Ever since Christmas I’ve been scrapbooking like MAD! More than I have in a few years! I don’t always understand the ebbs and flows of creativity but I think it has something to do with the fact that I sewed NON STOP for the entire month of December… I think I just need a “break” from my sewing machine to work on something else, and scrapbooking fit the bill.
I’ve discovered divided page protectors. Some of them are Project Life dividers and some are Doodlebug…. I know that the Project Life dividers were designed for “day to day” scrapbooking but they have been invaluable for me for scrapbooking some past vacations.
I’ve had a stack of photos sitting around for a couple of years from our trip to Paris…. Now they are finally in a book.
I used the photos I printed at Costco (to save $) and combined them with some printed at home and memorabilia to create the pages.
They are held together now with just a binder ring (to keep them in order) but will get moved into an album when I find one I like.
I used 6″x12″ page protectors for my journaling. Luckily I blogged the trip at the time, so all I had to do was cut and paste from my blog.
I used the Spring Circus and a few other kits from Rhonna Designs for the backgrounds, then just added text on the top and printed them out at home.
Since I printed a few photos at home, I added some text on top in Photoshop to divide the pages into sections.
Many of our ticket stubs and museum receipts fit in this protector… I cut up a map (but kept it in the same order) to use as the backgrounds for the ticket stubs.
The back of the page above- the subway map showing.
Another 6″x12″ page protector that fit most of our other memorabilia.
I’ve got a couple more albums to share! Those page protectors have really speed up the whole process. I think I’ll go back and make a couple of 12×12 traditional pages later, just to mix in with the others.
I have heard about Project Life. I was thinking about trying it out since I personally don’t enjoy trying to be so creative with scrapbooking. Seeing your work has totally convinced me I should do it. I loved how everything turned out. And what a great idea to add in a few 12×12 scrapped pages.
very creative. I haven’t heard of these but now I’m going to look into it. thanks
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melissa…
this is a most wonderful take on a travel album.
there is so much to love here.
of course the use of rhonna designs and how co-hesive that look is.
then the use of the pockets…who says they have to only be used for pL?
then there is the use of the maps throughout the pages.
and pasting your blogging for your journaling…brillant.
i love this.
makes me want to re-do my paris album.
(when were you there?)
~j