January scrapping

Every year I make it a goal to do a page a day.... not physically every day but the aim is 365 pages in a year. Yes I have yet to hit this target, but some years I have come pretty close. Maybe one year I will actually surprise myself and get there.

So in this line of thinking, today is the 12th of January and so far this month I have scrapped 7 doubles and 4 singles which equates to 18 pages. So guess I am ahead of the game for now... yippee.

I won't bombard you with them all in this post, but here are a few for now:

Both these layouts are Jowilna Nolte originals but with major twists from me...ie not the usual white backgrounds, using my stash and even flipping left/right pages around.

A funny (and hard lesson) learnt on completing the double layout is to make sure you have enough dimensional glaze in the bottle before you start doing your title....hehehe yip you guessed it, I ran out halfway! Had to go buy a refill and then could only get a big bottle of the stuff (which I hate using too!). Guess I won't have to buy more for a loooonnnnnggg time.

December singles

I mentioned in my last post about doing a few singles in amongst that horde of doubles... well here they are:

This first one goes with my batch of pinterest inspired pages using my scraps... it sat on my desk for a while as I needed to print the small photo and cut the title. Eventually managed to get them done.

This layout is another one that was an amalgamation of inspiration from pinterest and an idea that I had rattling in my brain for years. In my tidying up that I did in Oct/November I came across this family chipboard album that I had bought to put on a page. I decided there was no better time to use it instead of just hording it... so a layout was made.

As this chipboard album is quite thick, I had to find ways to keep the pages from drooping when it is put into an album. I found some magnets which I added to a few of the pages and hopefully they will hold the book together. Each letter flips open and has photos on both sides. The pics were taken on my Mom's birthday in 2015 when the family was all together.

Bumper scrapping in December

Wow it's the 1st of the New Year... a whole new slate lies ahead of us and the adventure awaits.

But still I look back on last month and reflect on a bumper month of scrapping... I did class 5 times in December and managed to get 8 doubles and a single done. Yes not a major amount as compared to some previous months, but a great deal when you think that I did sewing and baking too, plus read 3 books.

So feast your eyes here on some creativity done (or finished) in December...

All these layouts are Jowilna Nolte originals with a my own special twist... yip I tend to add my own uniqueness to my layouts too even when doing a class... be it extra photos, changing the embellishments, leaving off the stitching (opps sorry Jow!), and even using my own stash.

Jow's classes are super relaxing and stress free... my kind of scrap therapy. I definitely hope to do a lot more of this in 2017.

My year's tally of layouts completed in 2016 was 62 doubles and 108 singles. That's a total of 170 layouts. I am super chuffed that I managed to do that many. It equates to 232 pages. This is the most I've scrapped in one year since 2013... guess it was a good year on the scrapping front. Now to get some filing done!