Each week I share a scrapbook layout to give you a little sneak peek into what I’m scrapping, and inspire you to play with pretty pixels too.

Today I’m sharing a page from my 2015 One Little Word Project. Each year I choose a word to focus on - in previous years I've chosen Grow, Focus, Play and Finish. It helps inspire me to positive action in my life.

My personality lends itself to a state of FLOW, which is great. I can get caught up in things and it never feels like effort. BUT I can tend to go on tangents or ignore the real world. This year, I'll be making the changes I need to allow the flow to continue but have 'catch' points to bring me back to 'reality'

Today I'm also joining in the Make it Monday blog circle with this post, so you may have came from my friend Jen who is sharing how you can meet your design goals this year with this freebie but if not, be sure to check out her post too.

Layout: Present

Journaling

My personality lends itself to a state of FLOW, which is great. I can get caught up in things and it never feels like effort. BUT I can tend to go on tangents or ignore the real world. This year, I'll be making the changes I need to allow the flow to continue but have 'catch' points to bring me back to 'reality'

Credits

 One Fine Day by Studio Flergs and Sugarplum Paperie

 Stringfellows Font

The Process

To start with I check Photoshop Elements Organizer for some previews of kits I've not used yet (see this class to learn more!) and thought One Fine Day would work.

Today I used a tried and true design I learnt from Scrapbook Coach: Criss Cross. I used the blue paper and the title 'Present' to form an asymmetrical cross on my page.

I used the idea of a brand new notebook cover as the theme for my page.

The blue paper to represents binding (I just cut it out with the Marquee tool)

Added a journal card and a part of a premade banner from One Fine Day.

I could not resist adding a flower, leaft and a small section of lace to make a little cluster too.

I actually spent a bit of time adding and removing embellishments (ink splatters, hearts, you name it!) from this page, but in the end I decided to keep it simple so that the eye could rest a focus on the main point of this page - the word for my year.

Make it Monday

Head over to Kristie's site to see how you can create a layout with a pocket for adding New Year's goals.

Care to Share?

I’d love to see what you are working on this week. Do you have a layout or two to share? You can add a picture to the comments below.

Happy Scrapping!