True Confessions: Scrapbook Style

First, I have a layout that I'm SO excited to share. Unfortunately, the light is terrible today.


Instead, here are some of my deepest, darkest scrapbooking secrets:


1. I still use sticky photo corners. I know, I know. They leave bits of wrapping everywhere and don't even work that well. But old habits are hard to break and the runners seem to run out so quickly!


2. The first scrapbook I ever made was in a magnetic album. Oh, the horrors! And I haven't moved it yet.

3. I have these vellum alphas I bought YEARS ago in my stash. I don't use them and I don't even like them, but for some reason I can't purge them!

4. I admire the people who "stop by" for a few scrapbooking items "every 6 months or so." I am not one of them.

5. I've only made a few pages in my wedding album. And I've been married a year and a half.


6. I used to be REALLY anti-kits. Now I spend just about all my money on them. So much for strong opinions.

7. Whenever I make a page, my husband says he likes it. But, being the difficult wife that I am, I ask, "Well why do you like it?" So the poor man has to come up with stuff like, "I really like how you used that border punch thingy. It adds a lot." He's very long-suffering. But hey, at least I make dinner, right?

8. Speaking of border punches, the first time I bought one it took me HOURS (plus a very nice piece of paper!) to figure out. That sliding technique has taken hard work and practice!
9. My bathroom sink is decorated with a rainbow of misty residue.
10. I bought this Cosmo paper FIVE years ago and didn't use it because I thought it was too pretty. I still have it, still like it, and STILL haven't used it. Oy.

11. I didn't know what "Cosmo" WAS five years ago. Or two years ago, for that matter. I'm a long time scrapper, but apparently I had my head in the sand for a while there. A long while.

So, there you have it. Now don't tell anyone!

What are YOUR true scrapbook confessions?

New Products and New Pages!

First off, I need to express my excitement for these new Dear Lizzy products! The sneak looks great so far!

I've posted pictures of my favorite pieces from the sneak here: the trim on the left above, the stamps below (I hardly ever buy stamps because of the cost, but I really like these!), and the thickers below--like them in white best, i think.

What do you all think of the new line?

And below, some new pages with Studio Calico's January kit, Whodunit. I love love loooooooveeee this kit. So much so that I'm getting all panicky using it up. Need to relax. Whew.

This one below came together pretty quickly--random picture + random memory + random circles = page.

This next one makes me happy because
a) I like how it looks
b) The pictures are from a year and a half ago and I finally scrapped them! It may take a while, but in the end, every picture finds it way onto the right page.

This next one is just a kooky page about my kooky husband. Loved using the star stamps + the broken china distress ink. I also love that it's called broken china--can't beat a cool name.
Well, there you have it. Anyone doing anything fun and exciting over the weekend? We are going out for both meals on Shabbat, and then I'm teaching Hebrew school for a friend on Sunday. Anyone have tips on teaching the Ten Plagues?