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Available Now! Everyday Storyteller Vol.2

Tonight is the night! The Everyday Storyteller 2 books are available now for purchase. 

In this new book, go behind the scenes with 33 of your favorite memory keepers to see how they capture moments, tell stories and document their best memories. My topic is on photography and my tips on cropping photos for impact. I've been able to read the book cover to cover and you will not be disappointed. Amazing ideas from some talented ladies.

The book is available in eBook format for $14.99 or print + eBook fo $24.99.

BLOG HOP | Everyday Storyteller 2 + A Giveaway

Hey, those kids look familiar! 

I'm thrilled to be a contributor to Everyday Storyteller 2, a brand new idea book offering more than 100 tips, tricks and techniques for scrapbooking.

Go behind the scenes with 33 of your favorite memory keepers to see how they capture moments, tell stories and document their best memories. My topic is on photography and my tips on cropping photos for impact. Love that one of my layouts is the book cover. So fun!

Sign up for the VIP list to be the first to know when the book is released and receive an exclusive discount.

GIVEAWAY | Each book contributor participating in the blog hop is giving away an eBook copy of Everyday Storyteller 2. Use this entry link or click the graphic below to complete your entry form. You must enter by 11:59pm PDT on April 30, 2013 to be eligible. You may enter from each stop. Winners will be contacted directly as well as posted at everydaystoryteller.com on May 1, 2013.

 Participating Contributors:

Tangie Baxter Kerri Bradford Joscelyne Cutchens Catherine Davis Patty Debowski Lisa Dickinson Karla Dudley Leah Farquharson Karen Grunberg Jenni Hufford Donna Jannuzzi Amanda Jones Mandy Koeppen Riikka Kovasin Kami Leonard Amy Mallory Amy Martin Ann-Marie Morris Celine Navarro Lynnette Penacho Kelly Purkey Krista Sahlin Linda Sattgast Cindy Schneider Wendy Smedley Elisha Snow Amy Sorensen Neisha Sykes Jill Sprott Laura Vegas Allison Waken Crystal Wilkerson Jennifer Wilson

STUDIO CALICO | May's Planetarium Layouts

Meet Studio Calico's Scrapbook Kit for May...Planetarium. You can purchase the all of kits in this line here or subscribe to receive kits monthly at a lower cost. Here are a few of the layouts I made with this main kit as well as add-on kits. 

These images are all sized pretty big, so click to enlarge. My Studio Calico gallery with additional, detailed images is here. Check out all of the amazing work by the team while you're there. Thanks for taking a peek!

GO GIRL | This layout was inspired by a quote from Romeo and Juliet. I cut it out of one of my favorite black and white photos of Charlotte. My first cut with my Cameo! I love the message and liked the idea of the layout being a simple dedication to her.

WHAT A RIDE | Sequins, sequins, sequins! Why use a few when you can use a whole box? For the sequin design, I created a pattern of tiny dots (in Illustrator) that I printed onto a sheet of paper. Then I transferred the design onto my layout by marking the dots with a thin Sharpie. The dots bleed through the page and I was able to use that as my guide to place the sequins.

C39 | This layout started with the awesome Project Life Add-On Stamp. I used the frame and the #selfie stamps from this set which set the theme: Yours truly and turning forty in a few months. Eek. I used the twine in the Orion Add-On Kit to stitch two paper together at the bottom. Love the dimension it gives the page. The background "paper" is actually the wood veneer. The coolest, love the texture.

ALWAYS REMEMBER | This is a sweet and sappy hybrid layout, all about this black and white photo. I printed the journaling and the dashed border out onto the pink paper and built the page from there. The gold star sequins are from the Planetarium Project Life Kit. Love that hint of sparkle. The title letters are cut from paper in the Orion Kit.

Studio Calico is a scrapbooking design company that offers monthly kit subscriptions which include the latest products with unique finds from a variety of sources. Kit subscriptions include a Scrapbook Kit, Project Life Kit and a Card Kit. I'm on their Creative Team for Scrapbooking and Project Life for 2013.