2008 Baby Album

[lilanne99]

Update from below...

Alright... I thought about it...

We can all just be a group for support and go about our albums the way in which we want to individually, yet share them with the group. So, let the baby book pages begin!!!!!

If you want to post your album plan please do so, I know I would love to see them!

Here is the link to the Baby Book Album Compilation (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=882)

Happy Scrapping!!!


*** Updated on 3/7/08 - this list idea provided by ScrapChick1717 (thanks!)


* pregnancy
* birth/hospital pics and story
* coming home/family/visitors
* baby schedule/routine/or lack there of
* favorites
* firsts
* holidays
* mommy & baby
* daddy & baby
* siblings or special family
* personality page
* special physical characteristics (those cute pics of tiny hands, feet, etc)
* hopes & dreams ( a letter to my girls to wish them all the happiness in the world)
* growth page ( month to month)
* bath time
* feeding
* sleeping
* nursery ( I have pics of all my babys' girlie clothes hanging in the armoire)
* a day in the life of baby
* cost of baby ( diapers, food, clothes,etc ...priceless)

These are in no order and are just a rough draft to start my album.

Original 1st post here:

Anyone else here interested in doing this together? It seems as if no one is coming here anymore? The last posts seem to be from August 07. Just wondering if anyone else is here doing a baby book?

My name is Tara and I have a soon to be... 11 more days... ONE YEAR OLD.. boo hoo.. I am working on a baby book starting from pregnancy to One.. and beyond. I would love others to join me...

Hope to hear from some of you soon!!!

~Tara

[happybeingamom]

I hope to do an album on my little one. She was born in Nov but I don't know how it will work out because I have 7 other kiddos to scrap and over 15 years of child raising to scrap and most of the photos have to be scanned.

[lilanne99]

Hey, we all have to start somewhere! :) I guess for you planning is KEY! :) Maybe decide what you want to see in each of their albums and go from there!

Oh and.. .WOW... 7!! I wished to have 4, but it took us almost 3 years to be blessed with Hannah! When I go back to teacher I'll have my large family again *wink*

[Amanda]

Well I'm supposed to be having baby number 3 in 2 days - so I'm sure I'll be scrapping some of him :)

[lilanne99]

Well it looks like there are a few of us that can do this together... it will be nice to see all the baby pages!! :)

Amanda - Congrats!!! I was due with Hannah yesterday (1/14) last year! I just did a page (in my gallery) on my due date. I'm so excited for you!!! How far apart are your kids?

[lmilgram]

I'll try to join you...I'm still working on pages for my 2 year old and my second daughter is now 5 months...my pages are random...I haven't scrapped chronologically so some structure my be good for me...

[shazzt]

I should really - my baby albums date from my paper scrapping days and are pathetically incomplete!

[Amanda]

I have an 8 yr old, a 5 yr old, and now Luke will be born tomorrow. I'll be out for a bit :)

[SuzanneCWalker]

LOL, ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Poor Charlie. Well, poor Sam, too, and... actually, Maggie is the only one who actually has a completed album from birth-age 2. The rest of them have a few scattered random pages....... Sam and Charlie don't even have ALBUMS! YEESH... And have I mentioned that Bill (poor, beleaguered dh) keeps bugging me because we actually have no PICTURES of the kids (well, except a family photo)....... I'm a DORK! So, I SHOULD be joining you!!!!!

[Bocca]

Tara, I'll join you. I'm doing a month by month album for my granddaughter who is 3 mos old. Suzanne's BoGo a GoGo challenge is about working on a monthly 2 page layout, so I'm going to work on this one for her challenge, too. Two for One, can't beat that!

[lilanne99]

Wow, sounds like we have a lot of interest for this... I guess maybe I should figure something out for it.. I'll look back at what they did before for this...

Amanda - Wow, tomorrow!!! How exciting!! Can't wait to see Luke's first page!!! Let us know when you get back! Take all the time you need of course!!!

[lilanne99]

Alright... I thought about it...

We can all just be a group for support and go about our albums the way in which we want to individually, yet share them with the group. So, let the baby book pages begin!!!!!

:tup: :yahoo: :clap: :tup: :yahoo: :clap: :tup: :yahoo: :clap: :tup: :yahoo: :clap: :tup: :yahoo: :clap:

If you want to post your album plan please do so, I know I would love to see them!

Happy Scrapping!!!

[lg_schmisa]

I would love to join in too! I have a 3 yr. old and a 16 month old. As it goes with the 2nd child, she doesn't have her first year book down! Unfortunately her first year of life I was caught in the crossroads of paper scrapping and digital scrapping...lol!

[Tusele]

hi all,

i'd also like to join! OUr son is now 1year and 8 months old and no scrapbook yet but loooooaaads of foto's and other "hardcopy" material that I'd like to scan.

Tusele

[Bocca]

Here is my first layout for my granddaughter's album. These two pages are from the delivery room where my son took the pictures. I plan on doing a two page layout about each month. I wanted to start with the delivery room pics first; next will be her 1st month. http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=235974

[lmilgram]

I just did this page Alaina's first cereal (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236010) but it feels unfinished (maybe because its almost midnight and I can't focus properly) - can anyone offer some suggestions?

Thanks! Lisa

[lilanne99]

Great first page Penny! I think that will be such a wonderful gift too! When was she born?

[Pezjunky]

I would love to join! my kids are 5 and 1, and I only have the first few months done for my 5 year old...and nothing for my baby (who is not much of a baby anymore). I got stalled doing my daughter's album because I went back to school, and I haven't done my son's because I couldn't decide whether to do it paper or digital, so I bought some paper stuff, but also did a few digital layouts....
Maybe this group will help inspire me to get things done for the both of them before they grow up too much.

[lmilgram]

I have taken another shot at the page of my daughters first feeding... HERE (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236315) - thanks for all of your suggestions...comments are always appreciated....Lisa

[Pezjunky]

Here are the only 2 pages I have done for my kids albums (1 for each kid):
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236427
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236425

[lg_schmisa]

one down and many more to go......

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236453&ppuser=113786

[lmilgram]

Here's the "page of the day".... Good Morning Baby (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236455&nocache=1)

Lisa

[Pezjunky]

Here are some of my daughters firsts:
1st Halloween:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236635

1st Birthday:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236637

[reneeshannon]

I'm needing to do this for both of my kids... I have a good start for my son's album, but haven't really done anything in a set idea for either... I am going to start working on this...

[Amber Gray]

Oooh I wanna play too!! Which boy to start with.....the 4 year old, the 2 year old or the 4 month old?! LOL

[lg_schmisa]

I haven't had time to do another page for my girls' baby album, BUT.....I did finally get all their paper pages organized and put into a book. That counts for something right? lol
So now I know what I need to scrap....yea:)

[lilanne99]

Hey that's a step!! :)

[Tusele]

hi all...

commented on your layouts..hope I'm not being annoying...

only commenting and not scrapping any myself...Should be ashamed of myself....but was inspired by the bootcamp challenge and kind of "lost" myself in that...

here's the one I'm talking about...

father and son (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236048)

[lmilgram]

Here's my "LO of the Day" for Halloween 2007....Halloween Clown (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236936&cat=5484)

[Pezjunky]

Here are 3 more that I did.
My Boy:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236646
My daughter's first picture:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236655
And my daughter's first picture with Santa:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236662
I'm not sure how I feel about the santa one though...It doesn't feel quite right yet, Any suggestions?

