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amy barnes
amy barnes
senior associate
Firestone, Colorado
To see another
one of Amy’s
projects, check out
this issue’s Online
Extras.
amy’s tips for
basic scrapbooking:
• Start simply with basic layering
and colors. Use a few basic
accessories, such as ribbon
or brads.
• Copy something from the
catalog or a class—as you
practice you’ll be able to branch
out on your own
Amy Barnes, a senior
associate from Firestone,
Colorado, doesn’t usually
scrapbook. With two lively boys
and an active life, she usually
doesn’t have the time to devote to
completing a scrapbook. However,
when she does scrapbook,
enjoyable things happen. Amy
loves a challenge, and stretches
herself artistically by using color
combinations she sees others
use to step out of her comfort
zone. She recently stretched
herself even more by entering a
scrapbook page in one of Stampin’
Up!’s contests. “Entering the
contest was one way I challenged
myself,” Amy says. “I had never
entered a contest before, and I
thought I should try.”
Even though Amy doesn’t
scrapbook frequently, she feels
that cards and scrapbook pages
aren’t that different. For
example, you look at color
combinations the same way on
both project types, use the same
tools, and create a balanced
layout. The purpose is just
different. In the case of her
Lookin’ Good page, she sat down
with the goal of using the Jumbo
eyelets so she could enter the
What Big Eyes You Have contest.
“I usually have to clear away the
disaster from the last project first
though!” Amy chuckles.
For this page, Amy lined up lots
of Jumbo eyelets at first, but
didn’t really like it. She then
noticed that two eyelets together
Family: Husband Scott; sons Grant (5) and Logan (3)
looked like a pair of eyes. The
page really started taking shape
after this connection. “The eyes
reminded me of binoculars, and
the photos we had just taken in
the mountains with my boys
looking through binoculars,” Amy
remembers. “I had just printed
the photos, and they were sitting
on my desk. So I used them.”
Since the eyelets and binocular
lenses were round, Amy decided
the photos should be round as
well. She used the Coluzzle
Cutting System, cans, and (of
course) Circle punches for the
various circles. Her page colors
came from the photos—the boys’
shirts and the mountains behind
them in particular. “It turned out
cute!” Amy says.
“Having a theme
definitely helped.”
Amy says that her
projects frequently
change between
conception and the
finished product,
and she finds it
rewarding when a
page turns out
better than she had
originally expected.
“Nothing is perfect
the first time you
try it,” she shares.
“It’s like riding a bike—the first
time you try you aren’t going to
be perfect.” Amy says that when
her customers get frustrated that
their projects don’t turn out right
the first time, she reminds them
that it just takes practice. ■
lookin’ good page
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