AZ Sealife Aquarium - DGSC116

 

Continuing my work on our 2012 photobook, with our trip with Mike's parents to the Arizona Sealife Aquarium.  We had a lovely time.... and it was great to see our favorites -- the jellyfish and seahorses!

In creating these pages, I wanted to incorporate the Digi-Scrap Challenge (DGSC116) found on the Splitcoaststampers website.  It can be found here:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/dgsc116-%96-spring-into-change-april-1-a-t586126.html

The challenge asked us to use a template and change it up, adding layers and masks.  I chose a sketch template from Scrapbooks Etc (SE292).  This is the sketch:

It was a little rough in creating these pages.... as I wanted the sun, clam, whale and starfish to 'look' like they were punched out of each colored paper. I achieved it by utilizing the drop shadow feature on the opposite sides of where I wanted to 'punch out' the stamp. I added a Basic Gray stamp underneath the Coastal Cabana stamp to add depth to the 'punched out' stamps too.  

I cropped each stamp, so that it would fit perfectly in the corner or sides of each colored block.

Thanks for looking!

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

Background paper - Coastal Cabana

Embellishments - Baker's Twine (Whisper White cropped)

Stamp Brush Sets - A Split Second (splatter - Soft Sky cropped in some areas); Anchors Away (starfish and clam shell- Basic Gray and Coastal Cabana); Oh Whale (whale - Coastal Cabana; wave - Whisper White and Bermuda Bay); All Time Fave (sun - Basic Gray and Coastal Cabana)

Punch - Square (filled w/ Kiwi Kiss, Calypso Coral, Soft Sky, Summer Sun and Whisper White)

Font - CK Teen Scene (Whisper White and Bermuda Bay)

Hutto - SE351

 

Working on another two-page spread for our 2012 photobook.  In March 2012, we took a trip to Texas to visit my sister and her family.  What was so cool, was that my parents came to visit that same week!  We had a lot of fun, and did many many things during our visit!  I had so many pictures too.... it was s hard to narrow it down to just a few. Whew!

I used a sketch I found online at Scrapbooks Etc (SE351).  I realize now that I look at the sketch, I didn't follow it exactly, but.... I did use it as inspiration.

I just want to point out what I did to achieve the lines underneath the title.  I used the Eclectic Overlays frame (same one as the background piece), but I cropped the stamp so just the lines showed. 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used - My Digital Studio

Background - Cajun Craze

Embellishments - Taffeta Ribbon (Very Vanilla)

Stamp Brush Sets - Eclectic Overlays (Really Rust and Early Espresso); Torn Edges (eyelet border - Early Espresso); Moments Ago (words - Cajun Craze)

Punch - Square (Very Vanilla)

Font - CK Cutie and KG Eyes Wide Open (Early Espresso)

Luau

 

Working hard to get my 2011 photobook completed before the end of the year. Here's another two-page spread from our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii.  An Hawaiian trip just isn't right without a Luau.... and this one didn't disappoint.  The food was excellent and the show spectacular!

In creating this page, I used a sketch I found on Pinterest from Scrapbooks Etc.  Here's the sketch:

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Simple Snapshots (leaves and flowers -- one flower is re-colored Crushed Curry)

Freeform Tool - Behind leaves using the coloring tool w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan (Early Espresso)