Speed Scrap

I just participated in my very first Speed Scrap. What is that? Well there are some VERY talented people out there in the digital scrapbooking world and every now and then they do these speed scraps. You are given 7 items to put on your layout and you have 1 hour to complete the task. This was very challenging for me, but I think I like the result. Here's what the instructions were and then my layout.



Welcome To Speed Scrap #4

1. Go to your pictures folder and choose only 1 photo. Then head over to this link http://www.jessicasprague.com/index.php?view=article&catid=19%3Aphoto-editing-tutorials&id=388%3Acreate-a-dreamyhandtinted-look-on-a-photo&option=com_content&Itemid=92 To create a dreamy handtinted picture.
2. Find 1 solid paper for your background paper
3. Now go and find 4 patterned papers. 3 of them you will cut into strips. The 4th one you will use to matte your picture.
4. Go find some type of wrap (ribbon, string, rubber band, etc..) to "hold" your picture to your matte.
5. Embellish how you like but make sure you include some bling, greenery, and some sort of cluster.
6. Create a two word title using only fonts (no alpha's) and it must be two different fonts and monochromatic with your background page.
7. Add your journaling and a date.





Doing the trick to the photo was so neat. I think that I am going to play with several other photos too.

Spencer

I know that I am basis- but I think that this little boy is pretty darn cute! We just got his 6 year old pictures taken. He did such a good job posing for Becky. And then of course the photographer is talented- I mean how could there be a bad picture?

The 2 Year Old Metro Man

While the other 3 of us were in the office; Jamison was upstairs beautifying his little face with my facial mask.

New Year's Resolution

I usually don't make any New Year's Resolutions, but this year I kind of did. I'd like to think of it more like a goal. I am not a very good journal writer, and so I have decided that I really need to be. After giving my grandmother's eulogy I learned that keeping a history is so important. I am starting out just writing once a week mostly about the boys. When they grow up I want for them to know what their childhood was like. A while back my friend Shelly put this link on her blog about LDS Journal. I kept the link but never did anything with it. Well I finally logged on and set everything up. It was really easy and I love that you can set up an email reminder. I keep thinking that the more I do it, then it will become a habit.