52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
Back in June 2017, we rented a beautiful holiday home in Saundersfoot, South Wales for a week. We were joined by our family, so Hubby and myself, our younger son, elder son, daughter-in-law and their two children. It was the first time we had holidayed together and we had a fabulous time.
While away, I kept a brief note in my phone of what we did each day, so I had them to refer to. When we got home, I started to make a scrapbook of our time together. I was like a train, steaming through the project. For some reason I got distracted and it became an "unfinished project"!
I am guilty of having a few "unfinished projects" so this week, I made a pledge to myself to complete one of them. As this album had the least work to do till completion, I opted to do this. In fact, I only had a few pages and the cover to do.
I'm happy to say, I have completed the scrapbook and I am really happy with the way it has turned out. The layouts within the album are 6" x 6" (the cover size is 7" x 8"). Due to there being so many layouts in the album, I have used 3" book rings to keep it all together.
It may appear that I've not been producing much, but I've actually been busy crafting - doing scrapbook pages, so I'm not able to share with you on here yet. Instead, I thought I'd share with you a layout I created some years back. It's of Hubby and myself.
If I remember correctly, the papers I've used are Bo Bunny. The chipboard embellishments are My Mind's Eye. I used a tea bag to stain a paper doily (to tone the colour down) too.
I recently took a look at my old scrapbook albums. I have not scrapbooked for many years, so it was nice to see and reflect on my early layouts.
The photos of the layouts below are my first two layouts ever. I clearly remember the trepidation when I made them.
I used the same photograph (our Son, Philip) in both layouts. I obviously thought that a ripped paper edge was the way to go at that time, although that was more likely down to minimal papercrafting stash, so my choice was limited.
I by far prefer the second layout.
