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Wednesday 16 May 2012

To Scrapbook ......or.....not to Scrapbook

To Scrapbook...........or Not to Scrapbook

Docrafts 31 Day Blog Prompt Day 16


Well, let me see now........................ the truth is that I don't scrapbook...........it is not something that interests me in any way.  I have nowhere to store such things............and if I did it I would have to use the 12 x 12" and that would be an even bigger problem for storage.


On saying all of the above......not meaning to offend anyone who scrapbooks, as I have seen many lovely ones and appreciate the work that goes into them, I do make name cards for people with photos inside and things relevant to those receiving the card.  They usually keep them as a memento, so that's a kind of scrapbook for them.

Here is an example of one such card which I made for a friend to give her granny:





I put in photos of the ladies grand daughter and great grand children and her doggie:  This one is her grand-daughter when she was little;



and this one is her grand-daughter grown up:




These are her grand children:



Ending up with her doggie:




So in some ways I make scrapbooks for other people in a very small way, but I would not call myself a scrapbooker.

Love and hugs

Annie xxx

14 comments:

  1. Now that's nice. Combining the two ideas sounds a good workable solution to me.

    Thanks for Commenting. I hope you find time to watch some videos - we tend to go for fun rather than completely instructional, but our latest two on ink dusting are probably the most crafty we have put on camera.

    By the way, I hate the word verification on blogs. I just delete any that make it through the spam filters.

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    1. Hi Alice

      Thanks for visiting me today, and thanks for your comments too.

      What do you mean about verification? on blogs??

      Love and hugs

      Annie xxx

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    2. On blogs such as yours, when we comment we have to fill in the words that we can see (it's to stop robots doing Comments!!). You can change your Settings>Posts and Comments - so that it's not necessary.

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    3. Thanks Alice..I hope I've changed the setting now.

      Love and hugs

      Annie xxx

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  2. I'm exactly the same as you with scrapbooking xxx

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    1. Hi Fran

      I think scrappers seem to keep amongst themselves and card makers do the same by the sound of things.

      Thank you for visiting my wee blog, and for leaving a comment too.

      Love and hugs

      Annie xx

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    1. Hi Princess

      Thanks for the compliment about my card. i enjoy making word cards a lot; and thanks for visiting me today too.

      Love and hugs

      Annie xx

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  4. As a scrapbooker I do think your lovely cards with photos are mini scrapbooks, so personal!! And I laughed about your storage comment, one of the reasons I started scrapping was that i wanted to keep what i had made!!!

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  5. Oh isn't that funny CoventryAnn..........but we are not going to fall out over this. There is room for card makers, scrappers, glass painters and stitchers and any other kind of crafter you can think about, and we all learn from each other.

    Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, and I hope you will visit many more times.

    Love and hugs

    Annie xxx

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  6. Annie, I have never done scrapbooking as I can't justify using one whole 12x12 for one project :) much more use making cards out of them :) I forgot to comment on the post you left the other day but just wanted to say how I thoroughly enjoyed the glimpse into your husbands working world, what an unusual job, I keep listening to voice overs on adverts now and trying to imagine the person reading them.
    Thanks again for your inspirational posts
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  7. Aw bless you Dawn. Sorry I've not been around today, my back gave out 3 days ago and it just isn't getting better. I thought it was this morning, but it all came back with a gusto. I am off to bed in a minutes and will blog using my ipad.

    Thank you for visiting today and thank you for being so encouraging.

    Love and hugs

    Annie xxx

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  8. Scrapbooking is so much fun, and one 12x12 paper can do 4 pages @6x6. Make 4 of your cards with wonderful sayings and make them into a mini booklet.

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  9. Jean, you have just taught me something here. Thank you. I might even give it a try.

    Thank you for visiting my little blog.

    Love and hugs

    Annie xxx

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