Catching Fire

 

You've already seen a sneak preview of this page if you read my post on 'How to Scrapbook without a Scrapbook', but  I thought I'd give you a close up shot as well.

 

This layout is one I'd like to share as it is an example of what to do when you don't have any photos to scrapbook an event. I went to see a film with some of my friends and we had a great time, but because we were in the cinema, no pictures were taken. So, to get around this, I took a picture of one of the film's promotional posters and combined tat with my ticket and some journaling. The colour scheme is based off of the image, and ties everything well.

 

Tickets, receipts, postcards, doodles  and your own writing are all great for those little moments that pass by without a camera. So, never despair, just get a bit creative!



Of the Night: Chapter Three - Fanfiction Friday

Welcome back to Fanfiction Friday! I've started here with a set of drabble's, a drabble being a short story of 100 words exactly, no more, no less.

This story is called Of the Night, and can be read fully here. Each chapter is unrelated, and this story is continually growing. It is a Star Trek: Voyager story, and explores small moments that I believe could have occurred between Captain Kathryn Janeway and her First Officer, Commander Chakotay, if the show had decided to explore their relationship, rather than ignoring it as they did. They all take place either at night or in the early hours of waking. Enjoy!

Previous Chapters: 1, 2

 

“You could have been killed, Kathryn. It’s my job to keep you safe.”

“No, your job is to make sure that the ship is safe when I’m not onboard.”

“I wasn’t talking about being your first officer.” He reached for her hand but she pulled away.

“If this is clouding your professional judgement, then we shouldn’t be here.”

“Kathryn...”

“Goodnight, Commander.” The doors swished closed behind her.

That night, both were restless and couldn’t sleep - not until she slipped back into his quarters and under the covers. As he wrapped his arms around her protectively, she murmured:

“I’m sorry.”

Bowling

 

The second layout that I created was from when I went bowling with two of my other friends, both of whom were very suspicious of cameras, so it was quite amusing to snap an odd few of them. I kept the pages quite simple, as It was quite a simple afternoon, plus the pictures were dark anyway and too many embellishments would have overpowered them.

 

I really love the photo of our scores - we gave each other strange names, and it's the little things like that that I love to document. I've also got another photo strip here, with images of each of us as we threw the ball. Overall, I think it works quite well.

Of the Night: Chapter Two - Fanfiction Friday

Welcome back to Fanfiction Friday! I've started here with a set of drabble's, a drabble being a short story of 100 words exactly, no more, no less.

This story is called Of the Night, and can be read fully here. Each chapter is unrelated, and this story is continually growing. It is a Star Trek: Voyager story, and explores small moments that I believe could have occurred between Captain Kathryn Janeway and her First Officer, Commander Chakotay, if the show had decided to explore their relationship, rather than ignoring it as they did. They all take place either at night or in the early hours of waking. Enjoy!

Previous Chapters: 1

 

He heard the doors to his Quarters swish open and her feet pad softly across the floor, trying not to wake him. Unsuccessfully.

“Don’t tell me you’ve been in your Ready Room all this time?” She smiled at his groggy voice and sat beside him, running a hand lightly up his arm.

“I had work to do,” she whispered, her breath dancing across his ear. He grunted in protest and rolled over, but she hushed him, planting a soft kiss on his tattooed temple.

“Go back to sleep, my Angry Warrior. I’ll only be a few more minutes, I promise.”

Zoe

 

This is a three page spread that I did of one of my friend's birthday picnics, and it's actually one of the first pages I did to get myself back into scrapbooking.

 

In full style of using up my stash, I found that I couldn't create the title that I wanted out of any one set of letter stickers. So, I compromised and used three contrasting elements to give a different effect. The eclectic mix of textures and fonts also helps to show how fun the afternoon was.

 

I had a lot of pictures to get through, so I made this photo strip at the bottom, in order to use multiple pictures without overpowering the page. The large picture has also been focused by a helpful frame.

 

As embellishments, I kept them quite similar, with the same themes running through all three pages, mainly that of the green, the bobbled texture, and the doily's. I also used a calendar cut out and circled the date in order to remember when it occurred.

 

This third and final page has a lot of negative space and my journaling on it. Each page shows a different part of the day, and I love these photos. Again, the themes are carried forwards

 

And there we have it, my first 'layout'. I find that using A4 pages is more versatile than a square, as there is a greater variety of papers that can be used, and they're cheaper. I have drawers full of A4 paper, but very little of anything larger than that. Also, I find that it's easier to balance the pages, as there is a distinct 'top' and a distinct 'bottom'. I would highly recommend using a rectangle paper for a scrapbook.



Of the Night: Chapter One - Fanfiction Friday

This is a small regular that I'm hoping to introduce so that I can archive my fanfiction's here, as well as on fanfiction.net. I'm going to start with a set of drabble's, a drabble being a short story of 100 words exactly, no more, no less. A drabble also therefore is more accessible to a reader less familiar with the particular fandom that the writing resides in. It focuses more on emotions of the character, and getting the reader to empathise with the characters.

This story is called Of the Night, and can be read fully here. Each chapter is unrelated, and this story is continually growing. It is a Star Trek: Voyager story, and explores small moments that I believe could have occurred between Captain Kathryn Janeway and her First Officer, Commander Chakotay, if the show had decided to explore their relationship, rather than ignoring it as they did. They all take place either at night or in the early hours of waking. Enjoy


Chakotay's quarters were quiet and still in the night. The dim shine from the stars that sped past the porthole provided the only light, glancing off of his blankets, which rose and fell in time with sleep laden breathing.

The whole room shuddered as Voyager was hit hard and they fell out of warp. The movement was sudden; a frantic mixture of tangled limbs and covers as they jolted awake. He heard the chirp of the comm badge in his ear as his arms found their way around the one thing that mattered most to him.

"Janeway to Bridge; report."


Alice

 

This was a cushion that I made for a friend's birthday. She's obsessed with cats, and loves Alice in Wonderland. This is also the neatest piece of embroidery that I have ever done. It worked out really well, and she loved it.

 

The pattern is one from Fandom in Stitches, and I love it.

Find it here.

 

Also, everything I used was gifted to me, so it really does go to prove that crafting makes things so much cheaper!