Princess Ledges Nature Preserve

 

My husband and I wanted to explore the area that we moved to, so we found this nature preserve that was right off the main road. You'd totally miss it if you weren't specifically looking for it. I'm so glad we found it online of the parks near us.  Wow! What an amazing place... there were two trails: one a nature trail and the other a ledges trail. We did both! The leaves were just staring to change (as it was October 2016). It was a beautiful day for a lovely hike in nature.

Thanks for taking a walk with us!

Supplies Used:

Background - Soft Suede with an In Any Event Overlay is dark brown

Punches - Square (filled w/Autumn Traditions #1 and #2 and green)

Stamp Brush Sets - In Any Event (SU) - dark brown overlay stripes; Autumn Days (SU) - leaf in green, yellow and orange

Font - Freehand521 (beige); Duchess (brown)

Sedona

 

We had such a wonderful time seeing the red rocks of Sedona, AZ.... a beautiful place!  These photos really don't do them justice... you need to see them for yourself.

In order to get all my photos, embellishments and words at the same angle.... I simply created my page how I wanted it without an angle, selected all the elements (start off the page and click, hold and drag the mouse over the entire page.... it'll select everything), then grouped them together.  After grouping them, rotate to the angle you want by clicking on the gray box in one corner.

Thanks for taking a peek!

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

Background paper - Textured Cardstock - More Mustard

Embellishments - Brads (Early Espresso)

Stamp Brush Sets - Ink Splatter (Cajun Craze); Autumn Harvest (leaf border - Early Espresso); Autumn Days (leaf and pheasant - Early Espresso)

Freeform Tool - Cajun Craze behind pheasant 

Font - Lavanderia (Early Espresso)

Sammamish Park

 

We are so very fortunate to live where we do in Washington State.  There is so much beauty so close to where we live -- some, which in this case -- within waking distance.  Mike and I love to walk, so when improvements were made to the walking trails around Sammamish Lake.... we just had to try them out.

Now, remember I am way behind in my scrapbooking.... so I'm still working on 2012! HA!  I will get caught up-to-date! I will get caught up-to-date! I will get caught up-to-date! <--- Maybe if I keep saying that it'll happen.....someday. LOL

In creating these pages, I used the Urban Garden DSP.  Once I had the papers down how I wanted them.... I just selected add a duplicate mirrored page to get my second page!

Supplies Used - My Digital Studio (Stampin' Up!)
Background paper - Urban Garden DSP #11
Punch - Square (filled w/ Urban Garden DSP #3, #5, #6; Baja Breeze); Square and Circle (Not Quite Navy for underneath metal frame)
Embellishments - Hodgepodge Hardware (Vanilla Frame recolored Not Quite Navy); Timeless Taffeta Trimmings (Whisper White Ribbon); Brads (Not Quite Navy); Staples and Stitching (Very Vanilla)
Stamp Brush Sets - Autumn Days (Not Quite Navy and Whisper White); Presto Patterns Overlays (frame around photo - Not Quite Navy); Spring Fever (words -Enjoy Life - Very Vanilla and Not Quite Navy)
Font - Bernard MT Condensed (Whisper White)

Elegance

I'm back.... did you miss me?  Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  The holiday season is always busy, but this 2013 was really busy for us.  Ours was a happy and sad holiday.... we flew to Christmas to celebrate it with my side of the family, and to celebrate the wedding of my little brother.  The sad part.... was that my Grandma (my Dad's Mom) passed away during that time.  It was good that the whole family was there, so that we could all be together.

This page was created using the Santa Sack Digi-Scrap Challenge for the month of December 2013. You may view the challenge here:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-bi-weekly-f253/santas-sack-progrogressive-challenge-19-task-1-12-03-13-a-t581676.html

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio

Background - Elegant Soiree #4
Stamp Brush Sets - Presto Patterns Overlays (frame - Soft Suede), Autumn Days (leaf - Soft Suede at 50% opacity; Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla), Spring Fever (words - Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla), My Sweet Pea (leaf -Crumb Cake)
Punch - Square (filled w/Elegant Soiree #5, #6, #7; Baja Breeze)
Embellishment - Stitching (Very Vanilla), Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (Soft Suede), Basic Pearls, Brass Brads, Hodgepodge Hardware (vanilla frame)
Font - Bernard MT (Very Vanilla)

Amazing Father

Remember how I wanted to create "Word Art" for my Father, as I did for my Mom (Seen Here!).

Well, I did it, and boy was it so much faster to do than the first one.  For one, I kept many of the same words. For second, I was able to type the whole word out rather than individual letters! Yay!

Here it is:

I used My Digital Studio software, and printed it on Naturals White cardstock.

