I Think The Curse Is Over

Guess what I did when I got home from work this evening? I scrapbooked. Plus, I completed the layout, and really like the page I created! It's the first time in a while where I didn't agonize over every little detail, I accepted my ideas, and saw them though. I'm kind of proud of myself actually.

Somehow getting out camping this weekend with my family kick started my desire to scrapbook. I was planning how I was going to do that page while taking the photos. The juices were flowing through my brain, and it was addictive! I didn't really want to stop at Walmart tonight to print off those pictures (it was raining out), so I scrapped the photo that's been on my desk for a couple months now.

On your next layout: create a page based off of a sketch. (And to save even more time use a sketch you saw on a website).

While browsing blogs this afternoon, I found a sketch that I really liked on the Studio Calico website. I really liked the clean "white space" area on the left side of the layout. Because of the white space (or maybe the other way around), everything is justaposed to the right. I never make a page that is right-aligned. I prefer doing it on the left.

I looked at my list of layouts to be completed, and couldn't think of any that had the three vertical photos, like the sketch suggests, so I thought I'd just use one 5x7 in there place. Sketches are meant to be interpreted, altered and changed to fit what products, photos and items you want and have at hand to use.

For the journalling, I used a section of the Studio Calico fab rips. I was a little concerned at how it would handle my pen ink, but it worked wonderfully, and nicely held my writting.

Although I really like the "white space" that comes from everything being on the right side of the page, I felt it wasn't really me, and added a little something to the space.

I'm also really liking the collage technique still, and tried that again, of course on the left side. This is still something I'm working at getting better at, any hints or tips?

I wanted to keep the flower the same on my layout from the sketch, and used it to help hide part of Justin's shirt logo. (It was red lettering that I found distracting.)

Journalling says: With temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees we couldn't have asked for better camping weather. Justin and I enjoyed the sunshine and spent most of the time outside on our lawnchairs (we both ended up burnt). We spent both nights talking around the campfire and Sunday we celebrated Brent's birthday (even Grandma Bea came out). It was great to get away just the two of us!

There we go, the first Monday Challenge in quite some time. Don't forget to leave a link to your layout using the challenge.