Scrapbooking Fever

 Lately I've been trying to go through my box of ticket stubs and other mementos to try and scrapbook them.  This is the playbill and ticket from when one of my dad's coworkers gave me tickets to a musical.  I used them to go on a first date and while the date wasn't all that exciting the musical sure was!

I tried to keep a fun disco-esque theme with the page since that was what the musical was focused around.  I also got to use a lot of sparkle and sequins which is right up my alley.

Identifiable Elements:

• Music notes - Jolee's Boutique

Slowly Coming Back

I've been making big life changes again, and as per usual, I fell behind on the blog again.

I used this page as an excuse to use up a lot of scrap paper that I had stashed away and I really like how it turned out.  I think I'm just about out of all of my "I Love Family" papers by Echo Park and while I'll be a bit sad to see them go, it's definitely time for something new.  I was able to use a lot of elements that I wouldn't have usually put together as well.

I'm very proud of myself for how far I've come with pattern mixing.  It wasn't long ago that I would've never mixed together the patterned papers AND patterned border stickers.

I'm having fun getting back into it and since I'm staying with my mother for a while I've got even more fun stuff to play around with.

I'm going to try and start posting on here more regularly again, but I've learned that I shouldn't really being making that promise at this point so don't hold me to it.

Identifiable Elements:

• Sequins- Mixed Sequins by Advantus Corp.
• Background borders- Adhesive Borders by K & Company
• Patterned paper scraps- "I Love Family" collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

Down With The Thickness

This was an attempt for me to use the massive silver flowers on this page.  I ordered these online and they did not look as huge and dimensional as they actually are.  They are about an inch thick and I thought I would never actually use them.

I'm very surprised that I was able to make them work with the page aesthetically and equally surprised that I was able to physically secure them to the paper.  

I'd like to say that I've learned my lesson about blindly purchasing things online but I know in my heart that I haven't.

Hopefully next time I won't end up with such a surprise but at least this one made for a decent page!

Identifiable Elements:

• Background paper- "Push Me Pull You" by Studio Calico
• Brown dots- Enamel Dots by We R Memory Keepers
• Silver flowers- Sunrise Sunset Collection by Prima Flowers
• Background swirls- Adhesive Borders by K & Company
• Sequins- Mixed Sequins by Advantus Corp.