Whoooo hoooo!!! We made it! Here we are at the final day of our month-long scrapbooking challenge. Thanks to everyone for your kind comments on my pages, and give yourself a round of applause if you participated alongside my 2013 Scrapbooking Summer School attendees!
Even if you didn't hit the magic number of 31 pages completed, if you made any progress at all, got yourself organized, ordered essentials, or stashed inspiration for when you DO have time later this year–be proud! You are taking steps to preserve your family's memories and traditions and just plain cuteness for years to come. Your kids will be delighted to have their faces off the memory stick and into a book. Good for you!
So, I guess we're not really done until I post the final page, right? I went really modern with this layout, a style I don't normally embrace because it's not practical for most types of scrapbooking people do, where the objective is to fit as many photos as possible on the page. But, it leaves room for tons of journaling, and uses up a lot of scraps, so this style of layout has it's uses. And it uses Gorgeous Grunge, so I'm all over that! The scraps are from the Sweater Weather Designer Series paper stack, and I also used the Season of Style washi tape and the Happy Day stamp set for some unexpected vintage-inspired elements like the lace doily stamped near the headline, and the flourishy brackets on the photo mat.
Don't forget that you have until midnight CST tonight to leave a comment to enter to win the ASTOUNDINGLY AWESOME BLOG CANDY I am giving away this week to celebrate the end of the series! One lucky person will receive my sample page of every single layout we made in Scrapbooking Summer School. Can you imagine how fun it will be to just pop in photos, add a little journaling, and be DONE with that many pages all at once??? Sounds like a dream come true!
So leave a comment, and be sure to stop back in tomorrow to find out who won!
BONUS! Enter additional times by placing an order on my shopping website using the special event code FT4PASZ2 and your name will go into the drawing once for every $20 you spend (before shipping and tax). Order must be placed by 10 p.m. CST tonight to qualify –I'm not staying up 'til midnight : )
Thank you for doing this! I hope that I can keep the momentum going! This has been fun and your work is beautiful!
Thank you for sharing your talent with us! You inspire me to be more creative. You always have such fun, creative ideas that I hope I can put to good use in my own creations! Thank you for all of your hard work!
ALL of your pages?! That is amazing Blog Candy. What a great challenge! Not many demonstrators are scrapbooking. Thanks for confirming it’s possible with amazing SU products!
Thank you so much for the time and effort it must take you to share your creations with all of us. I always look forward to not only seeing your paper creations but also hearing tidbits about your family. You’re super talented and I appreciate your sharing.
Wow Lyssa! Your pages have been such a treat to enjoy this month! I read your blog every morning while having my coffee and looked forward to seeing those new creations! I look forward to recreating some of them. Thank you so much for so generously sharing your passion with us!
Okay, I’m hooked. I guess I can’t complain about having to sit in front of a computer to see pictures of my family unless I take the lead.
that is what mothers are for, right!!??
This has been a fun month…lurking to see what wonderful layout you create and the extra tips. I like the use of scraps on this layouts as I have trouble throwing away ANY dsp. Several of your scrapbook layouts could be used as card templates, too.
I always enjoy your upbeat blog and learning about your family. You keep it real!!
Thank you for taking the time to do this for us!
When you wonder if you make a difference, remember, I was not a scrapbooker before this series this month. :D. I’m headed to my crafting table right this minute to finish my last few pages. Thank you, sincerely & completely for sharing!
I have a layout that only has one photo and I have been waiting to find inspiration for it. I just found my inspiration with this latest layout. Thank you!
I am so sad that this is the last day of 31 pages in 31 days. Thank you for sharing all of your beautiful scrapbook pages with us. You are my favorite blog to check for inspiration and I love your photo tutorials.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the hard work you put into 31 Pages. It is great and I love all the ideas.
Really fabulous layout. Love the strips of paper and the grunge look. I wish we could have made that one in class!
Lyssa, your 31 pages in 31 days series has been the highlight of my summer! I cannot begin to tell you how much you inspired me and helped me to get back into the grove with scrapbooking. I was worried that Stampin up was getting out of the scrapbooking business when I saw the last catalog- but you said to wait and see, and boy did you just astonish me (and everyone else here I see) with all you were able to put together. Bravo and PLEASE keep up with all the 12×12 layouts- you are so talented and it gives me such great ideas for my own scrapbooks. thanks!!
I love your scrapbook series – I started following your blog last year because of this series!! I LOVE to see other people scrapbooking with SU supplies!!!
Lyssa I truly liked all your pages. This one with more purple is more favorite.
Its hard to see all the pages leave being Sept 1st. Maybe winter or spring we could do it again! Really enjoyed all the textures colors and pages!