Scrappin' my scraps

Since I've been home I've been binging on scrapbooking videos

and got this great idea from Tori Bissell and

her thing is scrap your scraps.

So she did one that looked like an old ledger paper

and invoices collage she saw.

Mine turned out more calico. 

I decided to use black cardstock as a backing

 mostly because everyone

else is using white.

Quite the renegade I am.

It also made everything pop!

I have a ton of papers in my scrap box and I'll do

this again. I randomly (sortof) picked out papers and

slapped them down.

 I didn't think of photographing it as I did

it until it was over. 

I also used bits of cutout papers too.

Once I adhered it all I gessoed it all -to make

it a bit cohesive and tone down the bright.

 Did a bit of random stamping -

 Also did the packaging technique 

to bring all the wild colors together.

Added a doily to ground the photos.

The photos are a hoot - me and Amelia doing snapchat.

LOL.

I really love how it turned out-very fun and funky.

Check out Tori - she's a very lovely lady with some great ideas.

Oh and the edges were very um....edgy which made

me crazy so I cut out the middle

of 8.5x11 black cardstock and used the edge and made those

edges quite lovely.

What to do with overwhelming scraps

I wish I could say I thought of this but alas tis another

"steal" from soaphouse mama.

As you can see below my scrap box is overwhelmingly full

and quite annoying.

I decided that something needed to be done.

I took assorted scraps and tossed them into this adorable little album.

No rhyme no reason - just folded papers

I thought would work and then stitched them down the middle.

As I was sewing this one - I must've stuffed it too full

because in the middle my poor sewing machine lit up like a

Christmas tree and stopped.

I made some adjustments and managed to get it stitched but the 

back was soooo messy I added that binding to

make it look pretty.

Here is the inside and sorry for the blurries

I can't redo because I gave it to my friend Holli

who is in the process of scrappin it.

 As soon as she posts it - I'll link you up.

 Since there was still a lot of papers in that box

I threw together another one (for me) and didn't go quite as

crazy out of respect for my poor sewing machine.

Using scissors is not my friend right now and 

I gots the pooch mouth because my arm is out of commission 

more or less (tendonitis)

I am so not in the mood to do anything right now.

However, 

I was still not satisfied with the amount remaining in the scrap box

I decided to toss together a 6x6 album for the

little trip we'll be taking next month.

I was debating on using the album above, but I would

only have a finite amount of pages and then I would

need to be careful so I didn't run out.

I'll be seeing grandkidlets so who wants to ration pages.

 I used some chipboard for the cover that I need

to snaz up and then tossed

different bits and sizes of papers and PL cards in it.

 It really looks cool and some papers

have a white back that I'm totally fine with

as I'll have a place to journal.

And in this case I can just keep adding paper or PL cards

if I need as we travel along.

And ta-da.....

Here's what's remaining and it does look a bit

more manageable now.

Whew.

However, that adorable old basic grey baby paper

there maybe enough left of those papers 

to eke out another small album.