Daws Glacier

Unfortunately, I'm home from work today b/c of my allergies. BUT on the plus side, it means I can play around in the craft room a little. And today I worked on this layout from our Alaskan cruise. We got up close & personal with the Daws Glacier, and it did not disappoint.

Digital Supplies Used

Program: Adobe Elements 6.0; Template: JS Temp 11; Paper: SBA April '09 Kit - Queen of Quirk pp 8, mfen solid 1, mfen solid 4, mfen solid 8, awolff bg 6; Misc: Michelle Coleman - criss cross stitching; Fonts: Cracked, CK Becky

Beautiful Glaciers

Today we're looking at the opposing layout for my Juneau spread. I focused on all of the beautiful scenery; it was pretty tough to narrow it down to just 10 faves!

Program: AE 6.0; Template: JS Temp. 03; Paper: KH - beige; Scrapdish - JB postcards; SBA - Jan. 10 awolff solid 4; Apr. 09 solid 4, solid 6 & tag 3; DD - KP traveler stamps Journey; MCO - antique brad; DP - simplicity word art 1

Birdseye View of Juneau

While we didn't get to mush huskies as we'd planned due to low cloud cover in the morning, we salvaged the day by taking a sea plane tour of the glacier fields. Stunning! I had tons of pictures and wanted to maximize the number of beautiful photos I planned to preserve for our album. So I chose a template that would highlight a particularly memorable photo while allowing lots of other photos from the day.

Program: AE 6.0; Template: JS Temp. 03; Paper: KH - beige; Scrapdish - JB postcards; SBA - Jan. 10 awolff solid 4; Apr. 09 solid 4 & solid 6; DD - KP traveler stamps day 4; Fonts: Title - Cracked; Journaling - Abadi MD Condensed Light

Ketchikan: The Salmon Capital

After we finished our tours in Ketchikan, we enjoyed a leisurely walk about town. We were actually in search of some good food (a story unto itself) but ended up just sightseeing instead. Once again, I used the ol' flip-it trick to tie the opposing pages together.

Program: Adobe Elements 6.0; Template: Designer Digitals - AAspnes Temp. 4; Paper: Songbird Ave. Dec. '09, awolff bg 7; Fonts: Title - Myriad Pro; Journaling - Arno Pro

Here, Fishie, Fishie, Fishie...

Anyone else remember that episode of Sesame Street where Bert & Ernie go fishing? Makes me laugh every time I think about it. I've worked on some more digital layouts for our Alaska album, and I'll be sharing those this week. Today's layout, we're taking a look at the guy's first fishing trip in Ketchikan. No fish hopping in the boat, but they still had a great time.

Program: Adobe Elements 6.0; Template: Designer Digitals - AAspen Template 4; Paper - Songbird Ave Dec. '09 Kit, awolff bg 7; Fonts: Title - Stencil & Franklin Gothic Medium; Journaling - Baskerville Old Face

The Court Goes to School: Day 5

There were lots of terrific photos from the take home library dedication. I selected the best representation for the collage. What a neat thing for this office to be able to remember this program for many years to come!

Supplies used: red cardstock; DCWV - the Grade School stack; misc. cardstock cbackpack; pop dots; MAMBI - boy w/ backpack sticker; Adobe Elements 6; CoffeeShop To the Nines Template; Font - Scrap Kids

The Court Goes to School: Day 3

Today we're looking at the right-hand page of the photo collage of last year's volunteers. I kept the two-page design very simple. That keeps the focus on the photos of all of those happy kids and mentors.

The stitching is a little better on this side of the layout, but the thread tension gave me some trouble in a few places. So many things to learn!

Supplies used: SU - tangerine tango cardstock; lt. red cardstock; DCWV - the Grade School stack; misc. cardstock globe; corner rounder; pop dots; black pen; Singer Pixie; orange thread; Adobe Elements 6; CoffeeShop Rounded Corners Storyboard Set 5; Font - LDJ Noodge

The Court Goes to School: Day 2

While the office I am scrapping for has not taken tons of photos or retained lots of memorabilia from their volunteer project, there are still plenty of good representations of the work they are doing at the school. For instance, last year, the school counselor took photos of some of the volunteers with their mentees, which made an excellent collage for last year's tutoring work.

