Slow down

I didn't stop scrapping...just slowed down.  Life got busy and I have lost my inspiration a lot of days.  No time or energy for blogging.  Don't get me wrong, Life is Good!  Just busy.  I think I need to do a big printing job and see my pages in real life to get back my mojo.  Anyway, here is the last month of layouts

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Refresh

Ever feel like you need a "refresh button" for your kids.  I do!!  This picture shows it perfectly.  I just wish I could control when they decide to just enjoy each other:)

This page was done for the digi-in-deep class at JessicaSprague.com.  The assignment was to use a complex mask that you created.  My mask was the orange rectangle shape with the circle cut out.  I Just kept enlarging the shape and lower the opacity on the blue ones.  I used a brush mask for the picture because the points on the rectangle shape were awkward with my picture, plus I love that orange paper showing through!

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Sledding

When I saw these splatters from Splendid Fiins I knew I wanted to do a sledding layout.  I actually googled snow boarding advertisements for the inspiration on the title.

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Digi in Deep!

I took the plunge!  While the digi-in-deep class was on sale at jessicasprague.com I signed up!  I decided that there is a lot more I can learn about photoshop, and probably learn ways of doing things I already do easier!  I was right.  This is the first lesson.  I am of course behind, but very happy with the first results!

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his and hers

A page about my girl and her best friend:

These Washi tapes by Liv.e Designs are so fun!  

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I really just asked him for one last shot...glad I did:)

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Q+A

The annual question and answer pages.  I used Splendid Fiins teen and tween kits.  The girls pages were hard for me, bright colors and doodle stickers--yikes!, but the girls love them!  I love the journaling:)

On random

Elle's Studio at js.com came out with these great Holiday journaling cards.  There are a ton of them with perfectly simple sayings.  I just might use them for our Christmas card this year!  Anyway, they inspired me to do a page about how David and I met.  Fun stuff!

Journaling:"I couldn’t go home for the Christmas holidays because I had to work. I watched all of my roommates leave and I was sure it was going to be the worst Christmas ever. But, instead I met you. And fell in love in the peace of the Holidays. Christmas means a lot of things, but it always reminds me of our beginning."

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Che has a fall collab kit at mscraps that is really fun!  I love the non traditional fall colors.  And these are some of my very, very, very favorite pictures of my son.  But, they are Horrible quality.  Very low resolution.  I spent a lot of time trying to make them look as good as a could, and then kept them small!

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This page was inspired by Nisa's (Spendid Fiins) oval vintage frames.  I have been thinking a lot about my Great Grandmother lately, not sure why.  This picture was taken at my wedding.  She lived to be 100, and was awesome to the very end!

Journaling: "I know that I don't have any right to wish that you were still around. You gave this world 100 amazing years. But my kids never got to know you. They know your picture though, and when they ask, "whose that Mom?" I say,"a very special lady. and this is what she taught me "The world has enough people who are tough; we need people who are tender. There are enough people who are coarse; we need people who are kind. There are enough people who are rude; we need people who are refined. We have enough people of fame and fortune; we need more people of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity."

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Frozen moments

I used Anna Aspnes gradient brushes on this. They make it SO easy to blend things!

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My husband hates this photo, but since when has that stopped me from scrapping?:)  This page was inspired by those art lines from Liv.e Designs.  They just made me think of a magazine page.

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Love the different textures in these papers!  I thought they brought enough interest without discracting from a Favorite picture of mine.

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School Pages

I was a little wary of using these rub-ons. As I don't usually use elements like that. But it inspired me to do this layout with some of the questions he asked about the third grade before he started and I really like it!

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She is a funny one.  I went back to my roots with this one.  A little ledger grid anyone?

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The title was actually a mistake.  I was going to put 2nd Grade, but then I liked the repeat of the number...so I left it.

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Catch up

I have been scrapping just not posting...This is for Amy who commented on how she liked my "graphic-magazine style pages."  Me too Amy!

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Photos by Malisa Twelves Photography.

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New Hampshire

Echo Park is a new designer at JessicaSprague.com and besides just loving that name...their products are pretty good too:)

We went to New Hampshire.  We went to an amusement park, took a tram up the white moutains, swam in the river behind our inn...and all I scrapped was the hammock.

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A few simple layouts

Here are a few simple layouts I did this weekend.  The first is a picture of my son from new years eve that I love!!  One of those pictures that makes you realize how in love you are with your child:)

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This one is with a kit by Leiko Beck Designs--she is back in business, a little bit:)  She is the guest at ScrapInsider this month, fun stuff!

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Catch up!

Here are few layouts I haven't had the time to post:

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Have a great week!

Sand + Water

This is only my second attempt in 3+ years of digital scrapping to do a two pager.  I really like it...but only because the template made it easy:)  The other thing this tempalte did was make me realize that when doing a two pager I can make the lo on one page and then just split it when I need to print.  That was much better then trying to work with two separate pages that are suppose to fit together.

And why is that I just notice when doing these pages that I am missing two years worth of photos?  Still wondering about that one...

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Overheard

A conversation I overheard between my kids's friend and her mom.

My kids play with their friends all the time, but I LOVE that they like to play with each other.

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Summer = Cape Cod

As soon as the weather gets warmer my husband is itching to go to the Cape. We went this last weekend, and I am sure we will go again before the summer is over. I need to because this trip was a little to cold for me:)


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Game on!

Yeah for templates...to help get the sports pictures scrapped!

In the News

So there is a great template on sale for $1 today only over at jessicasprague.com. It is by liv.e designs...this is "In the news" template #3

In the News Template#3
Creativity by Crystal
Doodley Doo Brushes
Queen of Quirk
Sitty Pretty Kit
Queen of Quirk lolaviola papers
Taylormade clip it numbers

But there are also two other Liv.e Designs "In the News" templates, and I have two other kids...so here they are.

Loved doing a page as if it was a newspaper...and this template is perfect for any newsletter you might have to write for schools, church, family...a big time saver!Credits:
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In the News Template#1
Queen of QuirkSitty Pretty Kit
Taylormade clip it numbers at Oscraps

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Liv.e DesignsIn the News Template#2
Queen of QuirkKamari Beach Accents
Queen of Quirk Art Greco papers
Taylormade clip it numbers at Oscraps
Have a fun Wednesday! And write down somthing 'stat' about your kids, you'll be glad you did.

Missing

Here is my most recent layout. Found this picture of our family minus one important part...and it had to be scrapped.

I used the November Papers by Creativity by Crystal at JessicaSprague.com. They are on sale for 1$ today only!!!

his is actually a really great deal because there are 50 pages in this pack, and it is only $1!

Also used:
Date Stamp by Emily Powers "Mark that Date" at oscraps.

National Scrapbook Day is coming up.

JS.com has a lot planned. Just look....

I am off to Philadelphia today, can't wait for this weekend!