Well... When I was asked to review a product for Scrapbookerry I was intrigued at what I would receive as there are a variety of products on the site and all of them are a little out of my comfort zone if I'm honest!
This is what I received:
The item I received was a 6.5" squash book:
Having a squash book is like having your own personalised treasure chest scrapbook. It's perfect for keeping little sentimental notes or photographs safe and organised.
The albums come in the size 6.5"x 6.5", making them perfect for carrying around to look at yourself or show off to others. All Squash Books have 30 sides, front and back.
The albums come in the size 6.5"x 6.5", making them perfect for carrying around to look at yourself or show off to others. All Squash Books have 30 sides, front and back.
At first I wasn't sure what I would do with it. I have done a little bit of scrapbooking recently which gave me a few ideas but couldn't think of a suitable occassion/person I could make this for to do it justice. Then I remembered that my Dad's birthday was coming up and I thought it would be perfect. I was not sure what to do for my Dad's birthday card as he didn't seem to pay much attention to the Father's Day card I put a lot of hard work into so decided if I made him this he would definitely keep and appreciate it.
He LOVED it when I gave it to him for his birthday on Friday AND even managed to get it standing up like a card and put it on display with all his other cards.
I got lots of photos of our family, although the quality of some of them was not great and along with other embellishments decorated the squash book:
On the front cover I used some foam letter stickers to spell 'Dad' and some birthday embellishments that I found in a kit including these little star brads.
On the back I printed this sentiment from a Polka Doodles CD (I think Sundae of Seasons) onto Safmat - I love how you can still see the spotty background through it.
On one side I mainly added photos of me and my Dad, my Mum and Dad and a photo of our whole family.
I thought the heart embellishment was appropriate next to a photo of my parents together and some 'Happy Birthday' peel offs.
I then added a photo of me and my Dad which was taken exactly 8 years ago on his birthday and a gold Happy Birthday sentiment from Craftwork Cards.
Next I used a photo of our whole family which was taken at a party a few years ago. I added a diamante corner flourish around one corner of the photo and then silver glittered letters spelling 'Baker' (our family name) and 2 stars underneath.
On the rest of that page I added a 'Family' embellishment on acetate that came in a kit with two small brads which happened to match the red paper, a scalloped circle to which I added pearls on the scallops and a pearl heart in the centre, two small sentiments saying 'Birthday Boy' and 'Smile', and finally another photo of me.
On the last three squares I used diamante stickers to spell 'Dad' and '29 July' (his birthday) and finished the last square with a photo of my Dad and I together.
On the other side I added photos of me, my brother and sister. I had to go through Facebook to find photos and noticed that all three of us had quite a few fancy dress photos and they were so funny I had to use some of them. I also added a photo of my dog too haha!!
On the red square I put a photo of my brother dressed as the Incredible Hulk with a peel off border, felt stickers spelling 'Dad' and a sentiment saying 'You're the best'.
I had a photo of my dog posing on the playbus ride outside a supermarket (he's hilarious!), a piece of board that says 'family' that I got in a set of dipsticks, and finally two photos of my sister dressed as a ladybird and.... the Incredible Hulk again!
I then added another nice photo of my sister and another family sentiment. I put peel offs round the border of the photo.
On my fancy dress page is a photo of me dressed as a police woman and another where my hair was died red and crazily backcombed - I think I was a witch but it was certainly scary!! On the other side is a photo of my brother playing rugby and a sentiment saying 'Celebrate Life'.
Finally another dipstick about family.
I was really pleased with how this turned out and so was my Dad. I was slightly concerned about how my embellishments like the dipsticks and brads and diamantes would affect the squashbook and if I would still be able to close it or if it would look odd but it was all fine.
I honestly think these squashbooks are fantastic and could be suitable for almost any occassion. I used this as something a bit different in substitute of a birthday card but it could just as easily be used as a proper scrapbook marking occassions/events.
Just to prove to you that I did genuinely love this product since receiving this one I have already bought another from Scrapbookerry's website AND placed an order for a third, bespoke squashbook that is going to be used to mark a special occassion.
I also think the explosion books on Scrapbookerry's website look fantastic and will almost certainly be buying one of those at somepoint too!!
Please if you like the look of these squashbooks (and everyone I have shown has thought it's fantastic) please check out Scrapbookerry's website at www.scrapbookerry.co.uk or use the contact page on that website to make an enquiry for a bespoke squashbook or other item of your own.
Please if you like the look of these squashbooks (and everyone I have shown has thought it's fantastic) please check out Scrapbookerry's website at www.scrapbookerry.co.uk or use the contact page on that website to make an enquiry for a bespoke squashbook or other item of your own.
Stephanie-Emma xxx
