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This is my BFF Wendi and me, from my last trip out to California. It was a short, but sweet visit. I can’t believe we have been friends over 20 years.
Image is linked to the credits – I did this LO with Chrissy W and Angie Kovacs new collab BFF 4 Life - WOW is all I can say:) Such a fun kit.
“SAY it with BLING” starts today!! Gorgeous daily download!!
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Go check out the ScrapMatters blog today…I wrote today’s entry and I think it is really important info for scrapbookers. Sometimes we need the reality check of why we are doing it in the first place. I love the creative part and that really is a huge portion of why I scrap too. But, ultimately for me it is the story. I see so many layouts that are creative and artistic and technical, but lack the story. Now if art is your reason for scrapping and you do it to fufill your own creative needs rather than leave your family legacy for your kids or future generations, then disregard my comments and scrap away!
I have seen so many extracted, shadowed, fairy girls with glitter swirls and surreal backgrounds dancing around the page with their quadruplet or septuplet siblings…LOL. These are stunning and beautiful, but what does that say??? It says mom is a talented scrapper!
Will it be as sentimental to someone in 30 years? Will anyone know who the cutie pie even was? Now was that Sara or Susie? (disclaimer…I am exaggerating and I DO appreciate these LOs for the art, but they do not fit meet my goal for why I scrapbook. Certainly we all have our own reasons we create!)
Now don’t get me wrong, I have seen amazing storytelling in some very technical work… take for example Julie’s (greenpalm) LO “True Companions” and her LO Beckoned (which is out for publication here). WOW!! What talent! Don’t forget the story:)
On a lighter note, Chrissy W’s taking part in the Elemental Scraps Dollar Deals – TODAY only 8/25 with four items that are $1 each…2 items are template packs!
Also there is a ScrapMatters Speed Scrap coming tomorrow!
That’s -
6:00 PST/7:00 MST/8:00 CST/9:00 EST
and 11:00 am Wed AEST (Australia Eastern Standard Time)
Hope you can all make it. As always you will get a new instruction every 10 minutes for the first hour and then have an hour to complete and upload your LO. You receive a lovely gift just for playing by ELLIE LASH!!!
Candice Wong’s Lightroom Presets and everything else are on sale 40% off at digigirlsdesigns
We are wrapping up the ScrapMatters Grand Re-opening party …many fun challenges! Plus sales (sale prices will show up in the cart) and grab bags…HURRY over:) it all ends tonight!
This one uses Matahati’s grab bag by the way:)
and this one uses the Friday Flea Market Mega kit…your’s free with a $15 purchase…HURRY!
Hello, Krista here. Welcome to Iowa, the Midwestern part of the United States. I grew up in Los Angeles and lived in California until 5 yrs ago. We LOVE it here in the Midwest! No traffic, no smog, great schools, friendly people…and wide open spaces when you want them. LOL
This is the 21st stop on the SM Round-the-World Blog Tour. You are almost done:) If you follow all the links, you’ll now have a fabulous brag book made with our Mega Collab kit, “Friday Flea Market.” These are all 5×7 pages, each saved as a png file, ready for you to place your photos and finishing touches.
Here’s mine…hope you like it!
Your next…and final stop (#22) … is Lisa at www.kandykanekreations.blogspot.com
The first stop on the tour was the ScrapMatters’ Team Blog, so if you missed it you might want to backtrack to the beginning or loop around at the end!
So to sum it up…The stops so far have been
1. The ScrapMatters Team Blog 2. Andilynn Designs Blog 3. Britt-ish Designs Blog 4. Erica’s Blog 5. Sya’s Blueprints 6. Katie’s Scraps 7. Happy Scrap Girl Designs 8. Tater Scraps 9. Scrap ‘it by Breeza 10. Digi Keepsakes by Monica 11. Jeni’s Crafty Blog 12. Stacy’s Back Door Designs 13. Wendy’s – WM2 Designs 14. Neeceebee Designs 15. Strange Brewings 16. Ellie Lash Designs 17. Matahati 18. Haynay’s Blog 19. Sassy Pixie Blog 20. Heather’s JOYrevisited
Thanks for playing along and helping us celebrate the grand re-opening of ScrapMatters! Have a great weekend and don’t forget to come by for our cool challenges all week as part of the celebration!
I have been so busy lately… scrapping, working, travel, kids out on summer vacation. However, I could not stay away with some exciting news. I have been chosen to be part of the new Scraps Matter Gang over at ScrapMatters!
I was sad that my 6 month CT position at ScrapMatters will be ending August 31, so I applied. I am pleased to stay on with this super scrap community as part of the team. These are some rather exciting times at ScrapMatters, new designers, exponentially growing community, awesome challenges, famous speed scraps, and … check this out!
I’ve had the opportunity to use the Mega Kit…WOW is it amazing! Many surprises to come with the grand re-opening…
Chrissy W is going strong now at Elemental Scraps she also is hosting a regular template challenge on her own blog. There are a few freebies there now, so check it out. Here is one of her newer template sets for sale and her new 12×4 templates are super for borders and layering. PLUS All of her products are 35% off until Aug 5th…so hurry.
Candice Wong has the most amazing Adobe Lightroom Presets…they make your pictures pop perfectly! She has her own site digigirlsdesigns.com but also sells at Purple Paper Flowers. She makes many element packs and paper packs too.
Other news, Jessica Gorny has returned to designing after a many month hiatus due to pregnancy. She is selling at Pickleberrypop and has several new kits out. She asked if I would still CT for her:) Also she is part of the Teacher’s pet program over at Funky Playground Designs. The first challenge was to create mini-kits to give away in the FPD Gallery that were considered to be trendy in today’s scrapping world. Head over to the gallery to pick up her kit for free and check out all the other contributers too. Each zip file is password protected and you need to sign up for the FPD Newsletter to get the password to unzip them. Hurry because these will be going away soon. Here is Jessica’s…
and here is one of her new kits for sale…she also has a grab bag going on:) both at Pickleberrypop
I’ll be scrapping some LO’s catching up after our trip to Las Vegas and Orange County… enjoy your Sunday!
