Blast from the Past - Love Elsie

Back in November 2006 I had the privilege of attending a class of Elsie Larson's (or Flannigan as she was known then) at the Inspiration Scrapbook Convention held at Penrith in Sydney. I attended two full days of classes but my favourite by far was Elsie's.

I loved her happy freestyle approach to scrapbooking. Her enthusiasm was contagious and she was (and still is I am sure) such a sweetie.

I was a complete scrapbook nerd and had my photo taken with Elsie as well as having her sign my copy of her book 52 Scrapbooking Challenges. Yep scrap nerd.

Which in a roundabout way brings me to the Blast From the Past item I included in my February Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit "Joy Ride" - Riley stickers from Elsie's "Love Elsie" range produced by KI Memories (circa 2007):

And yes I had the full sheet. I had not used one single little sticker. The situation had to be remedied: it called for drastic action: I needed a plan to use a LOT of stickers.

Enter the ever inspiring Shimelle Laine and her video here. Those layered embellishments were just what I needed.

3/4 of a sticker sheet later and I was happy with the finished product.

I varied some of the stickers, cutting some into little banners and layering others until each of my little squares was filled.

And I love the end result, so bright and happy and those "Love Elsie" stickers finally have a home in my album.

What "blast from the past" made it into your kit this month?

Happy Scrapping

Lisa J