Last layout of photos from 2019

 

Yes, I've finally finished my 2019 album.  

I scrap mostly chronologically and keep my pages in chronological order too.

So I can now say I'm officially done with 2019 with this last fall layout.

I'm trying to force myself to work without a sketch and see what I can come up with on my own.   I'm also on a buying freeze after a Creative memories splurge for the 12 days of Christmas.  My consultant Linda had some great deals during her personal sale that she bundled with CM promo, so I got a lot of product without spending a fortune.

My scrappy goal for the New Year is to work my way through my stash and not buy anything but adhesive.  I might make an exception for mixed media supplies as I have just started dabbling in paints and inks from shimmerz paints and have my eye on a kit at spiegelmom scraps

This layout was made using Echo park "family and Autumn" papers and embellishments.

I love how the two lines have similar color schemes that work so well together and really compliment my photos. 

Simply adorable.  I'm totally into owls.

Great dimension from the chipboard animals

This next layout is for my son's scout album.

The photos are from a "wild west" themed blue and gold awards banquet for cub scouts

not the greatest quality pictures as the ceremony was in the cafeteria with the lights dimmed

Almost used up the last of my CM Red, White and Blue paper pack.  

Had to create my own embellishments as there weren't any in the pack that weren't forth of July oriented.  Punched stars, old gemstone brads and sequence

Now to get my husband to do the Journaling.  I started my son's scout albums back in 2014, so he's got some work to do.

Closing in on the end of 2019

As we get ready to close out 2020...

I'm ever so close to having my 2019 album finished.

I've jumped around a little as I had the opportunity to take a few online classes

This one is a first for me as I tried a new technique of triangle paper folding to make the wreath

 I used festive plaid, merry little Christmas paper, and embellishments 

along with dollies and gold cardstock from my stash

the snowflake on the bottom is a recycled gift tag that works in nicely with the addition of a gemstone

This next one is another online class using a quilt patch design.

I thought about aligning the red and blue striped squares but didn't like how it looked

I used CM North Pole magic and rhinestones from my stash

For this two page spread, I used Scrap our stash challenge

I didn't play along with all the rules though as I used all of my 2019 holiday photos prior to this layout

Simple Stories "Crafty Girl"

This last one was actually the first layout of the day.

I finally opened up my clear gesso to try my hand at mixed media

White acrylic paint, shimmerz spray, and paint from my October order.

I love how the layout turned out even though I'm not a fan of the paper kit.

So I shared what was left with my little friend Aurora. 

 She didn't waste any time getting crafty too.

Birthday paper embellishments mixed with so Disney paper I gave her

 

Scrapping during a virtual crop

This past Friday and Saturday I participated in the CM sister's Holiday crop.

The weekend was packed with different workshops, most of which I enjoyed. 

 

I wish I could share the layouts I created during the event but they are the intellectual property of the designers.

This layout is loosely based on the mad for mats workshop as I used several mats on the page.  I'm sharing it here on my blog as it is different enough from the designer's work to not violate the agreement not to share and also because I also couldn't share this layout with the event group as the paper pack is not from creative memories.  Pretty sure it's photoplay

  I loved the format of the virtual crop with its nicely spaced and paced workshops.  I did take advantage of the breaks to finish projects, replenish drinks, and bathroom breaks.  Couldn't imagine pushing straight through.  I did listen to but did not follow along with the border making workshop as I'm not much of a border maker, however, I'll probably use the snowflake/ flower technique to make some embellishments. So I made this layout instead.

 I even managed to squeeze in this last layout after skipping the Truck project in favor of having a sit-down dinner with the family.  Again, paper piecing is something I will most likely never do.  

With these layouts added to the ones I completed and the pre-made pages waiting for pictures, I got 16 pages done.  Not bad for a 14-hour event.