{Life & Musings}

Multitasking

Is it multitasking if you use a layout as an class assignment and as one of my 28 in 28 layouts?  I don't think multitasking is the word I'm looking for, but it's close.

So, in this layout, I created the scalloped edges with my pen tablet and the dotted orange trail on the map.  That is also my handwriting on the tags that say "here" & "to there" .    Very cool.  Writing with the pen is still kind of difficult.  I think it's because the pen tip is kind of wide.  Maybe it would have been easier if I used a smaller brush--something to think about. 

So this layout is also 3 of 28 for me.  Only 2 behind as of 9:33pm. 

Enjoy!

28 in 28 days

paper: Baer's Garten; embellishments: Taylormade; fei-fei

So today we started a challenge to do 28 pages in 28 days at SBA.  This is my entry for today.  It's a digital layout.  But the cool thing is that I CREATED the template in Illustrator as part of Illustrator 101 class at JessicaSprague.com. I'm still not exactly comfortable with it and have some questions, but I'm very excited about this new development.

Enjoy!

Coming up with a plan

I was coming off of a high.  I had a great experience in Shimelle's blogging class and was feeling the creative itch.  I thought taking another class would be the cure.  I signed up for the 25 days of templates class at reneepearson.com.  Well, the class isn't exactly what I thought it would be.  It's more of the nuts and bolts of scrapbooking than a theme/plan for creating an album.  That's ok, I've figured out a plan. 

As alumnae of Shimelle's JYC (yes, I'm the class of 2006), I get to take it again every year for free.  Well, since I don't have pictures to use yet for the 25dot, aka 25 days of templates class, I think I will journal about the prompts from Shimelle's class here on my blog and then make the album with the 25dot tools and supplies.

Are you doing JYC?  Have you done it in the past?
Stay tuned for my JYC entries here.

Enjoy!

A Repeat?

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

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!

A Disclaimer

You know how there are never pictures of you in your albums?  Well, that is most definitely not the case in this book, especially since the kids were not with us.  So I decided this album needed a disclaimer about my gorgeous look that I'm sporting in all of the pictures.

 

Template: Paislee-Press snapshots 2
Paper:  Paislee Press Sociologie Kit
Elements:  Paislee press zippy hippy stamp; Paislee Press Inkblots 

Have you ever added a disclaimer page to your albums?
Enjoy.

So Close

I'm so close to being done with this album that I can almost taste it.  You know what it tastes like?  Bittersweet.  It's bittersweet tasting because that means I'm done reliving the trip and it was such a great time.  You know one of those times that will never come again.  (Why is Foreigner's "Feels Like the First Time" going through my head right now???) 

And here is the latest layout....

Template: Taylormade
Papers: Eastbourne kit & Eastbourne add on kit from Kathryn Wilson+Paislee Press
Digital Stamp: embrace kit from Paislee Press

Enjoy!

Les Tulieries

Template: paislee press
Paper: Fei-Joyce Serendipity Papers; Shabby Princess Bella Collection
Embellishments: Eastbourne Elements Kathryn Wilson+Paislee Press; Sociologie Elements Paislee Press

Enjoy!

You Must Be Nearly Done, Right?

With the pictures from this trip, that is.  Yes, I am.  I was going through my iPhoto yesterday and I am almost done creating layouts from the trip.  Only a few more to go. 

Template: Paislee Press
Paper & Elements: Eastbourne kit from Kathryn Wilson + Paislee Press

I really wish that I had discovered this snapshot layered templates from Paislee Press earlier.  I probably would have done the whole trip with this Polaroid type of look.  I love that you can put journaling right underneath the individual pictures.  I'm half tempted to go back and re-do a few layouts.  I still might.  

I'm going to try to do another digital layout today.  Let's see what happens.  I'd love to wrap this up and get it printed.  I've decided not to print it into a book form.  I've got too much memorabilia from the trip that I want to include in the album too.  That is a challenge when you do a digital layout.  With a typical layout you could include it as part of the layout, but in a digital one, you can either scan it or somehow put attach it to the layout maybe?  I'm not sure yet.  I might just put it behind the layout in the album.  I kind of like that. But we will see.

Enjoy!

Back to paper

Lest you think that I'm just a digital scrapbooking maven, I busted out the supplies this past weekend and did some hard core scrapping.  Here are a few...

 

paper: ki memories, scenic route
chipboard: scenic route, making memories

 

paper: october afternoon
chipboard & rubons: american crafts

 

paper: october afternoon
fabric letters: american crafts

3 simple 8x8 layouts for the outlaws/grandparents albums.

One of my friends Dawnie, has a food blog and she is having a giveaway.  Be sure to check it out.

Enjoy!