Life Documented 2010

I received this collection by Memory Works Simple Stories called 'Life Documented' in my latest DT parcel from The Little Scrapbook Shop. I knew straight away what I wanted to do with it (gotta love when that happens! lol). I have made a 'year in review' style mini album of the goings on in the Bell household in 2010:

And here are all the inside pages - they vary in size and material - some are chipboard, some are patterned paper and some are cardstock.

And here are the inside pages. For each month I have included a photo and added some journalling about what happened that month:

Sorry for the dodgy picture sizes. Photobucket won't play nice. I'm really happy with how the album turned out though. I have heaps of stuff left over too so will be doing a few layouts over the next few days.

School starts for my big boy tomorrow! He will be in year 1 this year. Where did the holidays go? I feel like we haven't done anything or been anywhere these holidays - oh hang on, that's because we haven't!! lol

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Crikey!!

For Lachlan's 5th birthday (almost 2 years ago) we took the kids to Australia Zoo. We left the farm at 4am (crazy I know, especially with a then 3 month old!) so that we could get there when the zoo opened. We met my parents and my sister there, who had travelled up from Brissy. The kids had a great day and this is probably my favourite photo from the day. This layout is for the Jan 15th sketch at Stuck?!. Here's the sketch:

And here is my layout:

I kept pretty much to the sketch and kept my layout fairly simple. I had had the LYB die cut paper for ages and was going to give it away coz I thought I'd never use it. But I pulled it out and chopped it up instead! :)

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What About Me?

One of my New Year's Scrapping Resolutions was to start doing more layouts about me. I seem to record the day to day moments for everyone else in the family and very rarely focus on something about myself. Maybe that's because I'm always the one behind the camera, which I prefer to be honest. I hate having my photo taken! LOL So this year I'm going to try and change that!

This layout is for the next sketch challenge at Get Picky. The sketch is a double (!!) provided by Anna Bowkis:


I don't like doing doubles - mainly because everyone I do, I don't like. The only one I have EVER done that I really LOVED was my Masters double. I decided to adapt this sketch to a single layout:

I have used a bit of Cosmo Cricket 'Circa 1934' on this one and well as some misting and inking. Hopefully this will be the start of some 'Lauren layouts'.

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Can You Help?

We've all seen the scenes of devastation all throughout Queensland over the past few weeks. Over 75% of our state has been affected in some way by floods. I can't begin to imagine what the people who have lost their homes, their farms and their loved ones are going through right now. I feel so helpless. But there are a couple of ways we can help those affected by the floods. Kim Archer is conducting a special online workshop where all proceeds will go the Premiers Flood Relief Appeal. The workshop is only $5! You can sign up here.

You can also help by getting creative. The Rising Waters Flood Appeal for Crafters are taking donations of scrap pages (minus the photo) that will then be sent to the flood victims for them to create their own scrapbook albums. Head over to the blog to find out the details on where to send your pages.

I have started creating several pages so far and will do some more in the next few days. It's a great way to use all those bits of scrap paper! I really hope you can help out too.

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A Little Ray Of Sunshine

I was lucky enough to get to do one of the new challenges for the Little Scrapbook Shop January Cybercrop - the Product Challenge. The product you must use on your layout is chipboard. Here is my layout:

There are a few other criteria for this challenge as well. Head here to find out what they are.

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It's That Time Again!

The first Cybercrop for 2011 starts tonight over at The Little Scrapbook Shop. This months theme is 'A Little Ray of Sunshine'. We are shaking it up a bit with an all new format and all new challenges. I would love to see some all new faces too! There will be Bingo and awesome prizes up for grabs. The fun starts at 7.00pm EDST. You can find all the details here. :)