Jenn's Scrappin' and Stampin' Corner

Using pre-made pages...

A lot of people have a hard time using pre-made pages...and I am not talking about the ones you buy at craft stores or shows...ones you prepare ahead of time.  I have held classes where you create 8 pages to add your pictures to.  I can see where it may be hard.  But with these pages, your possiblitlies are endless...So when I did my past scrapbook page class...here is one of the pages I started with

After I brought the finished page home...I searched my pictures to see what I would like to add to this beautiful page...here is what I came up wih...

My "snow baby" is now 9...

Ok, there is nothing wrong with going back....years, when scrapbooking.  I needed to do some of these old photos....the one thing I do know is that all my scrapbooks are going to be very "eclectic" because as the years go on, my scrapbook style has changed, and keeps changing...so when people look through my pages, they will see many different styles on each page.  Guess it will make for a very interesting view... and I am ok with that.  Scrapbook what you want and in the time frame you want...you DON'T NEED TO SCRAPBOOK CHRONOLOGICALLY...unless you really want to :)

Dance with me Daddy "using song lyrics to make a page"

The song "Cinderella" has been a favorite of mine for the last couple months...it tells a story of a little girl and a daddy...so I actually posed my husband with each of our girls, just so I can do a scrapbook page, and use the lyrics.  Have you ever heard of people coordinating what people wear to match paper, well I do that, but I also pose people to take pictures, so it fulfills my needs of getting a specific page done...LOL.  Here is "Cinderella".

Another page to share...

Nothing like a little bling on the "Pinkalicious" bikes that the girls got for their birthdays.  Love the cricut cartridge "Boys will be boys".  I made the girls bikes with a boys cratridge added some stickles (yes, my favorite product)....and even made my own tassles from embroidery floss (thanks Dana, for having it with you)!

 

Back from an incredible weekend!!

Our Scrappin' Good Time Weekend Retreat was a HUGE success.  I think, this was the first weekend that a ran, in a long time, that was not the least bit stressful, that I came home refreshed and wanting to do more, that I was drop dead tired from, and that I can honestly say I enjoyed every minute of.  So here is a post of something I competed during the weekend! This layout is using pictures that I posted a couple weeks ago, from teaching a craft at Kaileigh's spring party!  I cut out the paint palette and brush on the cricut, along with the title.  I used Crystal Effects on all of the paint images...and on the lettering...it is really hard to see the look I went for (from the photo), but it looks like wet paint.  It came out just like I had wanted it to.  BUT, I hope that cricut comes up with a cartridge that looks like letters with something "dripping" off of it!

Layout with some H2O

I spent a lot of time taking these little "dew"drops and putting them into an arch to make them look as if they were spraying up and over the layout.  That was not easy to get them in the perfect arch.  I must have pulled them off and put them on a dozen times.  I think I am finally happy woth the way it turned out! 

 

Happiness is doing "something" with paper!!!

The need to capture every moment, can be a daunting task.  I took this picture 7 years ago, with my first child...I went back into my photos and tried to sort through what I want to scrap, what I NEED to scrap, and what I really don't need to scrap....and just put in an album.  All I know is I LOVE paper, I love embellishments, I LOVE putting something together to save "forever"! 

This litle girl is now 9 years old.

Let me Out

There are always every day things in life that you want to remember...so capture them on film if possible.  Our cat, Simon, loves to go in the basement, but does not like to be shut down there.  As soon as the door shuts, he is up the stairs and looking to get up...and this is what we see.  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a picture of his little paw peeping out from under the door.

Even when I feel lousy...I want to be scrapping!

I have had a long week and a half here at the Cagnassola house.  This weird fever virus has gone from one child to another....and it lasts 4 to 5 days.  So going through 4 kids, is a long time.  And I am so tired, not sure if I am getting sick or just so exhausted from waking up at night to give the kids meds to keep their fever down...ugh.

So, while I have been house bound and trying to find things to do for the kids, I have been trying to organize.  Going back, years with my scrapbooking, has me noticing the major changes in my scrapbooking.  But sometimes, you just need to keep it simple and remember, not everything has to be a masterpiece, as long as it tells as story.  But I still want to keep it creative.  In this layout, I cut out a lot on my cricut, but also used "sticker" embellishments.  But, can't just use stickers, so I addes dimension to them by using crystal effects and stickles...and I am pretty happy how it came out.  My kids like this page the most....and I wonder why, it is so festive and colorful!  So use those old embellishments, go back to the way you used to scrap (a little)...just get keep it simple.  Oldies but goodies can be made to look "updated". 

Embellishment Tree

I have been wanting to make one of these for a VERY long time.  It took me a while, but after cutting the trunk out on my cricut, Using Stretch Yor Imagination, I started to embellish it with whatever I felt was cool....so here it is;