Last month I kicked off my series on easy summer scrapbooking by sharing a sketch with you (find it here). This month I am back with another one of my favorite ways to get pages done quickly - by recycling your designs. Essentially, scraplifting yourself. I know it's nothing new, but, it works! Ask anyone who scrapbooks a lot and often and they will tell you that this is the secret to getting pages done fast.
For my example today I have two layouts to share with you. The first one I made a couple of months ago
It documents the feelings of joy we felt at Samuel's arrival into this world. He's grown so much since then!! Just yesterday he rolled over for the first time. And he started scooching too.
{As an aside, my two older boys were early crawlers and early walkers. My days are numbered folks. Pretty soon this one will be on the move!}
I wanted to scrapbook these photos of my middle son giving Sam hugs and kisses. There were two photos and I thought they would both look best cropped to squares. I immediately thought of the layout above and decided to just reuse that design. Here is the finished layout
Nathan was very welcoming to Sam when we brought him home. He loves to give him hugs and kisses. We've had to teach him to be gentle though, since he does get a little too excited about it sometimes! It is so precious and sweet to see how much he loves his baby brother.
But, I'm supposed to be talking about scrapbooking... sorry! I want to say that sometimes I reuse a design by breaking it down into its most basic elements (photo, journaling, title). Almost like reverse engineering a sketch. Other times I use the design almost exactly, so I'll look at how I used the pattern paper and how I embellished a layout. This layout came together pretty quickly for me because I chose to do a more direct scraplift.
You might be able to tell that I have baby on the brain this summer, can you blame me? I mean, isn't he a cutie? But really, I want to hear from you! What are you scrapbooking this summer?