Supplies used: SU - tangerine tango cardstock; lt. red cardstock; DCWV - the Grade School stack; misc. cardstock computer; corner rounder; pop dots; black pen; Singer Pixie; orange thread; Adobe Elements 6; CoffeeShop Rounded Corners Storyboard Set 5

NOTE: My scanner and I are not getting along at the moment, so this is not the best scan and thus not the best digital panoramic stitching. But hopefully you get the idea, despite having part of the edge page elements cut off.

I also experimented with machine stitching as a border. I have not had my sewing machine very long and have never been good with one to begin with. Straight lines aren't my strongest suit! But I think the imperfections work in the context of subject matter and thus I did not scrap the layout and start over but embraced the layout - imperfections & all.

The Court Goes to School

I've been hired to complete an album for a business. This particular office has adopted a school as a group volunteer project. They've been documenting bits & pieces of their work since they began, so the scrapbook has come together very easily. For the next several days, we'll look at what's in the book thus far. Today, we start with the title page.

Supplies used: black cardstock; white cardstock; DCWV - the Grade School stack; Singer Pixie; white thread; pop dots; Adobe Photoshop Elements 6; Frame - Sande Krieger A Little Pizzazz Funky Frame; Font - Scrap Kids

An Album Gone Digital: Day 7

And here is the right-hand page of the Ketchikan layout. I used a two-page, coordinating template this time. So you'll notice that the two facing pages compliment one another without mirroring.

Supplies used: Program - Adobe PS Elements 6; Template - Ali Edwards Remember This Right (DesignerDigitals); Font - Birch Std (journaling); Paper - Daniella Peuss Love & Affection kit background 04 (background), Jan Crowley SongBird Avenue April 09 patterned paper 6 (strip), Veronica Ponce Cottage Bluff kit cloudy day paper (center); Ink - Michelle Coleman Fall Splendor kit inked edge overlay; Rub-ons - Katie Pertiet Traveler Stamps explore, Ali Edwards Hello Summer brushes "unwind"

An Album Gone Digital: Day 6

We've cruised the Inside Passage and have reached our first destination - Ketchikan. The boys went fishing while we explored the Alaskan wilderness.

Supplies used: Program - Adobe PS Elements 6; Template - Ali Edwards Remember This Left (DesignerDigitals), CoffeeShop Rounded Corner Storyboard 6; Font - Blackoak Std (title); Paper - Daniella Peuss Love & Affection kit background 04 (background), Jan Crowley SongBird Avenue April 09 patterned paper 6 (strip); Ink - Michelle Coleman Fall Splendor kit inked edge overlay; Vellum - Rhonna Farrer Travel kit tag; Rub-ons - Katie Pertiet Traveler Stamps day 3, Ali Edwards Hello Summer brushes "play"

An Album Gone Digital: Day 5

We're still at sea cruising the Inside Passage in today's layout. Again, you'll notice that I used the same template for the left and right-hand pages, except that I flipped the template both horizontally and vertically for balance. You'll also notice a little mirroring between the two pages. It couldn't have worked out more perfectly if we'd planned it (and we didn't)!

Supplies used: Program - Adobe PS Elements 6; Template - Anna Aspnes MultiFoto Single Layered Template No. 27B (DesignerDigitals); Font - Myriad Pro (title), Arial narrow (journaling); Paper - Amy Wolff SongBird Avenue April 09 kit background 4 paper (top right), Jan Crowley SongBird Avenue April 09 kit patterned paper 6 (behind title) and patterned paper 4 (behind "us" sticker), Meredith Fenwick SongBird Avenue April 09 kit paper 2 (background) and solid 1 (center blocks)

An Album Gone Digital: Day 4

Today begins the second day of our Alaskan cruise and another fun digital template. We were at sea on the second day and passed lots of beautiful scenery as we cruised the Inside Passage. So I chose a template that allowed for lots of photos.

