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 Monday, February 04, 2008
Caffiene Withdrawal
I was always quite proud of the fact that I had never drunk coffee. I thought it was good for me..you know avoid the addicition and all that? Some people had tried to tell me that the amount of diet coke I took in was why I didn't drink coffee, or at least didn't need to. I never really believed them...until this weekend. I have just spent the weekend giving up diet colas of all description. OMG! The headaches and aches and HORROR of it all. I can't believe it. Just terrible. So scrapping has been near impossible. It is too darn hard to have an independent, creative thought when you feel like your brain is about to come out through your eyeballs.
So I did the next best thing and scrap-lifted. I thought the digi recipe book idea by Tracy A. last week was just about the funkiest idea going around... and begging to be lifted. So with a need for distraction, I turned to the closest available digi kit (the FREE one by Michelle Coleman here http://www.memorymakersmagazine.com/article.aspx?id=228) and scraplifted to my heart's content. Thanks Tracy for the awesome idea, and cheers Michelle and MM for the kit. This was my first time at digi scrapbooking and I can highly recommend it...both for the fun and for the withrawal symptom relief!!
Cheers,
A.
2/4/2008 12:19:55 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00) 
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Sunday, February 03, 2008
I handwrite my journaling because ...I am a lazy scrapper.
I could have said "I want to preserve my handwriting for my future generations" or "handwritten journaling is more heartfelt". It would have cast a much better light on this scrapper. But, eh, the truth is...I just can't be bothered to monkey with my printer. I much prefer the ease of just scribbling right atop my layout or photograph. AND...in pencil. I love using mechanical pencils for journaling...mistakes whisked away with a white eraser. As for pens...mistakes take on much more permanent properties:S (This was Christmas 2006...not 2007:S I forever log the wrong dates for my Christmas photographs:S)
Just a random fact really...no significance to this post:D
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Chartwell Studios, Miss Elizabeth's
Buttons: Autumn Leaves
Stickers: American Crafts, Creative Imaginations, and MM
Have a great day:D
Love, Tracy Austin
2/3/2008 11:56:37 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Friday, February 01, 2008
Love kit clubs
Kit clubs are fab for sparing my office from destruction from rummaging for supplies. LOVE the ease of kits. All supplies for the following layout came from the September kit from Cocoa Daisy.
I came across some photos from 1998 when my sister came to live with us in England whilst she took courses at Cambridge University. Such amazing, amazing memories of our time and travels together! Thanks for the giggles sis! TFL:)
Supplies:
pp- 7gypsies and Scenic Route
envie- Waste Not Paper
Paint- MM Manila
Letters and brad- MM
Scallopped cardstock- Bazzill
Misc. Lace
Have a great weekend,
Tracy Austin
2/1/2008 3:02:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Home Decor
I love creating items just for the sake of creating. Sometimes I just sit down and start never knowing what I am going to come up with in the end. Well this project is the end result of one of those moments. I grabbed my Cocoa Daisy Jan. Kit and a few pages from one of the new release albums by Maya Road. Their new Butterfly Chipboard Book measures 6" x 7.75" and is perfect for this 8 x 10 canvas. I embellished the butterfly using a few new release Scrolls and a Velvet Sparkle Blossom both by Maya Road. I love the vintage theater tickes Tricia placed in her Jan. kit. I think they look so cute sticking out from behind the flower. Now I just need to figure out where I am going to place this little beauty.   Project Credits: Cocoa Daisy Jan. Kit; Maya Road: Butterfly Album, Scrolls II, Velvet Sparkle Blossoms, Velvet Ric Rac; Art Institute GlitterHave a great day. Lisa M. Pace
2/1/2008 2:26:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Hand-cut Titles
Hey, everyone! I've been so busy lately with....well, life. LOL! Here's a recent layout...the song that I used on it is now very near and dear to my heart. It's called "My Healer" by Planetshakers. A week or two ago I was freaking because I had an SAT test to study for. As soon as this song came on my iPod and I heard the lyrics, I was totally at peace. I listened to it about 5 times! LOL. It totally inspired me to make a layout--dedicated to my awesome God. :) LOL...so HERE it is, finally...it's a hybrid, btw. ;)
 And here's a close up of my title. I had so much fun hand-cutting the title and coloring it with a glittery gel pen. I put it up on foam squares to add dimension and I LOVE how it turned out! Is hand-cutting still in? Because I love it. LOL.  In this next pic you can really see the glitter.  Isn't that FUN? LOL...here's where you say, "Okay Brittany, it's very cool. Now step away from the scissors and glitter pens before you hurt yourself." And I will, I promise. As soon as you pull out your razor sharp, itty-bitty tipped titanium scissors and give this a try. :)
Layout credits: Computer Software (Adobe Photoshop Elements), Digital Elements (www.PrimaHybrid.com), Cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper), Sticker (Making Memories), Flower Stickers (Mambi), Fonts (Porcelain, downloaded from www.dafont.com; and shoot, I can't remember the other one...) Pens (Sakura), Ink (Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger), itty bitty tipped scissors (Fiskars), Photos by Sharon Laakkonen Thanks for letting me share! :) Brittany
1/31/2008 1:43:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Monday, January 28, 2008
just about 3 years ago...
