Worth a Read

I love Jane Austen; most summers I will re-read at least one of her books and my favourite of her five full novels is the book Persuasion.

I have been receiving a kit of embellishments and stamps each month from the States by Ali Edwards, and this month's kit was entitled 'Read'.

Once the kit arrived, I knew straight away that I wanted to make a page about my treasured book. I found a photo online that contained a heartfelt quote from the story and decided to use this as the focal point to my page.

I used a paper with glasses all over it, ideal for me as a bookworm, and I loved the fact that some were foiled in gold!  I cut some from the paper and added them to the embellishment clusters.

The title was made from the acrylic word that came with Ali's kit, along with a few stickers.  I scattered letter stickers, a few stamps and pieces of chipboard also from the kit, and finished the page with dimensional dots made using Tonic Nuvo Crystal drops.

If you have't tried Austens final novel, but are a lover of Pride and Prejudice, why not give it a try?

Heart Hogwarts

At the start of this year I decided to subscribe to a small kit of stamps and embellishments by Ali Edwards that comes along with video and pdf inspiration.  Every month, a little envelope of goodies lands on my doormat with a different theme.

January's theme was all about 'heart' in all its many guises. I decided to use the large acrylic word on this page about my children when we visited the Harry Potter studios just north of London.

 They loved the day out, we loved seeing how excited they all were and I loved this photo I caught of the three of them on Hogwart's bridge.
The page fit Ali's theme perfectly!
I used papers by Basic Grey and Shimelle's True Stories. One of the things I really liked about the kit was the sheet of little words in grey, I used them to add to my journalling, as well as around the page in places.

I decided to get the kit as all my scrapbooking magazines I had subscribed to had folded, so this is now my monthly scrapping treat.  Shame I had to send all the way to the US for it.