Hello all! Marcy here with another challenge for you.
I'm a creature of habit. When I find something that works I stick in my comfort zone and do it over and over and over. Anyone else like that?
So my challenge for you today is to step out of that box. Do something out of the norm for you. If you don't stamp... do. If you never do two-pagers... do. If you've never broke out that bottle of mist... spray away! If you never use enlargements... do. If you always do... don't. ;) You get the idea!
If you ever take a look at my gallery and see my pages side by side you'll notice something they all have in common... even when you look at them as itty bitty thumbnails. They're all on white backgrounds. Very rarely a pattern. Yup. I've tried colored backgrounds... I used to use them all the time... but for the last year I haven't. I've found my comfort zone and I stay there. I even used to use (gasp) patterned paper as a background! Can you believe it?
So I challenged myself to use colored cardstock OR patterned paper for my background. And here's what I did (I chose a patterned paper background over a colored background).
Now... I know. The graph paper is pretty much as neutral as you can get. But for me this is huge!
I may have used patterned paper today, but I guarantee you that it'll be white backgrounds again tomorrow! LOL
I tossed this challenge over to Jaime (who by the way uses patterned paper backgrounds brilliantly).
She challenged herself to use her own handwriting. If you look through Jaime's gallery you'll notice that she prefers typed journaling over handwriting.
(And all these little banners Jaime uses... these are the new Little Flyers. So cute!)
So, that's my challenge to you. If you're playing along we'd love to see what you make! Just post it in our Flickr gallery and link us up over here so we can check it out!