Scrapping Last Night

Last night I joined a friend of mine at a scrapping night. She has a friend who is a Creative Memories consultant that organizes these outings once a month. And since I didn't scrap in December and don't have plans to go until Super Bowl Sunday I decided to join her.

While it was nice I found myself at a loss. I didn't take my mini sewing machine or my Wishblade. Or my ribbons... OK, I left quite a bit of stuff at home. So I got a few pages "designed" but not completed. Here are the three that are done. (You can click the photos for a larger view.)

Mostly.

This one is complete. These are Brenna's photos from October 06. I used regular chipboard, painted it red and sprinkled it with clear sparkles. The quote in the center is a rub on. The final word is "star" so I traced a star around the quote, cut it out and lined the edge with red for distinction.

I'm not sure this one is done. I feel like it still needs something. Maybe ribbon. The upper corners are rub ons. I love overlapping rub ons onto photos. The bottom is a scalloped paper and prima flowers bunched together with crystals added.

This one I am very proud of. My nephew Ethan is the star of this spread. I used a dark blue background and pieced in paper that coordinates, leaving a bit between for the blue to peek through. It created a really nice layered look. The circles are a round punch from circle patterned paper. The letters and numbers are a combination of rub ons and stickers. (No, I didn't think of this. I saw it somewhere and thought it would work perfectly for these photos. And it did.)
I had a good time but really missed some of my tools. But it is easier to not take so much stuff for a short crop. And without an entire store at my disposal I was at a loss for inspiration. So I was forced to use what I had on hand, which saved me money, and I have pages that are close to done, so it was worth it. And I only spent $5- the cost of "admission".