Scraplifting

I have been inspired lately in my scrapbooking. Also determined.....determined to get crackin on my albums. I love doing this. I have to do it. It's protecting that precious life that already went by. Telling the story of what happened in the past with real words, beautiful embellishments and paper that actually create an atmosphere for those pictures. It almost brings you back to that same day. Big days like Christmas 2005, Birthday Parties and the day Maya took her first step. But also small days like the day you left the markers out and your kid colored all over the wall, the day your mom came to visit after not seeing her for awhile and the day all the neighborhood kids were out playing at the same time.

I joined two peas in a bucket which I am loving! It's a scrapbooking website where we all can share ideas, get/give advice and post our layouts. I feel like I have had always the same style. This website is opening me up to all these new and creative ideas. There is this thing called the weekly challenge. The team that runs the site offers you a challenge to kind of take you out of your norm, get ideas flowing, see the other techniques that are out there. This week it was to scraplift a layout of Ali Edwards. Um...her work is amazing. You can see it at www.aliedwards.typepad.com
But...not to be scared off and those empty albums are callin...I tried it. My georgous nephew, Riley.

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