“Hi, I’m Anna-Leigh, and I’m a scrapbook slacker.”
Yup, that’s right, I’m only about two years behind in chronicling my kiddos life, and life in general. Ridiculous I know, but having the space to spread all my scrappy stuff out is the biggest problem I have. I have to limit scrapbook time to nap time because little hands in my papers, stickers, scissors and such just doesn’t make for an easy time of page making.
I’ve been thinking that if I work on about two months worth of photos every week between now and my girl’s birthday in June, I just might get her 2nd year scrapbook done before her 3rd birthday! Gah!
I love using different products, layers and tools for scrapbooking. It’s so easy to get creative with any number of materials, whether scrapbook related or not. I hold on to more paper scraps, wrapping paper, and ticket stubs in the name of scrapbooking than what should really be allowed!
I was lucky enough to be asked to go shopping for a craft product, Elmers Painters Paint Markers, at my local Walmart. I thought these would be a great addition to my scrapbook project. Since the closest Walmart to me is undergoing a renovation I decided to go to a super Walmart a little further away hoping I’d find a good variety of markers in a store that’s not so chaotic. My idea of easiness proved wrong when I got there, searched all over the craft and school supply sections finding nothing. Then found out from an associate that they did indeed carry the markers, but they were out and she didn’t know when they would be getting more in…bummer…at least I got out of the house by myself for a bit
The next day I did manage to find the markers with no problem at the Walmart closet to me in the craft section among some other paint items.
I was happy to see they offer single markers, and not just the packs. So it’s really easy to get the colors you need for your project! And at just $1.97 a marker, it’s hard to not buy a whole bunch of them.
I picked up a pack of markers as well and a few singles in some other great colors. This is what I have for my scrapbook project…
Nice! I was also excited to see they offer different tips for their markers – fine, medium, and chiseled…
Sometimes I have a plan when putting a page of my scrapbooks together, more often than not I just let it flow! My girl was born in June so you can be sure there are plenty of beach shots in her books. I pulled out some of the photos from the July batch of pics I had and that’s where I started…
The first page – “Summer 2010″
…do you know I really had to think about the year for this page…and how ridiculous I felt when I realized that I’m two years behind…sigh.
The paint markers I used to highlight the photos that I had trimmed up for the page. And of course to title and embellish the pages. The ink dries pretty quickly, so I didn’t have to worry about smearing anything. I had fun using contrasting colors on top of each other to give the words a little more depth. I’m a big sticker fan when it comes to words and lettering for my scrapbooks. Mainly because my handwriting is atrocious terrible. But I was having so much fun with these markers, I didn’t even worry about finding my sticker stash! And as for my handwriting, well that just adds character, right?
I tackled three pages for this project…just enough work to make it through nap time
I mentioned that I like to cut up my photos to make (more of) them fit within the pages. The Elmers Painters Paint Markers were great for helping to “frame” the photos without necessarily needing to add any other paper elements…other than the wavy paper at the bottom.
A page for daddy…
I was curious to see how the pens would work on black paper. I know the pens are supposed to be opaque, but that doesn’t mean that colors necessarily hold on colored paper. It was hard to tell the difference between white and the lavender color on the black paper. But over all I was pretty happy with the outcome as you’ll see below.
The finished products…

Everything on this page is done with the Painters Paint Markers, no other embellishments were used. The Markers work really well on the black paper.
….I think our little nugget might actually get to learn how to surf this year!
I’ve used paint pens/markers here and there for scrapbook projects. I have to say I’m very happy with the outcome of my pages using Elmers Painters Paint Markers. Knowing that they are acid free also makes me feel good about using them around my precious photos.
Make sure to check out Elmers site for other great products, and connect with them through Twitter and Facebook.
I hope I have inspired any other scrapbook slackers out there to try something new, and get those pages done!
You’ve got to #ExpressYourself .
Anna-Leigh
I am a member of the Collective Bias Social Fabric Communty. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias #CBias All opinions and photos are my own.














































