Minoru is named after my husband's cousin. The last couple of times he came to visit he made friends with Akemi. She loves hanging out with him! Hopefully we get to see him again when we go visit the family in Vegas later this year. Something about this image really reminds me of him- I think it might be the haircut...
Before I get into my project, just wanted to share some thoughts on my scrapbooking journey...
Since I'm starting to get back into scrapbooking, I thought I'd make myself some journaling cards to use in my scrapbook. I remember when scrapbooking was HUGE! I guess what happened (for me anyway) is that I started stamping first, then went from cardmaking to scrapbooking... then digital scrapbooking was born and some people stopped scrapping (I never totally got into the digital craze).. Then creating sophisticated layouts became intimidating and difficult, which lead to unfinished scrapbooks. But the need to document our lives lives on, and the need to make perfect layouts no longer exist. We can distress, smash, journal, add drawings, mixed media or keep it very very simple. No more rules, no more competition, just documentation! I love that freedom!
The best part is that you can still use your stamps! Love that I can make my own journaling cards and can incorporate a lot of our images. Makes me feel like I'm still being creative even though the scrapbooks themselves have become simplistic. So I'll be sharing my journaling cards during my introductory posts... hoping they inspire you to start scrapbooking too!
My first journaling card features Minoru. I went with a 3x4 sized card using some scrap Doodlebug Designs paper from last year's line. I just punched out a red scallop circle for the background to make Minoru pop. Kept it very simple. I can't wait to use it on my Christmas page this year!
Do you want a chance to win Minoru? Here's all you have to do:
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2) Tell me if you scrapbook or not. If you do, do you incorporate stamps into your albums?
Love the haircut! I don't scrapbook yet, I'm more into cardmaking, but I do plan to scrapbook my vacation pictures in the future...
ReplyDeleteI started scrapping when my daughter was in 2nd grade (about 17 years ago!) Scrapbooking was really starting to take off ... then life got busy & althought I kept taking photos, they ended up in boxes. Then I discovered Project Life ~ so easy, & I fell in love with journaling cards!! I love little Minoru on the card; such an easy way to embellish a scrapbook page! Keep sharing those cards! :)
ReplyDeletehe's so cute! love this idea of making your own journaling cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a chance to win such a cute stamp. No, I do not do any scrapbooking. For now instead of scrapbooking I have a family blog where I journal about important and fun events in our lives and post pictures about them. The posts always end up being pretty long. I always tell people that the journaling is more fo me so that I can refer to it when I do start scrapbooking.
ReplyDeleteHe's adorable! I love him!!! I have great intentions to scrapbook my kids' accomplishments and such, but haven't made a move to do anything. I'm more of a card maker than anything else. Thanks for a chance to win this little guy.
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So cute!
ReplyDeleteI don't scrapbook. I tried. But I'm no good at it. I take forever to decide how to lay out one page. And then I forget about it. So I give up. I may do that Project Life thing starting in January, though. We'll see. :)
Minoru is simply darling! I've dabbled in scrapbooking over the years, but do more cards and tags as they're much quicker and easier. I'd really like to get into project life - though I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to make a successful go of it. :)
ReplyDeleteMinoru you are so cute. Can't wait to make my tags and cards with you . As a teen I did scrapbook. Those dats it was just photo and captions. Now we add embellishments and digitalization. Haventvdonevit in years.
ReplyDeleteHe is so cute! I do scrapbook, but each one seems to take so long. I haven't incorporated stamps yet, but plan to.
ReplyDeleteHe's adorable!! You colored him up beautifully! Great idea to start making journaling cards for scrapbooking. I still don't think I'll ever go back to scrapbooking. But if I did these would make it so much easier to finish one.
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