heart driving by amandaresende

This is such a striking (and fun!) photo-less page, all the bold colours and speech bubbles create a great comic book feel

Quelque part au paradis by Cleragero

So pretty and such a great sense of movement created here with the positioning of the butterflies, foliage and stamps.

The News in 2012 – Julie Ann Shahin

With media and technology changing and evolving so quickly this is great little snapshot into Julie Ann’s life at the moment, I wonder how long it will be until this in out of date? Perfect use of all the newsprint elements too!

Face Painting by oldvwblues

It looks like oldvwblues had a lot of fun making this! All the paint touches are ideal for the theme while the folded background paper adds a touch of depth to the page. Fabulous!

we by marnel

Heart-tastic! Such a simple, but highly effective, composition in this soft and pretty page.

Art Gallery by zannella1108

This page is actually a scraplift of Jan Morton’s Artistry so please check that one out as well! I really like the extraction here and that lovely little face peeking over the fence, and of course, the fabulous artwork on display!

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So, let’s go to my choices.

Cherish the Moment by Akizo

Ok, I’m fan of every page from Akizo and this one couldn’t be different. The pops of red are perfect! And these photos… are too cute, right? And everything with these 2 big letters “C” and “M” to the creative title work. LOVE it!!

Caught in the Act by melanier

I loveee how she used tags to make all the composition! And the elements and papers are just wonderful! And she also added little details to the final touch! I love when scrappers use little details!

Quiet thoughts by CD Muckosky

This page is SO delicate (look the wings!) and cool (now you look to these doodles)! And, again, little details, like journaling, date, words. Amazing work!

Love your smile by caramellche

I discovered her pages recently and I’m in love with her job! Her pages are just like that: almost clean, with colors, a little touch of fun and (AGAIN, I know, I can’t avoid) a perfect use of details. And I just love the shadow work in her tittle!

this is january by mrshobbes

OMG!! I just loveeee these papers and style on this page! All journaling and black white photos… Absolutely gorgeous!! I can’t read all journaling (my english don’t help me lol), but it’s a cool and inspired way to document her month!

Swingin’ by canadianmommy

White background + big bracket + big (and creative) title work + ricrac + great moment registered = a STANDOUT page for me!

Well, I think that’s it for today! I hope these can inspire you as inspired me! Don’t forget, if you have time, to leave a little love to these amazing scrappers! :D

xoxo, Rú.

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Remember 2 Snap Me by heathergw

WOW!! Loving that bold background! She used it perfectly and balanced her photos and elements beautifully. I can so relate to her journaling as well as I’m never in photos, but I’m jumping on her bandwagon and resolving to get in there!

Love me tender by Vèronique

How beautiful and dreamy!! Love the sweet photo and those flowers are gorgeous! Lovely, lovely page!

Snap! by Liahra

I’ve been seeing pages with this template all over digiland, but this one grabbed me from the start. The awesome title work and her fantastic use of papers, plus the tiny scattered beads make this a true standout.

Just Me by 4noisyboys

I love AAM pages and this is no exception. The crops on the photos and the dramatic black and white go perfectly with her colorful elements. I also love the quote and how she placed it on paper strips. Very cool!

Sweet Moment by sucali

What a sweet and lovely page! Love the adorable photo and her composition is perfect! I always admire pages that with so little manage to transmit so much. Beautifully done!

2012 Goal by Aggie

I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this page and how much her words moved me. I think this is very common, and I just hope that she does get to fulfill her goal, as I’m sure everything will fall into place after that.

This is it from me tonight, see you next week!

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Embrace the Chaos by whatnext

This is AMAZING! So much detail here and the more I look at it the more I find! I adore all the photos and the different masking and blending. Seriously creative!

you color my world b joshgirl

This is another page with fantastic blending and masking! I love all the colors and the awesome paint behind the cluster. really well done!

girly girl by LoriS

I am so in love with this girly page! The colors between the papers and photo just go together flawlessly! beautiful brushwork and such sweet girlyness!

