Some new scrapbooking

This past weekend I was able to get away to spend time with friends and do a bit of scrapbooking. Its so great to have a group of people who enjoy getting together to share ideas, food and laughter.

I used some crate paper for this layout. My sweet sister-in-law took this cute photo of my Abby and was kind enough to print it out for me.

I've been enjoying making collages in Picasa lately because it allows me to get quite a few photos onto a page. I do majority of my editing in Photoshop Elements but print and crop with Picasa. All the papers and embellishments used on this layout are Basic Grey and I found them in the discounted bin as a scrapbooking store.

For those that know I'm more of an everyday scrapbooker rather than one who scrapbooks events and holidays. For this reason I've always had a hard time doing birthdays, they are days that need to be recorded but I still struggle. I employed the same collage technique but made the photos wallet size, I'm happy with how it turned out. I used the Memory Workshop June kit featuring Crate papers.

Just a simple layout that I wanted to do showing the differences between Ethan playing ball and Owen attempting to play ball. Papers are American Crafts, October Afternoon and Jillibean Soup.

This was a favorite photo that I took in June. I finally managed to get a good photo of all my parents' grandkids, no small feat with 2 boys under 2. Papers used are October Afternoon.

My new favorite layout of Owen. I took these photos at Churchill park just after he got his super cute haircut. I dug into my scrap box and grabbed some October Afternoon paper strips, added a journalling block and some grungeboard stars and I was done. Love a layout that just falls into place.

I bought this Kasier Craft paper last November with hopes to use it with some summer pool photos. I used the collage feature again and printed some wallet size photos into a strip. Totally loving my cricut gypsy which allows me to weld my letters together, one of the better investments I've made.