Birthday Celebration 2015

Continuing work on our 2015 photo book with my birthday celebration (my 44th - whoo!) back in March 2015. We tried the 'Nothing Bundt Cakes' bakery for the first time... and they were delicious! I say 'they' because we couldn't decide on one kind, so we got 4 different kinds. Each individual cake fed both of us, so we had enough for 4 days.  YUM!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background - Black

Punch - Square (filled w/ Night and Day DSP #4); Flag (filled w/White)

Embellishments - B&W Calendar (flower gem); ConGRADulations (gray ribbon)

Stamp Brush Sets - Presto Patterns Overlays (White - opacity 20%)

Font - Lovers Quarrel (Black); Boulder (White)

RoozenGaarde

 

I completed my two-page spread of our trip to the RoozenGaarde Tulip fields in Skagit Valley (back from April 2014). What a spectacular place.... I love spring flowers -- tulips are my favorite!!!!  If you take a look at my previous post..... these two pages compliment the cover page in our photobook.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background - Basic Black

Stamp Brush Set - Presto Patterns Overlays (Pear Pizzazz)

Embellishments - Blossoms Abound (flowers)

Font - CK Teen Scene (Pear Pizzazz)

Tulip Fields - MDSM90

I started our 2014 photobook today with this cover page of our trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in April 2014.  I will create a two-page spread to go along with it.  It's such a beautiful place with many different types and colors of tulips.

I used the sketch I found on the MDS Monday blog.  You may view the challenge here:

http://mdsmonday.blogspot.com/2014/11/mdsm90-lets-create-clusters.html

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background paper - Basic Black

Stamp Brush Set - Presto Patterns Overlays (Certainly Celery); Blossoms Abound (leaf - Certainly Celery and flowers - Crisp Cantaloupe)

Embellishments - Blossoms Abound (flowers, leaves and journaling box); Poly Stitched Ribbon (Pear Pizzazz

Font - Adorable (Whisper White and Basic Black)

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)

Delightful Memories Hybrid

My niece loves turtles, and she is recovering from her recent knee surgery.  I wanted to create something with turtles, and I knew my MDS (My Digital Studio) software had one.  So, I decided to create a hybrid card.

I designed and printed the design on Whisper White cardstock.

Supplies Used:
MDS
Stamp Brush Set - Delightful Dozen (words - Lucky Limeade); Presto Patterns (criss-cross background - Basic Gray)
Embellishment - Hoppy Memories (turtle)
Font - Broach (Chocolate Chip) - next to turtle's shell

Outside MDS
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Grosgrain Ribbon (Pumpkin Pie)

Elmwood Park Zoo

 

Created another two-page spread for my 2011 photobook!!!  May 2011 is almost complete.... just putting the finishing touches on my other two-page spread....and I will share it with all of you! =)

The above pages are from our trip to the Elmwood Zoo near Philadelphia. It was a smaller zoo, but it didn't disappoint.

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software

Background Paper - Pistachio Pudding

Embellishment - Timeless Taffeta (Crumb Cake)

Stamp Brush Sets - Torn Edges (swirl leaves - Crumb Cake), Presto Patterns Overlays (Crisscross - Always Artichoke at 20% opacity), Bloomin' Marvelous (leaves - Always Artichoke)

Punch - Square (Early Espresso)

Font - Bliss (Whisper White and Early Espresso)

Longwood Gardens

 

It's been awhile since I worked on my 2011 photobook, so thought to create a double-page spread of our trip to Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia.  Beautiful Place!  We had so many pictures it was so difficult to chose the ones I used on my pages.  =)

I loosely used a sketch I found on Pinterest from Simple Stories blog -- Life Documented #2 Sketch.

I loved that this sketch had so many photos.... my husband loves to take them, and I love to show them off. =)

I also used the MDS Challenge - Color Challenge #4. Use Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, So Saffron and Smoky Slate on your page.

