Christmas Project Life Scrapbooking

My 9-year-old daughter was inspired today to get back to creating her Christmas project life scrapbook for grandma an auntie. If you're just joining us please check out Zora's first four posts - day 1, day 2, day 3 and day 4.

She's in the middle of memorializing her second Christmas in 2006. She paper pieced a journaling card at the top right and created her own square snowman scene complete with glitter snowflakes using the Spica pens.

Here's a closer look at that snowy scene! Her creative mojo was in full effect! I love how she knew to ground the image as well. 

The back side of the page showcases her auntie and her gifts. Zora is not afraid of mixing colors and patterns! Ah, to be a kid again!

Thanks for stopping by! Your comments mean the world to my little girl so thanks in advance for them!

We have great news to share! She has been invited to join the (advanced classes) enrichment program at her elementary school. With the assessment she took we now know how she learns, her IQ and are excited to see the academic heights she will ascend to! #PROUDMAMA

La-Vie

2nd Christmas Pocket Scrapbooking Layout

Welcome back to my blog! I'm showcasing the last (for a while) of my 9-year-old daughter's Christmas pocket scrapbooking layouts. She began documenting her 2nd Christmas in rare form! If you're just joining us please check out Zora's first three posts - day 1, day 2 and day 3.

Zora used creative journaling and several embellishments to create these pages in her own style. With each layout her personality is emerging more and more. She has less questions for me and is completing them much faster. Mission accomplished!

Here's another example of how to make a custom journaling card using a Christmas tree and snow globe from Jolee's and a snowflake from Recollections. Zora used white cardstock to represent snow with a green background. I love her use of color and pattern.

Thank you to everyone who viewed these posts, left comments and shared comments on FaceBook. It has really encouraged my daughter to keep going and reinforced the idea that she is doing a great job!

La-Vie

Deck the Halls! Pocket Scrapbooking

Hello there! It's day 3 of the Christmas album reveal. 

If you're just joining us please check out Zora's first two layouts - day 1 and day 2.

Here is the last page of Zora's first Christmas featuring grandma and auntie. In these pictures Zora is in the early stages of walking. I love when children are wobbly but determined to get to steppin'! That toy with the mallet and the balls was one of my daughter's favorites! A lot of noise and fun. Those were the days...

In addition to the Project Life cards and the ones from Paper Studio, Zora created her own card from scratch using can Lawn Fawn cardstock, bling and dimensional embellishments from Jolee's Boutique. I was impressed that she cut out her own snow hills and moon. Awesome, fantastic!

This girl is on fire.... happy happy, joy joy!

If you have children in your life what are some of your fav first Christmas memories?

Thanks for stopping by! Next time I will have 2 more wonderful pages to share from Zora's 2nd Christmas.

La-Vie

Pocket Scrapbooking for Christmas

Greetings! Continuing from last post here are pages two and three of the Christmas album my darling daughter is creating. If you missed it, please click here to see page 1.

Zora was really getting into it this time around. I think she really got over her 'scrapbooking is hard/boring and time consuming' phase. She found her stride and was able to make decisions a lot quicker.

In the upper left hand corner, she layered a large and small journaling card with a pine cone sticker to create the perfect backdrop for her picture. Next door she combined a clear sticker and chipboard sticker to personalize the journaling card. I love how she was unafraid to layer a sticker on top of the picture to create the desired effect.

On this next page she used her own cute handwriting to title the picture in the top left. That empty journaling block will allow our family to add their memories as well. This really has become a pleasurable experience and I can let her play without much input. It works well for us both.

Do you craft with your kids? What do you usually make?  Inquiring minds want to know!

Thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned for the next installment!


La-Vie

Our Christmas Holidays Together (Pocket Scrapbooking)

My 9-year-old daughter and I have been working on a special Christmas gift for grandma. We envisioned a Christmas album of all the holidays we have spent together since my children were born. It would be an album we add on to each year.

I was excited to share the art of traditional scrapbooking with my daughter and yada yada. Well after completing our first page (click here to see what she created) she complained how slow the process is and how she wasn't enjoying herself "at all." HEARTBROKEN and sullen I put away all the stuff and tried to come up with a better way.

Then I remembered my hubby bought me a pocket scrapbooking kit from Mambi Me & My Big Ideas for my birthday and I had put it up on the shelf. I had not yet gotten into pocket scrapbooking and wasn't sure how I felt about it. It's fast but is it cheating? Will I enjoy it as much as creating a traditional page? Inquiring minds want to know...

But alas... I figured out a child will definitely respond to pocket scrapbooking. It's fast and there's less decisions to make. No Cricut needed. I already had the ones from Mambi, so I went out and bought various sizes of Christmas and family themed Project Life cards and ones by other companies such as The Paper Studio.

In the beginning Zora created this one page and was EXHAUSTED. I am proud of her for journaling and using her creativity to cut out shapes and layer them to create her own embellishments and such. In the next few posts I will share more of the album as it develops. Whatever we get done by Christmas will be the gift. It's a work in progress. Unbreak my heart... my girl IS a scrapbooker!!

How do you feel about pocket scrapbooking? If you do it, let me know wzup! What do you document  using this type of scrapbooking? Where can I find all the best supplies?

La-Vie