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52 Week of Pinspiration {Week 45}–Scraplifting

Welcome to Week 45 of my Pinspiration series!

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So you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic all week long. For me the best antidote to that is to do a little scrapbooking.  So I spent the better part of Friday morning working on my Project Life album which always makes me so happy.

But as much as I love the ease of the Project Life system, sometimes I get a hankering to do some traditional scrapbook pages.  And this week I thought it might be fun to get outside my comfort zone a do something a little different.

This week I’d like to share with you a little trick in the scrapbooking world known as ‘scraplifting’.  Don’t worry – it’s legal.  Winking smile  Basically it’s just borrowing inspiration from a layout by someone else and applying it to a layout of your own.

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I’ve been admiring this gal’s style of scrapbooking which is so different from my own.  Lots of layers and –  you’re not going to believe it when I say this – imperfect.  Kinda messy.

So with one of my iPhone photos from our recent trip to Cabo here is what I came up with.

thank you cabo

I have to say – I really liked stepping out of the box like this and stretching my creative wings.  I highly recommend it!

And don’t worry if your kitchen table looks like this when you’re done.  Just means you’re doing it right.  Smile

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Peace, Kelly

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  1. Cathy H. says

    November 5, 2012 at 8:04 am

    This turned out great! I would call my style of scrapbooking “clean”, but it is also such fun to step out and be a little more free and messy!! I can relate to the messy table. Right now I have a folding table in my living room that looks very much like this! I’ve just returned from a scrapbooking retreat and left things out so I could finish some pages! Your table is in a great place for some wonderful natural light!

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