[meldalj]

Can I join in ? I started the original thread way back last year, but then was on bedrest for ages so didnt get to scrap . I have an almost 2 year old and a 4.5 month old daughter . I need to do some of my elder dds pages from last year ( I try to do one per month , and special events ) , and start my little ones baby album .

Here are some of mine
Ive done these as a review of the year , Im going to attempt to do it every year .

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=233401&ppuser=37575
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=233400&ppuser=37575

One of my little Katie
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=234049&ppuser=37575

One of my 2 little girls .
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=237038&ppuser=37575

Ant

[Ellie&Ollie]

Can sign me up as well? I've just started doing my baby book. I have a few pages done but they need further edited. Here's my first (nearly) finished layout. It' happens also to be my very first LO.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=237388&ppuser=115428

[lg_schmisa]

Yea! Another page down:) I am hoping to get at least one done a week for my girls.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=237641

[Ellie&Ollie]

Two (one double and one single) more pages....
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=237951

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=237949


700 to go :D.

[Pezjunky]

I was hard at work this weekend, and finished up 8 pages! (I kinda used the SWTS method). Here are my layouts.
What Mess
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238221
Joy
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238222
Our Forever Family
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238223
Spring
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238220
1st Christmas
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238217
Computer Girl
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238218
Red White Blue
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238215
Easter 2003
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238216

[eroxgirl]

I have over 100 pictures of my 2 week old to scrap, so if I can find the time between feedings and diaper changes, I'd like to join in too!

[lilanne99]

Wow, you all are doing really well with getting your layouts done! I have 3 I need to post soon, but I am also trying to STILL put together my first page of when I found out I was pregnant. I'm having a difficult time with this page for some reason. Glad to see many of you are getting things done though!

[Tusele]

but I am also trying to STILL put together my first page of when I found out I was pregnant. I'm having a difficult time with this page for some reason.
maybe some cc's will help??! We could give it a try!

[lilanne99]

CC's would be great if I could get something together... I worked on something the night before last and TRASHED it...

[SuzanneCWalker]

DUUUUUUUUUDES!!! WOW, you're sooooooooo rockin and rollin with this - I soooooooo need to join in...... I keep saying, "when I finish this or that, I WILL work on baby books for ALL the kids - well Maggie has a horribly-ugly, creative memories book for her first two years, but none of the others do........ Poor kids...... Annnnnnnyway, my life keeps getting in the way. I NEEEED to get working though... All your layouts are so absolutely inspiring!!! LOVING THEM!!!

[lilanne99]

Oh come on Suz... between taking care of 4 children, a husband, teaching your photography classes, designing, keeping up with your own challenges, etc... I sure think you would have enough time... come on girl... aren't you SUPER SUZ after all? HAHA!! I wonder how you have time to do ANYTHING!!!!!!!

[lilanne99]

Finally done with the first page in Hannah's book I was telling you about... I think I am really liking how it came out compared to how it looked before...

Here's the link (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=239768)

I placed it under the NKOTB practice gallery since I used it for that too! :)

[eroxgirl]

Here's one I just did Bathtime with Grandma (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=240003&nocache=1). I'm not entirely happy with it but it will do until I can figure out how to improve it.

[lilanne99]

2 ultrasound layouts from me...

Ultrasound Page 1 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=240303&ppuser=75262)

Ultrasound Page 2 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=240304&ppuser=75262)

[lilanne99]

How's everyone doing on their album?

[happybeingamom]

Two LO from Me

2 Months (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241710&ppuser=55037)& 3 Months (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241761)

[Tusele]

hi all...

neglegted you a bit last 2 weeks...been busy with dsu151, nkotb...and yes..I did scrap some pages for my son's 1st album...

will post them here to see what you think!

@suzanne..funny....at dsu 151 you're "the guru" ;) and over here I get to cc your work....

maybe a stupid question...but is the idea that we can cc on all layouts???
...or are some of you only posting to show-off ;) And don't appreciate comments?!

Here my posts
cover (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241837)
The test (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241839)
The ultrasound (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241840)
Belly overview (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241841)
Boy or Girl?? (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=241842)

Cc's are welcome!

[lilanne99]

Loving all these new posts... your giving me inspiration! As for CC's ... I would say that this group is mostly about "showing off" as you say, or also a way for others to as I added above.... get inspired!!! If you would like CC's on your work though, please by all means ask away. I usually just post on the Step-It-Up board when I want CC's though, but we could do that here too! :)

[ScrapChick1717]

I'm hoping to finish two baby books by summer! I have a 21 month old and an 8 month old! Yes, yes, I know!!! So I think my plan is to do mostly milestones, and some misc. everyday things. Of course we don't always have the camera handy for those 1st steps or if your me, your kids are so close together everything is one big two year blur! LOL I plan to try the following:

* pregnancy
* birth/hospital pics and story
* coming home/family/visitors
* baby schedule/routine/or lack there of
* favorites
* firsts
* holidays
* mommy & baby
* daddy & baby
* siblings or special family
* personality page
* special physical characteristics (those cute pics of tiny hands, feet, etc)
* hopes & dreams ( a letter to my girls to wish them all the happiness in the world)
* growth page ( month to month)
* bath time
* feeding
* sleeping
* nursery ( I have pics of all my babys' girlie clothes hanging in the armoire)
* a day in the life of baby
* cost of baby ( diapers, food, clothes,etc ...priceless)

These are in no order and are just a rough draft to start my album.

[Bocca]

hi all...


maybe a stupid question...but is the idea that we can cc on all layouts???
...or are some of you only posting to show-off ;) And don't appreciate comments?!


Cc's are welcome!

If someone wants CC they will usually put it on their post or in the description of their posted layout. If they don't ask for CC; then it's best to post only positive comments about their layout. There is usually something you can find about all layouts to post praise. :tup:

[Bocca]

ScrapChick, thanks for listing all the ideas. I'm trying to do an album for my DGD (3 months). I'll be using some of them!!

[Tusele]

Bocca, thanks for explaining!!!!

[caprimom]

I'd like to join as well! The original reason I started scrapping was to create a baby album for my daughter. She is now 19 months old & I only have a few pages with no overall theme. Then, I had a scrapping hiatus due to lack of time, inspiration, & most important of all to a digi scrapper-->a computer that can actually run Photoshop without crashing after every 2 actions.

Now that my hiatus is over, my goal is to really get down & actually finish her album. It's such a large project though & I feel overwhelmed just thinking about it (lol)! So may be I can actually get it done with you all :)

BTW ScrapChick1717, I love the list of pages you have come up with. I'll definitely refer to this as I work on my album.

And to all of you, very good LO's so far!! Hope to see more &to contribute a few myself :)

[Tusele]

@caprimom...welcome..

Break your project up into pieces...than it doesn't look so big...
To be finished before my son turns 12.....I'm not going to extensively scrap every page. I want some special pages in it...otherwise it will take me soooooo much time!

[Pezjunky]

So, to get a bunch of baby pages done, I did the Scrapping with the Stars this month. Here are my pages.

1. Beauty is Hard Work http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242192
2. My Tiny Baby http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242193
3. Mother http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242196
4. Big Sister http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242197
5. Shining Stars http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242198
6. Pumpkin Patch http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242199
7. Blessed http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242200
8. J's 1st Christmas http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242202
9. Baby Bottom http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242203
10. 4 Generations http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242445

[Pezjunky]

Oh, and here is another layout I just uploaded!
Any Day Now (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242935&ppuser=100358)

And I like to use quick clicks to make pages. Most of the design work is done for you, and they look great. They can easily be changed or added to. And best of all, they really are quick!

