Words: Scrapping Therapy

Hi there, Ania here with a new word for ya.

Or well, not exactly a word, but an encouragement to remember that sometimes scrapping can be some kind of therapy as well. You see, I chose a word that to me is bittersweet. It’s in Norwegian and it means a positive thing, but to me the word has taken on a completely different meaning. You could say I detest the word. And yet, I chose to scrap it, to try and overcome (if not, come to terms with) the word.

Cryptic huh, I know. But you know – we scrapbook for so many different reasons, and sometimes I find place to scrapbook the more darker or serious sides as well as the “fun” ones. I’d suggest you do too if you feel the need for it (you don’t? great for you ), like, once in a while, if you haven’t yet.

Now, on to the brighter sides of this layout

I mixed three of the new collections for this one, “Sweetness“, “Hocus Pocus” and “Parisan Anthology“.

Here you can see all three of them together; tickets from Parisan Anthology, cut out heart from Sweetness (it’s actually a leftoverproject from this one), and a metal badge from Hocus Pocus (I HATE spiders. Love the symbolics here though, it fit well ).

I truly love the new clear cards. They’re so gorgeous and sturdy! And makes great, subtle backgrounds too.

The flip notes were torn off the booklet & sewed on here, hiding my journaling & being decorative at it too. Also, you can see that I used glimmermist on this Lovely Lace paper from Parisan Anthology here (colors: Snow Angel and Gold).

Don’t get me started on the smokey dangle elements from Parisan Anthology! Swoon. I used it with waxed cottoncord from Canvas here.

All in all, a seemingly sweet page with. Hm. I dunno. Creepy elements? Elements reflecting my feelings for the word. And there you have it!

Thanks for letting me share