I'm so excited about our guest today! Lisa Moorefield (aka, Lemonade Stand) is not only a friend, but an amazing artist. But get this, she is not a digi or hybrid scrapper! She is a paper and paste girl. When I asked her to join us this month, she was happy to take on the challenge. And as it turns out, she is a natural with the digi stuff! I asked Lisa to tell us a bit about herself, "I was a perfectly content quilter-turned-scrapbooker for six years. Then I discovered the joy of creating my own books and journals using Photoshop & digital elements. I especially like to create children's stories using scans of my children's writings and artwork, then print them on the back of patterned cardstock, and bind them together with ribbon to make a wonderful short story book." Hee hee. Nothing like getting another scrapper addicted to digi... Lisa also has two adorable kids (6 year old girl and a 4 year old boy), and does the most amazing sewing jobs on her pages.
Her challenge to us was to create a mini album. But Lisa made two! Woohoo! Bonus. The first one is this adorable Travel Journal.
Details and instructions for this album (from Lisa):
ScrapArtist Supplies:
Painted Doodles Stars Vol. 1 (Lisa Whitney)
Little Explorers Elements (Diane Rigdon)
Postage Date Stamps (Amber Clegg)
Teacher's Pet Alpha (Lauren Reid)
Chalked Full of Fun Doodles (Lisa Whitney)
Mark That Date (Two Sisters Designs)
Celebrating Color: Wonderfully White Papers (Weeds & Wildflowers)
This 2-up photo album works really well for a kids' travel/summer journal. The beginning pages contain a summer calendar, a packing checklist, a U.S. map, a scavenger hunt and other travel games. When the journal is opened, there are four 4x6 spaces that hold items for one destination. Before going on a trip, I include a map, a journaling page (kids can draw a picture or write what their favorite part of the trip was), a blank page with a few surprise stickers and/or scrapbooking supplies tucked in. I also let the kids take some photos and later choose one or two to place in their album.
Cover:
Fold the cardstock to fit over the photo album (I had to use 2 pieces of cardstock to make it long enough). Sew or glue the 2 pieces together. Attach a piece of elastic using brads (I used BasicGrey elastic ribbon). Glue or sew the cover to the album, or make it removable using elastic or ribbon.
Pages:
For each page, I opened a 6x4 page with a white background in Photoshop, and added various elements. When I added the ledger & grid paper backgrounds (Wonderfully White), I changed the opacity to about 50%.
Her next album is this clever Medical Records Book. I am so going to make one of these! What a handy (and pretty) way to keep all that information close by.
And here is the info:
ScrapArtist Supplies:
Horizons Classic Planner Templates (Diane Rigdon)
Horizons Basic Scraps Collection (Diane Rigdon)
Celebrating Color: Wonderfully White Papers (Weeds & Wildflowers)
Postage Date Stamps (Amber Clegg)
This $1 photo album is very handy for keeping track of kids' records and other info like the pediatrician's phone number, insurance information, a growth chart, baby teeth record, info for babysitters, immunization record, medical history, allergies, and a current photo. The cover is made using one of the Wonderfully White papers and a birthday postage date stamp. For the inside pages, I made a few changes to some Horizons planner pages and reduced the size.
WOW! So we (the hybrid team) were challenged. :) And here is what we came up with:
Kathy created this gorgeous book to record her daughter Carly's many National Dance competitions. What a great keepsake!
To learn more about Kathy's album, click here.
Jenn made this cool accordian album album a trip she took with her kids to Canada. This is such a quick way to record family trips. You could make one for each of your trips and keep them together in a box!
For more info on Jenn's album, click here.
And I loved Lisa's Travel Journal so much, I decided to create one for my two older boys. They are going to visit their grandparents this summer (by themselves), and I thought it would be fun to give them a book to record the details of the trip and a disposable camera to take photos. This is also great for me! Otherwise all I hear when I ask them questions is, "I forgot."
For more on my album, click here.
Well, I hope you were inspired to make a little album for yourself, family, or friends. So go out there, create, and print! See you next month with our next guest challenge!
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