Shimelle's First Challenge

Shimelle's Scrapbooking Weekend is underway, and I was immediately inspired this morning by the first challenge to take inspiration from a scrapbook page by Jaime Warren. I loved the bright background and scattered embellishments.

I spent yesterday sorting through and organizing some of Grandma's old photos (more on that project in the next few weeks), so I've naturally been thinking about and missing my Grandma. I thumbed through my childhood photos storage binder and pulled an old Polaroid photo of the two of us for this layout. I grabbed a bright piece of patterned paper and lots of embellishments, then set to work.

It was fun to use a bunch of miscellaneous bits & pieces on this layout.

I'm hoping to participate throughout the weekend in Shimelle's Scrapbooking Weekend, so you may be seeing several posts. Are you joining in the fun?

I want to end by answering a couple of questions from the comments on my 28 Sketches - the first three post from yesterday. *Orange Jello Salad is a dessert dish - the recipe is here. *I am finding the sketches in 28 Sketches inspiring, however they are very simple compared to many that I've worked with. What I'm enjoying most is the feeling that my scrapping skills have improved and I can add to and modify the sketch to work with my photos and story. *I am still undecided about taking Ali's 31 Days workshop, mainly because I have a terribly busy schedule during those weeks. Of course, I still have a few weeks before I have to make my mind up, so you just might "see" me there.