Wow, I have not created a scrapbook layout in forever!  This month I was asked to be the January Guest Designer for Scrapbook Challenges (thank you for the honor!).  I was hesitant at first because I did not know if I still had a 12 X 12 layout in me!  But once I started it just flowed.  Helmar is a proud sponsor this month so it felt great to just let lose and glue something like the old days. 

The first sketch I was given to work with was Sketch #234:

Sketch-234 

Here is the layout I created:

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Materials List:

Thank you so much to Scrapbook Challenges for asking me to be guest designer and to have me dig in for some much needed creative time!

Tracy 

"Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges." ~ Julia Cameron