Just in time...

Design Team April Kit Layout 
Designed by Amy Perkins

I can't believe it is the end of April, May is just around the corner, and soon the kids will be out for Summer break! 

Sometimes simple works!  This is becoming one of my "go to" layouts because it uses several pattern papers, and can be tittled and embellished in different ways to make the layout unique.  I'm not one for journaling, and usually I tell my story on the back, but this time I did pencil a little bit of journaling... one day I will make it permanent! 

I find it challenging to scrapbook 6 or more photos on a double layout.  With a bit of cropping and tilting some photos, I was able to get 8 photos on this one!  A matted photo, some tiny types, and a cluster of embellishments finish the page... and one day I will get to that journaling!

Tip:  Find random embellishment that otherwise would not go with the paper, and when you cluster them together you will be surprised how well they work together! 


The Royal Wedding

With regret I will not be attending the Royal Wedding in London!

I can't tell you how excited I am for the Royal Wedding of William & Kate.  My alarm is set, I have my DVR set to record two channels, and my tea pot is already on the stove!  Although I wont be in London for the wedding ... (seems like I didn't make the guest list, and Prince Henry didn't accept my offer to be his +1...) I still plan on scrapbooking my experience of the event.  I'm certain decades from now we will still be talking about this Wedding and what we remember about it, and so...  I can't pass up the opportunity to scrapbook it too!

Here are a few pictures I plan on taking to remember the moment!
*  My alarm clock and the time I got up
*  The TV as the wedding is taking place
*  My tea cup and maybe the finger sandwiches I hope to make
*  The kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace

There will also be plenty of pictures on the internet that I plan on printing and adding to my layout!l

Congratulations and best wishes to William & Kate!!

Will you be watching the Wedding?  What special plans do you have to celebrate the event?

2011 Scrappy Resolutions Update

BIG NEWS!!!! Heavy Breathing...I'm a ball of nerves!

Today, after a serious confidence booster from friends and my "scrubby" (a.k.a. husband of a scrapbooker, compliments of my new favorite utube videos by mocktv, I submitted my layouts to a magazine for publishing! EEEK! I have always wanted to but have been way too nervous and unworthy feeling! I have no clue when or if I will be selected  but sending them in was half the battle and totally worthy of checking off the list of Scrappy Resolutions for 2011!

The submission call was for a November issues so I sent them layouts of Fall 2009...sadly the most current fall layouts I have. Here are some pictures of what I submitted!

I will keep you posted to see if I made the mag! Hopes and fingers are high and crossed!

Thanks,
Randi

Baseball Season in Full Swing!

Here in my house we are living and loving baseball season! The oldest boy is in his second year of Little League and the youngest had his first T-ball Clinic last night! And most nights we can catch a Giants game on TV. Can't wait to make it to some games this summer!! I thought I would share some of my recent baseball layouts.

I really love the look of stitching on my layouts, especially baseball themed layouts! I used the sewing machine along the outer edge of the page but I didn't trust my skills on this title shape. SO I cheated and used my while gel pen. Super easy and looks the way I was hoping it would!

Oopsie, not the best exposure!

 I used the WRMK Sew Easy tool for this technique. It was really easy and gave the baseball seam effect I was looking for. Tip: I did learn that if you pull the tool towards you rather than pushing up the page you have more control of the tool and where the indention are actually landing on your layout.

Here I tested out my new Hero Arts stamps! As you can see I need WAY MORE practice with them! It was fun and a lot easier to do than I thought it would be.  It still looks better than my sloppy handwriting! Hehe!

I used the Old West Cricut Cartridge to cut out this title! It was close enough for me! And now my page is complete from layout, title and journaling!

We are ready for next season!!!

Springtime Pleasures

Springtime is not usually my favorite time of the year. Allergies are in full bloom, it is "Spring Forward" with the clocks which equates to losing an hour of sleep and I am not a big fan of bunnies. As a mom of boys all my pastel colored decorations have dirty little fingerprints on them and in our family it is Birthday Season so we are usually on cake OVERLOAD by Easter...ahh these are the joys of spring I really don't enjoy.

There is one thing I have always LOVED about Spring or Easter rather, coloring eggs! I love the whole process of boiling the eggs, laying out the newspaper, preparing the dyes and dipping the eggs! I love selecting which color to dye each egg and how much fun it is to do the two toned eggs! Coloring eggs always means that there will be an egg hunt and deviled eggs to eat!

Last year my Gramma and Uncle shared the egg coloring experience with my boys! It was a lot of fun and a tradition they will remember and love just as much as I still do!

Have a Happy Easter!!

Birthday Wishes...

Birthday wishes for the birthday girl!

I wanted to take a minute to give my very good friend and business partner Randi a quick shout out on her birthday!!  I have found a true friend in you and can't thank you enough for being such a creative influence in my life.  I hope your birthday is full of fun and laughter... and some scrapbook time too!

Best wishes,
Amy... and all the Scrap Again fans!

Do you dream of scrapbooking?

I was dreaming of scrapbooking last night!

Last night I was dreaming of scrapbooking... no really I was! Here is the sketch that was in my dream... I guess I am getting excited for our crop on Saturday April 16th!

This is definitely a 30 minute layout and with a few adjustments to some embellishments when turned 90 degrees, you have another fun layout!  I've been challenging myself to complete my layouts quicker without losing any of the detail. (Sometimes it takes me 2 hours or more to finish a layout.. and I will never get caught up at that rate!)  To complete more I've had to incorporate some time saving tips... and they are working!

TIME SAVING TIP: Try rotating the last layout you completed or one of your favorite layouts 90 or 180 degree for a fun new layout and save some time too!

Same layout rotated 90 degrees

Do you ever dream of scrapbooking?

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