National Scrapbook Day Weekend Crop

Those of you who are not scrapbookers may not realize that this past Saturday was National Scrapbook Day. My friend Jeannie & I celebrated by attending a weekend crop at our favorite local scrapbook store - Scrapbooks & Supplies From Nanny's Attic. As always, Deborah had lots of nice giveaways (Jeannie & I each won a set of acrylic stamps from Bo Bunny Press), lots of yummy food, and fun games. We had a great time!

Best of all, I was actually productive at this crop!! If you've ever scrapbooked with me, you know how slow I am. It usually takes me hours to complete a layout because I'm just too darn picky about what I put on my pages. I finished (or almost finished) six two-page 12x12 layouts over a couple of days this time, though, and so I was really happy! Some of them still need a few finishing touches, but I wanted to share anyway! (Click the images for a larger version.)

This is a simple layout I did with some pictures I took of Bogart chasing Brandon on the lawnmower a couple of summers ago. The patterned paper & stickers are from the Café Mediterranean line from Die Cuts With a View. I bought the stack a few weeks ago & love it!

This layout still needs some work. Jeannie & I went to see Wicked when it came to The Orpheum in Memphis, and these were really the only photos I got, although we had a great time! The layout is super-simple, but I am proud of my title. I came home and found the image online then cut it out with my Cricut using Sure Cuts a Lot. I dressed it and the photo corners up with some black Stickles. I still need a couple more embellishments & some journalling to call this one complete.

I had tons of pictures from our trip to the water park, so I had a hard time narrowing down which ones to use and putting this layout together. I really like the way it turned out though. I still need some journalling, but it's pretty much complete as is.

This was layout #2 of our trip to the water park, which ended with a stop at the local snow ball stand. It's simple, but I'm happy with it. I especially like the snow cone image I found on one of Deborah's Cricut cartridges!

One of my favorites: A layout about our trip to Disney's Princesses on Ice. I got to use lots of glitter paper and Stickles on this one. And check out the cute glitter transparency frames I found at the store! Fun & girly!

Another simple one, but I love it. I used more of my Café Mediterranean stack, and the paper I chose matches Landon & Logan's yellow shirts perfectly. I thought it came together well!