Gotta Scrap - Tim Holtz Halloween Tag

Even though Halloween has come and gone... this is still a REALLY cool project/technique.

Getting In My {Creative} Groove

With CKC Tulsa behind me and traveling for working coming to an end (this week is my last trip). I'm starting to get my pages and projects cranked out. I'm working on some stuff to submit for contests, and my goal for the coming year is to get published or win a design contest for exposure.


I'm pulling out my work to start creating a gallery of my creations and I'm excited to say I'm certainly growing (creatively speaking).


My scraproom looks like a creative disaster, but at least I'm producing pages and projects.

One of the pages completed at CKC Tulsa Friday night crop

Completed last night

Latest Project - Mirror Book

I was scheduled to go to Janet Hopkins class in March, but I had to go to Chicago for a conference the same weekend. I was pretty bummed, because I've heard awesome things about her classes. You can see some of her work on the House of 3 website.

Janet was nice enough to sell me the class kit and email me directions and images of the project so I could do it at home.

I got the kit yesterday and finished it this evening. I'm SO excited about how it turned out. Of course it's an album of Sean.

Gadget Boy

This day and age I'm sure everyone has that gadget geek in their family. I'm surrounded by them. Sean definitely got this from his daddy.

Fasting...

Okay... I've decided to put myself on a scrapping supply fast. I'm not buying any new paper, embellishments, etc. The only thing I'm allowed to buy between now and GASC (Great American Scrapbook Convention) in June is adhesive. I HAVE to start cranking out some pages!!!

I've completed a few this weekend, but I've been feeling under the weather after Sean's soccer game in the freezing wind Saturday.

Hopefully this fast will force me to be creative with what's on hand.

Here is one I whipped together:

My Cutie Pie

I had to share this other creation. I love this picture

My First Digi Page

Okay, here it is... nothing fancy. My first digital scrapbook page.

Project 365

Since I've been checking out all these scrapbook stores in Houston I went ahead and picked up a few things to use in my Project 365. If you don't know what that is you can visit the Creating Keepsakes blog (see link in toolbar at the right). In a nutshell:

You take 1 picture a day. The goal is to have a scrapbook of the entire year as a snapshot of your daily life. Project 365 was the KOTM (Kit Of The Month) for January, but they quickly sold out and CK is having issues and doesn't know if they will reprint. However, if you visit the blog you can download the journal cards and have them printed. Other supplies needed will be page protectors that have (6) 4x6 pockets on them, so when you do the weeks layout it's a 2-page layout with a total of 12 pockets. (7) will have the pictures for each day that week and the others will be reserved for journaling or embellishment.

I'm excited to get back home and get started. I'll post pictures as soon as I get each week completed.