A Major Event and I Forget My Camera

Aloha to my Scrapping Ohana! Well what a great weekend we had at Just Scrap It! The fun started Friday night and carried on through until midnight on Saturday. Julie was out and about with her camera and for that I am very grateful as I.........................Forgot my camera. I can't believe that but yes I did.

So I will be off borrowing and scrounging pictures from the weekend.

Something Old but still Classic and appealing.

Here is a layout that is several years old and one which have done several times for clients. Clean and simple lines make it appealing and timeless. What gives it excitement is the printing on the aida cloth. Now not all printers will be accomodating of the bulk. I would reccomend a test run on scraps before you attempt on your good piece.

Here is the method that I use for doing this.

1. Print your photo on a blank sheet of paper. It will show you the exact size of the material you will need to use. It will also show you exactly where it will print your image.
2. Apply a removable or temporary adhesive to the back of your fabric.
3. Center the fabric over top of the printed image on your test print.
4. Go into your printers setup options and chose the heaviest paper settings (cardstock usually). Choose optimum photo printing (a lot of ink is soaked up so make sure you have this selected if your printer provides it.)
5. Do not load your material in the auto feed of your printer. Issue the print comand and then load the material through the manual feed. In most situations the manual feed is a method that allows the paper to go straight through without curling around the rollers. If yours still curls around a roller ( even in manual feed) then clean your roller throughly or you may well get ink markings that can't be removed.
6. Allow the piece to dry for 10 minutes before using on your layout. Otherwise you run the risk of smudging your image or blurring it because the ink spreads into surrounding fibres.
7. Adhere the masterpiece to your layout.
8. Stand back and enjoy the ohhhhhhsss and ahhhhhhs from family and friends as they marvel at your skill with the computer and as a scrapbooker.
   

Found This one and it still makes me laugh

I love to shoot candid pictures at weddings and other major events. In this particular situation this little girl was sitting beside us and was not interested in the long and lengthy speeches of the adults. Unbeknownst to her parents she acquired the plate of creamers and was happily playing with them for many minutes. Until one popped open and splashed her in the face. I laughed so hard that I am surprised I was able to take the picture.