[Bocca]

I finally finished another page for my granddaughter's album. Tootsies (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242911&ppuser=32292)

Pez, that's a great idea about SWTS. I've never tried it because I think I would find it hard to plan 10 pages at once. I tend to fly by the seat of my pants with each layout.

Here are some of the previous layouts I did about her.

First Home (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242911)
Baby Shower page 1 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=215356&ppuser=32292)
Baby Shower page 2 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=215355&ppuser=32292)
Her Nursery (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=218164&ppuser=32292)
Keira (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=221290&ppuser=32292)
Daddy's Hands (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=223293&ppuser=32292)
Angel Baby (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=222445&ppuser=32292)
Sweet Memories (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=224125&ppuser=32292)
Angel Here on Earth (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=235492&ppuser=32292)
You Make My Heart Grow (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238989&ppuser=32292)
Love (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=240872&ppuser=32292)

[Tusele]

posted 2 new ones

baby room decoration (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=243905)

The cradle (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=243906)

cc's are welcome!!
They will be two pages in the album that face eachother...

[Bocca]

I've done a 2 page layout for Suzanne's Bogo

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=245851

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=245850

[Bocca]

Here is another page that I did yesterday. http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=245876&ppuser=32292

[nettie76]

hi ladies :) i just wanted to join your group (thanks tara for welcoming me in :tup: ). i haven't started on any baby albums yet!! and i have 3 to do ACK!! the twins will be 3 in may and the baby is 6 months old now. so i totally need the motivation of joining your group to get them done! man, now that i posted, that means i REALLY have to start getting my butt into grear and start doing my layouts LOL :D i'm very new to digital scrapbooking! i've only done 4 pages, so i'm still learning a lot about this whole process.

janete

[lilanne99]

Welcome Janete! :) Wow, you have your hands full!!! I bet life is wonderful though! Can't wait to see your creations!

[Bocca]

Welcome, Janete, the more the merrier! With three little ones, I am surprised you have time to scrap. I'm a grandmother who is only trying to one baby album for my granddaugther.

[happybeingamom]

Another LO Smile (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=245464&ppuser=55037)

I am going to have to check out all the LO's in this thread

[Pezjunky]

Here is a layout that I just did. I did it rather quickly...mostly because it's just a photo and some word art, and a date. :)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246383

[Tusele]

welcome janete

I hope you'll be "infected" with the baby-scrapbook-virus too!!

Here's a page I made for the ladies of the creche where our son is 2 days a week. He's now ready for moving on to the next group. So as a goodbye and thank-you page for them..
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246478

[nettie76]

ok here is the first page of my 2 page layout....i don't have time to do the other side b/c baby is awake now LOL. i'm going to try to link the layout from the baby album gallery, let's hope it works.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246700

this first page is when i found out i was pregnant, and the next page will be the day of the first ultrasound.

[happybeingamom]

Here is another page I made Winter Coat and Hat (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246785)

[Tusele]

ouch....I wanted to have an idea myself how long I'd need to finish the 1st year album...so I went through al the pictures and made a list of the theme's/titles of the pages...

I was shocked...I have 9 1 pagers done and 2 2-pagers....
I ended up with another 48(!!) 2-pagers to go....:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:
With an average of 2-3 pages a week this will take me another 4-6 months to go and to meet the "production schedule"...and that's not the way I like to scrap..it should be for relaxing and not focussed on meeting the output.....:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

So I guess I've got to go with the "less is more" approach...and make up my mind...:think: :think: :think:

Tusele

[nettie76]

i'm finally able to post my second LO page

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=247204&ppuser=117626

[Bocca]

Here is another page I did for Keira's album. http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=247449

[lilanne99]

ouch....I wanted to have an idea myself how long I'd need to finish the 1st year album...so I went through al the pictures and made a list of the theme's/titles of the pages...

I was shocked...I have 9 1 pagers done and 2 2-pagers....
I ended up with another 48(!!) 2-pagers to go....:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:
With an average of 2-3 pages a week this will take me another 4-6 months to go and to meet the "production schedule"...and that's not the way I like to scrap..it should be for relaxing and not focussed on meeting the output.....:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

So I guess I've got to go with the "less is more" approach...and make up my mind...:think: :think: :think:

Tusele

Did you make a plan on what you wanted to do for your pages? How did you come up with the amount you would need to do? :eek: That's A LOT!!! Is there anything you could do to lessen the amount... or I guess keep on scrapping for years to come just for the first baby book... :lol:

[caprimom]

Hi everyone, I'm just peeking in. I intend to contribute my album pages soon..as soon as I start making them lol.

Tusele, I really understand how you feel. I feel overwhelmed just thinking about Jenelle's baby album and she's the reason I started scrapping anyway. I haven't really seriously worked on it yet. I have some random pages scattered here and there but my goal is to have a unified theme--with some random pages from when I first started interspersed here and there. There are a lot of photos and page ideas and I just don't know where to start.
All in all, there's nothing to it but to do it. I'm going to pick a kit in the next coming weeks---think that will help me with the theme of the album and I'm going to go through my photos and pick some and just start making pages.

Oh yeah, just wanted to say peeking through the gallery is sooo inspirational! You all are creating very wonderful pages.

[lmilgram]

Here's a new page of my girls just hanging out before school last week. I haven't done too many pages lately...keep running into scrappers block!
My Girls (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=248888)

[Tusele]

@Imilgram..

in severe cases of "scrappers block"...I am happy to cc on partly finished LO's...just upload them...

[nettie76]

ok, after only 2 LO's of my baby album, i already went into a funk!! I'm having a baby album block. i did finally do another LO but not for the baby book. i was totally not expecting to do a LO, i was just playing around with PSE and trying to see what i could do with some of the stuff in there, and i ended up finishing a page. i'm not completly sure i'm happy with it though. i would love some CC from you guys...even though it's not part of this challenge.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249681&nocache=1

[susielein]

Hi ladies! I used to post on that old baby album challenge, but I got distracted because we went on some trips and got great photos to scrap. It's hard to balance keeping up with new photos and scrapping old ones!
I will print all my scrapbooks as bound books (I've been told it's really inexpensive at www.viovio.com), so that means I don't get to print any of my handiwork until ALL of my LO's for one book are done. So I'm trying to focus on my first son's baby album, birth through 1 year. Or maybe through 2 years, I'm not sure. I want it to be a nice thick book. I've got to get his done so I can print it, then get son #2's done, then work on family ones by the year. At least, that's the plan.
I did a photo shoot of my babies every month, so I will do a page for each month. If I have any precious photos that I just HAVE to scrap, I'll put those in between the months, so they're chronological. I am having a hard time deciding which photos to scrap for the baby book vs. a family book!
And I can't find the calendar that I wrote his height and weight and milestones on, so I need to go back and add his heights and weights to his monthly pages when I find that.
The theme for his book is mostly the colors I chose, and I want it to sort of be "elegant baby". I've compiled a new kit to use for it by recoloring papers and elements to coordinate.
Here's what I've gotten done so far:
Boy or Girl? (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238086)
Hospital 1 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249588)
Hospital 2 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249589)
Visitors (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249606)
1 Month (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236972)
2 Months (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249603)
Beautiful Boy (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=238085)
3 months (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249604)
4 months (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=236973)
5 months (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249171)
7 months (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=127150)

Wow, I still have a lot to go!

