52 Scrapbooking Challenges

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Reported by Melissa Norris

When I first stepped into the world of crafty blogging, I discovered Elsie Flannigan's blog. I had no clue that scrapbooking could look that cool. I mean, I had always loved scrapbooking, but never felt that I could stray too far out of the box. She showed me that it was definitely ok to try.

I had wanted her book for a while, but wasn't really scrapping at the time, so decided to put it off. Well when I was in Texas for the holidays, I made a run to Hobby Lobby and there it was, staring me down; 52 Scrapbooking Challenges by Elsie Flannigan. And even better, I had a coupon! The timing was finally right to purchase this book, and I did.

Originally I decided that I was going to do one page a week for the year, but as we all know, that sure didn't happen. I really only scrap when I am inspired to do so, and unfortunately I wasn't at the time. So I decided instead that I was going to use the challenges in the book to make an album that's all about me. Many of us rarely do that, we make albums for our family, our friends, our children, our trips, but never about us. Heck, we're rarely in any of the pictures anyway since we are the ones behind the camera. So this book inspired me to know that it was ok to do a book about me, and it would be something that my daughter would appreciate later in life.

I'm also not one to be a good girl and follow in order, I decided to skip around a bit, and choose the challenge that currently inspired me. I chose to start with challenge #43, Scrap Your Favorite Food. Well that is easy, I love food!

So here is my finished layout. I decided that my album was going to be a 7x7 book. I used the Love, Elsie Jack + Abby line, which focuses on home.

I find this book very inspiring. There are tons of great ideas, the challenges are fun and different, and the words are encouraging. The layouts made by the designers in the book show lots of different ways to complete the challenges. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and can't wait to complete more challenges.

Do you have this book and have you tried some of the challenges? Leave us a comments with links to your 52 Scrapbooking Challenges layouts. We would love to see your creations!