Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Week Two
I'm enjoying the Digital's Next Top Scrapper contest. It is fun creating these pages, with more of an emphasis on quality scrapping than on showcasing kits. Believe me, I enjoy being on creative/design teams, but times like this I try to let my creativity take full rein. And it's amazing to see what everyone else comes up with, to see that range of talent within one gallery. Though I *do* wish we could know the voting results from week to week!
This week the challenge was to scrap a fave saying, and to use type to be creative. While Akela isn't a member of my family, he's a close friend, and this just called to me to scrap it. It may not be as "pretty" as some of the LOs that have been posted, but I'm proud of it.
Journalling reads:
"Cub camp is a tough-love experience. They’re expected to organize and pack their own gear. They’re expected to set up their own sleeping areas or tents. They’re expected to do their own dishes. And more.
These expectations aren’t always easy to meet. But as they grow and mature over the years, they do meet them, and we raise the bar again.
If they whine, or forget something or want coddling or catering to, they hear Akela’s favourite line ..."
The background pic is of my son, his first year at Cub camp, having had a total blast and wearing chicken wing sauce all over his face. It's slightly transparent, with a slate grey paper from Miss Mint's For My Father kit in the background. Staples are from the same kit.
I had fun with the alpha ... I wanted a # but not many alphas have it. So I used the "l" and created my own! It's Miss Mint's Duct Tape alpha, and just perfect for a LO about Scouting, lol!
Fonts are Agency FB, Batik, BlueCake, and MA Sexy
This week the challenge was to scrap a fave saying, and to use type to be creative. While Akela isn't a member of my family, he's a close friend, and this just called to me to scrap it. It may not be as "pretty" as some of the LOs that have been posted, but I'm proud of it.
Journalling reads:
"Cub camp is a tough-love experience. They’re expected to organize and pack their own gear. They’re expected to set up their own sleeping areas or tents. They’re expected to do their own dishes. And more.
These expectations aren’t always easy to meet. But as they grow and mature over the years, they do meet them, and we raise the bar again.
If they whine, or forget something or want coddling or catering to, they hear Akela’s favourite line ..."
The background pic is of my son, his first year at Cub camp, having had a total blast and wearing chicken wing sauce all over his face. It's slightly transparent, with a slate grey paper from Miss Mint's For My Father kit in the background. Staples are from the same kit.
I had fun with the alpha ... I wanted a # but not many alphas have it. So I used the "l" and created my own! It's Miss Mint's Duct Tape alpha, and just perfect for a LO about Scouting, lol!
Fonts are Agency FB, Batik, BlueCake, and MA Sexy
Monday, June 26, 2006
Busy!
The kids get out of school at the end of this week. That's my birthday prezzie! But is life going to be quieter or busier with them off? Somehow I'm thinking busier. Yeah, they'll help keep Rusty occupied, sometimes, but there'll also be lots of running around; taking them to camps and friends' and soccer and and and ... I'm looking forward to it though!
On the scrap front I'm starting to do digi-ads for The Daily Scrap and One Source Scrap Ads. It's a little different, because I get to make up my own copy as well as put together the design of the ad, but I think I'm really going to enjoy it. And I was totally flattered to be asked!
Just finished my fourth Saskia Bokkers layout for The Daily Scrap, and have totally had a blast! The hardest thing was just picking two kits to work with, and actually after I made my selections I went back and bought two or three more of her kits and stuff to play with! When I have the time, lol!
Here is Rusty in all his glory, eating ice cream.
Kit is Saskia Bokkers' 1977. Just a bright, beautiful and funky 70s kit, lots of fun! I'd actually wanted to share the wealth, and use this kit on two different kids, but somehow it was two Rusty pics that leant themselves so well to it.
Alpha is Tandika Starr's chipboard alpha. I adjusted down the brightness and contrast, so it would fit better with Saskia's paper. And I used a Serena Thomas criss-cross stitch. I love stitches, and am looking forward to using more of her stitches!
On the scrap front I'm starting to do digi-ads for The Daily Scrap and One Source Scrap Ads. It's a little different, because I get to make up my own copy as well as put together the design of the ad, but I think I'm really going to enjoy it. And I was totally flattered to be asked!
Just finished my fourth Saskia Bokkers layout for The Daily Scrap, and have totally had a blast! The hardest thing was just picking two kits to work with, and actually after I made my selections I went back and bought two or three more of her kits and stuff to play with! When I have the time, lol!
Here is Rusty in all his glory, eating ice cream.
Kit is Saskia Bokkers' 1977. Just a bright, beautiful and funky 70s kit, lots of fun! I'd actually wanted to share the wealth, and use this kit on two different kids, but somehow it was two Rusty pics that leant themselves so well to it.
Alpha is Tandika Starr's chipboard alpha. I adjusted down the brightness and contrast, so it would fit better with Saskia's paper. And I used a Serena Thomas criss-cross stitch. I love stitches, and am looking forward to using more of her stitches!
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Learning to Design!
