Awesome Albums

These two albums brought me into the home stretch at CKC (I signed up for seven workshops in one day) I was surprised that I wasn't totally brain dead by the end. Does that mean that I'm getting better? Of course, I filled the 5"x7" files with pictures of Baby Brayden . . . now I need to add Brayden's big brother, Parker, into the mix. I'm working on his whole, entire, just only him scrapbook.

While I haven't included all the workshops and scrapbooking pages, I have presented a good representation of this most efficient approach to CKC. My travelmate, Melissa Fulgham, wants us to add the late night crop event to the weekend, but we'll have to wait and see. I already have one other major convention on my calendar (in June 2010, I think) and I would love to return to the Great American Scrapbooking Convention in Chantilly again. However, with the demise of Memory Makers Scrapbooking Magazine, I don't know what that does to the convention.

Regardless, I've thoroughly enjoyed the learning experiences that the convetions provided this year. What a blessing.

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As I was deciding on what to do with the second "Club Baby" double-page spread, I started thinking about Brayden's big brother Parker. I have an older brother who was cooler than cool in my kid sister eyes. I hope that Brayden and Parker will get along as well.

The nuclear family is not so nuclear anymore, especially with the "yours, mine and ours" construct. But brothers are brothers whether they are full-, half- or step-.


I appreciate Parker's capacity to love the big bruiser of a little guy who is taking so much of Mom's time and attention. But these pages prove beyond a doubt that "he aint heavey, he's my brother."


This is why I decided to make the second two-page project a brothers project, because no child should feel left behind.

I used Close To My Heart Emporium Level 2 papers to build the 2-page spread along with Sol0 "P" (B1240) and "B" (B1226) stamp sets. My journaling and title I generated on the computer and printed onto in vellum. Stickers are from theEmporium stickese pack, but I'm not sure whether they were Level I or II. The white crocheted flower is from CTMH's White Daisy Collection (Z1136), which be purchased on my website at http://www.dianecook.myctmh.com/. Actually, all of the CTMH products can be purchased on my website.



The two brothers stamped together at the top of the page next to the title is from CTMH's Family Ties -- Children collection. (C1345). I just ordered Family Ties -- Adults (C1346) and am looking forward to pairing them with the children in future projects.


I used Jeannette Lynton's Balanced Blocks layout from Cherish Scrapbook Layouts Made Beautifully Simple (CTMH Item # 9029) as a launchpoint. I normally prefer designing my projects on my computer and deciding what I'll use where. I sort of made this one up as I went along. All in all, I'm happy with the end result . . . now I suppose I'll have to make a page for my daughter-in-law . . .