Picture Pages: When choosing a picture for an album with such an alternative shape, figure out what part of the photo you want to include in the book. Since the star shape is 9.5” x 3”, I planned to print my photos 10” tall and 5” wide. You could use 8” x 10” photos, too. Print your Bazzill Cardstock pictures (see complete directions under my article, “Choose to be Optimistic.”)
Once you have your pictures printed, lay your star chipboard on top of the photo to help you figure out which part of your picture will stay, and which will be cut out. After you have your chipboard positioned, trace around the outline of the star, about ¼” away from the chipboard. (Trust me, you will need this extra space. No matter how careful I was tracing and cutting my pictures and patterned paper, I always seemed to have one side a bit short. The extra ¼” saved me several times.) Once your photo is cut out, glue it to the chipboard. Allow it to dry completely, and then heavily sand all the edges of the picture. I love the look of some sanded paper hanging off the edge of the chipboard. If you don’t, you can always use your Exacto knife to remove the excess paper from the edges. I did not ink the edges in this book, but that would look great too!
Journaling Pages: I chose patterned paper that was very simple and included one color per page. You will want the patterned paper to coordinate with the picture on the adjacent page, but you also want to make sure it won’t distract from the journaling and name that you will add. I wrote my sample text on a separate piece of paper and measured it to be sure it would work along the outside border of the journaling page.
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Journaling: “Jess…You are such a fantastic performer! I always tear up when I hear you sing! I hope you never bore of sharing your gifts! Show Choir Champions for ‘Chicago'. 1st year Dance Team.”
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“Jeff…I was so proud of you when I saw you cross the finish line! I know this race was your way of telling cancer that YOU won! August 2006 Cool Breeze Century. Jeff’s 1st 100 mile bike ride since diagnosis! First Anniversary Chemo ‘Graduation!’”
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“Chris…You are THE Big Man on campus! Rock Band Star, basketball star, and getting top grades! The future is yours! Go out and get it! School Basketball team 2nd year undefeated! Travel basketball team Coastal Elite – Champs! Your rock band ‘Impulse’ has 1st live gig!”
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“2006 1st Scrap "Toots!" Tracey… I had a few “toots” this year including CK POTD and making my LSS DT… this didn’t make me an industry star, but I sure am a scrap star to my family!"
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“Anna…Your growth everyday amazes us and makes us smile! You are our little star and we can’t wait to see what your future will hold! At the age of 2, Anna is a NEW person every day!”
SUPPLIES:
• Album: Primitive star (Rusty Pickle)
• Brads: pewter mini star and circle (Making Memories)
• Buttons: Rusty Pickle
• Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
• Chipboard: Rusty Pickle
• Flowers: Prima
• Ink: Distress ink (Ranger)
• Patterned paper: Farm House and Brown Squares (Rusty Pickle)
• Pens: white Signo (Uniball)
• Pens: Black Le Plume (Marvy Uchida)
• Rubber stamps: alphabet
• Stickers: Princess Bride alphabet (Rusty Pickle)
• Tags: Rusty Pickle
• Thread
Tracey lives in Escondido, California with her husband and three children. Although she has been scrapping for about ten years, she admits that she has only been seriously scrapping since she became a SAHM almost four years ago. Tracey spends a good portion of her time volunteering at her teenagers’ high school with activities such as team fundraising and being team Mom for several sports/groups, serving on the Athletic Boosters Committee, being the Volunteer Host Family Coordinator for the Australian Exchange Program and Chair of the Grad Nite Committee. Add to that taking care of the family, carpooling and her scrapping and she is one busy mom! Tracey is proud to be a member of the design teams for Rusty Pickle, Ever After Scrapbooks in Carlsbad, CA, and Crop Addict. You can visit Tracey at her blog called, “Wooooo Hooooo…”
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