There are many, many firsts with a new baby. If you have any children, do you remember the first Halloween? Hopefully you captured some memories in photos.
Marsha did. And she created some great scrapbook pages with them. Have a look at her 12" x 12" two page layout of Patrick's first Halloween as we continue on Marsha's scrapbooking journey. If you missed the first two scrapbook pages in this journey, you can view the two 12" x 12" scrapbook pages now.
Did you notice Marsha has added her journaling? This is important. You need to identify the people in the pictures and the dates at a minimum. I read somewhere years ago that if you do not journal your scrapbooks are only good for up to two generations.
That makes complete sense to me. How many old photos have been passed down to you that you cannot begin to identify who some of them are. Pretty sad to think about. Especially sad if you put all that work and love into creating scrapbook pages to be passed down from generation to generation.
Notice how beautifully Marsha's card stock coordinates with the background paper. All the products – card stock, background paper (called Designer Series Paper) and ink – are all Stampin' Up! products. Stampin' Up! color products all coordinate. This not only makes your handcrafted projects look professional, it takes the guesswork out of wondering if have any card stock that is remotely a close match to your background paper, ribbon, brads, buttons, etc.
Speaking of background paper, Marsha incorporated the Pumpkin Pie background paper layer of her title into matting for her photos. I especially like the offset matting of background paper and card stock for each of the baby photos.
If you saw my post yesterday about the Many Marvelous Markers, you know there is not a Whisper White Stampin' Write Marker. So, how did Marsha get the white writing for her journal blocks? She used the White Gel Pen. The white writing a sharp look on the Basic Black Card Stock.
Marsha's title was stamped with the now retired Collage Alphabet. If you would like to purchase the retired alphabet stamp set, I have one available to purchase listed with the other over 100 retired Stampin' Up! stamp sets. The stamp sets are listed in alphabetical order. If you do not see it listed, someone else beat you to it.
We hope you are enjoying and are inspired to get started or back to your scrapbooking as you go on Marsha's scrapbooking journey.
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