Be surprised...

We had a special treat today...

Snow day

 

 

 

No, I am not scrapping photos from today.  These are from a snow day in 2011.  But just like then, today was filled with snow ball fights, cave digging, hot chocolate, and now Nerf dart guns.

 

Today's snow day, took us all by surprise.  The weathermen had said to expect 3-5 inches, done by midnight.  We are on 10+ inches and here it is still snowing at 3pm.

 

Just like the kids, I like surprises.  Snow days are great surprises.  I hope I never get too old to appreciate them.  I don't think I will.

 

This layout was created for the March Scrap It Girl 1-2-3 Challenge.  Use 1 stamp, 2 punches, and 3 patterned papers.  Let's see your creations!

 

~Kelly

 

Whatever is lifted...part 1

 

lift

    ·raise something; to move something from one position to

another, higher position

· take something from place; to grasp something and

move it somewhere else

· cheer somebody; to make somebody happier or more

cheerful

 

In scrapbooking, lifting means being inspired by someone else's design.  In fact, being inspired so much, that you take bits and pieces (maybe color scheme, or the photo placement, or the embellishments, or the title, etc.) and infuse them into your own creation.

 

Fiskateers have their own group, called the Liftateers, that are avid "lifters".  Each week, we honor someone's page layout by putting our own spin on their design.  Liftateers are celebrating another year of lifting, by having a "Lift Off" this weekend over on the Fiskateer site.

 

 

 

I am hosting the "Lift MORE Love" challenge.  I lifted this layout design from Carol's page (seen here ). As you can see, I kept the stamping that Carol had behind her picture (I love this lined polka dot pattern from Hero Arts), but changed the color scheme (hers was a monochromatic white on white) and the flower embellishments to snowflakes.

I used a Sizzix die-cut with felt to create the mittens and added some twine to connect them. It's a Sizzix texture plate that gives the silver paper its dotted embossed pattern.

 

 

From the definitions at the top of the page, you can see that "lift" also means to cheer somebody.  I don't know about you, but I would certainly feel lifted if someone was inspired by my creation! 
Part of the "cheer" comes from making sure that you go back and tell the person you lifted how much you appreciate their work, that's called "leaving love", and telling everyone where you got your inspiration from (it also prevents "lifting" from being called "swiping").  I left a bunch of love for Carol--thanks again Carol!

~Kelly