Valentine’s Day by teeleedee

This is another girly page full of pink perfection and I adore it! I love those stitched holes and way everything, including the journaling is framed in. So gorgeous!!

perfect to me by Mom2LaurynJacob

This is just soooo pretty! The light in the photos is perfection. They have a warm summery glow that just makes me feel warm and happy looking at them! I love the layering and that subtle blending. Soooo pretty!

travel and explore by neeceebee

This is soooooooo much fun! I just love photoless layouts that tell a good story and this one is perfect!! The mapwork and colors are just fab!! I love everything about this!! The way she highlighted the states she has been to compared to the ones she hasn’t. Just awesome!

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Date by liljatr
What an incredible valentine’s layout! I have been over this page at least four times and I am sure I still haven’t seen all the little details. I love all the different alphas and elements and what an incredible date, wow!!!

Because of you by Fanfan-Rue des Anges

What a beautiful page. I love the colours and the fabulous photo crop of that little baby. The red and yellow make the cluster pop right of the page against that sea of turquoise.  Fantastic!

Birthday at School by Charlize
I love the blended in photo in the background that gives great depth to the page. Over all great page design and great use of elements. The whole layout just has such a happy feel to it.

Monaco by Nath
Awesome how that photo has become part of that colourful cluster. Fantastic combination of patterns and I love the use of elements and title work. A true work of art.

A friend… by Sokee
Such a beautiful, creative and intimate page! I love how Sokee used the circle stamps on the patterned paper helping that symbolic photo and elegant cluster take center stage!

Hush hush… by Ferdy
How fun is this!!!! Super awesome cluster here with fab shadow work creating great depth in the page! I love the scribbled text, the rub on buttons and all the paper scraps and title at the bottom. Awesome Ferdy!

That’s it for today! Until next time people, I’ll be back!

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First is My Heroes by neeceebee. I love the doodly, Bam/Pow, Shazam, high energy, fun loving layout just screamed PICK ME!  The costumes and photos are really fun, and I love the tabs at the top of the layers.  Way way cute!  Way!

Next is this lovely art journal layout, Pay It Forward by aertre.  Let’s face it, the message is just good stuff. This one makes me happy.  I hope your candle can light somebody else’s day today.

I think so many of us can relate to this next layout, Blink by donnagoar.  I have wanted to make a layout like this, because I feel it in my heart but could never find the right way to put it on the page.  She captured how I feel inside.  Blink and time has gone by.  Blink and your baby is all grown up.  Beautiful work.

I always try to do a good white space layout and I always fail miserably.  I think there’s such a sophisticated art to this type of layout.  It can say so much with so little.  Such restraint and beauty.  Here is Lovely Day by chrystelle.

I love the next layout because the journaling is SO real.  I know that we all have these kind of moments with our children and loved ones.  I admire how despite her frustration, the love comes shining through.  The layering is so beautiful too. Here is Mad Love by Hollyinjapan.

I’ll wrap it up tonight with a bit of great grunge from My New Ride by ErinShannon.  I love the paint slops, the gears, the gauges, etc.  It’s just bold and fun, and I can feel the enthusiasm in the layout by the bold design.  Congrats on the new car!

That’s all for tonight, I hope you like my pics.  Happy Mardi Gras everybody!

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I finally leave the “samba” aside and get a good look round the galleries, I hope you enjoy my picks:

PL_Week 7_Anniversary by 4noisyboys

I love the collection of photos!I find my eye traveling all around to see everything!
This series of photos taken at her 30th anniversary at Disneyland and YES,
it deserves its own page!

rock star by justjen

Super fun page!!! Love the title work! It’s just perfect for this colorful, fun and joy photo!!!
Those border line and clusters are the perfect finishing touch for this little Rock Star page!

Bianca’s Monday by Dalis

Love her idea of a layout with a daily routine!
Great clustering, love the colours, the energy, the textures of the papers ( of the background and those paper stripes ), blend, doodles and word art !
Feels like you could reach out and touch the page.

Indulgence by momadee

This is such a gorgeous page and beautiful photo!
The girl’s brillant blue eyes make it amazing.
The combination of blending, brushwork, masking, frame and the butterfly made this an outstanding page!