Supplies Used - My Digital Studio software 

Background paper - Coastal Cabana

Embellishments - Taffeta Ribbon (Basic Black)

Stamp Brush Sets - Presto Patterns Overlays (Bermuda Bay), All Scallops (scallop design - Basic Black), Earth Laughs (flower and flourish - Basic Black and So Saffron)

Freeform Tool - I colored in the flowers with So Saffron.

Punch - Scallop Border (Smoky Slate), Square (Crisp Cantaloupe)

Font - Regency and Pristina (Basic Black)

Louisville Zoo

 

Continuing working on my 2011 photobook.  In April 2011, we spent a weekend day at the zoo looking at all the animals. Not really much to say about this trip....so just added the title and date.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used

Background paper - Textured Cardstock (Daffodil Delight)

Embellishments - Taffeta Ribbon (Daffodil Delight)

Punch - Square (filled w/Botanical Gazette DSP #3)

Stamp Brush Set - Presto Patterns Overlays (Early Espresso at 30% opacity)

Font - CK Ali Hand (Whisper White)

Patterned Flowers

In creating this card, I used My Digital Studio for the background piece -- Presto Patterns grid overlay. I then printed it out on Whisper White cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Best of Flowers
Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink - Black Staz-on, Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Pistachio Pudding
Accessories - Taffeta Ribbon (Basic Black), Ovals Collection Framelits, blender pen, dimensionals

Besties - DGSC111

I created this page for the Splitcoaststampers Challenge - DGSC111 - June Themes + Color Challenge.  It called us to use a theme for the month of June.... I used 'Best Friends Day' -- which was on June 8th this year.  Also, it asked us to use the colors Coral, Blue and Sand.... I used Calypso Coral, Marina Mist and Crumb Cake.

You may view the challenge here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-f253/dgsc111-june-themes-color-challenge-t574349.html

The poem I used was found on the internet, and here is what it says:

The best of friends, Can change a frown, Into a smile, when you feel down. The best of friends, Will understand, Your little trials, And lend a hand. The best of friends, Will always share, Your secret dreams, Because they care. The best of friends, Worth more than gold, Give all the love, A heart can hold. Thanks for looking! Supplies Used: Background - Textured Cardstock (Calypso Coral) Stamp Brush Set - Presto Patterns Overlays (Very Vanilla) Punch - Flag (filled w/Crumb Cake) Text - Adorable (Marina Mist and Very Vanilla)

All About Me - DGSC101

I created this page for the Splitcoaststampers Digi-Scrap Challenge (DGSC101 - All About Me).  It was a challenge to scrap yourself.

You may see the challenge here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-f253/dgsc101-t569135.html

Now, my hubby does take a ton of pictures of me, but I chose to use the professional photos we had taken a year ago for our church.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Brush Set - Presto Patterns Overlays (brocade - black at 20% opacity)
Embellishments - Designer Rosettes (Soft Suede, Crumb Cake), Satin Ribbon (Basic Black), Dahlias (Basic Black)
Background - Crumb Cake
Punch - Square (filled w/Mocha Morning DSP #3)
Font - Ghandi (Basic Black)

Brookfield Zoo - LCTS121

 

After taking a break from my 2009 scrapbook to create a few cards, I decided that I've procrastinated long enough! lol! I saw this beautiful sketch on "Let's Capture These Sketches" (LCTS121), and just had to create a page with this layout. Here is the link to the sketch blog and all the scrapbook pages created with it here: http://letscapturethesesketches.blogspot.com/2012/02/sketch-121-reveal.html

Thanks for looking!

Background - Not Quite Navy (textured), Presto Patterns Overlay (Pool Party at 20% opacity)

Photo mats - Pumpkin Pie

Text - Bazooka (Pumpkin Pie with Chocolate Chip underneath and slightly offset)

Embellishments - Round Button (Chocolate Chip), Baker's Twine (Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight)

Punches - Square (filled w/Pear Pizzazz-textured), Square (filled w/Day In The Life DSP #10, #2, #8), Flower (filled w/Day In The Life DSP #12, #2, #8)

Stamp Brush Sets - Upsy Daisy (Crushed Curry w/Chocolate Chip underneath and slightly offset), Presto Patterns Overlay (Pool Party at 20% opacity)