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Scrapbooking just a teeny, tiny photo: Mind the Scrap + the Polaroid Zink

scrapbook page with process video by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com

Oh, 12×12 scrapbook pages! How I love thee! So much so that I made another straight away. This feels like a massive victory.

This time it’s a bit further from my comfort zone but hopefully not so far that it doesn’t look like my work. That was my aim, anyway! The difference is I just had one teeny, tiny photograph to scrapbook, but I still wanted it in my album that has 12×12 pages rather than in a smaller format like pocket pages, Project Life, mini book, or planner. I love 12×12. But I just had this tiny photo from my day out with Barbara and her daughter while they were in London, from a selfie taken with her phone and printed on the spot with tiny little printer that makes photo stickers – the Polaroid Zip with Zink ink. It’s very cute and fits in her handbag!

Again I’m working with the Mind the Scrap September kit, which they sent me to have some fun. (Check this post for another video and page, plus shopping details for the items in the kit.) I just added some red acrylic paint and some mint green mist for my finishing touches. I love it when something goes to plan like using that London map paper and managing to get the actual location for our day still showing on the page. Moments of small scrapping happiness are important, right?

scrapbook page with process video by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com

I hope this still looks like my style! That was my aim, at any rate. And it makes me smile, which is always my aim these days. Happy pages for happy days is my creative mood at the moment!

scrapbook page with process video by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com

Oh little corner of just a smidgen of embellishment. I was really tempted to add lots and lots more here and I held back. Whenever I placed more there just to look, it felt like that corner ended up heavier than the actual photo, so I opted to keep it ridiculously simple. I cannot begin to explain how difficult that was. I’m putting it in the album right now so I don’t go change my mind and ruin it all. not that I am prone to doing that or anything.

What have you tried lately that’s just a little out of your comfort zone? I’d love to hear – or see!

AND speaking of see… I’d love to see you IN PERSON! Next Friday (the 18th of September), join me in London at the Canary Wharf Spiegeltent for a lunchtime mini book workshop for just £6. Book your ticket here. Or if London doesn’t work for you, perhaps Barcelona is better? I’ll be teaching at Somos Scrap on Halloween weekend, along with Amy Tan of Amy Tangerine and Liz Kartchner of Dear Lizzy. ¡Estoy emocionado!

11 September 2015



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10 Comments for Scrapbooking just a teeny, tiny photo: Mind the Scrap + the Polaroid Zink

  1. Emma Clark Says:

    I’m so pleased you could pinpoint your location on the map paper, makes for an even better layout! love the cute tiny photo and it works well with the minimal embellishments x

  2. Ruth Says:

    I’m coming down to Canary Wharf next week … and bringing a non-scrapbooking friend, too!
    It’s going to be great fun!

  3. Robin Says:

    LOVE this teeny tiny photo layout! That map paper is super cute (and I thought that the other day when I saw the video of the kit!).
    I think this lo is totally your style! And it made me smile to see it too! :D
    Cheers!

  4. Louise Says:

    I do like this layout, small photos are out my comfort zone too, so I may well scraplift yours (please). I have been experimenting with texture paste and using mists to ‘watercolour’ areas of the background – definitely out of my comfort zone as I’m not artistic at all.

  5. Tilla Says:

    I love this London paper & must have it for my trip to the UK next week – I am still so miffed that I only arrive on the Sunday or I would have been at Canary Wharf for sure !

  6. Jo Says:

    Every time I try to use layers and embellishments like you do I step way out of my comfort zone! I play around with your style on cards now so I have a smaller canvas and can send them away to live at other people’s houses. Because for as much as I love your layered colorful style, my version of it doesn’t necessarily fit with what I want in my albums.
    I love that you used London map paper for a layout about being in London. I’m a very literal embellisher – I can’t use things that don’t have meaning (like fake tickets or random numbers). So this is how I’d use a map paper. In fact, the one time I did want to scraplift from someone using a map paper I printed out my own patterned paper using google maps of the place I was talking about in my layout so even if I was the only one to notice, the map would actually represent the exact location, as well as being pretty paper :)

  7. Maria Says:

    This turned out so lovely. I think adding the map paper to the mint background really helped me feel more comfortable w. the tiny photo – maybe that it was more “blanketed” or secure? And the small emb.group at the top was just right! Maria

  8. Alex Says:

    Yes it’s most definitely still your style – cameras, hearts, multi font titles, maps etc and most importantly a quirky and fun topic for the layout!

    It’s something I would do! I’ve done layouts on some of the most random and strange topics and I love those the most usually!

  9. Crystal Says:

    I love how this layout ended up.

    The juxtaposition if the really large title next to the really small picture totally makes this layout.

  10. Lisa m Zepponi Says:

    So jealous!! Would love to take a class from you in person! I love this LO and inspires me to use just one photo on a page…we will see!

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