I'm working on a 4th right now, a more boyish-themed one since that's really my area. These 3 were mostly inspired by embellishments I've been hoarding. I tried my best to co-ordinate the papers and keep to one page per company per kit. Sort of a personal challenge since it's so easy to use all papers from the same line.
So I finished up the last few albums from Buffalo, and have made some serious headway on my Florida album. My new scrapping goal for the summer is to do more pages just for fun, as opposed to just for a challenge I've created, or to use up pictures I'm stuck on. Well, okay, this isn't really a new goal. I guess it's always a desire of mine. I guess what I'm saying is now that I'm caught up, I'm ready to go back to scrapping whatever I want whenever I feel so inspired.
I've also been pondering the idea of submitting pages, and whether it's something I'm going to continue doing. In one class at CKC, the teacher confirmed that how recent your products are does matter when submitting. Last year's stuff would "probably" be ok, but anything older and magazines won't really be interested, since they want to showcase the newer items. Considering it is a business with products to sell, it makes sense, but I have to admit I was a little disappointed. I could care less what year my stuff was created, as long as it goes with my pictures. I've never once made the decision to use one product over the other based on which one was newer, it's all about what goes best with my creative vision. However I can accept that magazines do have certain objectives, and that's fine. I just don't plan to make any changes to my scrap habits in order to conform to their rules. I don't throw out last year's clothes when the new spring fashions come out, neither will I stop using Chameleon alphas and Basic Grey Blitzen paper because they came out 3 years ago. I just won't submit those pages.
On a slightly related note, I have decided to try something new on my blog. Just like everyone, I love patterned paper, but there are a few lines that just really do it for me. So I've decided to celebrate those lines by showcasing all the things I've done with them in my blog. This week I wanna start with what has been my favourite since I first saw it over a year ago: Cosmo Cricket Halfway Cafe. It goes with my picture like my son goes with cars. In fact, all the papers in this boyish line are named after cities from the song Route 66. Which, of course, my son adores thanks to Disney/Pixar.
Scraplifted from a SUV ad:
My son's first sarcastic comment:
Little known Antonio facts:
Did I mention this paper is totally Antonio?
A Christmas present for my dad:
Here's my latest one:
