Colour Q 127 and Mojo Monday 231

Well, I was too late to be able to submit this for Colour Q 127, but I played along with the color palette anyway! 

This card was fun to create because it forced me out of my comfort zone - these are definitely not colors that I naturally would gravitate toward, but whatever!

I had some fun paper from an old 6x6 paper stack that used these colors and I was able to finally use it, as well as (you guessed it) other old scraps and papers from my scrap collection.  I also used my sewing machine to add some interest.

 

Supplies: Shapes cut with my Big Shot; Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals Large and Classic Ovals Large sets; Spellbinder Labels 4; butterfly punches from Martha Stewart; stamp from Stampin' Up; Ink from A|Muse Studio; misc brads.

See below for the details on the two challenges: 

 

 

Holiday Card

This is pretty late, but I wanted to share the design I used for my Holiday Card this year:

My goals were: 1) use Kraft paper, and 2) make something quick/repeatable.  Nothing could have been easier than this car - I heat embossed the stamped Merry Christmas image in shiny silver, then used some Kraft punched borders (Martha Stewart and EK Success).  I used A|Muse Studio silver Washi tape to continue the silver theme, and finished it off with some very natural twine.

I hope your holidays were bright, and I wish everyone a safe and happy 2012!

Photophobia

OK, so it may not be an official medical term (at least the way I define it) but Photophobia is a very real part of my life!  At least, that's what my stack of old personal photos is telling me...

When I started to put together what I trend I had of pictures featuring me either completely ruining or somehow ducking out of the frame, I couldn't help but take a little jab at my own tendencies.  I left room in a few places for journaling, or to insert a pull-out journaling form.

I have to admit... capturing this innate fear of mine in my scrapbook did cause me to stop and wonder: why am I the way I am?  Will I always be like this?  Should I make a concerted effort to change?  Or do I keep on keepin' on, trusting that the way I act is exactly the way I should...  Our motto for the weekend of my last retreat centered on the idea that every past memory or experience is "all part of the story."  So I guess even Photophobia gets a layout...

This page features some fun stuff - the rosette was created using vellum and Tim Holtz' Rosette Sizzix die, lace, and paper scraps; journaling block at bottom right is also a Tim Holtz die cut; orange ribbon is A|Muse Studio satin basics ribbon; title lettering is cut with Cricut; butterfly punches are Martha Stewart.