a scrappin' fool!

I just completed this layout -- it's my 38th of the month! Woo-wee! (Of course, 24 of them were title & section pages for my LOM. Still . . . that's 14 layouts!) I don't think I've ever scrapped this much in such a short amount of time before!

I love how some layouts evolve over the course of several days and some come together in a snap. This is one took several days . . . and not because I was trying to tell a more complete story, but because the design was giving me fits!

mom's musings.

I created this section in my LOM album, All About Us. The layouts in this section are ones that

include a reflection or realization about life or that are based on a quote. Since I love quotes, I find that sometimes that is all I use on a layout. I was having trouble determining where to put these two "kinds" of layouts and thus developed the Mom's Musings section.

Little did I know that it would become a favorite section of mine, but it has. I feel that it'll help tell a more complete story of our little bubble of the world and the way I'm influenced by the little everyday happenings.

Below are three of the pages you would find in this section. The first two are examples of reflections about living . . .

And here's one based on a quote. (BTW, I made this in response to a Kelli Crowe challenge during the BPS class Have More Fun.)

LOM Structure

I've been considering title & section pages for my Library of Memories for some time now. There have been two hang ups for me:

1. Using photos on these structure pages because of the way the page will become dated almost instantly & my plan is for it to be a title/section page over the course of time. (Now I'm sure I'll get bored with them & someday update 'em . . . but overall, I wanted them to have a classic-timeless appeal. I also know that almost everyone uses photos on these pages & they are quite happy with it . . . so maybe I should just get over it. Still . . . )


2. The color scheme. I love (and I mean lovelovelove) the WeRMemory Keeper albums; however, I wish there were more colors -- namely a grey and an off-white (to go with the cinnamon and red). So I bought all cinnamon for my LOM + a red one for the recent layouts. Still toying with the idea of adding a kiwi + buttercup to have four colors . . . but I'm not sure.

So, yesterday was the day I decided to get the structure pages complete. I worked all day & enlisted the help of two young girls with the set up of "temporary pages" and making a list of the pages I need to complete. Here's what we created:

Title Pages

Section Pages (This one falls under the All About Us album)


All of the title pages are the cream background; all of the section pages are the red background. Still considering ways to "jazz 'em up." :)

I made 24 pages yesterday -- woo-hoo!

two more!

I lovelovelove this Jessica Sprague class. I've now completed the bonus assignment for lesson one, as well as lesson two. With each new thing I learn, I think, This is sooo worth it! Why didn't I do this a long time ago? So far these are all knock offs from Jessica's original designs. I can hardly wait to try my hand at my own creations! I think I'm ready now.

All supplies from the course materials.

i'm goin' digi!

So I finally decided to take the plunge and sign up for Jessica Sprague's Up & Running with Photoshop class. After completing the first lesson, it is SO worth it! I can't believe all that I've learned already. Yipee!

I can't wait to begin making my own designs from scratch. This is completely a Sprague knock off. However, the point of it wasn't to be creative, but to simply learn the basic steps. IMO, this was quite successful. So glad. So excited. So much fun learning a new (totally cool) way to tell stories.

All products from the class materials