2012 Christmas

 

Coming down the home stretch of completing our 2012 Photobook, with our trip to Cleveland for Christmas to see my side of the family!  We always have a great time when we get together! I probably should have made 2 two-page spreads with all the photos I wanted to include, but felt that this was enough. LOL!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background - Textured Cardstock (Always Artichoke)

Embellishments - Watercolor Winter (snowflake recolored Very Vanilla); Glimmer Kit (red banner recolored Raspberry Ripple)

Stamp Brush Set - Watercolor Winter (snowflake border - Very Vanilla); Copyright Stamps (swirl cropped - Very Vanilla)

Punch - Square (filled w/Raspberry Ripple); Square and Flag (filled w/Very Vanilla underneath glimmer banner); Circle (Raspberry Ripple and Very Vanilla underneath snowflake embellishment)

Font - Chancellor (Very Vanilla)

Sweet Treats

 

I'm back with another two-page spread for our 2012 Photobook.  I'm working on Dec 2012!  For several years now, when Mike and I travel to Cleveland to see family for Christmas, we bake Christmas cookies!  Well, 2012 was no different.... This is one tradition that is DELICIOUS!

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Background - Whisper White

Embellishments - Sweet Shop (mint recolored Real Red and Chocolate Chip); Wide Polka Dot Ribbon (Real Red)

Stamp Brush Set - Watercolor Winter (snowflakes - Whisper White); Teeny Tiny Wishes (words 'Sweet Treat' - Real Red); Punny Holidays (phrase w/'Sweet Song' - Real Red)

Punch - Square (filled w/Textured Cardstock Chocolate Chip)

Font - CK Candy Cane (Real Red)

Christmas 2012

 

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.....well, sort of! lol  I'm still plugging away at our 2012 Photobook.  Here are pages from December, where we celebrated our own Christmas early....then flew to Texas, and celebrated there.  The last several pages will reflect Christmas in Cleveland with Diane's side of the family.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Background - Textured Cardstock (Cherry Cobbler)

Embellishments - Taffeta Trimmings Ribbon (More Mustard); Christmas Cocoa II (ornament recolored More Mustard); Christmas Jingle (ornament recolored More Mustard)

Stamp Brush Sets - Decorative Overlays (swirl - More Mustard); Tree Trimmings (string - More Mustard)

Font - Chancellor and Liberate (Whisper White)

Hawaiian Cruise 8 pages!

 

 

 

 

I spent today working on our 2012 Photobook.... with our trip to Hawaii!  We were celebrating 10 years of being married and wanted to celebrate by going to all the hawaiian islands.  We decided on a cruise.....which traveled to each island.

As you can see, I used the same colors and papers on all the pages.... making theme for the whole trip!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background - I used the RGB tab to get the blue bright

Embellishment- Simple Snapshots (3 different flowers each recolored Melon Mambo to achieve different shades of bright pink)

Stamp Brush Set - Torn Edges (swirl - Melon Mambo)

Punch - Flag (filled w/RGB bright blue); Square (filled w/ Spring Break II #3 recolored Pumpkin Pie)

Font - Bliss and Algeria (Melon Mambo)

Halloween 2012

 

It's always wonderful when we get to spend time with family during our travels (Mike's travels for work).  With this trip, back in October 2012.... we got to visit with my sister's family in Texas. Carving pumpkins and going out trick-or-treating was so much fun!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background - My Sweet Pea #13

Punch - Modern Label (Pumpkin Pie)

Embellishment - Taffeta Ribbon (Pumpkin Pie), Chevron Ribbon(Pumpkin Pie)

Stamp Brush Set - Delightful Dozen (Early Espresso)

Font - Chiller (Early Espresso)

Kubota Gardens

 

Mike and I went to see these gardens in Seattle.  We are amazed at all the beauty here in Washington! Such a wonderful place to live and explore.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Background - Basic Gray

Embellishment - Festive Blooms (Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White

Stamp Brush Set - Green Tea (Going Gray)

Font - Samurai (Whisper White)

Seward Park

 

Hi... it's me again working on our 2012 Photobook. This is our trip to Seward Park.... in Seattle Washington.  We have such lovely parks with places to picnic or hike trails.  We love it here!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background - Cottage Wall DSP #9

Embellishments - Festive Blooms (Early Espresso and Whisper White); Knots and Ties Trim (Whisper White)

Stamp Brush Sets - Decorative Overlays (swirl - Whisper White); Schoolbook Serif Alphabet (title- Early Espresso)

Punch - Dotted Scallop Ribbon (Early Espresso); Square (filled w/Summer Starfruit DSP Stripes; Soft Sky)

Font - Brisk (Early Espresso)

