Week 3 Challenge

It's now Week 3 of the Scrapper's Island Content organized by Two Scrapbook Friends. Karan Gerber created a new sketch for this week, and there were also some strict guidelines that we had to adhere to:

- all papers must be black and white
- photo must be black and white
- embellishments must be black and white
- must also include some stitching, either actual or faux (pen-stitching), on the layout

Here's the sketch that Karan created:



I could have sworn I had some black & white papers in my stash (my ever-growing, ever-expanding, totally chaotic stash of yummy papers I've been collecting for upwards of four years now), but when I went to look, I couldn't find any. I know I wasn't thinking totally clearly either as I've been sick for a few days with some icky sore throat and cold, so I might have missed some papers. I had some lovely black and cream papers, but wasn't sure if I could use them. I called up Two Scrapbook Friends, but they were pretty much sold out of most things as so many people from their forums had been in to pick up supplies for this challenge. Thankfully I found some nice papers at another local store, and had them put aside and hubby went to pick them up (I was still too sick to drive anywhere).

I used a really nice photo from my parents' wedding 50 years ago. They'd just celebrated their 50th anniversary last month, so it was nice to be able to do a page to honour their 50 years together.

I found the layout a bit of a challenge overall - I've never done something B&W before, and it was hard to find a good way to balance the papers and patterns. Overall I was pleased, but I still look at the layout and think of things I'd do different if I was to do it again. I won't find out until Thursday evening if I've made it onto the next round... so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I get enough votes!

Here's the finished product: