Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Waaah!
Kinda a bummer week for me. I didn't even make the top 5 for my category in the DNTS contest, out of 25. Obviously still some growing to do as a scrapper. I do have to email Miss Mint, she said she'd tell us what our top finish was?
And I haven't made the last 3 CTs I applied to. Of course that happens, but it's still hard not to be bummed. I mean, Robin Carlton, she had 80 people apply, and some pretty amazing ladies in that list I'm sure. I wasn't surprised, especially since her stuff is so gorgeous, but you still get your hopes up though, ya know? She was so sweet, emailed all of us, and gave us all freebies just for applying, that was nice! I'll have to look some more, I'd like to be on one other CT, maybe more. We'll see what workload I can handle.
Here's my DNTS layout from the other week. Had a ton of fun with it. The theme was to document a conversation, and I had the perfect one. A conversation that happens a lot between my 10 yo son and I, makes me laugh every time!
Kit Credits: Cork, paper, pins from Gina Miller's BYOBB kit and add-on
Elements/Extras: Miss Mint Stamped Grunge alphas, Dictionary Decoupage hearts and Rusted Copper tag and string.
Fonts Used: Saginaw, First Grader, Jayne Print
And I haven't made the last 3 CTs I applied to. Of course that happens, but it's still hard not to be bummed. I mean, Robin Carlton, she had 80 people apply, and some pretty amazing ladies in that list I'm sure. I wasn't surprised, especially since her stuff is so gorgeous, but you still get your hopes up though, ya know? She was so sweet, emailed all of us, and gave us all freebies just for applying, that was nice! I'll have to look some more, I'd like to be on one other CT, maybe more. We'll see what workload I can handle.
Here's my DNTS layout from the other week. Had a ton of fun with it. The theme was to document a conversation, and I had the perfect one. A conversation that happens a lot between my 10 yo son and I, makes me laugh every time!
Kit Credits: Cork, paper, pins from Gina Miller's BYOBB kit and add-on
Elements/Extras: Miss Mint Stamped Grunge alphas, Dictionary Decoupage hearts and Rusted Copper tag and string.
Fonts Used: Saginaw, First Grader, Jayne Print
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
OMG, I think this officially makes me a designer!
At least sort of ... I've started doing Photoshop design tutorials, as I've mentioned. And I joined an Elements Team over at The Daily Scrap. Well, we just put together a combo mega-kit for Independence Day and Canada Day, called Primary Essentials. It has some of MY papers in it!! I'm just so thrilled! I submitted 10 papers, in red, white, blue and yellow - both plain and stripes. The full preview is below, and those stripies in the middle are mine!
There is just a whopping ton of stuff in it! They show more of my papers in the second preview ...
The full kit can be found here in the TDS Mall -Primary Essentials
There is just a whopping ton of stuff in it! They show more of my papers in the second preview ...
The full kit can be found here in the TDS Mall -
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Glitter!
Oh what fun, I played with glitter! I really liked it, even made me a pretty purple flower. Fun, fun!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Another Week, Another Layout ...
Can't believe there's only one week left in the DNTS contest! Sooo curious to know the results, wish they'd post our week-to-week points!
This week's theme is inanimate objects, and our special relationships with them. My children have always had special relationships with their blankies, especially my last, Rusty.
Journalling reads:
"All my kids have loved their blankies. Mitch had two that he just totally couldn't be separated from. Dana had several too. But Rusty has been the absolute blankie king ... he just loves soft, fleecy blankies, and will sleep with as many as he can. It's something about the softness; he just cuddles into it. That's why my baby has eight blankies!"
Background paper is from Miss Mint's Denim Ink kit. Elements are - Miss Mint's Dark Denim alpha. Silver heart from Miss Mint's Antique Hearts. And blue swirl from Miss Mint's Blue Lavendar. All stitches from Serena Thomas' stitchset. Fonts Used - Saginaw, Edible Pet.
This week's theme is inanimate objects, and our special relationships with them. My children have always had special relationships with their blankies, especially my last, Rusty.
Journalling reads:
"All my kids have loved their blankies. Mitch had two that he just totally couldn't be separated from. Dana had several too. But Rusty has been the absolute blankie king ... he just loves soft, fleecy blankies, and will sleep with as many as he can. It's something about the softness; he just cuddles into it. That's why my baby has eight blankies!"
Background paper is from Miss Mint's Denim Ink kit. Elements are - Miss Mint's Dark Denim alpha. Silver heart from Miss Mint's Antique Hearts. And blue swirl from Miss Mint's Blue Lavendar. All stitches from Serena Thomas' stitchset. Fonts Used - Saginaw, Edible Pet.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
And the momentum continues ...
I had the perfect pic from the weekend, that I was dying to scrap. And I'd already picked out one of Saskia's kits to scrap it with. Then came assignment #3 in Digitals Next Top Scrapper contest.
We were to scrap 10 things about ourselves, or one of our loved ones. I've been concerned about Rusty's speech. He's supposed to have had 10 - 20 words at 18 months. So I put my own spin on the challenge!
Journalling reads:
"Rusty has always been a child of few words. At 18 months I honestly couldn't say he had 10 words much less 20 words. All it took was a little figuring out though; he wasn't using consonants."
And his list of 10 words ...
uh = up
Mumma = Mumma
ah = cat
yuyee = suce (soother)
yuse = shoes
i = hi
da oo = thank you
oo-ee = cookie
ihn-ee = stinky
o! = no!
I used Saskia Bokkers' Red, White and Blue kit available here at the Mall at The Daily Scrap. It was the perfect foil to Mr Blue Eyes and his red shirt!
I used Miss Mint's Denim and Stamped Grunge alphas, plus Dolphin and First Grader fonts.
We were to scrap 10 things about ourselves, or one of our loved ones. I've been concerned about Rusty's speech. He's supposed to have had 10 - 20 words at 18 months. So I put my own spin on the challenge!
Journalling reads:
"Rusty has always been a child of few words. At 18 months I honestly couldn't say he had 10 words much less 20 words. All it took was a little figuring out though; he wasn't using consonants."
And his list of 10 words ...
uh = up
Mumma = Mumma
ah = cat
yuyee = suce (soother)
yuse = shoes
i = hi
da oo = thank you
oo-ee = cookie
ihn-ee = stinky
o! = no!
I used Saskia Bokkers' Red, White and Blue kit available here at the Mall at The Daily Scrap. It was the perfect foil to Mr Blue Eyes and his red shirt!
I used Miss Mint's Denim and Stamped Grunge alphas, plus Dolphin and First Grader fonts.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
I wasn't feeling the love ...
I mean, I posted my DNTS LO just after midnight on Tuesday ... and it went almost a full 48 hours before ANYONE left any positive feedback on it, meanwhile others were garnering lots "oh how cute!" comments! I know it's not cute, but I still thought it was good ... and finally a few people have complimented me. Phew, my fragile, needy ego will live another day, lol!
The latest paper ... mulberry. Doesn't look as fibery (yeah, so what if it's not a real word :-P ) as Tandika's. but I'm still happy with it. Had to get Ripal to help me, as I didn't have the one filter required to create the basis for extra fibres. She's got PSCS2, I only have PS7. Gotta upgrade!
The latest paper ... mulberry. Doesn't look as fibery (yeah, so what if it's not a real word :-P ) as Tandika's. but I'm still happy with it. Had to get Ripal to help me, as I didn't have the one filter required to create the basis for extra fibres. She's got PSCS2, I only have PS7. Gotta upgrade!
