Lesson 3:
(Supplies are Jessica Sprague, Katie Pertiet & Mary Ann Wise from Now We're Rocking class)
Yes! I scrapped again today. That makes it 2 days in a row of doing both traditional, paper scrapping and digital scrapping. I gave myself a 2 hour time limit this morning and got a ton done.
Hopefully I can keep it up.
Enjoy!
(Papers: S. Bartollini, C.Lyle, Katie Pertiet ; Embellishments: Katie Pertiet)
I finished Lesson 2 of the Jessica Sprague class tonight. I'm trying to get my Disneyland trip from last Summer scrapped. I like the results.
It always amazes me just how much you can do in photoshop.
It was a scrappy day around our house today. I started working on 2 school days albums that someone is paying me to do. It's always slow when I get started. I swear it took me 2 hours to finish 3 grades. I hope tomorrow I can get double that done.
Enjoy!
I'm taking JessicaSprague's "Now We're Rocking" photoshop class. This is the first assignment.
I didn't really want to take the class, but she has some cool things coming up and you have to have taken classes 1, 2, & 3 to be eligible to take them. So here I am.
I still need to finish the Illustrator 1 class and they just announced the illustrator 2 class. I want to take that. I'm hoping for another coupon offer.
Still need to finish the pen class that I started in January too. But I've been busy taking an InDesign class that I have to finish on time.
I can't believe it's almost April 1st. Can You?
Enjoy!
I guess it's been awhile since I've shared anything that I've been working on, but that's because it's been awhile since I've worked on anything.
This is page 5 & 6 in my 28 in 28. Today is the 21st. That means I have 7 more days to complete 21 more pages. YIKES! I think I can do it.
This is lesson 2 from JessicaSprague.com's pen tablet class. In this layout, I "drew" with my wacom tablet, the swirls, the leaf print paper, the birds, the loop-d-loops, and, yes, that is my handwriting around the edges of layout. This was a really long lesson but I feel like I learned a lot. (Hopefully, I remember it all!)
Life has been crazy, but then when is it not. I wanted to get more than 1 layout done this weekend. Maybe I'll try to do more tonight.
Enjoy!
This is layout 4 of 28 for me and lesson 2 of Jessica Sprague pen class. That is my handwriting on the tag.
Enjoy!
Every day I ask myself the same question. "What to make for dinner?"
I really hate that question. For once I would like someone else to answer.
You would think that pasta would be a slam dunk but NO! I have one
kid that will not eat it. I struggle to get my kids to eat their
veggies. Please don't tell me your kids would rather eat veggies
than candy. My kids love their carbs and it's a struggle to get them to eat protein.
Trying to please 5 peoples' various desires is tiring. I have to get creative. I'm always looking for new ideas and recipes. I read magazines and scour the internet. 9 times out of 10, I'll find one recipe in a cooking magazine to try. The recipe needs to be simple. Something quick is best. It has to contain ingredients that they might recognize.
So Max is out tonight at a dinner meeting or something in the city. We are having Chili, which the kids love and he doesn't. It's a recipe that I found in Cooking Light magazine.
I promised you a layout. Here it is. Another digi layout from our anniversary trip.
Template: Paislee Press
Embellishments: Taylor Made; Paiselee Press & Me.
Enjoy!
The most wonderful time of the year for me is not the holidays, but they are a close second. No, the most wonderful time of the year for me is the beginning of a new school year. I love the smell and feel of new school supplies. Today is the beginning of new school year for me--well sort of. I'm starting Shimelle's class on blogging today.
Yes, I've been blogging since 2005 (according to typepad), but I feel that my blog has gotten a little stale lately. I have a fine line to walk between what I share on the website and what I say here. If I share too much on my website, then there is really no reason to come here and read my "insightful" ramblings.
So on day one the prompt is to show where you blog and maybe share a layout.
I blog on my laptop usually sitting on the kitchen counter. Here is a layout to go with how I'm feeling today. It's an oldie, but a goodie and I think it's is somewhat appropriate with the beginning of a new class for me.
Enjoy!
I don't remember if I posted any pictures from graduation or not. I think I probably didn't because I haven't scrapped them before today. This is a quick little page for the inlaws/outlaws album.
template: Janet Philips
paper: fei fei-joyce serindipty papers; Jessica Sprague Echos of Asia
embellishments: MCO corner florishes 2
As I'm trying to remember what I used in the layout, I'm a little frustrated because I did a total rookie move. I merged the layers to save the layout as a JPG but I forgot to un-merge them before i saved the PSD again and now the layers are lost. What a lame move!
Since I started working a lot in digital, I've had to kind of develop a file method that works for me. I save the completed layout as a PSD, in case I need to change it. I also merge the layers and save it as a JPG file to print. Then I reduce the size of the JPG and save it as "b" whatever the title, so I know that it's resized for blogs/web. So that is 3 copies of the same layout. Confusing, I know, if you don't digitally scrap but it's what works for me.
Enjoy!
Template: Paislee-Press
Paper: kathryn wilson eastborne kit
Embellishments: Michelle Coleman Corner Florishes II
You may think you have seen this before and you have. Well, it's a little different. It's various pictures from our trip for the inlaws/outlaws albums.
Enjoy!
In the spirit of the Halloween season, a layout:
Paper: Baers Garten Here Comes the Sun kit
Elements: Paislee Press October 31st kit
I'm trying to get in the Halloween spirit. We have a group of neighbors down the street who go all out for EVERY holiday. This halloween they've taken it up a notch, not that I thought that was possible. Now my sad little pumpkin sign in my front yard will just not do. I bought some Styrofoam tombstones today with skeleton pieces to stick in my yard. Hopefully that will be enough.
Enjoy!