Stamp Brush Sets - Autumn Days (leaf - Certainly Celery and twig (Crumb Cake)

Punch - Cog (Bashful Blue)

Paper - Naturals White, Bashful Blue, Soft Suede

Font - Chancellor (Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery)

Sedona - DGSC081

The Digi-Challenge for this week on Splitcoaststampers is "At An Angle" (DGSC081).
Create a page using angles.

Check out the challenge here:
DGSC081

I decided to make mine around our trip to Sedona in June 2012. The red rocks were so beautiful to see, and the weather was just perfect.


I used the coloring tool to color in the bird with Cajun Craze.

Thanks for looking!


Stamp Brush Sets - Ink Splatter (Cajun Craze), Autumn Harvest (border - Early Espresso), Autumn Days (bird & leaf - Early Espresso)
Embellishments - Brads (Early Espresso)
Background Paper - Textured Cardstock (More Mustard)
Font - Lavanderia (Early Espresso)

Wedding Invitations

When my little brother and his fiance got engaged, they asked me to design their wedding invitations. I was a little apprehensive at first....Can I create an invitation that they would love? Would it look professional enough? Do I have time to make them?

Then I thought.... I have My Digital Studio....of course I can create an invitation that they would love! They definitely will look professional! AND.... I can design one.... and have them printed professionally by Stampin' Up! Wonderful!

I started designing the very night they asked me.  Within a few days, I had around 20 different invitations for them to choose from. All of them were designed with the color scheme of Black/Vanilla or Black/White.... this way, they could choose the design first, and we can work on colors later.
Here are the three designs they liked the best:

With the designs that they chose, I was able to step it up with adding color and more detail. Here is what I designed:

They were very pleased with all of these invitation designs, and it was difficult for them to choose which one they liked the best. They decided on the Winter Post Navy/White since their wedding will be in December.

I wanted the happy couple to view and make any necessary changes to the wedding invitation, so I printed one on my home computer.

After printing the invitation, I added rhinestones to the middle of each snowflake. The reception, hotel and gift registry information was printed on the inside of the invitation card.  I, then, designed an RSVP card to go along with the invitation. I completed the sample wedding invitation with the White Organza Ribbon and white envelopes.

Here is the final project:

My brother and his fiance were thrilled with the final printed project, and couldn't wait to show it to friends and family.

Winter Post Invitations:

Cardstock - Whisper White

Ink - Night of Navy

Stamp Sets - Winter Post, Together Forever

Text - Majestic and Cordial

Accessories - Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Rhinestones, Glue, Envelopes

Autumn Days Invitations:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla

Ink - Always Artichoke

Stamp Sets - Autumn Days, Together Forever

Text - Majestic and Cordial

Green Tea Invitations:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla

Ink - Soft Suede

Stamp Sets - Green Tea, Together Forever

Text - Majestic and Cordial

Northwest Trek

 

Mike and I try to visit our favorite wildlife preserve in the Northwest.....Northwest Trek! As I am still  plugging away on my 2009 scrapbook.....this was back in July 2009. We support Northwest Trek every year, and look forward to seeing the changes that have taken place from year to year.  I look forward to seeing the Raccoon habitat....since I love raccoons!

Paper - Woodland Walk #2 (the background has another #2 at 30% opacity overlaying the first #2) and #4, Wild Wasabi (textured)
Photo mats - Chocolate Chip
Text - CK Cutie (Very Vanilla)
Embellishments - Love Birds (elements), Grosgrain Knot (Wild Wasabi and Very Vanilla), Satin Ribbon (Chocolate Chip), Eyelet (Chocolate Chip)
Punches - Square (filled w/Woodland Walk #4), Tag (filled w/Wild Wasabi - textured), Square and Pennant (underneath Stamp Brush Set filled w/Chocolate Chip)
Stamp Brush Sets - Autumn Days (Garden Green, Wild Wasabi and Chocolate Chip)

The Arboretum

 

Back in January 2009, we spent the day at The Arboretum while we were visiting family in Los Angeles. I love how these pages came out with the peacock feathers in the brackground.
Thanks for looking!

Paper - My Photo (background), More Mustard (textured), River Rock
Photo Mats - Early Espresso
Text - Fantasy
Embellishments - Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon
Punches - Square (filled with the More Mustard textured paper), Scallop Trim Border (Early Espresso)
Stamp Brush Sets - Autumn Days (Early Espresso and River Rock slightly offset underneath the Early Espresso)

Jackson TN

 

All supplies are My Digital Studio unless otherwise noted:

Paper - Autumn Vine #5, Really Rust (Textured)
Photo Mats - Creamy Caramel
Stamp Brush Sets - Inspired By Nature (Creamy Caramel), Autumn Days (Creamy Caramel)
Accessories - Grosgrain Ribbon & Knot (Chocolate Chip), Square Punch (Really Rust w/Creamy Caramel Mat), Circle Punch (More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue)
Font - Notebook (Whisper White)