The Great Scrapbooking WIP Check-Off: Parts 4 & 5

Before I started on any new scrapbooking layouts, I felt the need to address the growing stack of works-in-progress (WIP) that were nearly done, but not ready to be archived for good or shared on the blog. So I made myself a check-list and have been working my way through them. Here's a recently completed work from the list.

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My Nephew's 2nd Birthday
These two spreads are part of my nephew's scrapbook.

My Nephew's 2nd Birthday: Cake!

These have both been partially finished for quite a while. In this "Cake" spread, I left the top naked for a long time, until I finally added the "Birthday Boy" title. Then I realized I kind of had two "titles" on this page, but I'm ok with it. I also left the journaling area blank for ages, until I added it to the WIP list and forced myself to get it done. And here it is!

My sister gave me a technique tip that she learned from a friend of hers. I printed this journaling out on my printer, but I had already pre-cut the paper to fit the spot it goes in. So what I did was print the journaling on a regular 8 1/2" x 11" piece of printer paper, then gently tape the journaling cardstock onto the printer paper right over where it had printed out. Run it through the printer again, and voilá! Beautifully printed journaling! Yay!



My Nephew's 2nd Birthday: Presents!

In this "Presents" spread, I had some photos come off the printer half-cruddy, but I put them in place anyway until I could print out better versions. I also did some captions that looked completely amatuer. (Amatuer, meaning a 5-year-old could've done a better job.)

Finally, I printed the captions and the photo both on photo paper at Office Max. I think the captions look awesome on photo paper, by the way. And they were super easy to bang out in Photoshop. Then just glue 'em in, and the thing looks a million times better than it did—trust me!