How sweet!

I just noticed this review of my book online:
D*I*Y Planner
Love that!

So how is your week going? I'm crazy busy at work and loving it. The work day just flies by. It got me thinking. I've NEVER scrapped a page about my career. Whether you're a bank teller, stay-at-home parent, real estate salesperson, personal chef, or magazine editor (like me), it's a big part of your life, I'm sure. Have you ever scrapped about it?

I've scrapped a lot about family and events but have somehow ignored this part of my life which takes up more than 8 hours a day most days! That's so weird! :)

So that's my goal for February (yes, I need a whole month to accomplish this!) I'm going to scrap about my job or career or career path or whatever. And if you've already done so, I'd love to see what you've done. I'm sure I'd be absolutely inspired!

Until I post that creation, I'm sharing an oldie but goodie. It's one of my first layouts. I remember when I first started 12x12 layouts, they took me FOREVER so I tried scrapping 8x8. It seemed a little less intimidating at the time. Check out all that yarn! And all the HANDCUT circles. LOL

Favorite Techniques

I recently looked back at some of my older pages and realized there are some techniques that I adopted over the years that I like so much, they just never die. Doodling is one, of course. Another is using different liquid mediums on my pages. Paints, dyes, inks, and in this example shown here, liquid "glass". There are several brands out there but I used Aleene's Paper Glaze here.

It's kinda the consistency of white glue but it's clear. I apply it right from the tip directly to my layout. I like it because it adds a little more texture or dimension but it's not too bulky and is rather subtle. I like the highlights you get when you move the page around and the light hits the clear lines and dots in different ways. It dries rather quickly and can also be painted on with a paintbrush for larger coverage areas.

I have tried it on glossy photos and don't like the way it looks so I tend to stick to applications on paper and embellishments only. While it's wet or tacky, you can also drop some beads or glitter into it and they'll stay put. You can tint it with paint but I've not tried that yet. Hmmmm... something to do this weekend. :)

Anyway, thought I'd share this closeup photo of this medium on paper. Enjoy!

Prima wonderfulness

Is that a word?

Scrapbook Mania asked me to design a few layouts to promote their January page(s) kit which was full of Prima papers, flowers, cardstock embellishments, rub-ons, Bazzill, and more. Sounds yummy, doesn't it? Anyway, here is one that I put together. It's a simple layout but really takes advantage of those awesome flowers to add that extra something. (Click on image for close-up view.)

The photos of my neices were actually from the family Christmas card. I hate throwing those cards away because the photos are always so pretty. (My big bro is a photographer.) So I cut the photos out and put them to use on this layout to create a kind of bouquet of flowers, photos, and ribbon.

It's a happy little layout. :)

Three Months Later...

Time has flown. Teaching the Big Picture Scrapbooking class, Thanksgiving, Christmas, 2008, minor illnesses, torn ligaments (my son), and a small case of burnout has kept me from my blog. But I am back. Life is still busy, my son's ankle and knee are wrapped, but I'm rejuvenated and ready to scrap.

Another edition of my Doodle All Day class will be coming up on Big Picture Scrapbooking soon. I've started a fun acrylic album that I will be sure to share with you. I'm working on some fun projects for Frances Meyer, too. I may also be teaching a class in March at Scrapbook Mania!

So for all those who have stopped by the store and asked if I was okay because I was curiously absent from my blog, thank you so much. I appreciate that you even stopped by to check on me. :)

Until my next scrappy post, here's a photo of my son (yes, I know he needs a haircut) on the first day of snow he's seen since he was a baby. Alabama snow doesn't fall too often.