If a picture is worth a thousand words, think of what can be conveyed with a photo collage? I love scrapbooking events with many photos by using a photo collage. Collages tell a complete story. It can be a sequence of events. It can be a series of photos of the same people doing different things. It can be some photos to summarize a trip or an event. It can be a series of photos of the same person/people over a period of time. The possibilities are endless. And it kills several birds with one stone, so to speak. When I make a photo collage with some journaling, it makes me feel like the complete story is told. It solves the problem of having too many photos, and it alleviates scrapbooking guilt. In my own Project Life album, I love to make Month-In-Review photo collages like this one. It summarizes a whole month … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Give & Take
Hiya friends! I am soooooo exited to be back here today for the GIVEAWAY!!!! Thanks for waiting until LATE Sat. night since we were at the beach all day (we are in Newport for vacation WAHOOO) and I thought it was a good chance for any last min. entries! :) But before I get to the giveaway.... I wanted to talk to you about something near and dear to my heart. My brother in law is the founder of a non-profit called Serve A Little. I could go on and on about how wonderful they are but this video says it all, and its wonderful please take a look....I am working on getting the video embeded, in the meantime, please visit the site! :) Since we started Serve A Little in 2009, we have only had the time, dollars, and hard work of our volunteers. And this small group has been able to help over 200 families, primarily single mothers. We have also started building a … [Read more...]
Froggy Friday Faves! ~ May 25th!
It's another fabulous Friday... my favorite day of the week! One of my "simple pleasures" is scoping out all the New Releases that arrive in the store and strolling through the gallery for an overload of inspiration. As the weekend rushes on, the gallery is always flooded with pages and projects that make my heart swoon. Here is what I've come across so far... and I can't wait to see what comes swimming in!.... ny Rubia - using Life's An Adventure by Tickled Pink Studio and Penny Springman by Nikki Epperson - using Apple Of My Eye by Jenn Barrette and Michelene Martin by Tracy Monette - using In Training by Kaye Winiecki and Erica Zane by akizo... another FABULOUS way to use In Training! by Amber R - using Lauren Grier's Layered Up In You-Maps 1- USA and Black Rimmed Plastic Alpha by Sahlin Studio by charmedeebob - using … [Read more...]
Challenge Spotlight
Hello everyone! It's Karen here and I'm back with my favorite blog post of the month! I'm here to shine the spotlight on just a couple of my favorite layouts that have been generated from this month's challenges. All of the challenges are listed in the forums and you can see my other post about their details HERE. Onto some of my favorite LOs from this month! (all the following pages are linked so you can see their credits and leave them some love in the gallery!) 1. Journaling Challenge - per social media, limit your text to 140 charactersby sczos911: by ashleywb: 2. One Word Challenge - Motherby valeriapiemonte: by aballen: 3. Product Challenge - Using attachment elementsby Celeste: by Tracyfish: 4. Scraplift Challenge - Lifting Barb Hogan (bho)by … [Read more...]
GIVEAWAY!!!!!!! – hybrid kit –
Hiya guys!!!! Well with all this talk about how awesome & fun hybrid scrapbooking, I thought I need to put my stash where my mouth is! Would you like to be entered to win this mini hybrid kit? If so just leave your name and email address in the comments along with what you love most in the kit! :) Easy, peasy right? Please only enter once, but ANYONE can enter! Yes even those Pollys on other side of the pond ;) . I will draw a winner next Sat. May 26th. I can't wait to see who wins!!! xoxoxoxo - Shanna … [Read more...]
↳ FF: May 18
Welcome to Froggy Friday Lily Pad lovers! I've got some fabulous and creative layouts to share with you today using our new releases.Get ready to be inspired!by Angie4b1gby heathergwby mishouby Hanazana1by gracielouby mom2da3ksby Tracyfishby amandaresendeby sahlinkby Ana.Paulaby Keelaby Ansoby mrsski07by girlygirlI couldn't help myself posting so many! I would have done more but that would be a super long blog post! LOL!!Check out everything here!Happy Friday everyone! :)Brandi♡ … [Read more...]