I'm No Superman
Well, clearly if it’s National Scrapbook Day, there should be scrapbooking. Even if I am constantly puzzled by the ‘national’ in the title, when it seems to have branched out a bit. Never mind! There are other worldwide events days today, but as I have no garden, I have not taken any part! (Go on. Ask Google. I will never own up to who told me!)
So I have done three scrapbooking related things, on this lovely NSD:
*replaced my black ink cartridge (i never have a spare. WHY? why do i never have a spare? i never learn. even today i only bought one.)
*made the layout above, from one of Ali’s everyday beauty challenges at her online NSD party (were there hats? and cupcakes? i think there should have been.)
*made the layout below as my little project a day.
But that also involved playing in photoshop, with Jessica’s nifty little montage tutorial. I need more practice. But I digitally altered something in some little way, which let’s face it, is a bit weird. For me, I mean. The last time I printed my journaling was in 2002. It’s a long story.
I will come clean now and admit: I have felt like the plague this week. You know, that totally modern plague called tonsillitis. Seriously, you can get this as a grown up? So not cool. BUT today marked a turning point involving standing up for more than five minutes AND leaving the house. I was so excited. Even if watching an entire series of Scrubs on DVD made me think being sick wasn’t so bad. So the one thing I have learned is that if you publically challenge yourself to do something every day, your body may very well have other plans. These two pages were my celebration. Simple, imperfect and just for fun. Which is okay sometimes too.
Okay, time to share the love. Make a layout with a heart somewhere in it—big and bold or small and hidden—and upload it somewhere this week. Post in the comments with a link to it. I have decks of heart shaped playing cards to send to six lucky scrapbookers somewhere in the world. Comment by 9pm London time on Friday the 11th.
xlovesx
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