From the Grocery Store

Sometimes inspiration and materials come from strange places. I had to do my weekly shopping and ended up with a few inexpensive items to scrap with: some linen towels, a flyswatter and some plate liners. Sounds weird, I know. The texture of the towels is a nice rough linen and they are perfect to dye or stamp on. The fly swatter shall make a wonderful, yet funky mask as will the plate liners. Play time will have to wait though. I am off to make dinner. Meanwhile, keep your eyes peeled the next time you hit your local grocery store.

The Surprise Revealed

So, you remember earlier today how I mentioned a surprise. Well, I was invited to join the Creative Team for Get It Scrapped! I am super excited about this as I have been a member there since 2010. I really enjoy the Masterful Scrapbook Design classes and have learned so much from Debbie Hodge and Amy Kingsford. I am feeling a bit intimidated but at the same time, I really am looking forward to growing as a scrapbooker. I hope you will pop over and check out all the great content.

It's Friday

My Hubby has a long weekend and I have been looking forward to this. It sure did not start out as I had intended. I ended up at the doctor this morning. It's a sinus infection. YUCK. Anyway, I guess that means me hanging out in my craft space.

What I am up to:
-Working on assignments for SNR magazine
-something that is a surprise and will be revealed soon.
-Checking out my archived classes. ( note to self: finish class before you start another.) I have decided to start with Scrapbook Page layering over at get it Scrapped. I also have some recordings from masterful Scrapbook design to catch up on.

I am excited about:
- the surprise mentioned above
-May Flaum is starting camp scrap soon. The best part: It's with May. It' has techniques. it's free. oh...and it's with May! I really admire May Flaum's work. I just finished Curious Scrapbooker's field guide and was sad to see that end. So this should fit the bill nicely.

Before I head off to rest and enjoy the weekend, I thought I would leave you with a page I made during LOAD512. I was pleasantly surprised to see it featured over at Scraphappy.

Patterned paper: October afternoon; stencil: crafter's workshop;
 badge and paper strip: American Crafts; Die Cut: Making memories
Chipboard: Maya road and Crate Paper

It's one of those pages in which I sort of took a risk. The pages is based off the inspiration provided at Scraphappy. I used white acrylic paint and a stencil in an attempt to tone down the busy pattern. Simple themed accents added to the story and made for a quick page.

So this weekend, challenge yourself to take a risk. Use a sheet of patterned paper as your base and build your page from there. Have a nice weekend!