Scrapbook - Page #1: You & I (Cover Page)

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I am so excited to be able to share this new scrapbook with you because with experience, this one has turned out to be waaay better than I expected. Also, I made this when I had just purchased some new craft supplies. Actually, some is an understatement; I had purchased a whole lot, and I used quite a bit of those in this scrapbook.

Here's a glimpse of all the yummy stuff I had bought!!

**drooling**

So anyway, this scrapbook has five pages in all, including the cover and all pages except the cover

are created using papers from Crate Paper's Flea Market 12" x 12" Collection! 

I am in love with that collection, so much that I want to use them all (whatever is left of it) 

for my personal pages!! :P :P

Anyway, for the cover page I have used a sheet from DCWV's My Sunshine 12" x 12" Paper Pad.

It had a nice, clean background that allowed me to do lots with the embellishments.

Let me start by giving you a peek of the various elements!

Chevron Wood Veneers were something I fell in love with instantly and instead of using them as chevrons,

I used them as arrows! :)

I also did the page title using Memory Box's Classic Lower Case Alphabet Dies on White CS.

And I did some stitching with my Sew Easy Tool!

For the main title, I used Amy Tangerine's Journal White Thickers.

Here's what the top of the page looked like...

As this was the cover page, I decided keep all the embellishments to the center of the page.

However, a few elements drifted here and there..

Here's a piece cut out from Dear Lizzy's Dreamy Days 12" x 12" sheet from the Neapolitan collection.

Below that I added a chipboard sticker from My Mind's Eye's Nostalgia Collection.

A few buttons with twine interlaced through them.

Buttons - destashed by Karuna

Twine - My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart Be Happy.

Using the same jute-like twine, I created banners from left over PPs 

but in the same colour scheme as the buttons.

This was done on the top right corner of a small cute piece of PP cut out from

one of the 12" x 12" sheets from the Flea Market Collection.

To the right of that, I added some cute little words, also cut out from PPs 

and some with banner-like edges..

As one piece said 'Adventures Begin Here' I added a Wood Veneer Bicycle :)

I also added two human Wood Veneer Figures - the You & I - and layered them with stickles glitter!

Here's what the second half of the page looked like...

And here's a look at the complete page!!!! :)

Here's the list of products used to create this page...

*Cuttlebug Die-Cut & Emboss Machine Provo Craft 2000293 *Memory Box CLASSIC LOWER ALPHABET SET Craft DIE 98360 *We R Memory Keepers CROSS Stitch Piercer Sew Easy *We R Memory Keepers STITCH PIERCER Sew Easy *American Crafts Amy Tangerine JOURNAL Thickers White *Crate Paper FLEA MARKET 12 x 12 Paper Pad Maggie Holmes 683295 Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Dreamy Days 12x12" Patterned Paper *My Mind's Eye NOSTALGIA 12 x 12 Chipboard Elements NOS112 *Studio Calico CHEVRON Wood Veneer Shapes Snippets 331339 *Studio Calico TRANSPORTATION Wood Veneer Shapes 331034 *Studio Calico POTTY PEOPLE Wood Veneer Shapes 331002 *My Mind's Eye BE HAPPY Twine Follow Your Heart FYH151

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There are four more pages to go, but I won't show them all to you just yet! :P There are other projects waiting to be shared...

But this is a good start to the week!! I'll see you again in a couple of days!

Till then,
Have a great week!

Love,
Nikita.. :)