Recycling Scraps...

As a working mom, I find it hard to fit it all in as regularly as I want to...for some unknown reason I feel tremendous guilt if I take time for myself when the dishes aren't done, and the laundry is piled up.  This weekend the 'nesting' bug hit me and I got all my chores done and finally felt comfortable going to my craft space and enjoyed every minute of it!

A couple of years ago I went to CK in Des Moines and took a few classes...mostly on scrapping in a minute or on a budget - I don't know about you but my husband always grumbles when I spend more than $20 at Michaels, which I do everytime I go there, so I love it when I can use my supplies on more than one project.  Anyway, one of the classes I took at this convention involved a Creating Keepsakes album in an hour and I came home with extra supplies that I tucked in my paper supplies and forgot about...until today...

I made this layout in less than 20 minutes using those left over supplies and I cannot get over how well it turned out!!  The journaling will be added but I wanted to show & tell!  The frame is one that I bought about a year ago through my friendly Creating Memories demonstrator on discount, because they were on sale - I also bought one for each of the boys in chocolate.  Once I am done with their layouts I will show & tell those too!!

The papers and accents were all part of the album class and absolutely love how this turned out! 

If your afraid of having a one page layout because your scrapbook will not be 'even,' try one anyway...I used to be that way too but got over it quickly when I realized how fast and fun the one page layout can be.  I also gave up on trying to create a matching page for the Got Sketch classes I have taken!  Its alot more work when you have to have those 2 page layouts.

Thanks for looking and happy crafting!