Supplies used: Program - Adobe PS Elements 6; Template - Anna Aspnes MultiFoto Single Layered Template No. 27B (DesignerDigitals); Font - Myriad Pro (title), Arial narrow (journaling); Paper - Amy Wolff SongBird Avenue April 09 kit background 4 paper (background), Jan Crowley SongBird Avenue April 09 kit patterned paper 6 (behind title) and patterned paper 4 (behind "us" sticker)

An Album Gone Digital: Day 3

This is the right-hand page of the two-page layout "Leaving Seattle." You'll notice that I used the same digital template on this layout as on the left-page, but I flipped it both horizontally AND vertically for balance.

Supplies used: Program - Adobe PS Elements 6; Template - Cathy Zielske no. 01 (DesignerDigitals); Font - CK Urban (title), Cooper standard (journaling); Paper - Angie Briggs Whimsy Style kit blue solid patterned paper & brown solid patterned paper (ScrapArtist), Meredith Fenwick Serenity kit paper 2, Michelle Coleman Fall Splendor kit distressed brown paper, Sarah Batdorf Whimsy Style kit brown circles patterned paper (ScrapArtist); Journaling block - Sande Krieger Travel Papers diamond ledger (TwoPeas); Ribbon - Rhonna Farrer Travel kit ribbon (May Free{Pea}); Rub-on - Ali Edwards Hello Summer brushes "ocean" and "travel" (DesignerDigitals)

An Album Gone Digital: Day 2

For the next several days, you're going to see layouts I've done for our latest cruise album. I've really enjoyed this album so far. It's amazing how freeing a digital template can be! If you've never tried using one, I strongly encourage you to watch one of Jessica Sprague's tutorials and give it a try. (Here is one superb sample. More can be find on her website.)

Supplies used: Program - Adobe PS Elements 6; Template - Cathy Zielske no. 01 (DesignerDigitals); Font - CK Urban (title), Cooper standard (journaling); Paper - Angie Briggs Whimsy Style kit blue solid patterned paper & brown solid patterned paper (ScrapArtist), Meredith Fenwick Serenity kit paper 2, Michelle Coleman Fall Splendor kit distressed brown paper; Journaling block - Sande Krieger Travel Papers diamond ledger (TwoPeas); Ribbon - Rhonna Farrer Travel kit ribbon (May Free{Pea}); Rub-on - Rhonna Farrer Travel kit travel overlay (May Free{Pea})

An Album Gone Digital

As a Christmas gift, my mom scrapped the pictures from our recent family vacation to Alaska. We went with my parents and my brother & sister-in-law, so there were lots of fabulous pictures to choose from for the album. So many, in fact, that it still leaves me plenty of pictures to scrap on my own. And that's why I decided to scrap the trip completely digitally.

I'm very much a novice at digital scrapbooking. I've done a few layouts here & there, but I found the process to be even more time-consuming than the traditional paper layouts, if that's even possible (for me, that is). That is until recently when I discovered the wonder of digital templates. Oh my. These toys have to be the best invention ever. What makes them especially nice for someone like me is that you're not "stuck" with the layout as-is. Assuming you've downloaded a layered template, you have the option to delete & add & move around, which makes them totally customizable. Now, don't get me wrong, I still love working with paper as much as the next die-hard traditional scrapper. But I have to say that I'm now hooked on the possibilities that lie in wait in the digital realm.

This is the cover layout I made for our Alaska book using a template by Jessica Sprague.

Supplies used: Program - Adobe PS Elements 6; Template - Jessica Sprague 04; Font - LDJ Miss Me (title), Trebuchet MS (journaling); Paper - Angie Briggs Tom Boy Kit lt. green & grey cardstock, Songbird Avenue April '09 Kit solid 6 cardstock; Ribbon - Anita Stergiou The Floriade Collection ribbon 04; Rub-on - House of 3 WordArt (relax)

For the Boss

So the big boss' birthday is in a few weeks, and the whole office is throwing a party at the end of February b/c ... well, it's just what we do for her birthday. And it's a "big one" at that. Anyway, I'm in charge of the gift card holder/birthday card. And here's how it turned out. (I'm particularly proud of this one b/c I designed the card myself - no scrap lifting. Shocking ... for me!)