Learning to Fly by judyinsd

Soft, dreamy and artful design…a stunning way to accent that wonderful photo.
Every inch is perfect : the soft and magical feel, the brushes and blending, the messy feeling!

Grassels by BHo

Words can’t describe how much I love this this layout.
It totally jumped out to me in the gallery.
It’s creative, colorful (love the punches of red),
a wonderful mix of vintage and heritage with a twist of modern!
A definite visual feast!

Now back to “samba”, yeah!!!!

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Love of My Life by beszteri

I love the artsy approach to this page combined with the sweet sentiment! The black and white photo works brilliantly against the bold colours and the yellow text is so effective against the white and the other colours.

Material Girl by Kjersti_W

You’re singing the song aren’t you?! So am I! This page really captures the spirit of the 80′s, the composition is fabulous with a great mix of patterns and colours.

Swimming Lessons by Lizzy257

Another example of beautifully handled colours! There are so many lovely little details here – I really like the little wave trim on the main photo, the sun peeking out from behind that sunny smile and all the splashes scattered over the page.

Travel Bucket List by misfitinmn

Such a great idea for a layout and one that I haven’t seen before! This is such a knockout page, from the play with the title to the printers tray composition and all the little tags, I just can’t stop looking at this layout!

Stop Time! by Paula Kesselring

I told you I had picked some striking layouts, check this one out! I love all the repeated circles and the almost monochromatic colour  scheme and I can certainly relate to the journalling!

867-5309 by scrapper2009

I have a bit of a soft spot for pigeons so this page made me smile the moment I saw it! All the play with different scales is such fun! I wonder what he’s saying…

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Good GOLLY MISS MOLLY is this ever COOOOOL.  I just love the grungy urban effect for the subject and scattered here and there photos and bits.  The title is soooo perfect.  I just can’t say enough about this one!!
Bus is Awesome by Akizo

Funny how these two share some similarities with the use of the cards and the card holders.  And yet they are so completely different in the over all effect.  Back Then is so soft and dreamy with the pinks and blues and soft floral elements.  Of course the biggest similarity is that they are both brilliant, lol.

Back Then by Natascha

I will be the first to tell you that I am such a goober head for a great heritage photo so of course this one just reached out and grabbed me from the gallery.  But it’s not just the photo that made me take notice. I adore the title and how it plays against the photo.  So very well done!

I Treasure You by Mishou

LOVE LOVE the use of the chevron patterns in this one.  First of all the way they point into the picture and then the way the journaling is highlighted by using pattern paper to fill in the chevrons on the journaling side is just too good. Ouuuutstanding design!

34 by teeleedee

Talk about your perfect crops!! The way the design mimics the picture creates such a wonderful sense of movement and balance. The pops of orange and simple color scheme just adds to the fun!

Skating Fun by Margje

Time does march on and what better way to document it than to use two pictures with similar poses from different times.  And I simply love Rebecca’s great design too.  The simplicity with little peaks of yellow and green are so refreshing!

Time Marches On by Rebeccah

Well time has marched on and that is all.  I hope you can carve out a little time this week-end to scrap, but if not keep recording those oh so important memories!

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Time for you by amandaresende

Loving those bold patterns and borders! Amanda always has a way to amaze me with her use of seemingly random elements but they turn out so cohesive and perfectly placed.

 Irreplaceable by Juhh

Gorgeous photography and beautiful composition here, loving the “antique” filmstrip in the back. Also, her shadows are just perfect and make me want to reach out and touch that key.

Along came you by sokee

Love the simplicity here! I’m always in awe of pages like that that pack such a punch with seemingly so little. The hexagonal frames add a great touch too!

Daisy Girl by lor

Absolutely in love with this page! The sweet photo, the flawless mask, the tiny flowers….just LOVE! Oh, and did you see the journaling on the side? Genius!

 Princess by mom2peanuts

Those tiny photos are the cutest! Love her tiny clusters and scattered stars, bows and flowers. Every time I look, I see something different and each detail is placed in the right place. Well done!

 Colour my world by giny

What a fantastic photoless page! Love those graphic flowers, simple title work, and the word strips about what makes her happy during the day. Very cool!

This is it from me today, hope you have a great weekend!

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