What do you do when you want pretty stickers but don't have any in the house? Dress up some plain ones! Here's a simple how-to:*

Grab some plain stickers, a rubber stamp and an ink pad.

 

 

 

Ink your stamp and press it down over your stickers.

Repeat as much as you like across your sticker sheet.

When your stickers are dry use them to decorate envelopes, packages, presents or anything else in need of a pretty accent.

*I'm sure I'm not the first to think of doing this but I'm sharing it just because it was so much fun to do.

 

 

 

 

The second page of 2003 is secured in my scrapbook. I'm really please with how this page turned out. I did a lot more planning before getting out papers and things and it made a huge difference.


I think my favourite section of this page is the bit for the Dragonfly Walk: I used one of my photos for the walk as my background by printing it off onto some heavy weight paper. I used my corner rounder for a bunch of pictures on this page. I love the way it makes the pictures frame themselves without me having to add anything.

 I have a really awesome scrapbook Rob gave me for Christmas a few years ago. The pages are 15" x 17" and it's the "master book" that holds everything ... right up to the end of 2002. I haven't worked on it in over a year (sometime before we moved last summer) and it is a daunting task to try and bring it up to date. My scrapbooking ideas seemed to evaporate whenever I thought of it. I needed something smaller to practice on and this little book was perfect.


The pages in this book are just 3 1/2" by 3 1/2" so they can only hold so much stuff. The cover gave me a theme (saving me the trouble of thinking of one): pictures of the two of us. I'd noticed a while ago that I don't have many pictures where we are both in the frame.

As I worked along the pages for this book I rediscovered my supplies (and gaps) and started to remember my favourite tools and embellishments. I came up with some better storage ideas and thought of ways to improve my workspace.


By the time I was finished (for the time being) I was excited about working on the big book again. The task is still big but I have some ideas and a few new inspirational resources and I came up with some page planners to help me keep track of ideas, photos and other bits and pieces. Each planner is a piece of letter size cover stock with the bottom four inches folded up and stapled to make a pocket. There is space on the front to record things like the event and date and any journalling ideas I have, as well as a layout planning box based on the dimensions of my scrapbook.


I feel all ready to go ... now I just need to clean my desk.