Vidae Falls and Natural Bridge

Working my way on our 2012 Photobook!  With our trip to Oregon in Sept 2012..... Oops! I just noticed I put August 2012 on the second page.... gotta fix that.  Easy fix when everything is digital!!!!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background - So Saffron

Embellishments - Dotted Scallop Ribbon (Old Olive)

Stamp Brush Set - Decorative Overlays (Old Olive at 80% opacity); Spring Break II (Butterfly - Pumpkin Pie)

Punch - Square (filled w/ My Sweet Pea DSP #10)

Font - Majestic (Chocolate Chip)

Crater Lake

 

Moving right along on our 2012 Photobook, with our trip to Oregon to see Crater Lake. (Sept 2012)

I just love how bottom photos look like it's the whole huge crater lake that it is. Unfortunately, it's not.... just two photos pieced together to show you how vast it is. We couldn't get the whole lake in one photo....unless, of course, we were in an airplane/helicopter above! hahaha

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Background - Well Worn DSP #9

Stamp Brush Set - Bunch of Backgrounds (Wonderfully Worn - Always Artichoke)

Punch - Cloud (Whisper White)

Font - Adorable (Whisper White and Pacific Point)

Tradition Lake

 

Continuing work on our 2012 Photobook with our day trip to Tradition Lake for a hike and have a picnic.  We had a lovely time among the trees!  August 2012

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Background - Textured Cardstock (Pool Party)

Embellishments - Eyelet (Chocolate Chip); Baker's Twine (Cherry Cobbler recolored Pool Party); Earth Laughs (flower - recolored Rich Razzleberry)

Stamp Brush Sets - Frames with a Flourish (swirl - Early Espresso); Best Wishes and More (flower - Daffodil Delight); Earth Laughs (flower - Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry)

Punch - Tag (So Saffron); Circle (under eyelet - Textured Cardstock Pool Party)

Font - Shell and Unicorn (Early Espresso)

LeMay Museum

 

These two pages came together very quickly..... so happy that our 2012 Photobook is coming together!!!  We took a drive down to the LeMay Automobile Museum. WOW! What a fantastic display of cars -- old and new! This was in August 2012.

In creating this page I wanted to try and capture their logo on my page:

I used the Anchors Away Designer Series Paper and recolored it Black.  Since the rays were off-center....I added two photo boxes, so that the rays looked like it came out from the top-center of the page.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Background - Basic Black

Stamp Brush Set - Countryside (truck - Smoky Slate)

Punch (Photo Box) - filled w/Anchors Away DSP #4 recolored Basic Black; Modern Label - filled w/Smoky Slate; Decorative Label - filled w/Basic Black

Embellishments - Glimmer Kit (Silver Trim #1 and #2); Brad (Silver)

Font - Bodoni (Smoky Slate)

The Buttes

 

I completed my two-page spread for the April Progressive Challenge on the Splicoaststampers website.  Each week different tasks are set for us to complete....thus, at the end of the week, you have a completed page(s).  Here is the final two pages from our trip to Arizona.... I wanted to include this very interesting resort -- so rugged and beautiful, as well as, the puzzles that we completed with Mike's parents.  (June 2012)

You may view the first steps of the April Progressive Challenge here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/apr-2014-prog-chall-23-task-1-04-01-14-a-t585983.html

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software, Stampin' Up!

Background paper - Well Worn DSP #9

Punch - Square (filled w/ Textured Cardstock - Cajun Craze; Very Vanilla); Modern Label (filled w/Very Vanilla)
Embellishments - Taffeta Ribbon (Early Espresso and Daffodil Delight); Staples, Hodgepodge Hardware (clip - cropped); Brad (Early Espresso); Paradise Found (flowers)
Stamp Brush Set - Paradise Found (leaf - Old Olive); Ink Splatter (Crumb Cake)
Font - Pristina (Very Vanilla); Boulder (Early Espresso)

Lady of Lourdes

 

Continuing on with our 2012 photobook.... when we were in Cleveland in July 2012, we drove to the National Shrine there.  We lit a few candles, said a few prayers and touched the Holy Water provided from the spring.  It was interesting to see they had a huge walking 'Rosary' and stairs leading to "The Way of the Cross"(Stations of the Cross) outside.  It was a very peaceful place.

I chose to keep my colors Sahara Sand and Pretty in Pink with a touch of Primrose Petals.  I've recolored Designer Series Paper and embellishments to go along with my color scheme.

I loosely used a sketch I found on the SweetShoppe website for my first page:

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software - Stampin' Up!

