Sunday Confessions: Scrapbooking Children

Another Sunday and another confession...I'm hoping no one will be offended by it.  I'm a single scrapper.  No children, no boy in my picture.  But since my newest nephew was born, I have come to a realization...babies/children actually make my scrapbooking easier.  It gives me a subject, purpose, and let's just face it - they're adorable.  I've always suspected that those scrappers with children had one leg up on me.  The boy has confirmed that.  However, I know I have the great privilege of extra time.  Still, there's only so much one girl can scrap about books, cupcakes, and a banshee cat.  And trust me, as an introvert, I'm not nearly interesting enough to scrapbook year round.  I don't travel or go to fancy restaurants.  My life is pretty small - and I'm okay with that.  I just have to confess - babies make scrapbooking something special.  Here's just one more piece of evidence...

Paper: Glitz Design; American Crafts; Die Cuts: Glitz Design; Crate Paper; KI Memories; Embellishments: Studio Calico; Stickers: American Crafts; Echo Park Paper: Other: Thread; Buttons

This was not an easy layout to finish.  I had some problems with overworking it.  Still, it's done and I enjoy it all the same.  Please note the elephants and his signature paper.  He gives me a reason to tell stories where there was a void before.  And that's definitely a part of me.  I would never put that off on anyone else.  Scrapping means different things for different people.  I just know - this baby has been a big part of jumping me into the action phase of creating.  I appreciate him so much.  So that's it for this Sunday evening.  I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend.  Until then...

P.S. I also greatly appreciate that right now he's with his momma (my sister) while I write this blog post.  I know what I have is pretty great too, just really different.

Sunday Confessions

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Welcome again to a new feature on the blog.  I'm going to try and post a confession at least twice a month.  Don't expect anything too juicy - my life is way too dull for juicy.  Think of these posts as crafty confessions peppered with slightly zany admissions.  Confused yet?  So am I - just a little.  So on to today's confession.

I CAN'T SEE THE LIGHT!

Yes, this is slightly vague but I'll try to make it as clear as possible.  When I refer to "the light" - I am talking about the light in reference to shading and coloring stamped images.  I try to do it with consistency and confidence.  However, I look at blog posts and other people's work with the most confused look on my face.  Frankly, I have no idea what the eff I'm doing.  Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to do my very best to collect an illuminating amount of resources and ideas (pun intended).  I'll do my absolute best to share my findings and images here - starting with two great resources.

• Cardmaking 201: Coloring, Basic Shading at Operation Write Home
• Coloring and Shaping Stamps Board by Ruth Gooch Reighard 

So that's it for now folks!  I hope everyone is having a beautiful and blessed Easter Sunday.  For those of you that do not celebrate Easter, I pray that your day be beautiful and blessed as well.  I'm hoping to fill this day with crafting and a little cleaning.  Until then...