Saturday, February 6, 2010
February **LOVE**
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
I love Prima specialty paper!!!!!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Just a few of my February creations!!!
First I just took a few photos of a simple~quick~technique that I usually always apply to my Layouts! I love dimension and texture - I think both of those elements always adds so much to a layout! and there are so many easy ways to add a little pop or crinkle here and there to give paper or embellishments some extra personality.
Here is my trusty fiskars finger cutter, I love this tool! It is so handy for cutting things out of paper. so here I was cutting out a flower shape.
above shows the paper just cut out and flat.....but if you just run your fingers around the edges of the flower, you can give it some curl or dimension, a little bend or whatever - there really is no wrong or right, just play with it! So now I have given the flower some texture and it's ready to mat behind my nice Prima flower! which just makes a nice additional layer to the page.
and on this Layout of my nieces and nephews - I just crinkled the edge of my paper mat all the way around with my finger, very simple..again no rhyme or reason to it - but it gives the page that extra dimension and you aren't lost with the flatness.
Pretty pretty!
And we have the add-ons.. some extra mulberry stitched and transparency paper, bling, stamps, cardstock, another alphabet...




And the extra coordinating alpha just because it's such a cool font with little hearts!

And wow.. Amy had so much fun with this kit! You saw her sneaks.. let's see the rest!
Amy thinks sometimes you can look at a lo and just know that its missing something…most often she finds that by adding an element and another, you still won’t be satisfied and moreover your lo becomes too crowded. Maybe all it’s missing, are those little finishing touches, that bring character and definition to your lo. In “Sweet Dreams” she added a few of those “extra special touches”, by embellishing the flowers in the left hand corner with a little bling. Not only does this repeat an element already introduced in the lo, thereby creating continuity, but it also helps to bring out all of the fantastic little details and doodles on the background paper. 
Amy's got the eye for recycling! Her advice is don’t forget to look to your packaging for scrapbooking cues as well. Some of this stuff is way too beautiful to just throw away! They can make great accents (like in “Posh Spice” and “Our Little Cupid“), wonderful photo mats (like in “Sweet Dreams“) or even stunning borders (like in “Sweet Child of Mine“), you just have to think outside the box! Good morning!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
It takes two..
Hi There! My name is Amy Kingsford and I have lived all of my life in Northern Utah. I am married to the funniest man I have ever met and am a mother to one very silly, but beautiful little boy, who has become somewhat of a muse for me over the past couple of years! I am a part of the team at Get It Scrapped! and just recently had my first layout published in Ella Publishing Co.'s "Scrapbook Ellaments" ezine in Jan of 2009.
I have always enjoyed crafting--since I was very young I had been soaking up everything my grandmother and mother were willing to teach me
, from sewing to woodworking to cake decorating. I started scrapbooking when I was 17, without my mother's or grandmother's expertise to guide me (though I would find that much of what they had taught me, would come in handy). And here I am ten years later and still going strong--preserving the memories of my families' lives and learning from other equally talented people along the way.
Just a personal note about Scrap This Kit, I have been working with Tami's kits since Scrap This Kit's very first kit went on sale in August of last year and I absolutely love them! Every month I look forward to having a box stuffed full of scrap goodies delievered to my doorstep. Tami has a great eye for mixing colors, patterns & textures and a fun flair that she brings to each of her kits! Thanks, Tami for this wonderful opportunity!