it was just around 3 years ago that i officially became hooked on this crazy thing called scrapbooking. and so i was reflecting on all the good things that have come out of this hobby, and i must say one of the best things is the connections i've made with other scrapbookers.
thanks to scrapbooking, i've met this awesome girl, my friend linda....
(all supplies from the february studio calico kit)
...who constantly keeps me cracking me up and shares my love for the shins, the office (and jim!), the dodgers, and food.
what has scrapping brought you?
--caroline
1/28/2008 5:24:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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I have fallen...
off the face of the earth.
into my to-do list of pre-CHA madness.
in love with my kiddos and hubby all over again, and again, and again.
It has been insane here. You know the old wives' tale about bad thing coming in 3's. Yeah, they lied. We're working on 5 here. I'm just hoping its neither a "roll" nor a batch of 6 (yes, I realize that would technically make the rule of 3's true). LOL
1. Tayvan had her ear & nose surgery last week. It went so well, it really did, but its still my baby knocked out cold being carried into a room of strangers to be poked/prodded. She was a trooper and only made the nurses partially deaf with her screams. 2. Having her ears tubed and drained made her a little off-balance though. She managed to fall from the kitchen island stool to the tile floor below and bang her head pretty bad. Concussion Watch #1. 3. Daddy took Declan to the gym to let sister sleep off her anesthesia. While there, he managed to fall and hit the base of his skull on the hard tile floor. Concussion Watch #2. 4. Declan decides he wants to play with his Hot Wheels cars and goes to pull the bin out. Only problem? He pulls it out from *underneath* it and it smashes down onto his face. Blood. Lots. Off to the ER where both me and the dr are sure his nose is broken. Prayers answered, xrays show that its okay though. Not even really black eyes today. 5. Bob was racing this weekend (he mountain bikes obsessively). He had a relatively minor fall. Lots of rash with dirt and wood embedded from mid-thigh to mid-calf. I still hate to hear the words "I went down." but he was lucky this time. So I'm NOT up for item #6! Ya hear me world...not ready! :)
Oh, and this pic. Just a little something Lilli asked for at our last photo outing. She'd found this leaf and wanted a pic of Daddy & the leaf ("just hold it up or something!" said the mini-photographer) and this is what Daddy did for his girl. She laughed and she loved it. And I loved him all over again for making her giggle. {happy sigh} ...Staci
1/28/2008 4:32:01 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Pencil case
A few weeks ago I mentioned that as part of my New Year's "things to do" list I was planning on making a book of inspirational stuff..just for me. I finally got around to starting it this week. Each time I do a new page I am going to try and use a technique that I haven't done before or a product in a different way so that it also become like a practice workbook. So this week I decided to pull out the pencil case and have a play with kids stuff - pens and pencils. Very therapeutic. I highly recommend it if you need something completely mindless to do - and I don't even think it matters if you go outside the lines. For this one, I lifted the pattern from a piece of Urban Lily paper and then just coloured it in. The texture of the cardstock made for an interesting effect. I used koo.i.noor pens to color in the chipboard letters, which was just about the easiest altering of chipboard I have ever done. The words on this page are from a Brandi Carlisle song called "I was made for you".