Had to wait till finances were right, the joys of being unemployed, but I finally signed up for a membership at Digiscrap Designer. The reason? Design tutorials! Tandika has a whole slew of design tutorials, available to members. Been having a blast already, I made some textured handmade papers, and a worn paper overlay. Working with my good friend Ripal on this, it's her turn to choose the next tutorials we play with. And hopefully in the fall they'll have another go round with the mentoring program, and we can get in on that! Timing would be perfect, as we'd have played with all the tutorials all summer.
But I used a paper I created for my first week's entry into Peppermint Creative's new contest, Digital's Next Top Scrapper. Not that I'm planning on winning, but I'll have fun trying, and I love seeing what everyone else comes up with too!
The theme was "Stay Positive", ie scrap what you most like about yourself. Not only do I love photography, I love what it means to my kids. There's nothing they like better than to sit through albums and look at what they looked like as babies etc. They're not complaining about my digi-scrapping either, lol!
We also had a design challenge: to use repetition. With the 3 papers and the alpha, I think all that pink served as repetition and helped give the page the cohesive look they wanted. And then the repeating hearts across the photo strip were the icing on the cake.
Journalling reads:
"Some people say the first child gets all the pictures, the second child way fewer, and the third practically none at all. Not the case when your mother is a ... cameraholic!
I got my first camera when I was 16, from one of my first paycheques. And I've never looked back! I just loved capturing moments; pictures of my friends and family to keep forever! Twenty-five years, and thousands and thousands of pictures later, and I'm still hooked.
To me pictures are all about memories, about preserving the present to share with the future. My children have been blessed by this addiction, this abundance of photographs."
We had to use at least 3 elements from Peppermint Creative. The striped paper, and the pink paper behind the journalling are from Miss Mint's To My Mother kit. It was free in May, but of course I didn't see it till June, so had to buy it. But less my 40% participant discount, not complaining at all! Gotta remember to check their freebie kits every month!
Anyways, I created the background paper, based on Tandika's handmade paper tutorial, picking up several very close colours from the striped paper. I think it goes with my page better than a very similar paper Miss Mint had in her kit. The little hearts are also Miss Mint, her Antique Hearts embellishments.
The alpha is Lil Pinky from Kylie Clark aka scallywag. I'm hoping she's entered in this contest, I always love seeing the unique and beautiful pages she creates.
The stitches are all from Serena Thomas' stitch set over at Digiscrap Designer. I was actually on her CT from February on, but life's gotten too busy at the mo, she's taken a step back and disbanded her team. Making it onto her CT was what forced me out into the big online digi world, before that I had stayed pretty much to my own little board. And I'm loving it out here, so thanks Serena! I hope life slows down a little so she can come back to designing seriously again soon, I'd love to be back on her team.
But I used a paper I created for my first week's entry into Peppermint Creative's new contest, Digital's Next Top Scrapper. Not that I'm planning on winning, but I'll have fun trying, and I love seeing what everyone else comes up with too!
The theme was "Stay Positive", ie scrap what you most like about yourself. Not only do I love photography, I love what it means to my kids. There's nothing they like better than to sit through albums and look at what they looked like as babies etc. They're not complaining about my digi-scrapping either, lol!
We also had a design challenge: to use repetition. With the 3 papers and the alpha, I think all that pink served as repetition and helped give the page the cohesive look they wanted. And then the repeating hearts across the photo strip were the icing on the cake.
Journalling reads:
"Some people say the first child gets all the pictures, the second child way fewer, and the third practically none at all. Not the case when your mother is a ... cameraholic!
I got my first camera when I was 16, from one of my first paycheques. And I've never looked back! I just loved capturing moments; pictures of my friends and family to keep forever! Twenty-five years, and thousands and thousands of pictures later, and I'm still hooked.
To me pictures are all about memories, about preserving the present to share with the future. My children have been blessed by this addiction, this abundance of photographs."
We had to use at least 3 elements from Peppermint Creative. The striped paper, and the pink paper behind the journalling are from Miss Mint's To My Mother kit. It was free in May, but of course I didn't see it till June, so had to buy it. But less my 40% participant discount, not complaining at all! Gotta remember to check their freebie kits every month!
Anyways, I created the background paper, based on Tandika's handmade paper tutorial, picking up several very close colours from the striped paper. I think it goes with my page better than a very similar paper Miss Mint had in her kit. The little hearts are also Miss Mint, her Antique Hearts embellishments.
The alpha is Lil Pinky from Kylie Clark aka scallywag. I'm hoping she's entered in this contest, I always love seeing the unique and beautiful pages she creates.
The stitches are all from Serena Thomas' stitch set over at Digiscrap Designer. I was actually on her CT from February on, but life's gotten too busy at the mo, she's taken a step back and disbanded her team. Making it onto her CT was what forced me out into the big online digi world, before that I had stayed pretty much to my own little board. And I'm loving it out here, so thanks Serena! I hope life slows down a little so she can come back to designing seriously again soon, I'd love to be back on her team.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Time to start blogging again!
It's been a while, and it's always been about family, kids etc. Now that I'm getting addicted to scrapping, let's talk about that instead! Or at least that's my plan, the moment I find an iota of free time ... lol!
