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..read all about it :) I"m low on creativity for blog titles at the moment. Here are a few new pages I created. This one is for the Recipe challenge I'm hosting over at www.scrap-room.com this weekend. Be sure and head on over to the message board for their weekend long crop. Lots of challenges and fun prizes offered. I put this page together in 30min while my son was napping and the other 2 kids playing and bothering me. I just wanted something quick and simple and to windle down my scrap pile. And these two pages were created using Sketch 104 designs from my scrapbooking retreat last year.

I'm glad I took photos before my almost 2 year old sprayed it with a bottle of Windex. Well, it's awfully quiet so I better check on what kind of trouble these kids are getting into now.

TSR April Sketch Contest

Needing some inspiration? Then give this sketch created by our TSR designer Aphra a try.




Here's my version using the Studio Calico State Fair kit


You have until Thursday, April 28th to leave a comment on the Scrap-Room's Blog HERE with a link to your layout. Your name will then be entered into a random drawing to win a $5 gift cert to our TSR Store!!!!

Good luck!

Easter Layouts

More April layouts to share. Sometimes when I create a layout, I end up with a page that just doesn't look how I want it to. Like this one. I wanted to use more than one photo but the ones in the top left corner were not my favorites. And I really love the rub-ons but my handwriting was horrible and the flowers were not mixing well. So I moved things around and ended with this.

Hip Hop Bloggity Hop!

Welcome back to TSR's 2nd monthly Blog Hop! What a great way to get excited about the new kit release and share some inspiration with a fun giveaway! It is April 1st, and you know what that means...KIT REVEAL!! And it is a good one.



In celebration of our April kit, we are having another BLOG HOP!! You know the way this works, right? Here is a list of the places you will be visiting...

Lan Amphone <---You are here
Melanie Call
Sarah Eclavea
Jenny Moore
phra Bolyer
Frances Sylvia
TSR Facebook Page

The hop begins here at my blog, but all of the blogs are linked in case you get lost along the way. Just follow along the blog path, and keep hopping until you reach your last destination which is The ScrapRoom Facebook Fan Page!! Make sure you become a follower and leave a comment at each blog telling our wonderful designers what you liked about their project! When you reach The ScrapRoom Facebook Fan Page, leave a comment letting us know that you finished the hop.

One of my favorite projects this month was the altered wooden photo frame. This was the before:

And this was the result after sprucing it up with some yummy TSR Basic Grey Goodness. I love damask prints and the aqua color is so pretty, now it's permanently sitting in our family room to enjoy. The butterfly cut outs are from the embellishment add-on kit, you don't want to miss out, one of my favorites..really! The doily flowers were hand stamped.

Out of my stash were the rubons, bling, button, and 2 aqua flowers.

Supplies: Papers (Basic Grey Hello Luscious) * Butterflies (Cosmo Cricket)* Canvas Brad (Basic Grey) * Flowers (Prima) * TSR Stamp kit ( My Mind's Eye)* Twine (TSR) * Bling (Hobby Lobby & Creative Imaginations) * Ink (PTI - Pure Poppy) and (Ranger - Black Soot) * Rubon (Pebbles) * Button,thread,frame (misc)

Just wanted to say thank you for all the sweet comments left last month, don't forget if you haven't already to add yourself as a follower on my blog to the right.

It's easy peasy to win, just go through the list above leaving a comment at each designer's blog, and ending at the SR Facebook fan page leaving a comment.

One blog hop participant who follows the rules, will be chosen at random to win a $5 gift certificate to The ScrapRoom Store! Whoot! Whoot! Check out the blog Wednesday, April 6th for our winner!

Thanks for stopping by, your next hopping stone is at Melanie Call.