Lauren this is so not embarrassing I think its awesome actually! Those who wouldn't understand us in the first place just won't understand the reason for this summay and it introduces your progress and will help you remember what sparked the new waves of creativity in your art!
I so totally relate!!! I have scrapped with a group for years but when I discovered sb.com I saw all the new techniques right away! I just LOVE viewing all the talent here!!!!! BEAUTIFUL design!!!!!!!
you have definitely grown artistically - and this page proves it! I agree with you on the Fiskars cutter, I have one of their shape cutters (excuse me, HAD, I just gave it away) and never could manage to use it successfully. So kudos to you for doing such a great job cutting the circles here! LOVE the colors & pps you used!!!
Such a cool idea! Almost all of my albums are gifts so I always write a letter either at the beginning or end of the book, but I'm going to remember this! Thanks for the inspiration! You HAVE grown as an artist!
Beautiful circles!!! I have a circle cutter that I don't really like either, why is it that it just seems better to outline a bowl, or glass??!! LOL!!! Love the ES!! Never have done one, maybe I should!!!
Pretty cool. I went through and did some of the same to increase skills. Learned much more here in the last year than in my earlier attempts including library books, mags, etc. If I ever need an exuctive summary, you are hired. I DESPISE writing things like this. You've got this skilled nailed.
This is my 'Executive Summary' for my 5th album. It's exactly what an ES should be - a page summarizing an entire project, placed at the beginning of the book/report! I've made a similar page for my other albums. (Not on sb.com because I think they're embarrassing!)
Journaling reads: "After a four-year hiatus due to the hectic schedule of college, I rediscovered my love for scrapbooking in May 2008. With this rediscovery, I wanted to learn more about scrapbooking to improve my skill.
During June 2008, I gathered all the scrapbook how-to books I could from the library, made copies, and created my own 'Scrapbook Advice' 3-inch notebook filled with examples, technique advice, step-by-step methods, and more. This notebook somewhat helped me, but I saw slow progress.
In August 2008, I discovered a scrapbook website, www.scrapbook.com. After browsing, I decided that it may be helpful, so I signed up for the free membership. And the rest is history! Not only have I made many new friends because of this site, but I feel that my skill has greatly improved. I now know about chalking and paper tearing and chip-board and more - items and techniques that seem so obvious now, but that I never even knew existed before sb.com.
Fortunately, my fifth book is so much more interesting, and showcases much more skill than my first four albums. I look forward to growing more as a scrap artist! For now, I hop you enjoy this album, and I hope that you can also see the progress sin my skill that I just described. Lauren 2/7/2009"
I used 'Yelly' font I downloaded free from dafont.com for my journaling.
I always intend that my books be seen by someone else, so I always write like I'm speaking to some 'viewer,' whoever that may be, in my LOs :-)
Let me add: I HATE my Fiskars circle cutter. I find it terribly difficult to use. I just really had to say that.
The papers are from Hobby Lobby. I doodled on the patterned paper by following the design to make the patterns look more bold.
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