some scrapbooking

i feel like i've had some serious creators block lately. A couple of weeks ago, I got had a big box show up on my doorstep full of scrapbooking supplies that had been leftovers from when Heidi packed up her scrapbooking room for China. I have come into my scrapbook room a number of times to play with all my new supplies and I've accomplished nothing besides making a mess without anything to show for it. So finally I had some creative flow this afternoon and I made this page:

I really like how this page turned out. I am all out of photo paper, so I used one of heidi's tips from this month and just printed the photos out on regular printer paper and adhered the photos to chipboard to give them more structure. This one actually came together pretty easily... you probably can't read the journaling, but it talks about how usually around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, aspen and I start getting a little stir crazy from being inside all day. So this is usually when we head up to the park for some fresh air, to burn some cooped up energy and kill some time before Clark gets home. While i love this time of year and how it's cooling down.. I hate the thoughts of it getting too cold to go outside and play at the park. So we're enjoying it as much as we can while this pleasant weeather lasts.

i made this layout back in September right after I got home from Creative Escape. This layout uses some of the techniques heidi used in her class and I was really excited to give it a try. Her project was similar, only it was done on canvas... really cool. I haven't recieved her class kit yet, but when I do I'll do the project and post it because it's really awesome. anyhow, I still wanted to use the masks and distressinng ink, so I just did it on cardstock instead and it was fun. i was more just playing around, but it came together.

This Layout was the art challenge for October in heidi's BPS class. It was all about time and we were supposed to choose a photo that reminded us of a specific time and reminds us how much time has passed. I chose this photo because it's one that was taken when we were having our engagement photos taken. I thought it was appropriate for October since it's the month we were engaged... SEVEN years ago... talk about a reminder of how fast time goes by. The different journaling spots were specified to journal in one spot about what we remember about that day... I can remember being so excited about being engaged, having a lot of fun planning our wedding and feeling like it would never actaully happen. the other journaling spot was to talk about how this photo makes us feel now after time has gone by. I look at it now and see how young we were... though we thought we were so old and mature, ha ha, little did we know about anything. We really have gone through a lot together in our quick seven years and while I think we've figured some things out... I think more than anything I realize how much we still have to learn and figure out about life and each other.