Fresh New Start

You have to love a new year. It always feels like such a great chance to start again somehow. It's not really any different to any other day or week, but it certainly feels like it is. The old and jaded is sloughed off with the night, and the day dawns with new hope. Well, that's what happens to me anyway. It just has a different feel to it.

I am really ready for a fresh new start, too. Last year had more than it's share of sadness, tension and worry for lots of us, despite the many good things that happened too.

This year, I want to focus on the good and the positive, much more. I have been aware of the power this holds for a long time, but I still have some negative people in my life, so I obviously still attract that a bit. Going to be taking responsibility for that this year, and getting my own positivity in order, so that is what I attract. That's how I believe the world works, and I'm not the type to deliberately walk under a ladder and think it's worth the risk, lol.

I have put up three challenges at Home and Scrapped today. Starting out the year with very good intentions, and even a bit of a bang, since I have actually done the pages already, yay!

This first one is for the journalling challenge. My daughter's friend took these great photos of her and I was delighted to find them on her camera. I have used various old embellishments that have been lurking - it's my intention to use up heaps of stash this year - and a pp I bought on sale last November. The big flower came from a friend in a swap and just happened to be perfect for the page.

The second one is for the colour challenge - more stash, and that was the last of those two pieces. More photos found on my daughter's camera, self portraits this time. Love them, I have to say, they are so much fun, just like she is.  

And this is the sketch challenge - just a nice simple sketch that lets the photos shine. The ribbon is the string from an old pair of sweat pants - you find treasure everywhere if your eyes are open, lol - and the flower leaves are from my new Quickutz die that just arrived in the post a couple of days ago. I think it's an old one, but it's new to me and I think it's going to have a good bit of use. I made the journalling card from plain white cardstock, which I inked and stamped. Love these photos of my son and his puppy.

So, a good start to the year, with book reading, scrapping, blog hopping and a little stitching all thrown in. I hope your day has been positive and relaxed and that this year brings you peace, time to play, grow and be your best you.

love, Heather "It's about love. You don't have to scrapbook to love but you have to love in order to scrapbook." June