Four on four challenge

Because Jessica and Tammy did my challenge... I will RAK you both.... wTG ladies!

Tammy, what a beautiful photo! Super job with your layout

Thank you, Helen!

Carla wrote:

Tammy, what a beautiful photo! Super job with your layout

Thank you Carla! I love this photo and its a few years old and I just couldn't find the right way to scrapbook it till now, I tried soo many times.

Helen wrote:

Because Jessica and Tammy did my challenge... I will RAK you both.... wTG ladies!

Thank you Helen!

Kelly wrote:

Pam, I have wanted to tell you for a while now how much your sig line has impressed me in the past couple of months. Being here at SoS and on a DT where many of my "admirers" see my layouts, I get stuck in a rut of thinking that every page does indeed have to be a masterpiece. I forget about just hte plain old love of the craft that I used to have. There are so many techniques to try, so many "challenges" to do that I've been guilty lately of having it slip my mind that it's mostly about capturing some memories. That's all. It shouldn't be a stressful thing each and every time. Each layout dosn't have to be bigger better, it just has to be a memory.

Kelly, Thanks so much. I saw that quote somewhere many years ago and it has always stuck with me. I've been scrapping for so long that I found I was getting stuck in a rut with trying to "create" a page that differed from everything else. I finally realized, scrapping is about preserving my memories. While I do like to create it's not the main reason I was drawn to scrapbooking in the first place and so what if I don't like a page when it's said and done. The point is it's now in an album for my kids to look back on and enjoy.

Totally agree, Pam. Thanks again for the reminder. I too get stuck in that rut of trying to make each page bigger and better so to speak. It's about the memories and my kids just want the memories, they don't really care (when all is said and done) about all the frou frou so to speak.