This page …

Okay, not this page, but the journey to this page. It was long and windy and filled with heart-shaped sequins (as is my garbage can now). The weekly challenge over at shimelle.com is scrapbook with hearts. Somehow, that was hard for me. I had a few ideas, but none really worked. I painted an entire piece of white cardstock with matte medium and sprinkled heart confetti all over it. I figured it would make a fun background for a black and white photo. It probably would have, except I decided to adhere white mesh over the top and then I decided to cut it into a shape … I was going nowhere fast.

I tossed the white cardstock, tossed the sequins and looked for a different, more *me* way to add hearts. An old stencil and white gesso feels more like me than glittery red mini hearts. 🙂 I created a background with text washi tape, added the stencilled hearts and a small stencilled title. I didn’t need any journaling space, since this photo is in my December Daily. For this page, I really just wanted the big photo. Once I realized I had zero patterned paper on the page, I wanted to keep that going. A red photo mat broke up the monochromatic scheme and made some red spritzes and splatters feel more at home.

The moral of this scrapbook story? Do not try to scrap like someone else. Do you.

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Cher

Scrapbooker + Story teller + Historian = Scrapstorian. Are you a Scrapstorian?