Cheers,
Amelia
1/28/2008 1:36:34 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Digi pages for a cookbook
I bought this cookbook at the best flea market in town...three stories of people's trash...exquisitely good time! (One can note other flea market "treasures" in the photo;)
Copyrighted in 1939 and sporting a flea market price tag of $4. A steal!!! The funnest part of this cookbook is the "Table Settings, Special Menus" index. Have a look:
I have no idea what coasting is...but there is apparently a meal to accompany such an activity!
And lookee here:
The lady who owned this book even wrote in some recipes...from Mildred presumably;) My own grandmother's writing looked surprisingly similar to this...learned from lessons in handwriting:)
I purchased the book to incorporate my own favorite daily and party recipes. The book is a 3 ring binder which serves this purpose well.
Inspired by the Pixels and Paper Scrapbook Layouts idea book by May Flaum and Audrey Neal, I will be creating digital recipe layouts.
The canvas was formatted to fit the size of the book (9.5" x 6.5"). Once the page was completed, I resized my canvas size to 8 x 10. This way, when I uploaded it to a photo print lab it retains the original size versus being automatically resized to the standard photo print sizes. The photo paper used at a photo lab is perfect for a cookbook! No worries about tearing or getting wet.
I'm not a digi scrapper. This was my first attempt. It will take me some time to get use to the lack of dimension:S But traditional scrappy layouts just aren't practical for daily use. In the end, it was fun and easy to create:) Btw...the artichoke spinach dip is to die for!! I'm a dippy girl and my husband is now accustomed to being served dips for dinners on occasion...but never without the obligatory eye roll by him (I know he loves it;). But hey...I can now make up for my culinary faux pas with a properly set table;)
Kits used from the Pixels and Paper Scrapbook Layouts CD (included with the idea book):
Authentic Me by Laura Reid with ScrapArtist.com
Flowering Horizons by Katie Pertiet
Perfect Summer
Touch of Funk
Have a wonderfully scrappy day!
Love, Tracy Austin
1/27/2008 3:40:29 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Creating Deco Edged Borders
Since deco borders are all the
rage for a while now, I thought it would be neat for us to create our
own deco edges from patterned papers. You just have to look at the
paper and see where and how you can create a decorative edge.
In my sample I simply followed the design of the paper and cut out a
pattern. I used October Afternoon papers and a bunch of lovely Prima
flowers. I stamped the flowers using October Afternoon stamp and cut it
out so I can apply it as an embellishment. Another thing I did was to
cut the background of the paper. I really loved this shot of my
daughter but the background was too busy. By cutting out the background
I was able to salvage the picture.
And (I hope you forgive me for inserting this) should you see a copy of
the February issue of Memory Makers, please look at the Master's
challenge. I have another example of a deco border I created there. I
invite you to join that challenge too.
Thanks for letting me share!   Iris
1/25/2008 7:14:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Wait is Over
Well, I guess the way to put yourself into labor is to create a scrapbook page about how much you are ready to have that baby! The day after I created my Ready & Waiting page, our new little one arrived. Meet ... Josephine Grace Peterman  She was born January 22, 2008 at 8:45 pm. She weighed 6 lb. 5 oz. and was 19 inches long. We are so very much in love!!! Amy
1/24/2008 11:01:33 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Enough already!!!
of Winter that is. Yeah, I know. It's only January and living in northern Indiana means we have a few more months of this but I'm tired of it! It's been just down right frigid out there lately. So much so that walking to the mailbox takes my breath away. Which also means that the kids don't get out much either resulting in a little cabin fever for them and a little insanity for me. <sigh> So we spend our days indoors. Trying to entertain ourselves without watching too much tv and without getting on each other's nerves too much.
Ashlyn does a lot of playing in her room getting every imaginable toy and doll out. Her newest entertainment is to set up her dolls and then have me come take pictures. Gotta love their imagination, huh? So here is one from the other day.
I should learn to be so imaginative! But in the mean time, I'm still hoping for warmer days very, very soon!!
Greta
1/23/2008 7:45:34 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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