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Paperclipping 110 – Packing to Scrapbook on Your Vacation

Paperclipping 110 - Packing to Scrapbook on Your Vacation

Today’s episode is for our Paperclipping Members. I’ll show you how I packed a mobile scrapbooking box for a 5-week trip. Below are a couple of the layouts I completed while away (plus, there was this other one I shared in the last episode).

Opposite Sets Of Genes

12×12 layout
Opposite Sets Of Genes
Journaling reads:
Blake: happy at home – Trin: has to get out
Trin: hands-on artist – Blake: techie geek
Blake: designs graphic explosions – Trin: draws flowers, fairies
Trin: organized and level-headed – Blake: a slave to passionate ideas
Blake: expressive with words – Trin: expressive with visual arts

You both look at things and react to things so differently. Sometimes your differences may perplex each other. But you also share a mutual admiration for each other’s gifts and differences. It’s very cool.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Crate paper, My Mind’s Eye, Creative Imaginations, Making Memories spiral journaling notebook) * Ribbon (Stampin’ up) * brown cut-out flowers (K.I. Memories lace paper) * other: polka dot ribbon at top, unknown source, blue beads added to the flower on the piece with the title).

Life With You

12×12 layout
Life With You
Journaling reads: I love combining hobbies with you and turning them into our full-time careers. We had no idea when we first started out almost 13 years ago that our lives would be so creative and full.

Supplies: Patterned paper (Basic Grey) * Black brads (Imaginisce) * Crocheted lace (unknown source) * Black cardstock at top of photo (Bazzill) * Black rub-on at top of photo (unknown source) * Rub-on letters (at bottom) (Heidi Swapp for Advantus).

Do you have more tips that weren’t in the episode? Please share them by leaving a comment.

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  • marcy

    This was a great episode. Does it make you realize that we could make due with a lot less?? You mentioned your 3 favorite scrapbook lines… which are those? I would love to know!! :)

  • Rosann

    I enjoyed these tips. First thing I need to do is get those plastic 12×12 folders. Hopefully they aren't too pricey but I think 1/2 dozen of them would do the trick. While I don't plan on scrapping beach side in Aruba :) I do think this is helpful for going to crops. One thing I would add is that I have recently been taking the photo or photos I want to lay out and gathering all of the papers and embellishments for it and putting them together . That's what I did for my last crop and it worked out perfectly and I still brought to much. But your tips will help me hone in on my needs even better. Thanks

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Oh yeah…packing for the whole 5-week trip made me realize that in general about everything–and I was already a minimalist in the first place.

    As for your question, I should explain that those were my 3 favorite lines at the moment of packing but I can't actually say that they are my very 3 favorite lines all the time lol.

    Creative Imaginations
    Basic Grey
    Theresa Collins

    I don't love all of Creative Imaginations stuff but they have a certain line or two (sorry, I haven't paid attention to the names of the specific lines) that I use over and over again.

    I haven't used tons of Theresa Collins but I've been really enjoying her Crush and Journal-It girl lines lately and I was definitely in the mood for that when I packed. But My Mind's Eye (especially their Bohemia line) is really one of my most favorite companies though I didn't end up taking that paper with me.

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    I don't think those plastic folders are expensive either. I don't spend a lot of money on organizing stuff and these have been a definite winner for me.

  • http://scrappingmariangeles.blogspot.com/ mariangeles_spain

    Those are really great tips.

    I have a few of those plastic folders in different types and there're not really expensive, but very useful!

  • http://scrappingmariangeles.blogspot.com/ mariangeles_spain

    Those are really great tips.

    I have a few of those plastic folders in different types and there're not really expensive, but very useful!

  • http://www.jrconsumer.com/ RV Ratings

    girl you do have a great blog…

  • Janice

    What a beautiful shot this kind of photo is worth keeping for such a rare moment, I had kept a photo of myself while watching the sunset in an isle in Koh Chang.

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    It worked! :)