these, Regina has wonderful instructions on how to print these images.
Other supplies: BoBunny Press and MME patterned paper, October Afternoon journaling spot. Laura's sketch #47.
***Regina is looking for 3 or 4 people to add to the current Design Team. Read all the details HERE and apply.