Background - Whisper White

Punch - Square (filled w/ Pretty in Pink; Well Worn DSP #4 recolored Sahara Sand; Sahara Sand DSP dots; Textured Cardstock Pretty in Pink); Flag (filled w/ Sahara Sand, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White); Dotted Scallop (filled w/Pretty in Pink)

Stamp Brush Sets - Spring Break II (flourish - Primrose Petals); Modern Medley (flower overlay - Sahara Sand)

Embellishments - Taffeta Ribbon (Marina Mist recolored Sahara Sand); Walk in the Park II (green leaf recolored Sahara Sand and Basic Gray); Spring to Life (flowers recolored Primrose Petals); Enjoying Everything (flower recolored Sahara Sand)

Font - Pageant (Primrose Petals and Basic Gray)

Supporting Mom - MDSM61

 

Hmmm... not sure why the background colors aren't the same on each page in these photos.  The colors are supposed to look like the second page (the right one). weird!  I may need to re-download them to see if that makes a difference.  Okay, that is the weirdest thing.... it still is that same funky color.    (If you go on the My Digital Studio site.... you'll see the correct color on the first page.  Click here to see it: http://www.mydigitalstudio.net/photo/supporting-mom-1?context=latest )

I used a sketch I saw on MDS Monday blog (MDSM61).  I missed the challenge deadline, but still wanted to share with all of you where I got my inspiration from.  You may view the challenge here:
http://mdsmonday.blogspot.com/2014/04/mdsm61-taras-created-fun-scrap-sketch.html

Anyway.... I'm still plugging along with work on our 2012 photobook. These two pages were a bit hard for me to finish since my Mom passed away (February 2014). These pages reflect our support of my Mom.

My Mom's favorite color is green...and she loves roses. Purple is the color of pancreatic cancer, so working within those parameters -- here are the pages I came up with.  I changed both Designer Series Paper (Watercolor Wonder DSP) to Concord Crush and I used the 'Color Picker Tool' to match the green from my Mom's bedroom wall as my background color.

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software, Stampin' Up!
Background - 'Color Picking Tool' match the green in the photo for the background
Punch - Square (filled w/ Watercolor Wonder DSP #5 and #10 recolored Concord Crush)
Stamp Brush Set - Ribbon of Hope (Concord Crush); You're Lovely (outlined flowers - Concord Crush and Whisper White); Natural Composition Overlays (linen overlay - Pistachio Pudding)
Font - Kiev (Concord Crush and Whisper White); Majestic (Concord Crush)

Itty Banner Blast - CTS72

I'm excited about this card! It came together so quickly for me -- and that's a plus!  I usually struggle with masculine cards.  I know...this card can be for either gender I bet, but (for me) it's for my nephew.

Thanks to CAS(e) This Sketch blog (CTS72).  You may view the challenge here:
http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2014/04/case-this-sketch-72.html

Supplies Used:
Stamp sets - Itty Bitty Banners, Banner Blast
Paper - Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Smoky Slate and Whisper White
Ink - Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit
Accessories - Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Banner Punch, Square Lattice TIEF, dimensionals

Peaceful Blessings

This is a hybrid card.  The center piece with the sentiment and flower stem was created in My Digital Studio, printed on Whisper White cardstock and finished using traditional Stampin' Up supplies.

The words on top of the flower stem is actually from the 'God's Blessings' stamp set.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
MDS
Stamp Brush Set - Friends 24-7 (flower stem - Smoky Slate)
Font - Regency and Bliss (Basic Black)

Paper - Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Basic Black
Stamp set - Peaceful Petals
Accessories - stamp-a-ma-jig

Garden Prayer - CTS73

 

I saw this sketch on the CAS(E) This Sketch blog and loved all the cards created with it.  So, I wanted to create my own card with this sketch in mind.  Now, the challenge had a inspirational challenge along with it, but I don't believe my card qualifies -- although, there is blue in it! You may view the challenge here:

http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2014/04/case-this-sketch-73.html

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Thoughts and Prayers

Paper - Not Quite Navy (retired), Whisper White, Not Quite Navy DSP (retired)

Ink - Not Quite Navy

Accessories - Big Shot, Ovals Framelits, Secret Garden Framelits, Baker's Twine (Whisper White), glue dots

Two for the Price of One - MDSM62

I saw this cool sketch on MDS Monday's blog....and saved that sketch to my computer desktop to work on it this week.  Well, I got the time to create it ..... designed it.... and it looks amazing! So, today I went to add it to the MDS Monday's blog, and found out that I didn't read the whole challenge!  Oh well..... time to create again! LOL.  What's great is now I have two wonderful cards! Thanks MDS Monday!

