Deze week ook eindelijk deze lay out afgemaakt, hij lag al een tijdje als basis klaar maar er moest nog wat "leuks"bij. En dat was nog best lastig. Uiteindelijk zijn het allerlei spulletjes uit mijn voorraad geworden. Een mooie gestempelde tag die ik een keer gekregen heb, een maandkaartje, een gestanst vogelkooitje, tickets die ik ooit ergens meegenomen had. De hoekstempel is ook een oudje uit mijn voorraad, een foamstempel van Making Memories (denk ik) gestempeld met inkt. De titel is gestanst met de grote alfabet stans van Tim Holtz. Nog steeds een van mijn favorieten.En uiteindelijk is het helemaal naar mijn zin geworden. Soms moet je er gewoon even op broeden. Het papier is van Authentique.

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Hi all!! Cynthia here with my first post of the year! The Holidays certainly went fast and we’re slowly getting back into a routine. I have to say, waking up early is not something I like but…

Naomi sent over another layout using items from the July kit (a few left!) she was inspired by the kit's calm colors i saw this layout after i had just seen my father my heart was weary with worry i read Naomi's email and opened up the image and all I saw and all I felt was "He loves you" and i felt calm looking at those sweet children thinking about how life is precious, children are precious, we are ALL precious. and that's the beauty of scrapbooking we cherish our photos, our tiny snapshots of eternity and we decorate the photos with our favorite scraps and bits and bobs scrapbook helps us to preserve the happy moments, the silly moments and sometimes even the sad moments. don't forget my lovelies... don't forget WHY you scrap... sometimes its easy to get caught up in all the glimmer of this industry and sometimes its easy to get caught up in comparing ourselves to others out there but we are all women (well most of us, hehe) and we are all doing it for the same reason to hold onto those chubby baby legs and smiling first school days to hold onto those wedding day butterflies and graduation hopes to hold onto the good times. remember that, the next time you look at a layout and have a sinking in your heart and a tug at your mind and the temptation to wonder why you can't do "this" or do "that" remember WHY you scrap and then do it. xoxo, Doe.

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Hi, it's Tracie here, with my first blog post for Sarah's cards. Firstly I want to thank Sarah and Lianne for inviting me to join such a fantastic design team and I'm really looking forward to working with some of the goodies available in the fabby shop! Anyway on to scrapping...... At christmas I received some lovely handmade decoupage cards and it got me thinking about how the same technique could be used in scrapping, especially if the focus was on the photograph rather than the embellishments. I'm already a big fan of 3D foam pads to give everything depth, so this seemed like a natural progression. I decided to use the lovely Echo Park 'This and that' range, primarily because the plaid paper matched my son's shirt so well (in the first layout) but also because I loved the wonderful muted colours of the papers. I started by printing the same photo 4 times. The first I used as a base, then for the next 3 layers I cut out the main subject and sat this on top using the foam pads, I then cut small parts of the image to make the next two layers. By raising the image I was then able to add string to represent some rope for added interest (and a bit of fun!) I then knotted some thicker 'rope' to make an embellishment and cut 'rocks' from the vintage fans paper, again layering them for added depth. On the second layout showing my lovely granddaughter's first birthday party, I used the same technique but this time I cut some of the extra bits (in this case balloons) and brought them out of the photo to create movement Despite these papers being predominantly for boys pages, I felt that they could work well for a girlie page too (who says girl pages have to be pink?!) and finally.... despite this technique working best with action style photos, I wanted to show that it can be used on portrait shots too. This is another of my lovely granddaughters, dutifully posing for her camera-obsessed nan! I swear every time I call one of them now they strike a pose automatically! For this I used the gorgeous Yardsticks paper to punch out butterflies. The eagle-eyed amongst you will probably spot that I shamelessly cheated and doodled my stitching! I used the same paper to cut out part of my title (using diesel font) which I did three times and layered as before using my trusty foam pads again! I scrunched the top layer to give the letters a more crooked effect. So, that's all from me for now, apart from to wish you all a very Happy Easter! I used the following products: Vintage Fans Primer Dots & Plaid This & That Charming - Yardsticks Vintage Boy This & That Charming - Border Strips 12x12 Element Stickers This & That Charming - 12x12 Alphabet Stickers InLinkz.com