HAPPY

I don't know about you, but the sky is pretty grey over here. So i thought some pink flowers and a bluer than blue photo would do everyone some good. Especially me.

I did this layout as part of the NSD festivities. The challenge was to get inspired by a Garden Girl. And i chose the sweet and talented Wilna.  I picked a background, a piece of pretty paper i loved and a LOT of embellishment, which i assembled on a line. Not really my usual style but super fun to put together! I added some stitching a few days later because i felt like something was missing. And i think this extra blue is cute.

What do you think? Did you also tackle this challenge? What Garden Girl did you pick?

IS THIS HOGWARTS?

Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day, and let me tell you that i took that day very seriously! 

Lots of scrapping, lots of chatting, and lots of instagraming! I was following along on Two Peas, Studio Calico and Shimelle's, which mean that this first layout is a mix of a lot of different challenges: refer to your pins (aka i scraplifted a layout from my Pinterest), use 5 different patterned papers, embrace the power of three and use a 4x6 photo. To that i added a personal challenge of mine: get out of my comfort zone and use color i am not comfortable with: orange, green and kraft. Mix all that together, and you get... Is this Hogwarts? 

I kind of adore this new layout, because it has everything i love: pretty papers, glittery thickers, sewing (boy my fingers still hurt from all that sewing, at some point i even had to go through 5 layers to stitch... ), lots of layers and wood veneers <3. 

Here's a closer look at the details:

 So, did you guess who's the blogger/layout i scraplifted? Her layout is GORGEOUS, you can see it here, or you can try and guess in the comments ;)

 

NSD 2013

Happy scrapbooking day everyone!

Hope you are all having as much fun as i am right now!! And that you are scrapping, of course!!

There are a ton of challenges out there today, i am focusing on three blogs/websites:

Shimelle has lots of challenges up on her blog, with tons of pictures of her layouts + guest bloggers, not to mention some glitter girl/shimelle video. Awesome source of inspiration if you are looking for one

Two Peas, as every year has an awesome program. A Pinterest challenge, tons of scrappy challenges, chat with Garden Girls...

And finally Studio Calico, with nine super cool challenges, and a cool giveaway contest on their Instagram page, go check it out! 

As for me, i am dedicating this entire day to making layout, even though it is super sunny outside and i have a 30 pages report due in a week. It's all about Priorities ;)

I won't be posting my layout here right now, but i am instagraming like crazy as i work. My username is Alinor89 :)