One of my goals this year is to scrap more and keep track of the layouts and cards I make. I see people post on 2peas and they have an ongoing list of their accomplishments. I made a little Sweetwater calendar to keep track of what I accomplish as well as what I spend on scrapbooking and cardmaking.
When I saw the post on 2peas asking people to join a challenge scraplifting 4 (or more) layouts each month from the Designing With 2006 Calendar, I decided it would be a good way to motivate me to get some work done. I’ve already enjoyed it and have all four of my layouts done and posted for January. Posting my work in the gallery was also a goal. I’ve gotten involved on the message board but avoided the gallery because scanning seemed too much of a bother. I still haven’t tried to scan a 12 X 12 layout, but most of mine are going to be 8.5 X 11 this year anyway.
This is my fourth January layout based on the January 1 page and Ali Edwards’ Christmas layout posted on her blog. I had taken all the photographs on Thanksgiving with another layout in mind but the photos from 2peas pictures (2 X 2) were so perfect for this. It’s a 12 X 12 (too many people in our family for an 8.5 X 11) and I took a photo of it rather than try to figure out the scanning and stitching. It was a fun one to do, but more tedious than I expected because I had to cut all of the squares rather than punched them. But I do like the final result. Next challenge: How to make a photo album with the DW Challenge layouts to put on the blog? I’ve started the process, but it’s not up yet.
