Scrapbooking 'My Month in Numbers': April 2013



Hello, hello.

 

First ... a confession: even though I pride myself on being confident in my crafty-work [not in everything in life, but in that, yes] ... and even though I've been scrapbooking for aaages ... and even though I regularly make work for publication ... 

 

... I was nervous when I was making this layout!

 

 And the nerves were down to:

1. despite having blogged 'My Month in Numbers' 40 times to date ... this is my first ever M in N layout! And also ...
2. it's the first page I've made using the brand new Month in Numbers merchandising ... the Month in Musings printable cards:

And to be honest ... it was a little scary working with my own products! I really wanted to do them justice so I could show you how you they can work in your own scrapbooking ... whether you use them for your Month in Numbers or not.

So let's have a look shall we?

I wanted to fit quite a few cards on the page - so I could include as many numbers from my full Month in Numbers blog post for April as possible - and I think the gridded background [a Lily Bee paper from 3DJean] helped me decide to aim for a grid design for the overall page too. 

I used 4 of the printables on my 12x12 but, if I hadn't used so many photos, I could easily have fit 6 or more on there.

As the designs feature wood grain and washi-tape strips I wanted to echo that across my page so I used several different washi tapes ... including an appropriate wood grain:

And while some of the cards feature little number-themed prompts like the one above ... which are perfect if you scrap your Month in Numbers and for weekly, multi-pocket-style albums 

... there are several more that are more general like this one [where I ignored the numbers and just wrote on the card]:

 ... and this one where I recorded this month's reading list:

So, there you go ... the first ever page made using Month in Musings printable cards!

May it be the first of many!!

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Drop in on me tomorrow for a look at the second page I've made with the printables ... this time it's a non-number-themed layout.

Soon then.

Julie :-)