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I have to admit my creative juices on this series are lacking a bit, thankfully simple is good and I went with that approach on this 2 page spread.

Here are the supplies for this two page spread:

Get them while you can, supplies in the Holiday Mini that will not be available after January 3

Extra-Large 2.5” circle punch

Bigz XL Die Tasteful Trim

Other Supplies:

Sizzix Big Shot

My Digital Studio

Designer Series Paper Jolly Holiday

Designer Series Paper Stack Neutrals

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Don’t forget to add some of your favorite facebook posts to your pages.  This helps tell the story and the comments from friends are memorable.  In 20 years, your kids are not going to remember what facebook was and it will also give them a snippet of history.

Here are the supplies for this two page spread:

Get them while you can, supplies in the Holiday Mini that will not be available after January 3

Designer Series Paper, Deck the Halls

Extra-Large 2.5” circle punch

Glimmer Brads – Brights

Other Supplies:

My Digital Studio

Designer Series Paper Jolly Holiday

Designer Series Paper Stack Neutrals

Old Olive Cardstock

1 3/8” circle punch

Photo Corner Extra Large Punch

Rich Regal Buttons

Neutral Buttons

Linen Thread

Since the scrapbooks I am working on are really for the girls and they will eventually receive them, I have organized the books by their birth year.  I start their books on their birthday of their respective year and end them with any events that happen right before their next birthday.  The first page in their book is usually a picture of the two of them and I usually put something on the page that indicates what year (their age) it is.  This page is their cover page for their year 7 album.  I loved this picture that I took of them at our Church on Christmas and decided it was  the perfect one to start their album.  With our gorgeous Designer Series Paper, I didn’t really have to do a whole lot to make this a successful simple page.  And yes, I used some ribbon this time!

Year 7 Cover Page

Here are the supplies for this two page spread:

Get them while you can, supplies in the Holiday Mini that will not be available after January 3

Designer Series Paper, Deck the Halls

Other Supplies:

My Digital Studio

Always Artichoke and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon

1/8” Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon

Chantilly ½” Crochet Trim Ribbon

I am likely to continue with a similar color scheme throughout all of my Christmas pages for 2010.  I tend to do this when I have several pages for a particular subject….Like Christmas 2010!  It is kind of like a chapter in a book, it tends to be about a particular subject or storyline and eventually there becomes a transition from one part of a story to another.  It all contributes to the overall book but at different points throughout the book it makes sense to start and end a chapter.  I always find it easier and faster to get many pages done when I have similar colors, designer series paper, stamp sets and accessories in front of me.  Less picking up and putting things away = more time for scrapbooking.

Here are the supplies for this two page spread:

(Get them while you can, supplies in the Holiday Mini that will not be available after January 3)

Designer Series Paper, Deck the Halls

Extra-Large 2.5” circle punch

Glimmer Brads – Brights

Other Supplies:

Sizzix Big Shot

Snowflake Sizzlet Dies

My Digital Studio

Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla Cardstock

Rich Regal Buttons

Gold Brads

Linen Thread

Santa Scrapbook Page

I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday!  My relaxation starts this week as this is the week that the girls and I spend a lot of time catching up on our personal scrapbooking.  I am going to try and do my best to post my pages to my blog so be ready for several posts a day.  My style has recently turned into My Digital Studio meets Traditional Scrapbooking.  I organize my pictures and then submit them through the My Digital Studio software.  I actually print it off on my own personal computer so the color isn’t exact like it would be if you sent it in for the company to print. But, I don’t think it is too bad and I really enjoy how quickly I can get a variety of lay-outs, picture sizes and etc.  Once I print it out I then scrapbook those pages up onto traditional 12×12 pages and add embellishments.  Most of you know I LOVE ribbon, but I tend to forget about my buttons and brads.  I am challenging myself to use alternative forms of embellishments this week!