Some Scrappy Time

I've been working on several things at once, including a class I need to take for a course I'm teaching next year. It's easy to multi-task with. So I've been working on some pages for a challenge I'm participating in over at stufftoscrap.com. They have a Birthday Challenge that has been going in the whole month of May. If I complete at least 6 of the challenges, I get a really cool mega digi kit. So far, I've finished 4 of the 9 total challenges. I probably could have done all of them but life got in the way. [My son has a medical issue and had surgery earlier this month. Then we got an urgent call from his doctor to come in right away since a post-op scan revealed a possible problem that may have required yet more surgery. Turns out that he was ok and didn't need more surgery but it seems like with his rare condition, this may happen relatively often.] Ah well. That's life.

But surprisingly, I've still managed to scrap some. Here are my latest creations...

This uses elements from the T is for Trouble Mega kit (stars, stitching, title letters) from Stuff to Scrap, red-orange papers from Sprouting Seeds Studios (freebie papers). The remainder of the papers and the "patterned paper" are my designs (pp is actually a photo of my son's hospital gown).
 

This was made from the Spumoni Gardens 2 kit by JMC Designs available at StufftoScrap.com. The challenge was to use all of the elements of the kit at least once on a layout. I did add two color matched cardstock sheets (solid green and dark pink photo mat) using the eyedropper tool  and the texturizer in PSE. 

My niece picking sweet peas in my parents backyard one Easter. I used the Springtime Fever kit by Tia Bennett from TwoPeasInABucket. I also used the font Angel Tears by Billy Argel.

My thoughts and reflections on my little guy turning one. I used the Everyday Wishes kit by Jenn CK Designs and Jennifer Labre Designs (a collab kit) from ScrapMatters.com. I love this photo of him and his teddy bear but the background of the photo was awfully pink looking. I think the papers I chose from the Everyday Wishes kit complemented the pinkish color but also downplayed it by adding in the bolder red and blue. At least in my mind it did. I'd love your feedback on this LO in the comments section. 

Thanks for looking everyone. I definitely appreciate comments and feedback on my layouts.

6 days and counting...

Yep, just 6 more teaching days left (then 3 days of final exams and of course, countless hours of grading final projects). I'm so in need of a break now. Spring break was super late so we were all dragging when it got here and I think I may have been too tired to enjoy it. But somehow I've managed to get in some scrappy time. Woohoo! Here are a couple of my latest projects...

 Papers and elements (except alpha) from Persuasion kit by Marcee Duggar (digitalscrapbookplace.com) and alphabet from Noel kit by Rachel Dickson (computerscrapbook.com)

Quickpage from the goodies that came with the DigitalScrapbookTeacher's latest book -it's part of the Super Sonic kit by Amy Teets

Happy Mother's Day

Ok, so I'm a day late posting but it was a nice day - and it's sort of still going on. I had a nice (but super busy) day Saturday - the little guy had hockey class, as did my husband. Then we did some stuff around the house and I actually got some time to scrap. Mother's day was pretty similar - a quiet day with only a trip to a book fair where I got my little guy some more books and I got some for myself, my mom, my niece and nephew as well. I love books and generally believe that you can never have too many books. My mother's day present was more scrappy time - woohoo - and I used it to make some LOs for the Big Picture Classes Creative Crop. I even found out today that I'd won one of the prizes for a challenge! How cool! Anyway, here's a little of what I worked on this weekend...

 (above) The mother's day card I made for my mom. I used templates from Kiwi Lane Designs (wave from Aspen Court and butterfly from Tiny Nature) and papers from Provo Craft (very old papers from my stash)

(above) The card I made for my husband to give his mom. Made from papers in my stash (that are so old, I have no idea who made any of them). Also used Kiwi Lane templates (both flowers and the butterfly are the Tiny Nature set)

A Blog hop? Sign me up!

I'm so excited. I've signed up to be a participant in my very first blog hop. I haven't received the confirmation yet but I'm really hoping I'm chosen. So far all I know is that there will be a sketch and I'm creating two things from it. It sounds so much fun. I love sharing my LOs and I also like using sketches as inspiration! If I am chosen, I'm also hoping to make something of my own design to use as an element or just as a freebie for anyone who stops by. Yippee!!

An Observation & A Test

I'm just testing something out but I will make an observation... shopping for digi supplies is almost more dangerous than shopping for traditional supplies. Perhaps more-so since you don't have to find room to fit all of your stuff when you get home from the store (and perhaps don't want to let a significant other realize how much you really have).

New Layouts

So I've actually managed to find some time to scrapbook recently... can you believe it? Here are some of my latest creations

LO design by TheDigitalScrapbookTeacher; papers and elements from the Little Buckaroo kit by MissMint at PeppermintCreative.com

LO design by TheDigitalScrapbookTeacher; papers and elements from the Penalty Box kit (some recolored) by Scraps N Pieces at Stufftoscrap.com

Credits: Fonts: Catholic School Girls BB (internet) and Alor (internet); Action: foam stamp by Atomic Cupcake; Papers: Digital Scrapbook Teacher (Summertime kit - polka dot & stripes), Mye DeLeon (AttaBoy kit - blue), Persnickety Prints (Crazy Love papers - blue/green hearts), Polka Dot Pixels (jingle jangle mini kit - green); Accents: Tia Bennett (Dude Totally kit - star/circle), Scraps N Pieces (Penalty Box kit - button)

LO design by TheDigitalScrapbookteacher.com; papers and elements from the Atta Boy kit by Mye DeLeon from Scrapmatters.com

Inspired by a LO by Trine Brandt-Lassen
Credits: From The Digital Scrapbook Teacher’s Funtime kit (thedigitalscrapbookteacher.com): Background paper, patterned papers, label tape words; From Shabby Princess’ Harvest Spice kit (shabbyprincess.com): Photo mat and journaling strips; Font: Tabitha (internet) and Tomo (internet); From Atomic Cupcake (atomiccupcake.com): Chipboard effect; From Chris Ford’s Future Rock Star kit (2peas): Ink “X’s” and Splotch strip (made into a frame); From Scraps N Pieces' Penalty Box kit (stufftoscrap.com): Pen style frame and goalie rub-on (made into faded)

Dabbling in Creating Digi Elements

OK, compared to all the amazing designers that are out there, I am an absolute novice but I've been having fun dabbling with what I can create in my Photoshop Elements  program. I've done background pages and stuff like that in the past and even textured (very simple texture) cardstock but today I tried my first digital "elements" and made some brads. I was playing with some of the layer filters that are in PSE and came up with these slightly transparent brads and gave them a solid white center. The various effects I used make them look a bit puffy. I've already shared with one friend but figure, what the heck, put a link to them on my blog and see what happens.

I'm really hoping to take a class in CS2/3 or Illustrator via a university extension or community college class sometime soon. That would be fun - and I may even be able to make it work related (so that I can design history themed posters for my classroom) and get some of my costs covered. Wouldn't that be nice? But for now, I'm just going to dabble. Enjoy!

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