U2360

I have set a new personal record: scrapping photos within roughly 24 hours of them being taken!

I am very lucky to have crossed "U2 concert" off my bucket list! I have been wanting to see them for, oh, 15 years or so.  They are rarely in my neck of the woods, not to mention I could usually buy at least 2 weeks' worth of groceries for the price of one ticket... but I have an awesome husband, and he surprised me with tickets as a Christmas gift.

The photos got immediately scrapped because my date for the concert was also my scrapping BFF... so the next day we immediately printed, shopped for supplies, and scrapped!  All the photos are from her Blackberry, so they are nowhere near the usual Canon quality I'm used to, but they are absolutely worth preserving!

The pages are simpler than my usual style too, since I was not concerned about mixing and matching fun patterns, just about cramming as many photos as possible onto the 4 pages I wanted to limit myself to.  I may have set another personal record there... 21 photos on 4 pages, plus a ticket and a (small) journal box!

I used CTMH's "Emporium" collection, plus a random piece of blue patterned paper and some sparkly things.

So anyway... here they are :)

And to show off my bestie's talent, and show what amazingly different pages can be done with the same pictures, here are her U2360 layouts:

 

Favorites: the newborn days

Here are a few of my favorites from those early, new-baby days... 

I think my favorite thing about these pregnancy pages is the color scheme.  I love the turquoise and orange, and especially how the bright colors contrast with the black & white in the photos:

These newborn pages are kind of opposite from the pregnancy ones; black & white paper, with a large color photo standing out.

 If you look closely, you can see the black-on-black glitter swirls on the background pages.

Turquoise and orange must do something for me, because I love these pages with the same color scheme:

I love the Cricut Storybook font too.

I'm glad to see that so many people are enjoying this blog... watching the pageviews number climb higher every day makes me glad I started it!  Feel free to leave me comments, questions, or suggestions for other things you'd like to see here.

"Splendor" pages, flowered pages

One of my favorite collections is "Splendor" by Close to My Heart... even though some of the patterns in it are flowered, it is still great "boy" paper in blue, green, and gold.  
 

Seriously, it's impossible to make a page you don't like with paper this cute.
 
A friend once told me it's OK to use girly paper/supplies/etc. for pictures of boys as long as there's a girl in the picture too.  I figured these photos of my son with his Aunt Katie (whom he calls "Go") were a great excuse to use this flowered paper I've had forever.

Enjoy! :)