[susielein]

Nettie, I actually really like the LO of your two girls. I think, though, that the sepia photos blend in with the sepia-toned flowers. I think you should make the background more colorful (the flowers and the dark background behind them) and it will make the photos stand out more. That's your focus, after all--those adorable photos!

[Tusele]

Did you make a plan on what you wanted to do for your pages? How did you come up with the amount you would need to do? :eek: That's A LOT!!! Is there anything you could do to lessen the amount... or I guess keep on scrapping for years to come just for the first baby book... :lol:
@lilanne...
I'm trying to cut down on the number of pages...and it helps..and I made a progress report with a latest forecast when the album will be finished if I'm meeting my production target per week....(yep..my private llife is now officially infected by the project management bug..)...but this helps me to keep my goals feasible and to have an idea when this project will be finished..


Tusele, I really understand how you feel. I feel overwhelmed just thinking about Jenelle's baby album and she's the reason I started scrapping anyway.
Thank you....it's goodto read that we all struggle...

[beckag99]

Thanks for letting me know about this thread Tara. I have about 100 pages of Amelia and most of them are unrelated and not organized. This gives me a place to start with organization. She turns one next week and I would like to put together her first book.

[susielein]

Wow, this one did NOT turn out how I was expecting. I envisioned a softly colored LO to match the soft colors and the serenity of the photo. I love that photo!
So I was extremely surprised when a grungy LO emerged:eek:. I like it okay, but it was a stretch for me, so CC is greatly appreciated:help: . I wanted to put more embellishments on, but I can't think of what. Maybe it doesn't need anything.
I may just start over and try for those soft colors...

Sleep, Baby (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249828&nocache=1)

[nettie76]

i just finished this page this morning. i can't tell if it's too cluttered or not. CC's welcome!!!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249909

[lmilgram]

Here are my babe's on Easter morning...
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=250618

[Bocca]

Here are a few more pages for Keira's album.

Sweet Baby Girl (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=250248&ppuser=32292)
Precious You (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=250195&ppuser=32292)
Aunt Hilda and Keira (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249663&ppuser=32292)
Eight Days (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=247764&ppuser=32292)
Star of My Heart (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=247712&ppuser=32292)
Going Home (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246593&ppuser=32292)
Adorable Booties (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246575&ppuser=32292)
Treasure (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246389&ppuser=32292)
Love You (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=246144&ppuser=32292)

[Bocca]

Glad to see you again, Susie.

[nettie76]

here is the my second page to the last LO i did.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=250656&nocache=1

[Tusele]

@bocca...

you've sure been busy!!!

[susielein]

Bocca, thanks. I have been out of the loop for a while. I must say I'm surprised that anyone knew me! You made my day!
Oh my, you have beautiful photos to work with! HOw fun to do girly LO's. I can only hope for a girl one day.


I did these two LO's, but I'm having a hard time deciding which ones should go in the baby book and which in the family book. I think this one should go in Zach's baby book:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251008

But what about this Easter one?
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=250312&ppuser=54483
I'm leaning toward baby book on that one, but we don't really have any other photos to use for a family Easter page.

[susielein]

I finished up another of Jared's baby LO's today:
In the Hospital (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251236)

[susielein]

Wow, I finished another one! Maybe I will get this album done before he goes to college. Hey, I may finish it before he starts kindergarten!
But I have a dilemma. I was going for a white/neutral color scheme, but when I pulled in the flower and a background from Le Beau Page Kit, I liked it. So I have two versions, one neutral and one colored. Which one do you like better?
Blessing Day (white) (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251349)
Blessing Day (colored) (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251348&nocache=1)
I'm sort of leaning toward white because of the nature of the occasion. There will be another page facing it with a few more photos and some journaling. So maybe I could add some of the color on the that page.

[susielein]

Gee, I seem to be hogging the thread.
As I scrapped the second page for Blessing Day, I was inspired and came up with sort of a compromise between the two versions. Here they are:
Blessing Day (left) (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251534)
Blessing Day (right) (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251536&nocache=1)

The photos with everyone were so colorful that I made them sepia tone. I did the background of the large group photo sepia to keep it less cluttered.

Wow, I feel like I'm really getting somewhere!

[lilanne99]

HOG ALL YOU WANT SUSIE!!! I like seeing that people are out there scrapping away! I have recently had a lot of work to do and I can't wait til it slows down so I can scrap more. I think it's been about 3 weeks... boo hoo... I will be with ya soon... hoping by the end of next week! Beautiful pages!!!!

[veelana]

Hey everyone,
I'm new to this forum, but I really have to do this.
looks like an awesome challenge to me - my son will turn 2 in july and I've scrapped some of his pictures, but I really need to make them into an album. Also, I did some of those LOs right when I started out scrapping and I don't like them too much anymore...

[susielein]

I know what you mean about not liking your early layouts. Sometimes I almost want to laugh at what I thought was a good page! It's neat to see your growth, though.
Welcome to the challenge--it's fun to report on our progress and support each other through comments!
Can't wait to see some photos after you upload some!

[nettie76]

welcome veelana!!! i can't wait to see some of your LO's! i have gotten a lot of advice and support here! it's great!

[Bocca]

Welcome to DSP, Veelana! And to the baby album challenge! We've all been just where you are. I'm a grandmother trying to make an album for my newest granddaughter of 5 months. I only wish I had been scrapping when the other 3 were babies. We look forward to seeing your layouts and, of course, pictures of your son! Just post your layouts in your gallery and link back to this thread so we can see them.

[Bocca]

I have two more for Keira's album.

Paci Baby (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251209&ppuser=32292)

Keira (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251424&ppuser=32292)

I just got the journaling for Keira's 2nd month from my DIL so I'll be working on that 2 page layout that I am doing for Suzanne Walker's monthly album challenge.

[veelana]

Wow, everybody is so nice here - I'll scrap for a bit tonight, hopefully :-)

[susielein]

And yet another one. This time, I scraplifted you, Bocca. It's not the first time, and I'm sure it won't be the last!
Proud Daddy (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251802)

I am finally done with the first week of his life. :tup: Wow, 10 pages for 7 days! Good thing we start skipping some days, even weeks, from here on out!

[Tusele]

Veelana...a warm welcome from the netherlands too!!

My son's turning 2 in may so he's about the same age as yours! Am looking forward to see your work here!


I am finally done with the first week of his life. :tup: Wow, 10 pages for 7 days! Good thing we start skipping some days, even weeks, from here on out!
;) ;) ;) know what you mean....!!! (I am still cutting down on the 99 pages I originally came up with for the 1st year album!!!)....

[lmilgram]

Here are some new ones for my girls...

1 - Just Like Dad (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=252340)
2 - Elizabeth and Granny (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=252339)
3 - Trike-A-Thon (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=252338)
4 - Decorating Dinner (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=252345)

[susielein]

Tusele, my second boy, Zach, turns 2 on May 6th! I'm not working on his baby book right now though; I've got to get the 4 year old's done first. When's your son's birthday?

