Showing posts with label Splendid Fiins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Splendid Fiins. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

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!


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Missing Summer

I love doing summer layouts in the middle of winter, it makes me remember that the world will not be cold and dark forever!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Title Block

I did some good layouts this weekend, but I was having major problems with the titles.  The second page with Ashley running I just gave up and went without a title.  On this page, again with Miss. Ashley, I knew I wanted to use that word art from Carina Gardner, but it was in stamp form.  After I did the page using a layered template I thought the title needed to have more depth.  How to achieve that chip board look?  It turns out it is super easy.  First I selected my word art using (CTR+clicking on the word art layer), then filled it with pink.  Then I applied the same drop shadow that was used on the other items in the template just by copying and pasting the layer style.  Then I created a new layer, and selected the word art again.  In order to make the tan "chipboard" backing I just went to the selection menu, chose modify, then expand and used 25 as the expand amount. Then, making sure I was on the new layer, I filled the selection with the tan color. Then paste the same drop shadow and like magic word art has a little depth.
Now if I could just do something about the impish grin:)


I gave up on the title, but I LOVE these frames!

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I was happy to do this layout, as soon as the kids saw it they were asking to go skiing again.  My favorite part is the ski flying out of the frame.  Cross Country skis are really long and when you fall they are not so easy to deal with, but very funny to watch.


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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:)



Sunday, October 17, 2010

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."

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!


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."

Thursday, September 16, 2010

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.

Monday, August 2, 2010

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:)


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!


Monday, July 26, 2010

Catch up!

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






Have a great week!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Straight Line

This is my first layout without a picture. It is for the digidare this week. You were suppose to scrap about what you wanted to be as a kid. My parents tell me I always said I would be a lawyer, and I am. TFL!

Monday, June 28, 2010

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.



Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Gym Fest

Had to document the youngest achievments.  She has come soooo far this year in dealing with her total fear of large groups and attention.

Oh, and aren't these papers seriously cool!  They make me feel like I am shopping at the GAP, which always makes me feel happy. (here is your super secret hint for the day...these papers are only 1$ for today:)

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

I'm in love...

With this page!






And these frames! Seriously, they are only $1 today at js.com and you will love them! They have a great overlay that comes with the frame...they are all psd files, so cool!