Stamp a Frame

Apologies for being MIA for a couple of weeks - life kind of got in the way. However, I'm back with this week's challenge on Shimelle's blog to stamp a frame.

As my photo was of a chess tournament, I wanted to stamp a chess-board looking frame - but didn't really have a suitable stamp - and then I found an old checked border stamp (I've had it for ages and the packaging's long gone, so no idea where it came from, unfortunately) which, when stamped several times, kind of gave the idea of a chess board (well, it did to me!). I used this as the background layer on my cardstock before layering on the papers and photo.

The papers and chipboard embellishments are from the It's a Charmed Life collection from Simple Stories. There are a few enamel stars from the Shimelle collection from American Crafts and the alphas, washi tape, and small black enamel dots are from my stash.

Scrapbook with Arrows

This week's challenge on Shimelle's blog is to scrapbook with arrows. When thinking about the challenge, I realised that I actually use arrows quite a bit - probably because I love scrapbooking holidays and days out!

This page focusses on something slightly different, but the arrows are definitely still relevant. When I visited my parents last year, my nephew was staying with them too, so plenty of photo opportunities! My dad had fixed up my brother's old bike so that he and my nephew could go out for a cycle ride. Seeing him on the bike really reminded me of my brother (his dad).

All of the papers and most of the embellishments are from the Simple Stories Life Documented collection. The coloured arrows are from Simple Stories A Charmed Life chipboard stickers, and the plain chipboard arrow was from my stash. I was tempted to colour the plain chipboard, but I was convinced to leave it as it was.