MeMa's Scrapbooking: Ruby's 75th Birthday Scrapbook

My Scrapbooking History

I began scrapbooking about 4 years ago with a group of women who I view as real pro's! Their pages were just beautiful and I was so proud when I pasted with a glue stick a few pictures onto a page, added a couple of stickers and thougth I had created a masterpiece! Then I realized how much more to scrapbooking there was to learn! Over the years I have added many new techniques to my collection of scrapbooking necessities. My favorite technique is using my Cricut Expression machine! Anything is possible with a Cricut and a few cartridges. I am always looking for new cartridges and have found the best buys at Cricutmachine.com and Ebay.com. I check out what is new on the Cricut website then start my bargain searches! I have made many scrapbooks for friends and enjoy designing pages with new themes in each book. I hope you will join my blog and enjoy some of my work!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Ruby's 75th Birthday Scrapbook

I designed a scrapbook for a friend to give to her friend Ruby who was turning 75 years old. I knew nothing about Ruby so it was sometimes difficult to reflect her personality on the pages based on the photos I was given to use throughout the book. I made many different embellishments, words and objects using my Cricut Expression as well as purchasing many embellishments. Some of the photos were very vintage (1936 - 1960) and fragile. I was able to make copies of some of the original prints too. Here are a few photos of the pages. Hope Ruby likes her birthday gift!