Family Lodge Trip 2015

 

Here is another double-page spread for our 2015 photobook.  As I have already created a Lodge Album... I wanted to include some photos from our Lodge trip in our 2015 photobook too.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background - Like Sunshine DSP

Punch - Square (filled w/Well Worn DSP)

Embellishments - Bright Blooms (Pumpkin Pie); Festive Blooms (White), Poly-stitched Ribbon; Like Sunshine (sign); (Pumpkin Pie), Pearls (recolored Pumpkin Pie)

National Civil War Museum

Mike took another trip in 2014 that I had forgotten to scrap.  In May 2014, while he was in Pennsylvania for work, he went to the National Civil War Museum to look at the many artifacts and facts about the Civil War.  

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background - Well Worn DSP #11

Punch - Square (filled w/Midnight Muse); Star (filled w/Whisper White)

Stamp Brush Set - Extreme Elements (star - Whisper White)

Font - Batang (Whisper White)

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Historic Tredegar

Continuing work on our 2013 photobook. This was part of our trip to Richmond, VA seeing the Iron Works 'Tredegar', who provided ammunition to the Confederate soldiers of the Civil War. Such rich history in Richmond.....as I said before, we definitely need to take another trip there.... there is so much to see.

I did not have a 'bomb' stamp, so I created one using a circle punch, a square punch and the 'July Fourth' stamp (cropping just the fuse). In creating the reflection on the bomb (the crescent shape), I custom-made it starting with a circle punch in the My Digital Studio program. FUN!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background - Basic Black with 'Well Worn DSP' #11 overlaying it at 60% opacity

Stamp Brush Set - July Fourth (stars - Basic Black and fuses - Basic Black)
Punch - Square (Basic Black and Textured Cardstock - Basic Gray); Circle (Basic Black); Crescent (Basic Gray)
Font - Wide Latin (Basic Black and Basic Gray); Cooper Black (Basic Black)

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)

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)

Fire Museum

 

Moving along on our 2012 photobook, but still in June 2012.  I've got a ways to go yet to get caught up! 

I was excited to create this background.... I wanted it to look like a burnt brick building.  I used the 'Well Worn' DSP.... yes, this is what it looks like before I manipulated it:

I achieved the look on my pages by first making my background Basic Black.  I place a photo box over the entire area, and added this Well Worn DSP (#11).  Then, I recolored it Sahara Sand. But....that wasn't all! I changed the opacity to 40%, so that the Black background could show through the paper.  Now isn't that cool!  

On another note, that I got excited about was my smoky cloud!  I used the cloud punch, made it whisper white and changed the opacity to 50%.  I then copied and pasted another cloud...but flipped the image, so that I could create a cloudy box with it! FUN!

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

Background paper - Basic Black

Stamp Brush Set - The Great Outdoors (fire - Basic Black); Man's Best Friend (hydrant - Basic Black and Real Red); Oh Whale (splash - Soft Sky)

Freeform Tool - coloring in of fire w/Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red

Punch - Flag (filled w/Whisper White); Cloud (filled w/Whisper White at 50% opacity)

Photo box (filled w/Well Worn DSP #11 recolored Sahara Sand at 40% opacity)

Font - Broadway (Real Red); Herald (Basic Black)

The Alamo

Created another calendar page for 2014 (of the things we did in 2013)! It feels so good to get these pages complete.  In helping with this page, I used a sketch I found on Pinterest.... not sure what site it's from, but the name is Juliana Michaels.....so thanks Juliana! Lovely sketch!

This page is from our trip to Austin TX.  We went to see The Alamo....along with my sister and her family. It has such great history. Beautiful place!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:  My Digital Studio software

Background - Cajun Craze 

Stamp Brush Set - Vintage Overlays (Early Espresso)

Embellishments - Soft Blooms (So Saffron,Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake -recolored Cajun Craze); Festive Bloooms (Early Espresso)

Punch - Square (filled w/ Well Worn DSP #5)

Font - Cerebral (Early Espresso)

Arbuckle Wilderness

 

Spent a day at the Arbuckle Wilderness Park in Davis, Oklahoma in July 2010. Here is a two-page spread for our 2010 photobook.

Background - River Rock Cardstock
Stamp Brush Sets - Natural Composition Overlays (Very Vanilla), Inspired By Nature (Soft Suede)
Embellishments - Hoppy Memories (frog and turtle)
Punches - Timeless Type Junior Letters (Filled w/Well Worn DSP #12), Flag (Early Espresso), Butterfly (filled w/Well Worn #12)
Font - Scriptina (Early Espresso) and Bradley Hand (Early Espresso and Very Vanilla)

Oklahoma Museum

 

Created another spread for my 2010 scrapbook. <---Still a lot to scrapbook, but the more pages I do...the closer I am to the end! = )
This two-page spread didn't follow any challenges this time ... just had my own layout in mind.

Thanks for looking!

Background Paper - Well Worn DSP
Punch - Square (filled w/Cajun Craze)
Stamp Brush Set - Fresh Vintage (Very Vanilla)
Embellishment - Flower Brads Neutral (Very Vanilla)
Font - Broadway (Very Vanilla)

MDS Fireplace

 For this weeks challenge on the My Digital Studio.net website is to use the digital downloads that were released in September on your project.  Well, the only September digital download I purchased was the "Festive Blooms", so that was what I had to work with.

I decided to create a Christmas card, and made a fireplace out of punches (filling them in with the Well Worn DSP).

I think it turned out cute.
Thanks for looking!

Stamp Brush Sets - The Great Outdoors (Early Espresso; Paint tool - Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler), Big Bold Birthday (Coloring tool -Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green; Paint tool - Daffodil Delight
Embellishments - Festive Blooms, Knot and Ties Trim (Daffodil Delight - re-colored Cherry Cobbler)
Punches - Scallop Oval (Gumball Green), Oval (Textured Cardstock - Very Vanilla), Square (Textured Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Well Worn DSP #9 and #11)

Crater Lake

Working on my 2013 calendar for our house.  Trying to incorporate places we've been in 2012.

Stamp Brush Set - Bunch of Backgrounds (wonderfully worn - always artichoke)
Punch - flag (I edited the punch to try and make it wavy and filled w/Very Vanilla and a mat of Midnight Muse)
Background paper - Well Worn DSP #9
Font - Adorable (Midnight Muse and Very Vanilla)

Well Worn Birthday

Just upgraded my My Digital Studio software and had to try out some of the new features. I created this card with the new feature.... multiple colors on one stamp.
Thanks for looking!

Paper - River Rock, Early Espresso, Whisper White
MDS paper - Very Vanilla, Well Worn DSP #5, #6 and #11
MDS Stamp Brush Set - Delightful Dozen (Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso)
Punch - Flag (filled with Well Worn DSP)