Here's another one for Jared's baby book, called First Basketball Games (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253186&nocache=1), but I'm in a quandary. When I finished it, I realized that it's slated to face this pretty much polar opposite page, Sleep Baby, Sleep (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249828). I just don't think it's going to work. The choices I see are to (1) go out of chronological order or (2) come up with two more pages that would be more suited to facing these pages. What to do? :confused:

[Tusele]

Tusele, my second boy, Zach, turns 2 on May 6th! I'm not working on his baby book right now though; I've got to get the 4 year old's done first. When's your son's birthday?
18th of may so they're almost the same age

[lmilgram]

My latest of my daughter on her 3rd birthday...
Buddy 3 yrs old (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253362)

[lmilgram]

Here's another one for Jared's baby book, called First Basketball Games (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253186&nocache=1), but I'm in a quandary. When I finished it, I realized that it's slated to face this pretty much polar opposite page, Sleep Baby, Sleep (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=249828). I just don't think it's going to work. The choices I see are to (1) go out of chronological order or (2) come up with two more pages that would be more suited to facing these pages. What to do? :confused:

Both of these pages are great....I wouldn't worry about them facing each other in your book...different pages, different styles but both represent the mood of the event. Who says that facing pages have to coordinate? Otherwise we'd only be doing 2-page spreads. Besides, by the time you are done scrapping all your pictures, you'll likely have created pages that will fit between them anyway.

[susielein]

I did another page (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253292), and I could maybe stick this one in next to the Sleep Baby, Sleep LO. And I found that not too far past his 1 month "birthday" is a baseball game to scrap, which of course goes great opposite basketball!

Whoa, and I finished another one tonight! I am really bookin' and it feels good. I've found that the Scraplift the Spotlight challenge is really helping me get going. I don't have to work out where to place everything, and I'm trying new things. Here's my rescrap of our Spring Picnic (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253415&nocache=1). Here's my first attempt (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=122346) (wow, nearly 2 years ago).

lmilgram, I'm actually scrapping the photos as I come upon them chronologically, so I won't have any photos to scrap between them. It's kind of nice because I can sort of plan out the book as I go. But obviously it has some problems...

[nettie76]

i finished another 2 page LO that i actually posted in the DSU 190 gallery.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253490

and

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253494

oh yeah and this one too...http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=253485

[susielein]

Here's the one that will face the basketball game LO, called (surprise surprise) First Baseball Game (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=254524&nocache=1).

Tusele, thanks for reminding me (in one of your comments) of my goal to have a circle on each page. I'd totally forgotten! But I guess I like circles because I have one on each page, even if it's just a brad (phew! I barely got a circle in on that page!) or a circle of words.

[susielein]

I'm not sure how well I like this one, but it evolved on its own. I wanted it to be more green, but the colors just didn't work out that way.
St. Patrick's Day (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=254918&nocache=1)
Do you think the swirls in the photo border count as a circle? At first, I had the top photo cropped as a circle, but it didn't look right. So I sorta forgot to work my circle in on this page.

[susielein]

Aw, come on, you guys! I'm not the only one here, am I?
I'm not sure how I feel about what I've just done. Basically, I've made the same page for both sons' first Easters. Is it saving time, or being lazy?
Here's the link to Jared's First Easter (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=255284&nocache=1)
and to Zach's First Easter (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=255287&nocache=1)

What do you think?

[nettie76]

susie good job!!! i love your LO's. i 've been so busy with the 2 DSU classes that i'm taking this month. i've been posting all my new LO's to the dsu 190 and the dsu270 galleries. they aren't really for the baby album, so i haven't really posted links here.

[susielein]

Nettie, I used some handwriting fonts from Font Garden. I think the one I used on the Easter LO's is called Jeana. I love those fonts! I do all my journaling in Jayne Print.

[nettie76]

susie, thanks so much for the info on font garden! i downloaded a ton LOL

[Bocca]

Well, I'm finally back. Been off doing other things, but I finally got Keira's 2nd month album pages done.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=255621

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=255620

These were done for the March challenge from Suzanne Walker. Now I've got to get my April pages done for her 3rd month.

[Bocca]

Aw, come on, you guys! I'm not the only one here, am I?
I'm not sure how I feel about what I've just done. Basically, I've made the same page for both sons' first Easters. Is it saving time, or being lazy?
Here's the link to Jared's First Easter (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=255284&nocache=1)
and to Zach's First Easter (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=255287&nocache=1)

What do you think?

I really like them being the same. You can compare their ages and sizes easier for their first Easter. When you get my age you will appreciate remembering these comparisons.

[Bocca]

Nettie, I used some handwriting fonts from Font Garden. I think the one I used on the Easter LO's is called Jeana. I love those fonts! I do all my journaling in Jayne Print.

Thanks, I'm going to check them out. I love fonts, too. I take forever picking the ones I want to use.

[Bocca]

And yet another one. This time, I scraplifted you, Bocca. It's not the first time, and I'm sure it won't be the last!

Oh, Susie, I guess I didn't read this post very carefully last time. I just realized that you scraplifted me. Your little boy's page turned out wonderfully and I loved the journaling.

[Bocca]

I have done a couple more pages about Keira, though not specifically for her 1st year album.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=254624&ppuser=32292

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=254371&ppuser=32292

And here is a page of all 4 of my grandchildren.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=251490&ppuser=32292

[susielein]

Well everyone, I'm packing up my computer tomorrow. We're moving! I won't be scrapping or posting for at least a week, so I hope there are lots to look at when I get back online!

[Bocca]

Well everyone, I'm packing up my computer tomorrow. We're moving! I won't be scrapping or posting for at least a week, so I hope there are lots to look at when I get back online!
Are you moving to a different state, town, or just a different house in your same town? I certainly don't envy you moving.

[beckag99]

This is the first page I've done for Amelia's baby book Watching you Grow (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=255956)

[Bocca]

We've been missing several of you!!! I am in awe of anyone who finds time to scrap and has children (especially babies) at home. I'm a working grandmother and I have a hard time finding enough time.

Just wanted everyone to know that I've been thinking about you!!

Great to see your first page in this thread, Beckag99.

[eroxgirl]

It's been a while since I've done any scrapping, but it was really hard to find time for anything except caring for Elizabeth for the first few months. I did find the time to take 400+ pictures though, so I have lots to work with when I do finally get to sit down in front of the computer.

Here's my latest: Angel Baby (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=257254)

[beckag99]

This is another one for Amelia's baby book: First times (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=257736&nocache=1)

[Bocca]

I finally got my two pages done for my April album of Keira.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=257885

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=257884

[lmilgram]

My daughter just turned 3 and I have used an instant album for the first time...it took a little more than and "instant" though, since I recolored all of the pages using the Cute as Cupcake page kit...at least I didn't have to think too much about photo placement.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258587&ppuser=20717 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258587&ppuser=20717)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258588&ppuser=20717
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258586&ppuser=20717
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258585&ppuser=20717
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258584&ppuser=20717
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258583&ppuser=20717
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=258582&ppuser=20717


Please excuse the page order...

Lisa

[Tusele]

hi all..

I have a long backlog of looking at all your work....I hope I will catch up the coming2 weeks...

I'd like to share my LO for my son's 2nd birthday invitation....
2 already??!!!! where does the time go?!?!

Invitation Tim's 2nd birthday (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=259823&nocache=1)

Hope all is well with you guys
Tusele

[Tusele]

Well everyone, I'm packing up my computer tomorrow. We're moving! I won't be scrapping or posting for at least a week, so I hope there are lots to look at when I get back online!

