Sweet Treat

September 18, 2009 | cristina

Last week I was lucky enough to win this gorgeous prize, so I had to scrap a picture! 😉

Credits:
Cupcake by Mari Koegelenberg Creations and Sarah Jones
Font: Pea Olson

I used the perfect kit for such a sweet page: Cupcake by Mari Koegelenberg Creations and Sarah Jones:

Getting Serious

September 17, 2009 | cristina

I played with Jennifer Barrette’s latest kit the other day, Autumn Blush:

I just love the color combination, and the owl is so cute! 😉
I used it for a non-autumn page, but the weather here is starting to feel like fall.. I’ve had to break out my long-sleeved shirts and some sweaters too!

Credits:
Autumn Blush by Jennifer Barrette Designs
Font: My Own Topher

Yep, I am loving the photography course and I feel like I’m learning a lot, even though I’ve only started it this week! 😉

$2 Tuesday

September 15, 2009 | cristina

$2 Tuesday is back at the Digichick, and Mari Koegelenberg has 6 products for sale. You can save up to 71%!!!

I’ll just show you one that is perfect now that fall is approaching, Apple Orchard:

Isn’t is gorgeous? And it’s $2 today only! Make sure you check out all of Mari’s $2 products here!

Weeks 36 and 37

September 15, 2009 | cristina

Yes, I’m all caught up with my Project 365, and here are the last 2 weeks:

Credits:
Kicking up the Leaves little seeds kit and Hodge Podge 9 by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
String and alpha from Back to School by Mari Koegelenberg and Melissa Wilson
Font: Note this

Credits:
Kicking up the Leaves by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Bunches of Flowers and Minnie Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Striped Candy Alpha by Sahlin Studio
Font: Note this

I even worked on the monthly summary for August:

Credits:
Template by missrubikscube
Candy Sunshine by Sugarplum Paperie
Acrylic numbers from Hodge Podge 9 by Gina Marie Huff
Screws from Summer Fling by Britt-ish Designs
School Days Plastic Alpha freebie by Purple Tulip Designs
Font: Note this

I haven’t done July yet, but at least I got last month’s done.. 😉
Finally, a page that isn’t related to P365, but I still wanted to show off:

Credits:
Cottage Garden by Kaye Winiecki
Alpha from Nutty by Amy Sumrall
Fonts: Pea Olson, American Typewriter

I started my photography course, and yesterday I shot in full manual for the first time! 😀 (the only 2 other occasions I used Manual was for fireworks, to use the bulb function, so it didn’t really count.. 😉 ) I’m excited to learn how to use my camera properly!

Warning: Long Post! :)

September 14, 2009 | cristina

I haven’t blogged in a few days so I have quite a few pages to show off. 🙂

First off, I finally started scrapping the pictures from the baseball game we went to see almost 3 weeks ago. Of course I used the perfect kit for baseball pictures, Home Run Derby by Haynay Designs:

and here’s the first 2 pages I did:

Credits:
All Lined Up by Sya’s Blueprints
Home Run Derby by Haynay Designs
All Strung Out by Britt-ish Designs
Font: JH Cristina – Designs by Jeni Hopewell

Credits:
All Lined Up by Sya’s Blueprints
Paper from Home Run Derby by Haynay Designs
Glitzy Spills and Thrills by Britt-ish Designs
Peanut from Nutty by Amy Sumrall
Burger from Chillin’ and Grillin’ by Chelle’s Creations
Hot dog from A Perfect Picnic collab by the ScrapMatters Design Team
School Days Plastic Alpha freebie by Purple Tulip Designs
Font: JH Cristina – Designs by Jeni Hopewell

I have a few more good pictures but I haven’t scrapped them yet.
But since the gorgeous new kits that are coming out at ScrapMatters make me want to pull out old pictures, instead of catching up with scrapping the latest pictures (at least those taken since I started digi-scrapping!), I seriously doubt I will ever catch up! 😀 For example, Chelle’s Creations’ latest kit, History Lessons, made me want to pull out some pictures from 2007:

This kit is just fantastic! Perfect for any US historic site, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston pictures.. And of course I had some Boston pictures and a few good stories to tell about that trip:

Credits:
All Squared Away template set and Back to Basics: Black Alpha by Denise Beatty Originals
History Lessons by Chelle’s Creations
Font: Pea Olson

I made 2 matching pages using Denise’s gorgeous templates:

Credits:
All Squared Away template set by Denise Beatty Originals
History Lessons by Chelle’s Creations
Vellum Alpha by Sahlin Studio
Font: Pea Olson

I also scrapped a page for the latest My Story Matters challenge. This one is about the music we were into in middle school. The memories that this challenge brought back! I had completely forgotten about this teacher who let us listen to music while we worked on our technical design projects! So, once again, if you aren’t doing these challenges already, you have to start: it’s a great way to preserve all those memories from your childhood/youth!

Credits:
paper (recolored) from Home Run Derby by Haynay Designs
Back to School – Extras and Felty Alpha by [wm] squared designs
stencil picture by Luigi Chiesa
Fonts: JH Cristina – Designs by Jeni Hopewell and Charlemagne Std

Finally, I made a page with 3 products by one of September’s guest designers, Molly of DeCrow Designs. She has a new gorgeous set of templates

and a great autumn kit:

and here’s the page I used them for:

Credits:
Blueprints Special Edition, Autumn Delight and Autumn Delight Wordart by DeCrow Designs
Font: 1942 Report

Wow, this turned out to be a really long post! 😉
That’s it for now, but on a personal note, I want to add that my fantastic DH let me sign up for an online photography class, because I really want to step up my photography skills! So I’m having my Christmas gift early this year! 😀

Back to School

September 10, 2009 | cristina

I went back to school last week, meaning that my classes started, but I don’t really have any kids’ pictures to scrap with back to school kits. But when I saw Mari’s new collab with Mel Wilson, I knew immediately I wanted to play with it!
This collection is simply HUGE, including not only a fantastic kit, but also a bunch of easy and adorable hybrid projects!

I used it to make two bookmarks for my husband and they turned out so cute!

This new release is 20% off today only, but if you buy the whole collection you can save 55%!!!! so check it out, and check out Mari’s store if you’re interested in buying just a portion of it!

Ready for Fall

September 9, 2009 | cristina

When I saw the Halloween merchandise in stores a couple of weeks ago, I was kind of shocked because it seemed way too early to think about that.. But when I saw Chelle’s new kit at ScrapMatters, I just couldn’t wait to start playing with it!! I can’t wait to take some Halloween pictures to scrap with it! 😉

It’s such an adorable kit, I feel I’m totally ready for fall! 😉
In the meantime, since DH loves crows, I made him a bookmark with this cute crow:

I also have a page from last week to show, from the Past Matters challenge.

Credits:
Explore. Learn. Grow. by Sahlin Studio
The Cutting Edge Templates by Chelle’s Creations used for the photo border
T – Monstrosity Bonus Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Y – My Hero Alpha by [wm] squared Designs
P – Chip Off the Old Block Alpha by Haynay Designs
O – Brown Alpha by Erica Zane
G – It’s All Black & White Alpha by [wm] squared Designs
R – Foam Stamp Alpha Black by Sahlin Studio
A – Fun Times Alpha by Andilynn Designs
P – Little Vixen Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
H – Wrecked Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Y – Fairchild by Britt-ish Designs

Feels Good

September 8, 2009 | cristina

I played catching up with my Project 365 this weekend and it feels good to be *almost* caught up! I’m working on last week now.

So here’s weeks 34 and 35:

Credits:
Kicking up the Leaves little seeds kit by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2
Alphas from Basic Instincts (week 34) and Softest Touch (August) – Scrap’it Designs by Brianna Cox
Font: Note this

Credits:
Kicking up the Leaves little seeds kit by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2
Beadaholic Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Alpha from Click by Kelley Mickus
Font: Note this