Hi,
I have been working and that is a good thing. there is a bit os a down side though, and that is that I get soooooo tired that I forget to come to my blog and find my positive note for the day :(.

I have found the most wonderful scrapbooking shop very close to my home and the lady that owns it is really nice and down to earth. You can check out her new web site at http://www.amothersart.com.au/ . The articles that she sells are from Australian companies, yay.

I don't scrapbook as such. I like paper and there are so many lovely, yummy papers out there. What I do use them for is to create junk journals and the like using exercise books and old note books. The books turn out okay but then I don't want to use them in case I spoil them......agh. There is a video on YouTube by Tangie Baxter that is a really good introduction and the idea of putting in the ribbon to help support the spine is brilliant. I think that my project would have fallen apart long ago if not for that great hint.
This is one of my work in progress pages:-

This is a page that I sprayed with a home made spray paint and a Glimmer Mist. Unfortuneately the scan doesnt show the sparkle of the Glimmer Mist.
To make the spray paint I purchased a spray bottle from the toiletries section of the local thrift shop and then squeezed in a whole tube of cheap watercolour paint. The pigment is not as strong as in the artist quality and so I used the whole tube. I then added water until the consistencty was right for spraying. The colour I have used here is a burnt sienna.
The pages stretched with the moisture and when they dried the page was all crinkly and makes a crackly sound when you move it. I am thinking that I will have to write on this page with a biro because a felt tip pen would probably seep through to the other side.....but then I could glue a piece of scrap book paper to the other side...mmmm food for thought.
Anyway give it a try.
I hope that you have a wonderful day.

Louise