Hope you're moved & "installed" right now!

We've been missing several of you!!! I am in awe of anyone who finds time to scrap and has children (especially babies) at home. I'm a working grandmother and I have a hard time finding enough time.

Just wanted everyone to know that I've been thinking about you!!

[...]
sigh...yes I've run into a scrappers block..maybe my general theme for Timś 1st year album is cutting down on my inspiration..
Also have been busy with work, preparing our camping gear for our holidays and familystuff happy&sad...

Tusele-who will desperately try to get rid of her scrappers block tonight..
update: and I did!!! see....your future (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=263001&nocache=1)

[Chellie]

Alright, I have a question:

Is the 2008 Baby Album still on-going? I just gave birth on May 16th and well, I HAVE A BRAND NEW BABY TO SCRAP!!! :p So someone let me know alright?

[Tusele]

It's still going on but it's been quiet lately...due to several reasons. And congratulations with your newborn baby

[Bocca]

Chellie, Great news on your new baby! Just jump in anytime you want. I've been doing a few LOs for my DGD but just haven't posted here in a while.

[Bocca]

Here are the few that I have done.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=261913&ppuser=32292
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=261091&ppuser=32292
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=260673&ppuser=32292
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=259906&ppuser=32292

I've been working on a vacation album (from last year!!) and trying to get it completed. So I haven't done much on my DGD's album.

[Pezjunky]

All your layouts look so wonderful. I was doing so good about getting pages done for my kids...then I got a little sick. Turns out I will be having another baby to scrap for in Nov. Now I'm all behind again. And since I've been away I find it hard to get started up again. Now I want to scrap, but am severely blocked. Not even the great challenges are working for me, I look at the challenge, what others have done, and I draw a complete blank! Hopefully my 'pregnancy brain' will go away a little and I can start getting creative.

[susielein]

Congrats, Pez! How fun for you! Are you going to find out the gender, or have a surprise?
And congrats, Chellie, on your new baby. Can't wait to see some photos!

I'm still working on Jared's baby book. I'm rescrapping the old 8.5x11's to the square format, and I've just found his baby calendar with all his height/weight measurements and his milestones. So I've gone back and put those things on the LO's I've done already.
Here's one that's square now:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=263376
And while I was at it, I changed a similar one for Zach's book:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=263375

Wow, that's all I've done? I'm still trying to get moved in, and I have been slightly addicted to the online game Howrse. Oh, and I just got a DSLR, yesterday in the mail! So who knows when I'll work on more. I'll try, though!

[Bocca]

Congratulations, Desiree! What wonderful news. You might try one of the scraplifting challenges to get you jump started again. That always helps when you have scrappers' block.

[eroxgirl]

Here's a new one from me My Princess (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=264197&nocache=1).

I've done a couple in the last few months but none of them feel finished to me... and one of them is made with non-dsp products so I don't know if I can post it, but I don't really love it anyway. But this weekend we had a few firsts (first time in a pool and she got her ears pierced!) so I have plenty of pictures that I can't wait to scrap. Now if only I can find the time.

[lmilgram]

Hi Everyone! I'm sorry I haven't been commenting on all of your wonderful layouts lately and I haven't posted too many of my own layouts either...life's been crazy and I am trying to pack my home to move into a new house...not easy with a 3 year old and a cruising 10 month old under foot...trying to get my scrapping fix each day, but it seems like I spend more time catching up on DSP happenings than creating anything. Hope to catch up again soon.

[nettie76]

hi everyone, i've been MIA from this challenge for a long time!! i've been so busy doing the challenges then getting sick with strep throat (which totally kicked my butt!) but i just wanted to post some LO's that i did for other designer challenges that will eventually go into a baby album....they are a mixture of the twins, and then my youngest...

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=263711&ppuser=117626
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=262281&ppuser=117626
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=262188&ppuser=117626
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=262001&ppuser=117626
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=261910&ppuser=117626
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=261703&ppuser=117626
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=261626&ppuser=117626

sorry they are in no particular order!!

[nettie76]

oh and i've started doing a baby storybook all about maddy...these are in no particular order (except for the cover page). i can't wait to get it done and printed out so we can sit and read it together!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=264851
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=264853
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=264854
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=264855

[Tusele]

Yes....I have overcome my first official scrappersblock !!!

Here are the results (all LO's a 2-pagers for A4 in 1 LO)
father's day & hot summer (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=265736&nocache=1)
birth party (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=265739&nocache=1)
sleep (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=265740)
1st time held by... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=265741&nocache=1)

[Pezjunky]

I finally made another page. It's been months since I've scrapped. I know it's not a baby page, but I still think of my daughter as my baby girl, so anyway. Here is my page. It is the first in a short series of pages (that I haven't done yet) with pictures form her first ballet recital.
First Ballet Recital 1 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=267236&ppuser=100358)

[Chellie]

Well, all the layouts I have posted of my children are for their baby albums. I have two 12x12 scrapbook albums, one each for my sons and I am planning on buying two 8.5x8.5 (or 8x8) albums for journaling. Right now, I am doing a 1-11 months layouts for my son Michael and will plan to do this for my youngest son Elijah. I have scrapbook "setups" that I have written down in Word and also tagged pages in their albums. I have milestones layouts as well. Here are a few layouts regarding Michael and Elijah:

Michael - Month 1 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=266248&cat=500&ppuser=98978)
Michael - Month 2 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=266933&ppuser=98978)
Michael - Month 3 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=267126&cat=500&ppuser=98978)
Elijah's Birth Announcement (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=261147&ppuser=98978)
The Journey (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=257898&ppuser=98978)
New Life (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=221437&ppuser=98978)
Life in the Womb (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=231386&ppuser=98978)

[jemtred]

Hello, Can I join you please?! I started digi-scrapping so my son would know all about his life even before we adopted him but then I realised that we only use digital photos so I had a steep learning curve. i am totally caught up in NKOTB13 right now but will be working hard on his album when its over and I have had a break. I think I may have to join the scrapping with the stars gang to get it all done as he is already 14 months old and is shockingly photogenic (but then I would say that!!). So far I have completed the inside front cover (frontspiece/frontpaper?) and that is all.

[Colina]

Wow, this thread couldn't have come at a better time, lol. I started an album for my daughter for her 18th Bday, and managed to complete 10 pages in about a month, whew. But...I have many more to do before she leaves me to go to Mexico for 6 months :cry: :no:

Here's what I have so far - cc's more than welcome, there's a few that I'm not quite sure of:

Cailyn from Birth to Eighteen (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=6112)

I'm going to go take a look at everyone elses.

Yes, I know the journaling is quite small, but there was so much I wanted to say :love2: .

Colina

[ilv2cruise]

Here's one I needed to get done for my Grand Daughter's Album - Autumn's First Christmas (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=268866&nocache=1)

[Pezjunky]

I did this page today for my new baby's album (due in Nov). It's the ultrasound pics.
Love the Little Things (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=272712)
Well, at least I'm all caught up on one of my kids' album. LOL.

