Category Archives: Scrapbooking

memorykeeping:: December Daily-beginnings and endings

Posted in Creative Practice, December Daily, December Daily 2014, Documenting Life, Make Stuff, Memory Keeping, Scrapbooking by

This will be the 6th year I have kept a scrapbook album specifically about the holidays.  I have been inspired the last several years by Ali Edwards December Daily project.  You can learn more about Ali (an awesome person and inspiring memory keeper) and her December Daily project HERE on her blog.  I have included photos from my 2012 December Daily on my blog, that year was one of my favorites for ease and simplicity.  Hopefully if I get some time, I can get other years up to share.

This year I am once again participating in December memory keeping, I have decided to run my album from Thanksgiving to Christmas…and maybe to New Year’s, we’ll see.    I have been doing a lot of thinking about process lately and one place where I get hung up is on the beginning and ending of album projects.  I decided to solve the problem by doing the first and last page in one whack tonight and wanted to share them here with you…

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The title page is on the left, the page behind it on the right.  Yes, the photo is crummy as it’s dark at 3:30 around here now and consequently, most projects are getting worked on in the dark!  I used some new paper that I picked up that I love…very vintage-ey…I colored it oh so slightly with colored pencil, tried some embossing on the tree in white and silver and used some new brads for the top, and number stickers for the bottom.  Simple. Easy. Done.

Back Page

The back page?  I saw a beautiful wood cutout at Absolutely Everything last weekend and knew it was going to be the focal point of the last page… I embossed it with silver embossing powder, picked out a piece of beautiful paper, attached one to the other and voila!  Last page.  Simple. Easy. Done.   (note…working with these die cuts is tough they are very fragile so handle them with great care so they don’t snap…like mine did!)

There now, that’s better!  Solved the beginning and ending bits quite nicely I think!  Looking forward to working on this project more in the coming week!  Hello the Holidays!

Do you have a Holiday project you’re working on?!  I’d love to hear about it!

 

 

 

Memory Keeping:: Layout Shares!

Posted in Digital Scrapbooking, Documenting Life, Layouts, Memory Keeping, Scrapbooking by

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I thought it would be fun to have a visual of where we walked in Paris this summer…and all the places we will have to go check out on the next visit! 😉  Little Feet Digital Designs   Kit:  Friends across the miles  Template:  Archetype of a page Template #1

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When Janet released this collab kit, I knew EXACTLY what page I wanted to do….our crazy long distance friendship!!  Little Feet Digital Designs   Kit:  Friends across the miles  Design:  my own template available through LFDD soon!

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Well, this may be the last trick or treat… not sure but boy do they still like collecting candy!  For this I used Little Feet Digital Designs new kit “Hocus Pocus”.  There are so many fun elements in this kit, and I completely took to the glitter.  I overlaid the glitter spider web element on top of the spiderweb paper and voila…doubly creepy!

 

Check out these kits and other fabulous creations at Little Feet Digital Designs.  

 

Memory Keeping:: Layout Shares !

Posted in Digital Scrapbooking, Documenting Life, In the Studio, Layouts, Make Stuff, Memory Keeping, Scrapbooking by

I think the turning of the seasons is inspiring me to tidy up…last week the kitchen pantry closet…this week my blog ;-).  I realized that I have not posted any layouts from this year on my blog.  Last Sunday I did a big photo shoot of all memory keeping efforts on paper and I’ve been slowly going through and editing and uploading, so you’ll be seeing posts as I get different sections of the blog/website completed!  Today was Layouts 2014 Jan – Sept…I’ve highlighted one of my faves below but you can see the whole gallery HERE!

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Now, go make something!  I have a pot of chili to get on the stove.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Works of Art  

Kit:  Designer Essentials Series 1:Stained  & Stained (Mini-kit:  Era)     Template:  Template Blends:  (Series #1) .

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Anticipation/Summer Fun

Background paper:  April Showers Bring May Flowers Kit-Paper 1    Green journal tag paper: Summer in Bloom Paper 1      Template:   Anatomy of a Page (Template set 1) – Template #1.  Frame:  Up-Lifting Frames 1,  Frame #2   Word art:  Anticipation kit  Summer Fun Sticker:  LFDD FreebieCollab with Katie Pertiet – Summers Here

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The Cure

Kit:  A Little Art Therapy    no template, my own page design.

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Easter Photo Shoot

Kit:  April Showers Bring May Flowers &  April Showers Bring May Flowers (addition kit)  Template….can’t remember where !

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Spencer Douglas Roe (Yay he graduated!!!!!)

Kit:  A Graduate and A Scholar   Template:  BPC Class-Sketch Solutions, template free with class (!)

Now… Desk is cleared to document more memories!!   Would love to see what you’ve been up to, please link to your own memory keeping projects!

 

 

…slip…and they’re 13…

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Digi-layouts:: Face Off 2012

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When I got my hands on one of the newest offerings from  Little Feet Digital Designs there was pretty much a lot of squealing and oh my gosh isn’t that so prettyyyyyy!!!!  yup, that’s how we roll here!  So love love love this kit, the elements are g0r-ge-ous and the papers are to die for…When I work with anything metallic (digi supplies, paper supplies, fabrics), I think of it like a neutral.  this kit will compliment just about anything you already have in your digi-scrapping arsenal!

Now, if someone would just invent a home printer that prints foil, we’ll be all set!