July Simple Scrapper Layouts: Sunshine

Rather appropriately for the month of July, the theme at Simple Scrapper is Sunshine. This can be interpreted in lots of different ways. 

This first layout i did using the story starters is about how my energy returns in the summer. Suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, i literally feel like i'm solar powered. i've used yellow to represent the summer months but also included the grey colour to reflect how i feel during the winter. 

My next layout is about a friend who has a sunshiny personality. i got a bit carried away when designing this layout and forgot to leave space for journaling so it ended up going on a tag and being tucked behind the photo. i used some of my Ali Edwards Story Stamps on this one. And there's those enamel hearts again :) 

Photo by Peppermint Love Photography

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April at Simple Scrapper

March was kind of busy for me, i started a new job and had to take a business trip abroad. So i didn't get to dig deep into the Story Starters like i usually do. In fact, i didn't get much scrapbooking done at all! The theme at Simple Scrapper this month is beliefs. Jennifer did a really good job to offer some well rounded prompts in order to cater for everyone, they are not all centered around religion and cover some much broader topics. You can play along with this month's story starter challenge here. Create a layout on this month's theme and submit it for a chance to win a 3-month Simple Scrapper membership pass. Be sure to check out what is going on at Simple Scrapper this month. Now onto my layouts...

i decided to keep my journalling hidden on this layout. It talks about some of my core beliefs, which covers serious stuff like my political beliefs and how i think we should all be looking after the planet, and some of my more spiritual beliefs. i would love to have some gold doilies in my stash, but they are so pricey! So i inked a white doily with a gold ink pad. It took a while to dry, but i think it turned out ok.

You will see a couple of common features on my SS layouts this month, stamping and gold! i am currently obsessed with both. Particularly word stamps, can't get enough of them. To get the alignment right on this layout i used a ruler and pencil to mark out where to stamp. 

This last one came together really quickly, that's why i love sketches so much! 

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