I've been asked this question several times, and after much thought I have an answer, and I picked this layout to use as one of my examples.
I made this page for a CKC contest about a defining moment in my life. And I've had many defining moments but, lately it's been the death of my Yorkie. Who just died in March. So one main reason why I scrapbook is to express myself through photo's, color and words. When I see color, I feel, and most colors are an expression of emotion for me. So let me explain better, here in this l/o I those a black title due to the death of my dog, and black has many different feeling for me when paired with other colors, but in this l/o with the cream background it's sadness. I then chose a red checked pattern paper that makes me feel love, and sadness, but the checkered part feels more like confusion. So combined together would be grief. I tore the paper, b/c my heart was torn apart! I stitched half way around the paper with a light blue floss to give a feeling of softness, and I used white for the journaling and the name on the file, b/c it represents the loss of a young life (he was only 6 yrs old). So this is just a few things that go through my head when I put a layout together. This continues on below, with a picture of the file door open.
My mom and I each made a Halloween garland. She's not a scrapbooker but she is crafty! We had a great time, laughing and catching up on everything. We don't get to spend much time together so it was nice to just sit and visit. I made the first one and my mom made the one she is holding.
This is the Halloween Garland I made.
I love this Halloween pillow.
This was just a fun idea I had.
I got this "Dead Man's Dinner"
I went with my sisters and their 3 kids to the pumpkin patch today and we had so much fun. Here I am with two of the three kiddo's. Ellie and Victoria, such sweet girls. I love my nieces so much!!
OK...before you say "my, my Nikki has put on some weight", please remember that I'm still swollen from my jaw surgery!! My face and jaws are huge!!
organizing bins from Lowe's. They are perfect for holding my magazines and "in progress" albums.
This was for a challenge called "Sweet & To the point", I had with some of my friends. You could only use one sheet of paper, a small journaling block, a one word title, and one picture. So this is what I came up with. The challenge was harder than you might think, simple isn't always easy. This picture was taken 2 years ago. 
When I made this file folder, I decided to make it brown to keep it neutral and balanced on the layout. I used the the striped paper on the inside of the folder to pull in the red outside paper, which brought the feelings of love and loss, and the light blue stitching that brings in the softer side of my "boy" and it also reminds me of our tender moments together. I wanted the reader to stay in the "moment" of the journaling and not be distracted by the colors inside the file folder. I hope you all enjoyed reading my "WHY" I choose these colors or papers. Scarpbooking for me is more than just pictures on a paper, or even a "craft", it's my expression of my feelings at that moment in the form of the colors I use on my layouts and designs.
