A Gift of Memories: Cell Hell

The gals over at Let's Scrap have a PageMaps sketch challenge going on this month. You know how I love PageMaps and this one with the circles really got my mojo working.

I rarely place things on an angle on my pages. I look at them and feel like the corner has dropped and needs to be propped up again ... much like a piece of art that's been dusted just enough to knock it off plumb. So, the angled photo mat for the large circle photo kinda threw me. But, I loved the concept of the circle photos ... and they created a nice little visual triangle ... well, I thought I'd give it a try.

Well, since the square thing had to be on an angle I thought I'd make it something more than just a square of paper. So, I cut an 8x8 chipboard frame and covered it with paper. Text was stamped onto a narrow Technique Tuesday chipboard square and then adhered to the face of the 8x8 frame. Well, it looked like a window to me, so a square of Hambly grid transparency was place behind the chipboard and then the whole thing was layered on my page using some pop-up tape. From there, I layered some paper and ribbon scraps then my circle photos, suggested in the sketch. Loved that.

The whole page was finished off by adding some journaling and a bunch of stuff ... :D

It was nice to be able to hang out in my jammies all day ... in my scraproom ... with House re-runs on my flatscreen. And, as always, it's fun to try new things and experiment with different looks and techniques! Speaking of Techniques ... if you're looking for a kick in YOUR scrapping mojo ... head on over to The Challenge Masters Blog then follow the links to their challenge boards. They've started a new website and the first challenges of the month .... Altered, Book of Me, Calendar, One Little Word, Stash, Technique and The Daily Grind challenges were posted this morning and there's sure to be something there to spark your creativity!