I’ve always considered myself to be a “traditional scrapbooker.” Sure I’ve made picture frames and even a clock, but I tend to stay within the confines of my comfortable little box. As I was organizing my craft space this weekend and finding space to display a few projects, I realized that I’ve been stretching the walls of that box a bit over the past few months and wanted to share the fun I’ve had doing so.
Last year, I was encouraged by Sarabeth to try my hand at ATCs in a challenge she hosted. My assignment was to create an “E” card that, once put together with the other ATCs, would spell out “BELIEVE.” The word made me think of one of my favorite Broadway songs, “Defying Gravity,” so I cut out the E from a sheet of the repeatedly typed phrase “Defy gravity.” Inspired by the musical further, I used a glittery green background and attempted to make the E look like it was defying gravity itself. My plan is to frame the ATCs so that I can 1) have a pretty reminder to always believe and 2) remember how much fun it can be to craft outside my comfort zone.
Inspired for years by
Kristen’s fall journal, I finally tackled one of my own last year. The outlandish-for-me thing about it? It’s – *gasp!* an acrylic album, the edges of which I “painted” with a stamp pad. I really love the way it came out… if only I would finish it before this fall!
A surprise to myself, I broke out the modge podge and acrylic paint to pretty up the American Crafts album that houses my Project Life.
And perhaps most shocking of all is my decision this weekend to make a no-album scrapbook. Wanting to keep track of the items on my bucket list that I wind up doing, I decided to forgo the traditional album and use an actual bucket to store chipboard LOs about my bucket-list adventures.
Though I’ll probably always lean more toward the traditional side of the arts & crafts world, it was fun for me to see that I can craft outside the box when inspired.
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Cheryl started her blogging and freelance writing career in 2008. She has written articles for several blogs and websites, including 24/Savvy and InterfaithFamily.com. Shortly after moving back to the South, she turned her love of content writing and social media into a career in communications, currently serving as the Community Relations Director for a local non-profit. Prior to this career change, she enjoyed 10 years in education, both in the classroom and as a curriculum developer. When she isn't in front of her computer or cleaning up after her toddler, Cheryl can be found curled up with a book and a bowl of ice cream, or attempting to be artsy. Check out the Glantz'd Elsewhere page to see Cheryl's posts on local community blogs.
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Love what you did to the American Crafts album – and the whole “bucket list” idea is so cute!
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hey that's me you're talkin' about 🙂 glad i inspired you-want to make some more! i'm starting my group up again for some fun stuff in july! of course there will be some true blood/ twilight-ish themes lol!
keep up the good work my friend!
xo
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