It’s (Inter)national Scrapbook Day

I was up early and thought by now I’d have multiple Project Life pages to share, but it’s been one of those days where other projects have taken far longer than I anticipated. The day’s not over, but we have a play at Geva Theater at 4:00 followed by a trip to BJ’s to pick up some groceries. Hopefully, I’ll get a start on a few more pages before bedtime. 

At any rate, I did finish the February Project Life pages earlier this week . There are just two spreads for February, and only one of them shows any snow! That’s because the best of the photos came from our brief trip to Florida, and the rest were taken inside. When I finished it seemed odd to have such bright and cheery photos for a typically gray and cold month.

I purchased Tracy Larsen’s Simply White templates a month or so ago, and was delighted to find how easy they are to use. I like the clean, white look of the page using them. I also discovered Epson’s Premium Presentation Paper recently. I have a wonderful (but old) Canon printer, but the Epson paper worked beautifully to print the photos as well as the journaling card (Cathy Zielske). It’s a nice weight, and much less expensive that the Canon Luster or Ilford Pearl photo paper I typically use. The journaling card is from the February Cocoa Daisy “Day in the Life” kit.

The title card was created with Papertrey’s “Monthly Moments” and “Slide Frame” dies, the Winnie and Walter “The Big, The Bold, and The Happy” stamp, and the Mini Heart Collection die from Memory Box. 

More Simply White templates, and a journaling card from Cocoa Daisy.  I made a pocket for our Beach and Towel card from the Jupiter Resort with a piece of patterned paper from Simple Stories. I forgot to print a caption for the photos from the George Eastman House, so printed on an piece of transparency and added it to the top of the photos with two tiny pearls. I used a new Papertrey Ink die, “Simply Framed” to create the pocket card “you and me.”

You can see the subtle grid stamping on the bottom of the card. I layered three of the outer frame, so the card is slightly recessed. The banner die is from the “Count Down” die, and the sentiment from “A Few Pointers.” I won another generous gift certificate during the April Papertrey Release party and used it to purchase several of their stamp and die sets meant for pocket scrapbooking. I know I’m going to enjoy them, and have some card ideas percolating as well. The little hearts were left over from the die used on the title card.

This was one of my favorite beach photos. The colors of the sea and sky that day were just wonderful. The day we were at Jupiter Beach it was incredibly windy and the colors were much more muted. The caption was stamped with an older Lawn Fawn set by the same name.

You may remember that our reason for the February trip was to see Tracy’s stepmother who had been diagnosed with early onset dementia. On a happy note, we heard yesterday that Betty is doing much better. They changed her medication, and her memory and ability to function relatively independently have returned manyfold. She’s in a new assisted living facility and doing really well! We needed some good news around here.

Happy Scrapbooking!