Wild & Free Chipboard Album - completed

I wanted to create an album that was would use

up the chipboard I had stashed as well as

the enormous amount of scraps I have laying around.

No rhyme or reason I just tossed

whacked up scraps

and other assorted leftovers I have on hand.

I totally got carried away and had fun.

I really need to go easy on the pop dots though.

🤣

I found photos of my boys when they were younger

so why not add them.

Also added are photos I printed and were the

wrong size for what I wanted originally.

I used a lot of "precut" die cuts

that didn't work on other projects I

originally whacked them for.

I also included papers that I made

using leftovers on white cardstock.

I had fun using embossing folders.

I also decided that titles could be optional

and use phrase stickers or stamps.

And envelopes.

Love tucking them in.

Did a couple of black & whites.

So the kidlet with the blue stars 

is the

younger version of the man on the page below.

All grown up.

I didn't do alot of journaling either 

because I journaled somewhere else.

I discovered in doing this album

I don't have nested square die cuts.

I need to do something about that.

I finally used that Smokey Bear sticker.

It's been around awhile.

I can't believe I left a blank page.

🤣

I love the different sizes and I did

move things around if I needed to.

I had a blast using a bunch of die cuts

I forgot I had.

I busted some stash but not enough.

It's quite bulky and clumsy.

❤️

I love how it turned out. 

 

Travelogue Album - Vol 3

Hard to believe that I have 3 of these 6x8 albums

for ONE trip.

6x8 from Hobby Lobby and I love personalizing them

with paints and rubons.

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And stencils oh my.

I bought a variety of page protectors and its

been fun fitting pictures and journaling in them.

And 6x8 size was fun. 

I

I ordered a lot of them because they were on sale

at scrapbooking.com for

the next go round.

I do pack it with a lot of ephemera - so

we have an idea of the campgrounds we stayed at

whether we liked them or they

didn't work out as planned.

Also from the parks - who can resist a patch

or sticker.

Of course an album wouldn't be complete

with do dads hanging around.

I also have enjoyed making my very own 

project life cards.

Or using the ephemera for a journaling card.

Pockets for tags are fun and that one is when we

had to get our rig worked on.

It appeared the brakes needed to be replaced.

Also ordered some panarama

page protectors.

I

It allows for extra pictures to tell a story

I also created journaling cards using the state flag

of the state we were in. 

Thankfully a lot of states keep their flags simple.

And they are scattered throughout.

The problem is matching the pictures on the panaromas

to the front and back.

Also, a new one for me, I tried not to gunk up the

photos with a lot of stuff because

I actually got some really great pictures. 

LOL.

Especially the aspen trees and autumn

which was the entire premise

for this adventure. 

And another page protector that I have

a love/hate relationship with

because I don't trust the 2x8 strips to stay put.

Still a lot of fun.

Finally got to use my cactus dies.

Woohoo!

We slid into Mexico so my DH can get his teeth taken

care of and what an adventure that was.

We have to go back so more fun on the Mexican horizon.

Parks are a lot of fun to drop into

especially with friends.

Here are the state flags of the states we just blew

through on overnights. 

Journaling on the back.

And a surprise visit to my dad's to see my

brother for the first time in way too long.

And then Back in Florida - just in time

for Thanksgiving with the family.

That b&w picture of the two of us looks 

kinda creepy there.

LOL.

And Christmas cards of the grandkids is the perfect way to end

the album.

I had a blast using alot of dies, stamps, inks, stencils

and paints.

I'm in the process of lining up our next album.

❤️

 

Use your scraps in a homemade album

I don't know about you BUT I tend to collect ALOT

of scraps in different sizes, shapes and colors.

My scrap storage overfloweth and my drawer won't

close and I need my drawer to close.

So....

I happen to keep chipboard on hand because its

really handy to have around.

Also its handy to have paint, inks and oxides and

stamps and stencils, oh my.

You can make covers for your own album - mine 9.5x9

because I wanted to use all sizes of papers.

Alot of mix and matching going on.

I picked out a bunch and punched holes and I also

keep rings on hand because ya never know...

I didn't worry about colors or shapes or sizes (well

excecpt for papers that are really small) 

and just put them in.

I know it's wild but because of the rings you

aren't married to them.

And you can rearrange also. 

This is back appears to be the same as the front.

And they came out awesome.

Can't wait to dive in.