Created By Jill Scraps has just come out with another fun kit for the summer called “Sand Between My Toes” – just perfect for making beach themed layouts:
Here are a couple of layouts I made and the freebie Quick Pages to download:
And here is the second layout:
I participated in yet another designer spotlight challenge at Oscraps. This time, it was a double designer – Vera Lim & Kitty Chen. And here is my layout:
It was a journal challenge with “Magical Moments” as the theme. I chose an old photo of myself when I was 10 years old during my first camping trip to Yosemite. I still remember feeling so small amongst the giant trees… magical.
I participated in another CSD QP Contest. This time, the kit provided was “Devout Memories” by Kaklei Designs:
This is a beautiful kit, just perfect for making old vintage style layouts. I used a photo of my maternal grandmother:
And here is a QP freebie for you to download:
Note: The layout download on my blog is 12″ x 12″. The one at CSD is 8″ x 8″ per contest rules.
Just in time for the summer! Created By Jill Scraps has a new kit out. It is called Strawberry Summer, and is filled with lots of fun summer elements and papers:
And here is a layout I made. My model is my Blythe doll Blue, appropriately dressed in a strawberry outfit with a basketful of strawberries from our garden :-):
And here is a Quick Page for you to download:
I also made a cluster frame:
And you can download the frame here:
I have been invited to be part of Created By Jill Scraps Creative Team. Yay!!! I first came across Jill and her designs when I participated in a challenge featuring one of her kits. Jill has a fun and colorful style that just seems to work for any project. Before her next kit comes out, she asked me if I wanted to work with one of her other kits, and of course I said yes :-). I chose her Hey Birdie Bundle:
And here is a layout I made using Hey Birdie. I ran into my daughters physical therapist at the local farmer’s market with his adorable daughter:
And here is a quick page freebie for you to download. It differs slightly from the layout above:
I recently received an e-mail notice from Digishoptalk regarding an online chat with their featured designer, Liz Tamanaha of Paislee Press. Considering I am practically glued to my computer these days, I popped into the chat. It was an experience since I had never been in a chat room before. At first, I was a bit confused. It seemed like Liz was fielding a bunch of questions all at the same time, and the answers and questions were all over the place. After a while, I got the hang of it. I even put my two cents in once :-). Anyway, the part I wanted to share and am excited about was at the end, when they played a trivia game. I actually answered one of the questions right and won a gift certificate to Liz’s shop! How fun is that! And here is what I got:
Liz has a very unique style. I have several styles that I am partial to, and hers is definitely one of them. They are refreshing, and elegant. This kit reminded me of Japanese design, so I got it too:
And here is a layout I made. Since the family are camera shy, and I feel a bit self conscious, I found an old photo of myself taken in Paris a very long time ago. A bunch of us from the Institute spent our winter break in Paris. For some reason, I thought after I finished graduate school in the Netherlands, I would not have the occasion to go to France so I made an effort to go. Well, I ended up getting a job in Paris! – go figure:
I am really loving digital arts and scrapbooking. Coolscrapdigital has a monthly scraplift challenge. From what I can gather, they select a layout, and you are to use it as a sketch to make your own page. This months layout is “A Day From The Past” by Jean Ann:
And here is my layout. I used one of my favorite photos of DH’s maternal grandparents:
For my page, I used the kit “Aura” by Chili Designz.
I participated in Coolscrapdigital’s Quick Page Contest. We were given a kit called “Suprise” created by Jill, which we used to come up with a Quick Page design. It was fun so I made two. I submitted the first one. Both QP’s can be downloaded for personal use from here or at the Coolscrapdigital site:
Addie of Addies Designs is hosting another scrapbooking challenge. You can find the challenge at Coolscrapsdigital, CU Pack for a freebie. Addie is giving away these very cute bugs and grapes and we are to make freebies with them:
All the other designers/participants have made very nice elements and kits. I thought it would be fun to make coordinating alphas to go with them:
This is my first scrap a page challenge. I downloaded a free mini kit by Maya de Groot. The challenge was to use this kit plus other kits from Oscraps, and make a scrapbook page with the word HOUSE or HOME on it. And here is my page:
This is a page of our first home. We lived in Texas at the time, DH was finishing up his PhD, and I had left my engineering career to become a stay at home mom. There I am with our oldest son. We are standing inside our first home we were building. Oh, such a long time ago… our son is now a Junior at the University. And I was so much skinnier! From Texas to Australia to California, and five houses later, here we are… what a ride it’s been so far! 🙂
Here are the credits:
Background, house, rainbow, floral spray: Maya de Groot Designs
Flowers and sun: Kitty Designs
Photo Frame: Joanne Brisebois
Rather than fill every space on the tile, for this challenge, we were to leave open spaces:
I purposely made this tangle into a frame. Here is a colored version if you would like to download it for personal use (PSD file with mask):
I love this photo – it is of DH’s grandparents.
I am so excited! Addie of Addies Designs is hosting a scrapbooking challenge. You can find the challenge at Coolscrapsdigital, CU Pack for a freebie. Addie is giving away these very pretty roses and we are to make freebie elements with them:
I have been having fun learning digital graphics/design (on my own and at my own pace) and felt up to the challenge. When I saw the roses, I thought, Mother’s Day! So, without further ado, here is what I came up with:
The above is DH with his mother (isn’t he cute! :-)), and the following is my own beautiful mother:
The white frame is from Delicious Scraps, and the Mother quotes are unknown. And you can download the freebie frames here for your own personal use:
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