January 2020 : SOS Sketch challenge

The sketch based challenge can be found here. It required the use of chevron patterned paper and something gold. I didn't have any chevron paper, so I turned to Google search and found this easy to follow video by Andrea.

To make the chevron: using a strip of paper, I folded it in half twice, then cut at a slant to make relatively even sized pieces of paper

Open your paper to reveal the chevron. Use plenty of glue and tack it down to your paper. 

I included hearts with gold on it and had to use the little shiba die cut that my friend sent me as a souvineer from Japan. It just fit perfectly. It's a good feeling when I can use alpha negatives and packaging (the paw prints) to throw less into the landfill. 

January 2020 SOS Challenge "Bingo"

This month, SOS has creative a bingo card where you pick a row and try to incorporate those elements into your page. I used the far right vertical row which is stitching (asterisk), chipboard (striped frame, matte @ symbols), sticker (Sparkly orange @ symbol), a punch (heart in the photo), and bling (my oldest stash piece, another San Diego Scrapbook Expo splurge that has been probably sitting there for....10 years?! luckily the adhesive is still good!)

This page is a companion to the one I made for SOS November Challenge. I may add a journaling tag later hat explains the context of these photos as well, but they aren't necessarily the "rough spots" as last time. More just with goals that I had at the time- like going on hikes once a week, traveling to a new city because of a concert, and spending time with my parents.  Or how my dad has a balancing pose he tries to do when we travel and now I have one too.

I also got inspiration from Bea Valint, "Good Times" layout with American Crafts for the half circle shape and I did pie slices instead of the tile look.