So, if you'd like to view their challenge MDSM62 - click here: http://mdsmonday.blogspot.com/2014/04/mds62-were-matching.html  I've added the sketch here, so you can see it:

The challenge was to create a card with this sketch - AND - to add a DSP that you like and only use the 'matching tool' within MDS to fill in all the other elements on the card. Whew!  I do have to say that it was challenging to complete this task....since the DSP I chose 'Feast of Thanks' had variations within each small strip....as you can see with the striped paper above and below the 'Happy Birthday' piece.

I this card with the words 'Happy Birthday'.  It's from 'Delightful Dozen' and I cropped it to only get one 'Happy' and one 'Birthday' from it, so they show in a single line and not one on top of the other. After grouping them together, I copied and pasted them in rows.  I then added a square punch with my 'Feast of Thanks' striped DSP. I grouped those strips of DSP plus the sentiment together and rotated all of it -.8 degrees. After ungrouping all the elements, I was able to use the color matching tool within MDS to color in my sentiment.  Each balloon is a separate embellishment from 'Piece of Cake' and I used the color matching tool to change those colors to match.  The brad is bronze, but even that I was able to use the color matching tool to change it to be a red bronze. I also used the color matching tool on the tag outline...and with the freeform tool to create the sprinkles underneath the frosting on the cupcake! 

Thanks for a wonderful challenge Cindy (at MDS Monday)!

Supplies Used:

Paper - Naturals White

Punch - Square (filled w/Feast of Thanks DSP #2); Tag (filled w/yellow - color match and Whisper White)

Embellishment - Brad (Bronze - color matched to Red); Piece of Cake (balloons - cropped and color matched blue and yellow)

Stamp Brush Set - Delightful Dozen (words - cropped and color matched yellow and blue); Party Hearty (cupcake - colored Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue)

Freeform Tool - to color sprinkles blue underneath the frosting using the color matching tool

Now....here's the first card I created with this sketch:

This reminds me of all those times my Dad was fixing the cars or bikes we had over the years...greasing things up and getting messy!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Paper - Sahara Sand, Basic Black and Whisper White

Stamp Brush Set - Teeny Tiny Wishes (sentiment- Whisper White), Glimmer Kit (chevrons - Basic Black); Ink Splatter (Basic Black)

Punch - Square (filled w/Smoky Slate); Cog (filled w/Going Gray and Basic Gray

WHOOHOO!  An update on my entry into the MDS Monday Challenge..... my cards were picked!

You may view the challenge page here: http://mdsmonday.blogspot.com/2014/04/cindys-picks-for-mdsm62.html

Birthday Peace

Trying to work on masculine cards again.... oh why are they so hard to create?  I'm not sure I'm in love with this card, but I do like it!  Maybe it's needs something more...hmmm...

Well what do you think?

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Remembering Your Birthday, Peaceful Petals
Paper - Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Naturals White
Ink - Early Espresso
Accessories - scissors, Taffeta Ribbon (Early Espresso), Big Shot, Solid Stripes TIEF, stamp-a-ma-jig

Express Hope

My cousin's daughter is making her First Holy Communion this May.  I was honored to create 'thank you' cards for her. She loves bright pink, so I wanted to include it into my design.
I created 30 cards, and sent them off with 32 envelopes in a cute box that I made myself! =)
Here's the box:

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Crosses of Hope, Express Yourself
Paper - Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate
Ink - Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo
Accessories - Stamp-a-ma-jig, Basic Rhinestones, Big Shot, Beautifully Baroque TIEF, scissors

Pennant Wish

I cannot take credit for this wonderful layout and colors.  I was inspired by Sandy Mathis' card.... you can view it here: 

http://www.stampwithsandy.com/2014/03/i-miss-you-fms127-cc5.html

Thanks Sandy!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Perfect Pennants
Paper - Early Espresso, Whisper White, Old Olive, Haiku DSP (retired)
Ink - Early Espresso, Old Olive
Accessories - Big Shot, Banners Framelits, scissors, Taffeta Ribbon (Early Espresso), dimensionals

Hinckley Lake Park

 

Such fun family moments! In July 2012, a few family members got together to go to Hinckley Lake Park and have a picnic.  My Dad taught Ally (my niece) to fish.... and we taught the kids to skip rocks on the water!

We didn't have many photos, but I wanted to showcase the lake, so I made the photo of the lake to span both pages.

To do this: 

1. Make sure your left and ride side pages are side-by-side. (click on the little open page book at the bottom of your software screen -- located underneath the ruler marking on the left-hand side).

2. Create a photo box on the left-hand side.

3. Right-click on photo, and select 'span pages'.

4. Drag the photo corners/sides to encompass both pages

5. Insert your photo.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software, Stampin' Up!

Background - Photo

Embellishments - Simple Snapshots (flowers, border, leaves)

Font - Informal (Early Espresso)