~8 on the 8th!~

So the girls at DML have started a new challenge to take 8 photos by the 8th of the month (or on the 8th of the month) and create a layout. A couple of us have decided to take it further and create a whole scrapbook showcasing a year of photos. I wasn't going to initially because I thought I wouldn't follow through but a quick look at my friend Susan's mini book and my mind was changed! So tonight I sat down with some of the newest paper I got from my scrapbook kit, some cool chipboard letters, some paint, stickers and my bind-it-all and I whipped this up! I put enough pages in for a 2 page layout for each month and then went through and stamped each page with the month, date and year in the corner. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! I'm also doing it in an 8x8 format, something I haven't done before and an idea I also lifted from Susan, thanks Susan!!!

I've gone back and done January and February and today I went around Ft Nelson and took pictures for my March page and completed it too! I'm going to keep it to strictly photos, with minimal to no journalling. I'm going to go online to my favorite scrapbook store and see if I can find a doodling stencil because I would like to add just a little bit more to the page without overwhelming it. As you can see I am using the same layout for every month, a two page spread with wallet sized pictures that I'm printing at home.

For my first page I've used some awesome stickers from 7 Gypsies and stamped a journal box that matches the sticker so I could write a little intro. It reads: A photojournal through 2008~8 photos by the 8th of the month. Recording the moments that define the little things in life that are quickly forgotten. Not to be missed this year!

Anyhow, without further ado, here are some pics of my album!

I'm so pumped to work on this throughout the year! I think it will be especially fun to look back and see us morph from just the two of us with Tigger to a family with a baby in the house. Right now there are alot of pictures on Tigger, I'm sure that will be replaced to a degree!!!

I had so much fun scrapping today, I went in my scraproom around 2:30pm and completed this by 7:30pm. I'm headed to do a wee bit of online shopping (not much I promise myself!) and then I'm going back to scrap some more! I want to get started on a baby book that I just have to pop pictures into and my friend Chantel sent me a class kit to read to get ideas from so I'm hoping that it will get me headed in the right direction!