“White space” is a current trend in scrapbooking, but I’ve never been interested in trying it. Until today, that is. There was a challenge at 4 Scrappy Sisters to leave at least 50% white space on a layout. It was really hard, but I managed to do it. I’m not sure how much I like the finished product, but here it is. Reunited:
All critiques are welcome. I’d like to be able to change up styles when I feel like it. Any suggestions for this one?
A notebook I altered for a friend. She wanted something she could write some Chinese characters in. The notebook is 3.5×5.5 inches (A7). Another friend provided the Chinese characters that mean “study hard.” She said it’s a tradition in China to write that on notebooks.
What if… I sent out birthday cards on time? I just finished the first five birthday cards that I’ll send out this year! Trust me, it’s amazing. Want to see?
It’s great to have this done. Thanks for looking!
I was thinking about the things I wish I had done last year. “If I’d only…” or “I should have…” So then I started thinking about this year. What if this year I stick to the Spark Diet? If I’d only stuck to the plan last year, I would be 50 pounds lighter. What if this year I live up to my full potential? Scary, isn’t it? I decided that instead of asking myself “What if I’d done this?” I could just change that around and make it a year of finding out what happens when I do those things. What if I don’t make excuses? What if I walk 30 minutes a day? What if I don’t drink so much Pepsi? What if I actually learn to program in Java? What if I go after that job that I really want? See where I’m going? Rather than hide from the big question, I put it right on my journal. What if…
I made this album from the Scenic Route Roxbury collection. I used a Rusty Pickle chipboard album as the base and painted the edges white and gold then used some Stickles to give it sparkle.
The front cover features me (according to Reino). The paper title is from a page of die-cuts. The zigzag circle is what was left after I punched the die-cut out of the paper. I cut it out and used it. Can’t let anything go to waste!
I was reading about the Helsinki Arts & Crafts Fair that will take place later this month. I was looking for some of the vendors I know who sell scrapbook supplies. I saw one there and then I noticed Skräppikulma. I had never heard of it, but I found the website and I was impressed! They have all of the brands I love. And the prices are very reasonable. Check them out here: Skräppikulma.
We had a Christmas card swap at Scrap Haven and I’ve finally finished mine. I’m four days late and I am truly sorry about that. Want to see them? I knew you would. I’m sorry these are fuzzy. I took the pictures with my phone camera.
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I made a few changes and I like it better. What do you think?
I worked on this all day! I had it almost completed but I wasn’t happy with it. I chose a different set of papers and started over. I’m happier, but might add something to it or change the title. It doesn’t really POP like I wanted it to. I’ll definitely take a better picture of it. There is a note to Reino attached to the yellowish design sticking out of the lower right corner. All products are Basic Grey’s Skate Shoppe.
Thanks to rachelrazzle for this challenge. Her directions were to
Use a large print pp
Use two squares
Use a tag
add a coordinating pp
add a flower
add ribbon
Distress something above (with ink, sanding, paint, etc)
This is what I did.
Papers are from My Mind’s Eye. Flower is from Prima. The paper under the page pebbles are from MME, with the brown square meeting the challenge of a coordinating paper. Page pebbles are from Making Memories. The back is covered with the second paper.