Be You Scrapbook Page

As you can see, I've been getting a bunch of scrapbook challenges in just under the wire here! This is my take on the May 15 challenge over at CSI. I've never participated in a CSI scrapbook challenge before, but it's been pinned to my Scrapbook Challenges Pinterest board for awhile, so I was excited to finally be able to play along!

So here is what I took from the "case file" we had to work with. I really liked the fluffy pom pom-like things in the provided image, but I didn't have anything similar in my stash, so I decided to take embellishment in my stash that was circular and follow a bit of the color scheme with the red, pink, yellow, and grey.

The picture in the case file was of a girl reading a book, and I just so happened to have two comic strips that I had cut out months ago from the newspaper all about a woman loving the smell of new books. That is SO ME! So I took the opportunity for this book-themed challenge to finally get these comic strips scrapped.

I added a little bit of journaling about why I was scrapping these comic strips. I will probably put this page in my Book of Me.

I also added several old October Afternoon book-themed embellishments to the layout. There is a lot of October Afternoon on this page, plus some Fab Scraps, Echo Park, Bazzill, Recollections, and a few unknown things from my stash.

So that's my take! I am happy with how this came out. Wish me luck with all these challenges this month! I have really been on a creative kick. Challenges are such a great way to kickstart the creativity, I think.