[Pezjunky]

Here is a page that tells the birth story of my son. I finally got around to doing all that journaling!
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=273437

[lmilgram]

Here's a picture of me and my daughter when she was just a few weeks old
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/AMJ_Mommy_Sep2007-webcopy.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=274868&ppuser=20717)
Alaina and Mommy (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=274868&ppuser=20717)

[lmilgram]

Here is my daughter a few days prior to her first birthday...I can't believe that a whole year has gone by already!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/5484/thumbs/AMJ_200807_Pocita.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=275318&ppuser=20717)
snuggles (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=275318&ppuser=20717)

[Pezjunky]

Here is one I just did of me, 6 months pregnant. It's so easy to be caught up on a baby album before the baby is born! :)
Adore (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=278360&ppuser=100358)

[susielein]

Wow, it seems like just last week you posted that you were expecting! Great LO.

[Chellie]

Pezjunky thank you, thank you and thank you! For what you ask? For inspiring me to do my birth story of my sons. I was thinking of what layouts/themes to add to their scrapbook. I come in to this thread and BAM! Birth stories! :D

[Chellie]

Here's my layout. It's doing duties for Album Challenge: Baby Album, DET 7 Scraplift Challenge – September 2008 and Scrapping with the Stars.

Elijah's 2 Months Birthday (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=279435&cat=500&ppuser=98978)

[Chellie]

Here are 2 layouts. They are doing duties for Featured Designer Challenge – September 2008: Meryl Bartho, Album Challenge: Baby Album, Deeper Than the Date, Scrapping with the Stars and DET 7 Font Challenge – September 2008: Willing Race

Michael's Birth Story (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=279831&ppuser=98978)
Elijah's Birth Story (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=279830&cat=500&ppuser=98978)

[Chellie]

Here's my layout. It's doing duties for Album Challenge: Baby Album and DET 7 Scraplift Challenge – September 2008.

Michael's 4 Months Birthday (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=279933&cat=500&ppuser=98978)

[Chellie]

Here's my layout. It's doing duties for the September 2008 Weekly Freebie Challenge and the Album Challenge: Baby Album.

5 Months Birthday - Michael (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=280597&cat=500&ppuser=98978)

[Tusele]

YES!!!!! I finally got our sons 1st year album ready and sent off to be printed and binded..A great milesone. Can't wait to hold it instead of looking at it on screen!!!
I ordered 2...one for Tim to take with him whenever he is ready to move out..and one for ourselves to cherish!

Here are 2 LO's I like to share with you guys

With mum&dad (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=280988&nocache=1) Portraits with mum&dad in Tim's first year

1st birthday (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=280989&nocache=1)

[Mikidzmom]

I would like to join. I'm a "MiMi" to 3 darling grandkids plus another due in Feb. I am scrapbooking their baby books. It has been sooo much fun. I am doing paper, digital and a combination of both, as the mood hits me.
I love seeing all the ideas! Mostly I scraplift.

[Bocca]

Kim, welcome. I haven't been around much anymore. My DIL hasn't sent me information about my granddaughter each month like she was going to so I haven't worked on her month by month first year album. I'm so bummed about that. :( I really wanted to do her firsts album for her first year. I have two grandsons, one step-grandson and one granddaughter who will be one next month.

[lmilgram]

I have finally done my daughters first christmas page...

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/4652/thumbs/AMJ_200712-25_FirstChristma.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=282130&ppuser=20717)
Babys First Christmas (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=282130&ppuser=20717)

[Tusele]

yes!!!! my son's 1st album project is finished I received the printed album through the mail last week. It's so great to touch it instead of only looking at it on the monitor!!!

So I'll not be posting LO's here anymore...because strictly seen the next album isn't a baby album anymore...

So 2nd year pictures...here I come!!!!!

Tusele

[lmilgram]

yes!!!! my son's 1st album project is finished I received the printed album through the mail last week. It's so great to touch it instead of only looking at it on the monitor!!!


Congratulations! I wish mine were done, but I keep finding more pictures to add. Where did you get your printed album? I'm still looking for the right place to have one done. What kind of paper is it printed on? Can you post a few pictures of it?

[Bocca]

yes!!!! my son's 1st album project is finished I received the printed album through the mail last week. It's so great to touch it instead of only looking at it on the monitor!!!

So I'll not be posting LO's here anymore...because strictly seen the next album isn't a baby album anymore...

So 2nd year pictures...here I come!!!!!

Tusele

Way to go, Girl! I'm so proud for you that you have it completed. As much as I love looking at my layouts on the computer, they are so much better in print.

[Tusele]

Congratulations! I wish mine were done, but I keep finding more pictures to add. Where did you get your printed album? I'm still looking for the right place to have one done. What kind of paper is it printed on? Can you post a few pictures of it?

I printed it at a local service in the Netherlands called trekpleister..I suppose it is no option for you..

paper: 180 gr m2 and it looks like a glossy

Will see whether I can take some pictures tomorrow..

@bocca + imilgram..
Thanks for the congratulations.....I sooooo proud of this milestone...I ended up with 69(!) pages.......

[lmilgram]

I'm still filling in the gaps for the baby book...here is another page. Can't believe I never scrapped these pics!
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/AMJ_200710_smiles.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20717)
lmilgram (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/member.php?uid=20717)

[Tusele]

I made a suggestion for starting a toddler/childern's album ongoing challenge ...am curious whether anyone feels the same..

please see..

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?p=552047#post552047

[lmilgram]

Tusele inspired me and I DID IT!!!! Finally finished my daughter's first year book and had it printed at Winkflash. Hooray! One project done...a billion more to go.

[Tusele]

Tusele inspired me and I DID IT!!!! Finally finished my daughter's first year book and had it printed at Winkflash. Hooray! One project done...a billion more to go.
I am honoured to be an inspiration for you! Congrats with this reeeeeaaaally great milestone!!! Well done! you're a real

http://www.tshirtmagic.com/stock_designs/tr0108.gif

Tusele

[JayandJillsmom]

Hi, I'm new in the sense that I've been sitting on the sidelines for awhile. I just finished NKOTB. I first discovered digital scrapbooking as a way to make a baby album for my 2 little ones but found the task too overwhelming, but want to try again.

I read through all your posts and looked through the gallery. You guys really put out some nice stuff! I got some ideas from what I saw but I still have the same problems. I'm not very internet-savvy, so I'm wondering if there's a way to view the gallery so I see each person's layouts in chronological order instead of just random images. I'm trying to get some ideas of how everyone organizes and the level of detail people choose.

Aside from wondering which pictures to pick, I'm not sure how to do it that will look good. I've looked into buying a quick click set, but that seems so restrictive. I'm thinking of doing some layouts without a template but also using some quick clicks. But this makes me wonder how to keep the style similar thoroughout.

I think I'd like to use just one or two kits to carry a theme throughout the book (of my son's first year for example) since I want to print it in a nice album someday. Do you think that's a good idea or will it get too monotonous? I want some cohesion but not boring. You can see my indecision is what's keeping me from producing anything!

I've done a few pages of his delivery, none are finished yet but I'd like to upload them for some cc from you guys. I'll try to do that tonight.

Thanks, Jackie

[susielein]

I started out the same way that you are, Jackie. I thought every page in the album would have to be all using the same kit, but you're right, it gets monotonous. And I felt restricted. I needed more room to flex my scrapping muscles! And I think it would make for a less interesting book. I mean, the same elements, the same papers, etc. every single page?
So what I decided was to:
1) Include at least one circle on every page (it's super easy--a brad or a round flower count!)
2) Use whatever kit looks best with the photos. If I don't have a specific kit I want to use, I have one kit that I fall back on. So a lot of the pages use the same kit, but if that kit doesn't look good with the photos, I don't have to use it.

