Scrapping those Christmas Cards

once again, Ali E style.

I have been doing this for a number of years and if you click

on this post you can view some previous years' pages.

I picked out some Kaiser Kraft Christmas papers which were

busy busy - and decided to make a pocket page with the busy paper.

In looking back at the previous ones - I know having a pocket page will shock you.

 To the left are the pile of lovely cards we recieved and below are the punched out and/or fussy cut cards

that will be used on my page.

I used round and square punches and in some cases

just pulled pop up embellishments off the cards.

I also kept the photo cards intact.

Its great to see how people/kids have changed and grown.

 After I whacked everything up the placement drove me nuts.

Short drive I know but crazy all the same. 

I therefore decided to clump/nest them all together in a vingette type of cluster.

 And it totally worked.

I love how the clusters turned out.

And I felt like they kind of told a story.

 It ended up looking graphic on the page as

I tried to arrange them in a way that when the remaining cards

are tucked in - you could still see some of  the clusters.

I inked all the cutout/punched photos to make them pop and more cohesive.

 I decided that because of the busy-ness of all the clusters

and the fact that they are gorgeous on their own

no other embellishments were required.

I just realized that I didn't add the year in there.

I will place it discretely somewhere.

 Love how this one turned out.

A lovely way to keep all the cards and in a guilt free way

to trash the rest. As I remove the parts I don't like
I try to be on the lookout to save their handwriting or if they
added something personal or pertinent.

Throwback Thursday for scrapbooking

CK magazine 2012 July/August edition.

I thought I'd randomly grab a mag from my stash and as it so happened it aligned

perfectly as in some areas of the world summer is almost upon us.So I searched for dog earred pages just to see what I liked two-years ago and how it may differ from now. And it looks like - I seem to have the same dog earring likes then as now. 

Love the strips and circles and doesn't kraft paper make you swoon.

Shocking.And this one is sooooo heritagy. 

I love the colors, the design. And the frame for the photo.

And isn't this a fun project??? Totally doable. Most of those items can be found easily enough in my corner of the world.

More kraft. I'm sensing a pattern here. Yunk Yunk!!! Love the strips, the 3 photos and banner to name a few.

Hmmm...I picked this for April however, I know I could so work it. Reminds me of Simple Scrapbooking. I miss that mag too.

And even though this is in a frame, the design with all its cool features can be done on a page. 

I have 2 of these printer boxes for about 3 years. It's kicking my butt as in Lynn's afraid to do it (said in a sing song voice). Sigh. Actually this looks easy, doable and so cool.

 And as a matter of fact - there's a page. Wow - doesn't that transfer back and forth nicely.

Love the simplicity of this. 

And this is just smokin' awesome. Love all the envelopes, tags, banners. Oh this is so on my list. 

It appears I'm all over the board - more or less, and I like that. 

There is a somewhat graphic nature to my picks. 

And also, I like the fact that these while somewhat trendy, stands the test of time and will look great today, tomorrow and in the future. 

- I noticed this because I have some pages that you and I both know 

 we can absolutely date.

Like bell bottoms, big hair, and blue eyeshadow.

And that is okay too.

Go graphic!

I love all kinds of designs but I have to say I love graphic.

It's clean and regimented.

Sometimes its fun to line things up and sometimes its fun to mess things up.

And I decided that lining things up would be fun and perfect.

I had originally printed the 4 instagram photos on 4x6 photo paper

as well as the 4x4. And I had every intention of leaving it that way.

Until I looked closely at the photos.

Those kidlets totally crack me up.

And their posing is of super hero standards for sure so I felt 

those photos would be showcased more whacked up.

And they are and now each one can take the stage.

Jillybean soup wins the day!

Studio Calico stamp, arrows, geo tag and astrik.

The thickers are now missing some E's.

Washi tape and paper strips bring it all down.