Deb is Scrap Jacked

Scrolling through the Jacks this month I was immediately drawn to Deb's layout. The simplicity of it, the opportunity to scrap in a size I wouldn't normally tackle and the idea of scrapping a favorite toy. So, I had a tinker - changed it up a little - and here's my effort...

Lego

CJ has a renewed love of Lego lately... very complex and detailed Lego sculptures that often take days to complete. Sometimes he gets very frustrated by the directions and the intricate pieces, but he perseveres and the results are amazing.

While working on the layout I realised why I wouldn't normally scrap in this size. What would I do with it? To make it more workable for me I made a matching page to house my journalling and  turned it into a mini double spread.

I embellished simply with some buttons and chipboard arrows and stuck down some foam dots before I applied the gesso. When it dried I  removed them and the result was more little circles to carry through the lego block theme.

Thanks for looking!

Beth is scrapjacked

Playing at Scrap Jacked for the first time this month and Beth's layout really
took my fancy.

Fun

I have used some older supplies and tried to create a cutesy feel to my page, not my usual style, but I've gotta work with what I've got since my local scrapbook shop closed down earlier this year. The sun, flowers and title are cut out of some craft foam and I've made grass by fringing my paper. The Kaisercraft clouds have been painted white and very liberally sprinkled with fine glitter, I doodled a border around my patterned papers and  used my trusty Colorbok journal tags - again!

These photos were taken of Connor in the backyard of our old house. It was like a child's paradise with a swing set, cubby-house, lots of climbing trees, places to hide and flat spaces to ride bikes and scooters.

My journaling reads: Today you ran, you imagined, you played.

This could be any day in 2006. You make everything fun.