On a Roll! Challenge Me Happy

Since I had so much fun with my first paper layout, I decided to dive right in and make another. Since I love challenges (they give me motivation and help me focus), I found this one at Challenge Me Happy to inspire me:

 

 

 

 

 Supplies of note: I really mixed new and old and messy and neat on this one, I guess.  Arrows and  Die Cut ephemera from Pink Paislee, washi tape by Freckled Fawn, flowers by Kaisercraft and some die cut from a Sizzix die, (misted using Heidi Swapp color shine and others), cloud die cuts from Paper Issues. I also used gesso, black paint, puchinella as a stencil, a bottle cap as a circle stamp, and a vintage doily! It belonged to my grandmother, who was an avid crafter herself.

Hope you like it!

My First Paper Layout...

...in several years. I used to do traditional scrapbooking back in 2004-2007 or so. I made a whole wedding album, scrapped several friends' weddings, my (at the time) baby niece and some trips that we went on. Then, I discovered the world of digital scrapbooking. At that time in my life, it was perfect for at least two reasons:

 A) It was cheap. My whole first year of digiscrapping, I spent a total of $15.  Being poor grad students meant that we had to pinch pennies. To this day, I still use GIMP because I was too cheap to shell out money for Elements.

B) We had absolutely no extra room in our apartment for anything. Our apartment was tiny, about 450sqft, and we had no room to store stuff or to set up a craft area.


Well, fast forward about 5 years, to now, and my husband and I both have jobs and we can afford craft supplies. We just bought a nice size house and I have a whole craft room!

So, I figure it is time to get back to my roots! I still love digiscrap, but it was definitely fun to get back to making a paper layout.

However, my style has certainly changed since 2005! Here are some paper layouts from back then I was pretty proud of:

Now, I think these layouts are fine, but looking at them now, they just look so empty! When it comes to my digiscrap style now, I am definitely not a clean-and-simple type. And with art journaling / mixed media, I have gotten used to piling on the layers.

So, here is a look at my first paper layout in 5 years:

This is a scraplift of a layout from amusing-to-create.
Supplies of note: Heidi Swapp color shine (silver/grey) and SEI Tumble dye (pink and yellow), "remember" banner from Pink Paislee, washi tape by Smash/K&Co and also some by Queen and Co. Most everything else was from my stash of random stuff, so I'm not sure who the manufacturers are.

Thanks for looking!

Play Date Cafe Challenge #156

Well, the beginning of this week certainly was eventful! We lost power sometime Monday night and I had to get ready for work in the dark Tuesday morning. With the way people were talking, it sounded like we wouldn't have power back for awhile, but by the time I got home from work, power had been restored, yay!

Unfortunately, many of my family members weren't so lucky, and they are still without power. But, I suppose it could be worse...at least they didn't get any flooding or permanent damage (except to their frozen food :/ )

Anyways, the color story this week is all about neutrals and fall colors!

I decided to make a tag:

 

I really struggle sometimes with tags but I absolutely love how this one turned out. It looks like I am getting better at making them!

Our sponsor this week is DRS Designs. They have a really wide range of rubber stamps! They were quite generous and sent me the the interlocking circles background and  butterfly stamp I used in my project! I will definitely be using these again!

Other supplies: DCWV paper, book paper, corrugated cardboard, punchinella, acrylic paint, ribbon, yarn, die cut flower by Sizzix, and the words are cut out from a book. The little date tag is from Tim Holtz. The white flower is from Paper Bliss.

Thanks for looking! As always, for challenge and prize information, visit The Play Date Cafe. We can't wait to see your creations!