Dance Friends layout and challenge

I created this quick and easy layout loosely based on a "recipe" in the Designing with Recipes idea book. We're using this book for the monthly book club which meets at the store where I teach. Each month, our fearless leader Darci provides us with fun materials to incorporate into a project of our choosing. Our book club members are both creative and productive, so it's always fun and inspirational to see what they bring to share each time.

For this layout, I cut a sheet of white cardstock down to 11x11 and matted it on a full sheet of black. Our "kit" materials included Ki Memories fruit stripe paper and various Ki chipboard accents. Because I compulsively hoard anything Ki, I still have plenty left over to use on more layouts!

It can sometimes be challenging to find photos to match the paper or embellishments included in the kit, but in looking through the many boxes of photos I have yet to scrapbook, these pictures seemed to be the perfect match for the striped paper.

One more layout down...only 1,000 more to go before graduation in two years! :-)

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Today's 2Peas Blogging Challenge is this: With the way the economy is today, have you started to cut back on your scrap shopping? If so, how?

I don't think I've cut back in my purchasing specifically because of the economy. I have cut back simply to use up the inventory I've accumulated. I'm not a huge shopper anyway, and compared to many people I know, I don't have a ton of supplies on hand. I'm also not a "trendy" kind of scrapbooker. I make simple pages that I *hope* will stand the test of time. A package of embellishments, or even a single sheet of patterned paper, lasts a LONG time at my house.

So I'm on a quest to use what I have while I still like the stuff. If I let supplies sit around for too many years, my taste will change and I won't want to use them. And whether I give it away or sell it at a garage sale, I'll never recoup my initial investment.

So for now, my purchases consist of mainly adhesive, cardstock, and an occasional tool or two. If I see something I absolutely LOVE and may not be able to find down the road, I'll buy it. But until I make a bigger dent in my inventory, this is my plan.

OK, at least until the next big trade show... :-)