Have you ever had days where you want to create, but you are just completely uninspired? That's how I felt when I sat down with the sketch for this week's challenge on Shimelle's blog.
Last weekend we cleared out a lot of my craft room, moved out an old bookcase, which was struggling to cope with the weight of my scrapbooks, and a sideboard which never really offered the internal storage space I was looking for, and replaced them with new Kallax units from Ikea. Some of the stash we cleared out is still taking up space in my husband's office, waiting for me to sort it eiher in to its new location or decide that it really has to go but, for the most part, my room is much nicer and I was really looking forward to sitting and creating in it - and it just didn't happen!
My first problem with the sketch is that it suggests just one photo. I knew I could use two if I felt the need but, at heart, I'm very much a lots-of-photos scrapbooker and, rummaging through my stack of printed photos, I was struggling to find anything the sketch would work with, so I abandoned it and went and did something else!
Having slept on it for a couple of days, I had the start of a layout in my head, and knew which photo I wanted to use, but was still struggling with the circles, so I cut some strips of paper from the Shimelle True Stories collection, stuck them on a background from the Bella Blvd Color Chaos collection, added a photo, and then started experimenting with stamps and embossing to make circular embellishments - none of which really worked! I thought about embossing wood veneer to make them silver but didn't have anything which would make them glittery like the paper - and then I had a flash of inspiration - silver stickles! And it worked brilliantly!
From being such a struggle, I'm really pleased with the finished layout. I also love the puffy alphas from Freckled Fawn - they're very forgiving when you decide to move them!
Oh, and yes, that is Richard Gere in the photo!
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