Trying something new..

Hello sweet people!

One of my secrets is that I adore art journaling and always envy the persons who are so good at it. I bought paints, pens, special stamps, inks etc to start art journaling but I never had the courage or thought I was good enough.. Thinking of what kind of layout I wanted to make for the scrap yourself blog made me think of this little secret of mine. Yesterday night I just wanted to get messy with paint so I tried my hand at doing a page.

I bought the Pink Paislee parisian album and some refills and I just want to make the jump into doing a combination of scrapbooking and art journaling. Why not? Can I make mistakes? sure! Will that matter? no way.. so I challenge you to just take a jump at whatever you have as a little secret and just do it!!

Here is the 5x7 art journal layout I created using the art supplies I bought for art journaling.

It includes some Basic Grey paper from the basics collection, MME lost and found sticker, Tim holtz stamps, October afternoon seaside paper and a Echo Park pink heart. I also had to include some Studio Calico sunshine misting and some Ranger stickles!

It might not be as artsy as some of the art journaling out there, but I learned there is no right or wrong and.. well I totally like it.. so it makes me happy. Thats the point right?!

Now go think of a little secret and take a chance at it! 

Happy creating!

xo Danielle

Smell the flowers

Thats right! You've got to smell the flowers!!

Flowers is my first subject at the scrap yourself blog. A perfect place to get inspiration to scrap about YOU! Because YOU are important too! YES! 

You may notice that I scrap a lot about myself, while I still have two children. One is that my husband is not very into publishing photos online from them.. a bit protective I guess, but ofcourse I accept his thoughts and feelings (although I will sneak one in once in a while LOL).. another factor is that I DO love to scrap about myself. Not only because I am important too, but to self reflect, to learn, to accept. 

They don't have to be all deep and meaningful, they can be about everyday life and still be treasured in further generations! I know I would LOVE to have a scrap album about my mom or grandma.. how fun would that be?! So I just assume that my kids, grandkids and further generations would love to read and get to know me through my own words, thoughts, feelings and art.

Here is my layout:

I used the gorgeous chipboard from Basic Grey's Curio collection available at yourscrapbookstash.com for a REALLY great price with 25% off!!! They have the perfect price for everything, really.. and there is always some brand at sale! Go check the blog for announcements and special coupons!

They also have a DT spot left!!! So if you're from the US or Canada, go grab your chance! Erica is the sweetest to work with and she selects the prettiest things!

Good luck and happy creating!

xo Danielle

Scrap Yourself

YAY!! I am finally allowed to tell you all about a little secret I've been having.... 

I'm on the Scrap Yourself Design Team!!

I am so happy to be creating along all the new amazing talented ladies over there!! you can see the announcement HERE. A very special thanks to Chalese for inviting me on the team, I absolutely love it! I love to scrap  my own life and thoughts so this will be a incredibly fun journey! 

And to start this journey here is the layout I submitted to the Scrap Yourself DT call

Hope to inspire you to scrap not only kids, pets, husbands, friends and surroundings, but also YOU! because we can tell a very important story to all of them who love us.

Happy creating!

Danielle