Long time, no post. :)

FINALLY finished my sorority scrapbook for 2008-2009, so I'm back to working on my own personal pages again. Yay! I'm committed to doing the scrapbook this year as well, but have opted to do a simple photobook this time. I've been very diligent so far at keeping that current. Our chapter year just began, but I already have pictures of 6 events(!!!), but again, am happy to report they are already put into an ongoing project on Shutterfly.

I was going through and showing DD her baby book (what is done of it so far) and she seemed to really get a kick out of looking at it. For me though, it was a reminder that I have numerous placeholders waiting for completed pages, so I've started on that this evening...

Credits: Background pages by me, "Visitor's" alpha by Ellie Lash, template by Yin, and sanded overlay by Rhonna Farrer.

Star Spangled Fourth

Last week marked the 2nd anniversary of Jessica Spragues website. There were daily freebies and challenges, of which I participated in only the Day 7 one. :) Oh well, I scrapped with my mom on Friday night, so I guess my mojo was flowing this weekend as I actually did 6 pages in three days. Not my best, but it was at least something. :) I was inspired by the Day 7 template freebie and this awesome sparkle freebie over at BusyScrappin. Here was my finished layout for the Day 7 challenge:

Font is Century Gothic
Brushes are "2005" from the DateDots set by Amber Clegg Designs and "Fireworks" from the Home of the Brave set by Sande Krieger
Template by Molly Schneider aka sweetmollymac
"Sparkles" background by L.Kizer aka Busyscrappin.

Thanks for looking!

Disney on Ice

We went to Disney on Ice last Thursday, and I scrapped it on Friday. That may be a new record for me. ;) Credits: Simply Yin template #91, and background paper by Britt-ish Designs.

Circle words...

I've been working on my Beta Sigma Phi scrapbook. Part of that includes a calendar page for each month. Since space is limited, I made these circle words to highlight certain events. You may use them as well. Included in the download is a .png for each circle, a preview page, and also the .abr brush file (created in CS4). The full size of each circle is approx 4.5 inches in diameter. There are 41 circles total - some are Beta Sigma Phi specific, but the majority are things like birthday, holidays, etc.

The font used for these is Pea Shirley and you can get it at Fonts for Peas.





DOWNLOAD HERE

For personal use ONLY; commercial use is NOT allowed.

...and the calendar template (in case you're interested) can be found HERE.

PreKindergarten Days: a 2-page layout

K has been sick this weekend, so I've had lots of time to scrap...

Here's a layout I did with a bunch of photos given to us at her pre-K graduation in May. I did this layout as part of another challenge. This one was to use something from each letter in the word: president.

P=encils
R=ulers
E=raser
S=cribble
I=nked Edge
D=iploma
E=lephant / Ee
N=otebook Paper
T=itle Tapes



Credits:
Pencil, ruler from "School Days" by LilyBelle Scraps.
Paper, Eraser, Stitching, Scribble from "School is O So Cool" kit by O'Scraps.
Fonts are PeaShirley (Fonts for Peas), dbValentineAnimal (Lettering Delights), Century Gothic.
Labels from AtomicCupcake label generator.
Page 2 (all photos) was part of a template by Yin Designs.

Thanks for looking!

Two Many Legs?

Here's a page of K that I scrapped last night. I'd forgotten about these pictures - it's her trying to put her jeans on. She wasn't quite two years old yet and just couldn't figure out what she was doing wrong. I did this for a challenge where I had to use the number 2 and two photos. Look at the photos closely... does she have "two" many pant legs or not enough legs? :)

SpragueLab Contest: Question 1

Anyone that knows me, knows that I have been spending a large amount of my free time over the last year learning Photoshop. I love the practical uses of the program as well as the creative uses! It was the creative uses, as in digital scrapbooking, that led me to Jessica Sprague's website. Her video tutorials and classes have launched me far ahead of the curve where learning PS is concerned. Since I recently upgraded from PS7 to CS4, I have been taking in a ton of lessons from Lynda.com and trying to focus on the photo editing aspects of PS. Photoshop to edit photos, who'd a thunk it?! :) So in my never-ending quest to learn all I can about PS, I am trying to win a free Photo Editing class from Jessica Sprague.

So, question one is:

What is one of your very FAVORITE photos of a person that you’ve ever taken?

Here is my favorite happy little photography accident:



It's a picture of K, taken at the kids playground inside of Chick-Fil-A. Except for cropping it down a bit, this photo is straight out of the camera (SOOC for you phototogs). I love everything about this picture - the colors, how the background compliments her outfit, her eyes, the pose, the expression, everything. I honestly do not think I could have staged this photo any better if I had tried. On the contrary, my typical attempts at posing photos are absolutely HORRENDOUS! :)