Meeting My Challenge

I went to a crop yesterday and got some stuff done.  Okay, I didn't get as much done as I wanted but I did have fun.  I got to catch up with friends I've not seen in awhile, see what everyone else was creating and I found out where to get some cool page kits.  I've always wanted to try page kits but didn't know about the quality and most I found were pricey.  One of the women was doing page kits from "Out on a Limb Scrapbooking".  The kits used good quality paper, fabulous die cuts, priced $6 to $7 per kit and new kits are added daily.  What's great is I can make alterations & add embellishments to make my own.  Needless to say, I've already ordered a couple of kits.

My daughter has been talking about doing scrapbooking but insists she doesn't have time -- two young children, going to school, husband & house to keep.  I told her about the page kits and now she's planning on using the kits and start doing now.  I'm tickled because that means she and I have something to spend time together doing. 

I didn't do a page last week - was as really busy but that's okay life happens.  I made up for it this week while at the crop. I was trying to figure out what I could use as a way to motivate myself to keep up with a weekly challenge and I found it.  I bought the book 52 Scrapbooking Challenges by Elsie Flannigan several years ago but have never really done anything with it.  I decided that now is the time but I'm not going to do them in any order, just what strikes me at the moment.  So here are the first two challenges I have completed --

This does happen to be Week #1 Challenge - Work Those Words.  The challenge is to do journaling on strips of cardstock or paper.  So I decided to do a simple layout of my granddaughter describing some of her personality.  I added a couple of die cuts of butterflies from my Cricut Cartridge New Arrival and just added glitter glue in turquoise to match.  I used paper that I've had in my stash.  That's another challenge I have with myself is to use what I have in my stash before buying.  Good luck to me on that. Lol.

This Challenge is Week #5 -- Embellish a Floral Accent.  The challenge is to take a flower accent and add something to it.  My flower is a Die Cut from Cricut Accent Essentials.  I used Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks in Wild Plum, Stream and Silver and created the coloring.  The flower just had a flat look so I used Copic Marker B05 Process Blue to outline the edges and the flower gain ed a more dimensional appearance. Then I took a pink button and tied center with floss in turquoise. 

I'm quite pleased with how my pages turned out.  Using the book 52 Scrapbooking Challenges has certainly got my creativity flowing.  My scrapbooking style is still "Clean" but that is what works for me. 

I think my next project will be one of these --
Challenge #2 -- Focus on One Photo 
Challenge #3 - Customize a Ribbon Border
Challenge # 4 -- Make My Own: Chipboard Accents

My mind is already getting in gear to get started. Gotta go now & start scrapping.