LOAD 512 Round-up

May is almost over, and so is LOAD 512 with Lain Ehmann.  I really had a lot of fun this month.  I tried to use the prompts as inspiration, as opposed to guilty reminders.  Many days I followed the prompts, and other days I totally did my own thing.

I also participated in Creative Crop on National Scrapbook day, so some of those pages I used for LOAD.  Of course, I had my One Little Word work and Move More Eat Well.  I think that I kept up with all of those classes as well.

I know, May is not quite over.  BUT, I think that all of my scrapping time for the month is done.  I just might get one more layout done, but it will be a miracle (lots of evening stuff this week).

So, how did I do???

I completed 18 layouts and five cards.  I also worked on my grandfathers 80th birthday book and started a mini-book for a friend's birthday.  I feel really great about all of this scrapping because the most important part is that I had a ton of fun.

Here are some favorites:

Day 4: Hearing

This LO cracks me up and makes me happy every time I see it.  Joy.

Day 7: 30 minutes or less

Believe it or not, this took me 26.5 minutes!!!

Day 14: 3 (embellishments) 2 (patterned papers-double sided!) 1 (photo)

I love how simple, yet complete this page looks. A fun little memory of my friends in Turkey.

Day 20: Sketch (loved ALL of the sketches!)

This is a funny story of how a pigeon landed on Dave's head and I accidentally got the shot! Just because I was trying to get a photo of the pigeons on S.

Day 21: 5(minutes to find photos) 5 (minutes to choose your papers) 5 (minutes to journal)

I love these constraints, they get me going so quickly!

Day 27: Sketch

I loved all of the sketch days.  It surprised me that some folks found them the hardest!

These are not all of the pages, just a few favorites. 

I started 31 Things with Ali Edwards, and I have been sharing this incredible experience with Deborah. It has added joy to my every day.  I will post about my progress on this project soon.

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80th Birthday book, part 2

I am almost done with my grandfather's 80th birthday book.  I have a few little things to do (like deciding what to do on the cover...any suggestions?).  But, otherwise it is done.  I also want to create a dedication/closing page from me to him. 

The colors of the invitation nearly matched the album; an amazing coincidence.  Because of that I really kept the color scheme simple, mostly creams and browns.

Here is the title page:

Then, I divided the book into sections.  The first section is for items that people mailed or emailed.  I collected them and tried to organize them in a meaningful way.  Here is the section divider for that part of the book and one page from inside.

The next section is a historical look at my grandfather's life in photos.  Here is the section title for that section, and then one two-page spread.  You can really get the idea from these photos.

I really suggest using a coordinated line when you are doing a project like this.  That way, no matter what people send to you, the overall look will be consistent.  I had a lot of fun on this, and I think that it will really mean a lot to my grandfather. 

I would love to know about any of your projects like this.  Thanks for looking!

May Scrapping

Wow!  May is full of scrapping.

First, I am working on LOAD 512.  I don't feel pressured to do a page a day, but I love the idea of trying to be creative every day.  That very much fits with my goals and hopes for being creative and enjoying my craft.  Sometimes I just have to get started, and then I'm so glad that I'm working on something crafty. 

On May 5th I spent the day ((Inter)National Scrapbook Day) with Deborah, and we had such a great time with the Creative Crop through Big Picture Classes.  I think that I got 6 of the 12 challenges done.  Deborah rocked it with 10 of the 12!  So inspiring.

I have also been working on finishing my grandfather's 80th album.  I plan to post about that later this week.

This doesn't even take into account my other classes.  They all filter in in different ways.  I'm always carrying my OLW enjoy close to my heart and action, and I have continued to be inspired by Move More Eat Well and my journey with my friends.

Finally, I am still being inspired by the work of Shimelle.  I'm afraid that she is scrapbooking so much that she might run out of photos, and then what will she do???  But, for now, I used her starting point for this layout from our trip to Hawaii.

Shimelle's Starting Point

By the way, I have already created 10 layouts since the beginning of May!  That is almost one a day...even though I usually do extra on the weekend.