The outside

Background: white cardstock
Paper: TLC-pink patchwork
Stamps: SU-Birthday Best & Tag Time
Ink: SU-chocolate chip
Misc: brown ribbon, tacky tape, pop dots, CM-circle cutters, SU-watercolor pencils & blender pen, Stickles-crystal, platinum, pink, & Xmas red
Notes: you'll notice the two center circles are actually completely cut out allowing the 6 & 0 to peek through from the inside of the card

The inside
Cardstock: white
Paper: SU-Rebecca circles
Text: Adobe-Blue Highway Linocut
Stamps: SU-Something to Celebrate
Ink: SU-chocolate chip
Misc: pop dots, pink ribbon, Xyron 250, CK-stickers, pink & crystal jewels, Sizzix-Sassy Serif, Stickles-platinum, crystal, & Xmas red
Notes: The bottom is actually a gift card pocket, and you'll see a sample gift card peeking out the top of the pocket & just under the cake

Digital Layouts 07/22/07

More fun with Adobe Elements. While I may do some paper layouts of this cruise (particularly since I've bought paper, etc.), I'm enjoying the digital ones. And since 100% of the photos from this trip are digital, it's even easier.

05 Cruise: Bar Harbor

Paper: World Traveler, Sande Krieger (TwoPeas)
Ribbon: Fall Splendor, Nancy R. Janitz (ScrapArtist)
Journaling box: Seventies, Tia Bennett (TwoPeas)















Halifax
Papers, ribbon, brads: Fall Splendor, Nancie R. Janitz (ScrapArtist)
Quote: Kim Hill
Photo corners: Travel, Rhonna Farrer (Two Peas)
Journaling box: Fall Splendor, Nancie R. Janitz (ScrapArtist)















Quebec
Papers, swirl: Fall In, Jen Lessinger
Buttons: Give Thanks, Jackie Eckels
Bows: Lisa Cohen (ScrapArtist)
Fleur de lis: World Traveler, Sandy Krieger
Ribbon & charm: Travel, Rhonna Farrer

Digital Layout 07/21/07

I really should be finishing my DC layouts, but they're all paper. And I wanted to play with the new computer. Wow--what a difference a bunch of RAM makes! It didn't hesitate, hiccup, or otherwise blink at anything. I had tons of files open in Elements, and it still ran lightning fast. (Man, mom, this would have made that layout on Thursday night a LOT faster to put together!)

This is the cover page for the layouts of the cruise we took to New England in '05. I think I may use this layout for all of my cover pages, using a representation of photos from the trip that may not otherwise appear on other layouts. We'll see. The beauty of digital is that I can change my mind with the click of a mouse!

05 Cruise



Digital kit: Fall Splendor (Nancy R. Janitz, ScrapArtist)

Digital Layouts 07/19/07

NYC Montage
I scraplifted this digital layout from one of my favorite magazines--Creating Keepsakes. I found it a great way to display highlights from our fall trip to NYC. The blank spot in the corner will be taken up by a journal, detailing each day's activities. Everything is digital except for the journal.


Digital paper: Rhonna Farrer & Jen Lessinger (TwoPeas)
Fonts: Verdana & Sketched Alaphabet
Program: Adobe Elements 4.0


Broadway
In theory, this layout was scraplifted. But in the end, it looks absolutely nothing like my inspiration layout, so I think I can call it original. Finally, I'm figuring out this digital scrapbooking thing.


Digital paper: Sande Krieger (Two Peas)
Swirls & journaling box: Nancy R. Janitz (ScrapArtist)
Brads & staples: Michelle Coleman (ScrapArtist)