Posts Tagged ‘scrapbook’

I know, I know… it’s not time to be thinking of Holiday dresses quite yet, but I scrapbook chronologically and thus am always “behind” in my bookin’. Currently I’m working on December of 2006. I did this layout of my 4 favorite dresses that Caitryn wore that Winter. In the effort to save money and cropping time I’ve started putting pictures together in mini collages using Picasa (Google’s free photo editor). Usually it makes my pictures into neat little squares, but this time when I plugged my 4 pictures in, they ended up in 4 strips! I loved the look… it highlighted the dresses perfectly. I used some Die Cuts With a View Christmas Stack paper that I’ve had forever. I’m not too keen on the patterns any more, but I try to use it when I can. For the title I ran a piece of paper through my Cricut. The first time I made the letters 2.5 inches tall. *laughing* One of these days I’ll figure out how BIG 2.5 inches square really is! I always seem to make my titles way too big the first go around. I think for the layout they are 1 inch, maybe 1.5. I liked the little signs for the year in the corner. I decided to keep the centers of the zeros out because I didn’t want to fight with trying to get them just right in there. I ran all the letters through my little xyron sticker maker, then nearly threw away the “H”! When I peeled the top layer off the xyron paper, the “H” stuck to it and I didn’t notice until after I had already wadded it up! Luckily it didn’t rip or anything, so I was able to salvage it. I’m not a super perfectionist, so my letters aren’t perfectly straight.. but a lot of times in scrapbooking that’s okay. It’s a handmade item.. it doesn’t have to be perfect!

Enjoy this layout and Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

I’m not part of the blog train, but the lady I CT for is…. it’s a huge megakit with over 100 designers who put together back to school mini kits for you.  My daughter doesn’t start school (1st grade, gasp!) until September 8th, so I used pictures from last year in Kindergarten. Enjoy, and don’t forget to leave a comment on the blogs you download from!  Oh yeah, and my page is from the Tootlebugz kit!

ErinAnn

It’s here, it’s here.. the May Blog Train from ADSDesigners is here!  Yeah!  My starting point is always Tootlebugz.com. There are a lot of designers, so if you don’t find something you like, keep looking!  What a fun way to get ready for all those summer pictures (or scrap the ones from last year you haven’t got to yet! ) Tootlebugz also has a great sewing mini kit, so grab it now, it won’t be free forever!

I have the day off work today.. so nice not to have to get up with the sun. Also nice to be able to get my daughter dressed for school and actually have her hair done! Usually daddy just brushes it and calls it good. Oh well. I’m hoping to get some stuff done with my time.. like prepare to meet my goals for National Scrapbook Day. Who is with me?

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend here. Spent Thanksgiving at my Aunt and Uncle’s house. Lots of extended family there. Caitryn and my cousin’s daughter had a good time playing together.  The day after was spent mostly shopping.  I didn’t get a lot, but we spent a lot of time out and about. Mostly I bought socks for hubby and I and tights for Caitryn. Exciting, huh?  Well, I uploaded the pictures from Thanksgiving and made a layout from them. I hope you enjoy it.

Sorry for the extended downtime the site had the past few weeks. Server issues, but all has (hopefully) been cleared up. So, let’s start new, for the new school year!!!

Welcome to MyBookinOnline! This blog is a gateway to the bookin’ forums.  On the blog I will post several times a week about tips and techniques related to scrapbooking, scrapbooking products, scrapbooking freebies, and examples of things I (or others) have made on online scrapbook template sites.  If you want to be a part of the fun, please register on the forums. There are many ways to contribute. Tell us a great tip or technique and you could be featured on the blog page. Participate in the Monthly Challenge and your work could be shown on the blog page. Tell us why you like your favorite scrapbook tool or product and you could be featured on the blog page.  Create a SmileBox or a Scrapblog and put the link in the forum yours could be featured on the blog! So, get involved, tell all your bookin’ friends and let’s get this party started!!

Happy Bookin’!