Keep it simple

I'm back again... Too late again, and no excuse really... Except for I'm busy with medical appointments and moving (as if one wouldn't be enough to overwhelm you. Oh, well...).

And while I'm trying to make my new place work (the big furniture pieces came today, so there's hope!), my stuff is piled in boxes and bags. I do have some crafting supplies at hand, but most of them are waiting to be found. Plus I don't really have a suitable surface (yet). So, for the remaining week of this fortnight's challengr over at the Alphabet challenge blog, I'd like to show you the page of an album I re-discovered during packing. 

I've created it quite a while ago, when I was still navigating my premature menopause. The quote resonated with me on many different levels, and I decided to feature it on a very simple background. The chocolate brown is such a comforting colour to me, and those thin lines seem like paths of life (especially since one features something that looks like tiny footprints). 

Once I settled for the background, I framed the quote by placing it onto a piece of light brown paper. This way, it connects not only to the pattern in the background, but also to the page of my album which is made of kraft paper.

To ease the square scenery, I then added a couple of wooden insects: one huge dragonfly, and two little butterflies. Of course, they had to be embellished with tiny white pearls. 

I like how everything turned out in the end. I'm not sure whether I'll continue my album as so many things piled up since I started, and I'm not sure whether and how I'd like to incorporate them. For now, it's sitting half full/ half empty in my drawer, waiting to be continued. Just like my life right now.

Also, I've just seen that I'm hosting the next Alphabet challenge, so I guess I better use the upcoming weekend to be creative. You may join me by linking something CAS to the current "Keep it simple" challenge for the letter K, while I'll be figuring out what to show you for the letter L. 

challenges: 

- 613 avenue create: ATG

- a place to start: ATG

- allsorts challengeblog: ATG

- as you like it: layered or flat (I'll try to solve this tricky one by clarifying that "flat" to me means a card that can be shipped easily, while the opposite would be a card full of pearls and paper flowers. That being said, I'm creating flat cards mostly, but I'll try to add texture and interest by using different patterned papers. However, as long as the card fits in a regular envelope, I'll refer to it as a "flat card". Since this is an album page, a similar logic prevailed: as the page will be stuck between other pages, I didn't want to overdo it with embellishments. I tried to keep my design flat in terms of papers, the only thing that stands out a bit are the wooden creatures. That being said, it's definitely more flat projects for me at this moment due to practical reasons as shipping and stacking.)

- C.R.A.F.T.: ATG

- CAS on Friday: fall

- classicdesignchallenge: ATG DT 

- crafty catz: ATG
- crafty gals corner: fall ... (colours)

- creative crafty uncles: ATG (masculine)

- critter crazy: ATG animals

- lil patch of crafty friends: ATG handmade

- lovethoseprettypapers: ATG patterned papers

- love to craft: ATG

- morgans artworld: ATG
- moving along with the times: butterflies and/or dragonflies

- path of positivity: take a walk and draw inspiration from something along the way (earthy autumn tones that are popping up in the nature, mostly brown autumn leaves and brown soil that remains when the harvest is finkished in the fields and gardens)

- pennys papertake: ATG paper

- wortartwednesday: ATG