my life in lowercase: 2013

Friday, December 13, 2013

august over and out

now to keep the momentum and forge through the rest of the year!

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Sunday, December 08, 2013

another spread

only two more to go for august. now you can see why i was procrastinating - 8 spreads for august!

Saturday, December 07, 2013

even more august

well now i'm halfway. 3 more vacation spreads and the last day of school. keeping it simple.

well let me clear out some of the cobwebs...

here are the first two pages for august project life. only 14 more to go. sigh. i think that's why i've been procrastinating. :) i'll add the rest as i get them done. hoping for two more tonight.

Monday, August 05, 2013

july project life

well i gave it a shot, i ended up with more pages than i normally do for a month. i think it went a little faster though. less editing back the photos for sure. i did everything in steps - select photos, edit all the photos, place all the photos, fill in with journaling cards, add embellishments and labels, journal. i was able to include more filler cards and more journaling i think. i also had time to add more details. it was fun shopping my stash!

eta: fixed spelling mistakes and that empty label! lol!

Sunday, August 04, 2013

project life week 26

i think this ends the weekly project life. i haven't taken enough photos in july to merit doing it week by week. so i'm going to move to a monthly format. multiple pages by month. i hope to start working on july this week. i have all the photos culled out. i just have to figure out how i'm going to do the spreads and incorporate my second saturday photos. stay tuned!

Thursday, July 04, 2013

pl week 25

Friday, June 21, 2013

she's back...

lauren reid is back designing and i couldn't be more excited. she asked me to join her team and her first new kit is just lovely! she's at scrapbook graphics be sure to check out her shop. she has a facebook giveaway and more information on her blog!

here's the new kit...

and here is the page i created with it!

can't wait to see what she comes up with next!

Sunday, June 16, 2013

week 24

Friday, June 14, 2013

pl week 23

pl week 22

project life week 21 and a couple pages

i'd really like to catch up on pl this weekend. we'll see. super simple. it's all i'm feeling right now.

on a happy note, my little brother has a new baby boy. couldn't resist scrapping a couple pages for pixels and company!

Sunday, June 09, 2013

week 20

this is my week to catch up!

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

simple scrapper june

Here are my contributions for simple scrapper for june...

Sketch template from Simple Scrapper's Premium Membership

Inspired by a Story Starter from Simple Scrapper’s Premium Membership

The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

Get It Scrapped CT Blog Hop

Welcome to the Get It Scrapped Creative Team Blog Hop!

I am so super excited to be joining the creative ladies below on a year-long endeavor at Get It Scrapped. I've taught a critique seminar over the past year there as well I've participated in a few Masterful Scrapbook Design seminars. Debbie Hodge is a wonder woman and her enthusiasm for scrapbooking really rubs off on me. She inspires me to create pages with her fabulous prompts and articles all the time. I figure the assignments each month will keep my pages fresh and exciting. I can't wait to get started!

As you hop along each team member will be sharing their favorite article at Get It Scrapped and sharing some awesome discounts on Masterful Scrapbook Design issues - so be sure to catch each stop!

Use Geometric Shapes on Your Scrapbook Pages For Interest, Stability, and Energy

There are so many great articles over at Get It Scrapped. You could read for days and find inspiration in each and every one. I chose the article Use Geometric Shapes on Your Scrapbook Pages for Interest, Stability, and Energy. I loved the example pages in the article and I'm a huge fan of using repetitive geometric shapes on my pages. the article really inspired me to play with geometric shapes.

Supplies: kits (Stencils no. 1 by Creashens at Pixels and Co., Stargazer by One Little Bird at The Lilypad, A Beautiful Mess Splatters by Just Jaimee at Pixels and Co., At the Thrift Shoppe by Jennifer Barrette at Sweet Shoppe Designs, Papery Stuffs by Dawn by Design at Pixels & Co.) + Masks(Cut.It.Out Clipping Masks by Robyn Meierotto at Pixels and Co.) stitching(In Stitches Neutral Basics by Robyn Meierotto at Pixels & Co., Sewing Kit 1 by Agnes Biro (retired)) + fonts (DBJ Celeste from Darcy Baldwin at Sweet Shoppe Designs)

For this page, I used a stencil mask and clipped a neutral kraft cardstock to it. I played around with different base colors and patterns, but when all was said and done I loved the texture of the tone on tone. So I placed the exact same cardstock under my stencil. I think the geometric background adds a playfulness to the page while not being overtly in your face.

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You can pick up your copy of Layering. Just place this issue of Masterful Scrapbook Design in your cart and apply the coupon code: “giscttscs60p”. That's 60 percent off and the coupon is good through June 3rd!

For more ideas and discounts from the Get It Scrapped CT, please keep hopping using the links below!

Thanks for stopping by,