【12×12】 White with 1 / Deep and pastel purple

It’s my first time to participate in the challenge organized by White with 1.The topic of August is to use the following sketch to create a layout with a focus on deep and pastel purple. I seldom use purple on my layout, but I still found out enough purple supplies to create a layout for this challenge. I chose to use buttons, masking tapes, purple cardstock, thickers and a collection of purple die cuts. As to the photos, I chose my white and black wedding photos to add some “white” on the layout. I aimed at finishing this layout during my son’s nap time. I hence decided to simplify my process to focus on papers instead of using mixed media. …

【12×12】Challenge YOUrself / Paris

The first Scrapbooking layout in August is for Challenge YOUrself’s Steampunk themed layout challenge. It is actually a July challenge but the deadline is on August 4th. I was very confused about this topic at first because I didn’t know anything about Steampunk. After reading the explanation on Wikipedia and seeing some related pictures via Google’s images search, I have a better idea about this culture. However, I was still hesitated and was not sure if I wanted to participate in this challenge as I am not a fan about Steampunk, which is kind of weird to me. Steampunk objects remind me that I actually have a set of stamps that is close to the style, but I didn’t use …