nsd.

today is national scrapbooking day, so i decided to take a break from school stuff to participate in a couple challenges over at studio calico.

these two layouts came together very fast, each one took me less than two hours to complete. i decided to just sort of go with whatever came to me, and not fight it or try to make things look a certain way. i'm happy with the results.

this layout was a combination of the "embrace white space" and "music" challenges given by the two tinas. i took that mini polaroid shot this morning. i think the film in my camera is bad, but i just went with it. :]
i'm also excited that i finally figured out a way to use that dotted swiss cardstock from bazzill. when i first saw it, i thought it would be my new favorite cardstock, but it turned out to be a struggle for me to use. i always found myself wishing that the core was white so that you could sand it and get that cool distressed look. well. today i decided to sew that teal paper over it, and messed up a little bit bit with my sewing. so i decided to use sand paper to give the sewing the intentionally messed up look, and when i sanded on the teal paper, i quickly realized that the dots were showing up. i'm definitely going to try this technique again.


this one is for the "use three different patterned papers", "hand stitch", and "use ledger paper" challenges. i just realized that it sort of fits the "use cute animals" challenge too. :] the photo is one that amanda mailed to me back in december. i put in with the rest of printed photos that i might one day scrap. today was its lucky day. ha. every time i hand stitch, i'm reminded of why i hate hand stitching. my thumb is still sore. not sure why i thought it would be a good idea to sew through ribbon that was adhered with glue dots, but i ruined my needle. ah well.

tonight, i'm going over to a friend's house for some more crafty time. i need to work on some atcs for a swap, so i think that will be a good project for tonight.

james is playing softball all day. his company is participating in some type of tournament where different local businesses compete in various sports. he called me a while ago to let me know that they are winning their games. he was pretty excited. ha. so i don't imagine he will be home for a while.
eta: they won the championship. :]

otherwise, this weekend will just entail me getting ready for two exams next week. not very fun, so i'm happy to be enjoying today with some scrapbooking.

hope you are all having a fabulous weekend. :]