Most months I try to do Michelle Ward’s Crusade over at the GPP Street Team site. Crusade 41 is entitled Grid Lock – Michelle’s tips include a very cool way of marking out a grid on paper or in your journal. I decided to use this Crusade for a practical purpose. I have started dong a scrapbook of our recent trip to Dubai and Italy; I decided the album would be black and white cardstock only, with a little black and white patterned paper here and there. My favorite scrapbook shop sent me some lovely supplies but I hate cutting into “good” paper – silly I know. So, I have cut a sample of each piece of patterned paper and stuck it in the grids in my visual diary. Now the sheets are not “good” any more and I’ll get on and use them.
If you haven’t been to Michelle’s sites before, why not pop across and have a look? And if you lurk but don’t join in, why not grab some supplies and have a try. Then have a look at all the other entries this month, they’re sure to inspire you. Don’t forget to leave a comment everywhere you visit, you’re sure to make their day 🙂
Hi Cath,
I love the way you added photos to your paper squares! The black and white is a lovely, timeless theme.
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Cath – wonderful page! Love the patterns but I’m really drawn in by the images with that little bit of turquoise coming through on each. Bravo for saving a little bit of the papers for yourself so you can use up the remains for something else! I’m so behind – need to scroll back through your posts and find out about your trip to these amazing places! How cool! Thanks for sharing with the team!!
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I see a modern trend from graceful curves to straight lines and dots. Well done.
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Great way you used your papers, it makes a very interseting page, wonderful to look at!
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lovely! I agree with Michelle that the photos that have turqouise peeking out is quite splendid 🙂
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I just know about the new paper, new anything – paper, fabric, page ….. Sometimes I think screwing it up first might help. Love the grids.
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Wonderful page! As said above, I love the photos being included.
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Beautiful grid and a wonderful memory, love it ! Thank you for sharing !
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Really lovely grid and I so know what you mean about starting a sheet of paper that you love a lot. Hope you have fun doing the rest of the scrapbook.
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The photos added in are really neat. Beautiful remembrance of a trip.
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Cath, this is such a lovely grid page !!
Love it.
Seeing you had did your grid page. I can’t wait to start mine too 🙂
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I love this page…. great idea to add the photos.
I used scraps of some of my favourite papers on mine – really enjoyed this crusade.
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