Back to My Roots

Lately I've been in the mood for simpler and smaller scrapbook pages. In a way I feel like I have stepped back to creating layouts similar to my style when I first began all those years ago. Clean lines, less embellished, but still plenty of patterned paper, all on an 8-1/2"x11" canvas.

For this first layout, I played along with Scrap & Play and their tic-tac-toe challenge. I chose to use fiber, enamel dots, and chipboard. The photo is from a couple of weeks ago when the hubs and I took our anniversary pictures at the lake where our wedding photos were done. It's become a tradition for us, but I don't know what we'll do if we ever move out of the area.

I took my parents to the botanical garden last month and was able to snap this sweet photo of the two of them. The bow and the yellow chipboard letters are on pop dots to give the page some dimension, but with the bold patterns, I felt it didn't need anything more.

For both pages I used quite a few My Mind's Eye {Market Street} papers. When I first saw the collection, I really loved it, but then talked myself out of buying any. It kept calling to me so I decided I'd pick up just a little bit. I've found that I need to have a project in mind for the supplies I buy or else they just sit there, and that's no fun! :)