Here's the link to Jared's baby album (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=3083). Some of them, especially at the end, aren't any good. And I started scrapping in a different size format, so I just need to delete those.

Here's the link to Zach's baby album (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=3082). Same story with those.

I don't know if they're in chronological order or not. I think I remember organizing them that way.

The gallery is sort of hard to figure out. It's organized in three ways, all at once.
(1) One way is chronologically. Everyone's pages are in order of when they were uploaded. You can see pages that way by clicking on "New Layouts."
(2) The second is in your own gallery. Your pages are organized according to when you uploaded them. You can also organize them into albums (that's what my boys' baby books are in). You can get to your gallery by clicking on "My Gallery," or by typing in this address: http://JayandJillsmom.digitalscrapbookplace.com These are also shown in "New Layouts."
(3) The third way they're organized is in special galleries for special events. Here's where they get tricky. Because if you were to upload your page to a special event gallery, it will show up in that gallery, but it also shows up in your personal gallery, and it shows up in New Layouts.
So the tricky part is that if you are in someone's album and you want to see the next page, you click on the next page's thumbnail on the right. If that page was uploaded to a special event gallery, you will no longer be in that user's gallery, you will be in the special event gallery. So the thumbnails on the right will change. You can see where you are by looking in the blue bar just above the scrapbook page you're looking at. It says Home>>Member>>susielein when I'm looking at one of my pages (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=277507&ppuser=54483). And on the right, there are thumbnails of more of my pages.
But if I were to go to my gallery and click on my submission for the designer contest (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=287511), it would say Home » Challenges and Contests » Contests » DSP Designer Finder Contest » Round 1 and the thumbnails on the right are not my pages. They are other contestants' submissions that are in that same special event category.

I don't think any of the pages in my boys' baby books are in special event galleries, so you ought to be able to look through them without getting lost.

Was that as clear as mud? I hope that helps! It takes a while to get the hang of it, but it'll start making sense.

[JayandJillsmom]

Susie,

Thanks for the info and showing me your albums--love what you did for your boys and I want to try something similar.

I have another question--how do you make an album on DSP? Also, it seems that very few people in this forum did it. As I said, I'm just seeing random pages, whereas you have a link to your albums, which is what I'd like to do too.

I'm going to try to upload my first few pages of Jay's album, also something that still challenges me!

Thanks again for the advice.

Cheers, Jackie

[Pezjunky]

To create an album, go to the gallery (can be just the DSP Gallery). Right at the top of the page there should be a line of links that says " My Gallery My Albums My Favorites". If you click on the "My Albums" link it'll take you to a page where you can create an album, and later when you have albums, they will all be listed there. You can upload layouts directly to one of your albums, sort the layouts in any order you want, and edit album details.
Once an album is created, you can also move previously uploaded layouts into it. You would have to go to the layout and click "Edit Photo" which is at the bottom of the 'photo details' section. Then you can rename it or move it to a new location, or edit the other info you put on it when you uploaded it.
Hope that helps!

[susielein]

To upload your pages, basically you just need to shrink them. I think the DSP standard is to make them 600 pixels wide (8.3 inches) and 72 pixels per inch. I do mine a little smaller, because it is easier to see on my monitor. I make mine 7 inches by 7 inches and 72 pixels per inch. I use PhotoShop 7, and when I save the file, I set the jpeg quality to 7. It's easy to remember all those 7's! That gets the file size low enough for DSP to accept.
To create an album in your DSP gallery (it really does help to organize all your pages!) click on "My Albums" on the blue bar. Then there's a link to "Create new album." You can move layouts around between albums without having to re-upload them (that's a pain, AND it loses all your fabulous comments!)
Any other questions?

[susielein]

Oh, and make sure you don't shrink your original copy of your layout. I have three copies of each layout on my hard drive. The .psd (PhotoShop file that I can go back and edit), a flat .jpg that's 12x12 and 200 pixels per inch for printing (it's flat because you can no longer move things around--the layers are "glued" to each other) and a web version of that flat jpg.
The .psd is named something descriptive, like Zach 4 months.psd The .jpg to print is automatically named Zach 4 months copy.jpg. When I'm ready to upload, I open the .jpg, shrink it to 7x7 and 72 pixels per inch, then Save As and add "sm" (for small) to the end of the file name. I think most people add "web" instead. So my file to upload is called Zach 4 months copysm.jpg
They're all lined up nice and neat, grouped in threes, in my folder.
i hope all of that made sense!

if you need help changing the size and resolution, you'll have to tell us what program you use.

[Pezjunky]

I just had a baby a few days ago, and could wait to start scrapping her!
Here is my first page (since her birth).
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=288168

[JayandJillsmom]

Susie and Desiree,

Thanks so much for your advice. Okay, I uploaded the first few pages of my album to the baby album gallery (sorry I don't know how to provide a link to it yet but I'm learning--baby steps you know) and I created an album in my gallery per your instructions. Now I'm going to move the pics from my gallery to the new albums inside my gallery.

Thanks again for your help and I'd appreciate any comments you might have on my layouts. As we discussed before, Susie, about the cohesion and whether you need to use the same kit throughout the album, I think I'm going to stick with this one kit I've used in the pages 2-5 for all layouts in the hospital and then vary them afterward. Please advise if anyone has a better idea. Am I getting too bogged down with details? Probably.

Jackie

[Tusele]

JayandJillsmom great pages you uploaded..

to post a link here..

open the page in the galery
Select the adress of the page
rightclick select copy
go to your message in the thread
type (url=the pasted adress to the page)title page(/url)
you should replace the ( with [ and ) with ]

For a "theme" I used the same background at every page (blue + an overlay).
here's the link to the album Tim's 1st album (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=5524)

Tusele

[JayandJillsmom]

Okay, I'm going to try in this post to put in a link to my lo's, per Tusele's instructions:

[url=http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=288240]

Let's see if this works...

[JayandJillsmom]

No, I didn't get that right. Tusele, do you know what I did wrong?

Thanks, Jackie

[Tusele]

No, I didn't get that right. Tusele, do you know what I did wrong?

Thanks, Jackie

This should be right..
jay page 2 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=288240)

To see the code "underneath" click the quote button on this message ...

[Chellie]

Here's mine. It's doing duties for IOTW, Scrapping with the Stars, Inspiration Station – Color of the Month: November 2008 – Gray/Silver, Spotlight of the Month – November 2008 and 2008 Baby Album.

Michael's 6 Months Birthday (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=288413&cat=500&ppuser=98978)

[Scrappy Mama]

Hello! I'm new to DSP and thought I would join you guys.

I'm currently working on my son's baby album. I've been having a blast! Please view my gallery. I would love to have some feedback.

Looking forward to being a part of this group and seeing what you guys are doing.

[Chellie]

Here's mine. It's doing duties for Featured Designer: November 2008 – Suzanne C. Walker, DET 8 Scraplift – November 2008, Baby Album 2008 and Scrapping with the Stars.

Michael's 7 Months Birthday (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=288863&ppuser=98978)
Elijah's 4 Months Birthday (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=288862&cat=500&ppuser=98978)

[Chellie]

Another layout from me:

Michael's 1st Teether (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=289075&cat=500&ppuser=98978)

[Scrappy Mama]

Here's my first DSP layout.

XOXO (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=289086&ppuser=140799)

[Pezjunky]

Here is a page that is a baby announcement.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=289995