Getting going...

I am just an ordinary home scrapper.  My scrapping usually went in fits and spirts as I would scrap at the dining room table.  This meant that when I felt like scrapping I would cart everything out from cupboards and storage to the table, scrap intensely for a day or two (as long as we didn't need the table), then pack it all up for another couple of months until I felt inspired enough to do it all again.  A couple of months ago, my frustration with this got me to the point of clearing a space behind one of our lounges, putting a table there and at last having a permanent place to have some scrapbooking stuff out.  It is not without hazards as I found out after my friend's 2.5 year old tipped all of my wood veneer over and distressed herself and a few other things with an ink pad...not as bad as it could have been!!!  It was time well spent with my 6 year old boy as we picked all the bits up and sorted them out together...chatting happily as we went.  He was kind enough to move the couch and sift through the dust bunnies under there for me :)

So here are the first few sketches and my pages to match with links back to Shimelle's page if you are interested :) Warning: I am a simple scrapper so there are no fancy techniques to see here!

 Sketch One

Sketch Two

Sketch Three

This one goes opposite the first one in my album so has matching stuff on it (just in case that wasn't obvious enough!!! lol).

Have fun scrapping
Cheers, Marie

How it all started...

I had been in a slump with my scrapbooking for a while. One day (in early 2014) I went on something called 'YouTube' and the slump got drastically effected in two ways.  Firstly my whole scrapbooking world opened up - products and people that I had never heard of, techniques that were both amazing and scary! Secondly, I spent way to much time on YouTube and the rabbit holes that it leads to rather than actually scrapbooking. I did really need to go to a help program for it!!  "Hello, my name is Marie and I have a YouTube problem!"

In my wanderings around the internet I came across Shimelle (if you don't know who she is, really your time here is wasted) and her alter-ego Glitter Girl...yes rather late to the party as it was only last year!  However I love that she mainly uses 4 x 6 photos and loves paper, although she can technique up a storm when she wants :)  

So in an attempt to actually get some pages done I have challenged myself to work my way through Shimelle's sketches and to keep some accountability, post the pictures here. My first page is one just inspired in general by Shimelle's style and not a specific sketch.  I did it about 2 months ago and it was actually the inspiration for this challenge. I had recently met Amy Tan and so I used mostly her products.

Have fun Scrapping,

Cheers, Marie