Ramblings, Product previews and annoucements

I joined my very first speed scrap at Sunshine Studio Scraps. It was fun and challenging. I have now decided that I am not a speedy scrapper to say the least.

We were instructed to choose 3 square or rectangular photos of something "ordinary" in your everyday life. She asked us to creatively crop each one, to bring out the "extraordinary".

We then had to choose a minimum of 5 papers - one for your background and the others you can use as you'd like. 3 of them have to be solid and 2 have to be patterned. 1 of your solids has to be orange. Then add frames to all three of the photos and cluster them in a corner

Elements were added next, in the form of foliage. After that we added a page border. When it came time to adde the journaling my eyes teared up, as the pictures that I chose were from a recent trip to Newton, IA. We were asked to explain what makes your photos extraordinary. We went to visit family that lives at my Grandfathers old farm. My Grandfather has been gone from us for 5 years now, but it still hits home to me. I miss him so much and wish that he could see my children and tell them the sames stories that he used to tell me. He was a good ol boy. A farmer. A Father, Son, Husband, Grandfather and Great Grandfather. Here is my page! Click for credits.

They have done it yet again, a stunning new collab! The Sunshine designers have released their newest monthly collaboration kit: Sweet Afternoon is a collection of sweet and shabby yet soft papers and embellishments.

Speaking of Collabs how about a few more previews??

Black Tie Affair - Amanda Kay and Designz by Kristi

Retro Jive - Amanda Kay and Greedz Graphics

Sunshine Wonder Week: September starts this Sunday 9/28/08

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