Scrappin' the Night Away.........

Here it is, I'm up late again, scrappin the night away, but its ohhhhhhhh so much fun!! I had a lot of fun making this page tonight, as I tried a few new things, such as photo hinges and hidden journaling. I also inked those brackets right on the picture, which I was so completely nervous about (afraid of getting smudgies on a good pic, EEEK!!). This picture is from one of our recent trips to Ringwood State Park in NJ. We went to the Skylands Botanical Gardens to view all the beautiful spring flowers. This is an 8X8 page- for some reason I have been sticking to this size lately. I used to do all 12X12 pages, but this size is sticking with me. I used SU Wasabi, Pomegranate, Vanilla and River Rock paper and SU Wasabi and Pomeganate Ink. Also used is the ticket corner punch and the sprial punch (notebook paper look). Stamps used are Unity's: Me Myself and I kit, and the Beauty of Dreams single stamp.
To do the hidden journaling, I scored the far right line on the "me, myself and I" stamped image (leave enough room when you are cutting it so there is a good 1/4 inch margin to score). When you are done scroing the line, fold it back. You will only put glue on this small margin when adhering it to the page. (Lightly trace a line underneath the image onto the base cardstock, this will help you keep your journaling under the image and not spill out on the sides.) I punched notebook paper with the sprial punch from SU down the left side. The image is connected to the base cardstock with the photo hinges and the small margin that is glued down.
I stamped the brackets right onto the photo, with pink chalk ink and sprinkled glitter on it before it dried. The beauty of dreams stamp was stamped in both Pomegranate and Wasabi ink on Vanilla paper and then cut strips of the stamp and adhered them to the page.
This was a real fun page for me to make tonight and I still cant believe I went beyond what I normally do with scrapping pages. So you may see some new innovations now that I'm not so scared (haha).
Thanks for stopping by. Happy Stamping.