31 scrapbook layouts in 31 days!
I've been wanting to do this for a while now, although it took signing up for Lain Ehman's class to get it done. And honestly, it was better this way, to work through Lain's awesome daily prompts and challenges, rather than try to do it on my own.
Just this month, I:
- used a black & white photo on a scrapbook page for the first time (and I've been scrapping since 1999!)
- finally started on the newborn pictures of my younger son, who is now almost 2 1/2
- scrapbooked about myself (more than once!)
- scraplifted
- made a page with a purple background (a color I don't typically use)
Scrapbooking everyday helped me find my groove. It was easier to start, and finish, a page as the month progressed. On the other hand, it's hard to scrapbook a page every day. Hardest for me was justing finding the time. I often started my page at 10 p.m. after the kids were in bed and the house was somewhat picked up. (Somehow I was able to ignore the laundry pile which continued to accumulate at its normal speed.) And although I tried some new approaches to scrapbooking, I didn't spend much time using mists or punches or even stamps. I was just trying to get the page finished and uploaded so I could go to bed!
The best thing about the class, though, is the community that develops in the Flickr group. I haven't posted many layouts online so I hadn't really experienced how wonderful it feels to get positive and constructive feedback on my pages. And I loved looking through the day's layouts and leaving feedback myself. So many beautiful pages and talented scrapbookers to be inspired by. And all of this happened daily. It was awesome! I highly recommend Lain and her LOAD class. I believe she offers it twice each year. Every scrapbooker should try it at least once!
This is my favorite page from the class. It also happens to be my Day 31 layout:
You can see all of my layouts in my Flickr photostream.
Some of us from the class are participating in a blog hop today, so you can see read more about LOAD and see more scrapbook layouts by visiting the following blogs:
Danielle - ecoscrapbook - http://ecoscrapbook.blogspot.com/
Lain - Layout a Day with Lain Ehman - http://www.layoutaday.com/
Jennifer - at the blue barn - http://atthebluebarn.blogspot.com
Katrina - Capture your 365 - http://captureyour365.com/category/blog/
Abbie - Happie by Abbie - http://www.happiebyabbie.blogspot.com/
Lisa - Gettin' Creative - http://www.goesturbocreative.blogspot.com/
Christina - She's a Crafty Pumpkin - www.christinacostain.blogspot.com
Caroline - Pouring Over Pictures - www.pouringoverpictures.blogspot.com
Kathleen - Taking Pictures, Enjoying Life - kjplusthree.blogspot.com
