Paint the Edge of the Page

Some weeks I know I'm not going to have too much time to scrapbook - and this week was one of those - so I thought I'd be really keen and get a page done on Monday. I had a photo of my nephew meeting Gunnersaurus, the Arsenal FC mascot, and one sheet of paper picked out, so I thought that was a good starting point. Layout done, I decided it really needed a border, so merrily cut down the background paper before realising that a white background was just too wishy-washy, and I didn't have any cardstock the right shade of dark blue - so the layout stayed on my desk.

On Tuesday, Shimelle posted this week's challenge, which is to paint the edge of the page - and there was my answer! Up came the background paper and out came my watercolours to paint the edge of the white cardstock. A couple of minutes later, I have a page I'm much happier with!

The background paper is Stars & stripes from the Amy Tangerine Better Together collection by American Crafts and the other papers are from 6 x 6 paper pads - the Fancy Pants Designs Down By the Shore collection and Simple Stories' A Charmed Life, which was still on my desk from last week! The puffy stickers are from the Attwell collection by Fancy Pants Designs, and a few wood veneer and enamel stars finished the page.

It would never have occurred to me to paint the border on to the white cardstock (if I hadn't already cut down the background paper, I could have painted directly on to it), if it hadn't been for the challenge, but I'm really pleased with the result, so I'd definitely encourage you to give it a go!