Documenting Feburary with Challenges

There were so many challenges released last week for NSD that it was difficult to decide which ones to work on & find time to do them. Shimelle hosted several on her blog and there were more at 2Peas & Studio Calico so I have incorporated some into my Document 2011 layouts for February.

Shimelle's first challenge was to use patterned paper instead of cardstock for the background which I have done for both my 12x12 layouts & all my minis. The Sweet Valentine page is also inspired by this sketch at 2Peas. The Evolution of a Shoe Design page is about one of my projects for university. The layout was inspired by this magazine page. I chalked the little blue boxes to add some colour, it's ages since I used chalk! When I first started scrapbooking back in 2003 I used it all the time & it's actually really useful to add some interest to journaling or stamped images so perhaps I should use it more often in future.

Know that the Glee mini is going to be Seonaid's fave of this post, we really need to get together for a sing song on the wii. I came up with the border of folded circles after seeing something similar that Lisa Toronto did.

I made this little embellishment cluster from scraps for another of Shimelle's challenges. The title was pieced together too as I got to the end of the word February and realised I didn't have any Ys left. To solve the problem I stuck a V on top of a J.

I often use triangles in design as they work well tying things together and give balance to the overall composition. This mini layout features a triangle of pink and I've done the same on previous projects with green, purple & cerise.

There's a story behind why I took photos at the museum back in February. We were meant to spend the afternoon sketching exhibits but there was a blizzard outside & I was worried about getting home as there was quite a good chance my buses would be cancelled again (experienced that a few times over the winter). Instead of sketching I took a few quick snaps & worked with them from home to do my drawings. I know it's not as good as seeing things in real life but I didn't fancy being stranded in town, so that's why one of my mini layouts features photos of my favourite exhibits. I love sandstone so it's not surprising that nearly everything I took photos of was made of sandstone & it featured a lot in my own design.