ugh...and ugh....

When I have stepped away from scrapbooking for a while..ie like going on holiday....i always find it hard to get back into. I print my photos, gather the papers I am going to use ( something I always do first) and sit....and sit and sit...please tell me I am not the only one that this happens to?
I find it really difficult to get back into making anything....also the whole 'art journal' using paints and stamps...is confusing my scrapbooking brain.

I tried to mix the two styles....and i failed.......bit time...i ended up with a big fat mess and a horrible page that just looked terrible.

So after hours and hours of sitting there staring...I gave up...started again ...and still struggled.

I find that , the first page that I make, coming back from a break is terrible....don't get me wrong i love bits of it...in fact i love all the bits of it, just not when you put it together....

and another part...

this is my first time using one of my instagram photos....and my first push towards not using black and white photos...

I finally used an October Afternoon sticker...love them...have loads but never use them....I even used the same flower technique as i used on my art journal.

 I even stamped out and used some butterflies............i love all these images....but when you put them together...and show the whole page...the illusion is shattered....

If i hate it that much ..why i am showing you? Well i always say to other people...it doesnt matter..just show the page...so i had to take my own advice huh!

my next page will be better.....they always are.