I cleared off my desk and did some scrapbook last night. I've been noticing that the layouts I like best are a little simpler and not very fussy so that's what I was aiming for. I love this picture of Abby with her chin on Rob's leg. He was probably eating something she wanted a bit of. The paper and bits and pieces are all from Studio Calico kits but I can't remember which ones.

The strip under the photos is a piece of Fabrips which I found totally cool: it's a medium weight piece of fabric with adhesive on the back and some notches at the top to make it easy to tear. I like the slightly frayed edges - they're straight but not perfect. The paper was a piece of plain kraft cardstock that I livened up with some mists (Mister Huey's in Piglet and Lemonade). I love the look of layouts with lots of white space but can never comfortably do it myself; the mists let me fill in space without actually putting anything there to clutter it up. I really wanted to use a stamp for the date on the side but the date stamp I've got only goes up to 2004 so it was no help and I used a pen instead.

The cardboard shapes in the bottom corner were just right for this layout. They added some texture without being loud or bright but mostly they are there because Abby likes them. To eat. Cardboard and brown paper are among her favourite treats and when she discovered these little shapes in a box of supplies by my desk she started rooting through it to pull them out. I'm not sure how many she got before I noticed but there a still a lot left so probably only one or two.