It’s Here!!!!!!!!!!

| cristina

Wohooooo! I cannot believe it yet but I have a new lens!!!!!!!!
I’d been thinking about getting a 50mm lens for several weeks, and yesterday DH brought me to try it out. We tried both the f/1.8 and the f/1.4. And then… we got the 1.4!!!!!!! The price was actually very good and we decided to go for the extra stop since I’m going to need it in low light situations.
I’m in heaven right now!!! 😉
So of course last night I scrapped some pictures taken with the new lens. This is for the new Roadmap to Scrap challenge at ScrapMatters, with these instructions:

  1. I want you to choose 3 photos for this layout – ONE of them (the focal photo) should be turned B&W or sepia. Feel free to get creative with selective tinting, too, if you’d like.
  2. Your background must be predominantly WHITE. It can have a subtle texture, but I want to see a white background!
  3. Choose three more patterned papers to use as you wish on your layout.
  4. The focal photo needs to be “hung” on the page from a metal embellishment of some sort.
  5. You can embellish however you like, however, I want to see the same embellishment repeated at least three times. You can use different sizes of the same element, but the same one should show up a minimum of three times (think visual triangle!)
  6. Please add some bling – I love bling and I’ve gotta see some of it on your page!
  7. Title your page with a black or white alpha (or maybe a black AND white alpha).
  8. Journal your page in a handwritten font of your choice and don’t forget to include the date!

Credits:
Land of Fantasy by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio
All Stitched Up Alpha by Chelle’s Creations
Mini Glitz Alpha Pack by Plum Dumpling Designs
Font: Pea Olson
Photo actions by Pioneer Woman set 1

I love this kit by Britt and Krista, it’s just gorgeous!


I also used 2 new alphas out today – I’m such an alpha junkie, and these are just so cute!!


Fun Kits!

| cristina

Amy has 2 new kits in the store today, and they’re both adorable!!

The first is her collab with Polka Dot Plum, Cutieful Doodleful Youville – it’s great to see this back in the store!


And the other kit is the brand new Hula Monkey – it’s soooo cute!


Here’s a little hybrid project I did with it:

Credits:
Hula Monkey by Amy Sumrall
Font: Pea Stacy Fancy

AND the good news is that the DigiChick is having a sale, everything is 30% off until Sunday – including these 2 beautiful new releases!!! 😉
(and, if you’re subscribed to TDC’s newsletter, check out the 40% coupon for Amy’s store until the end of the month!)

LuvBug

| cristina

I finally had some time last night to play with one of my favorite kits by Mari Koegelenberg, Luvbug:


I just LOVE the color palette!!
And here’s the page I did with it:

Credits:
Luvbug by Mari Koegelenberg Creations
Hearts by Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Pea Olson
Photo actions: Pioneer Woman Set 2

And everything it the store at the DigiChick is 30% off until Sunday, so go take a look at Mari’s store and splurge!!

Finally!

| cristina

The hybrid challenge I’m hosting at ScrapMatters is finally live, so I can share the project I did for it. I’m so proud of it!! 😉


I used the gorgeous collab Tropical Escape by Erica Zane and Mari Koegelenberg for this frame. You can find it at ScrapMatters and the DigiChick.
I actually chose this kit because it matched beautifully the Prima flowers I had just bought! 😉
Physical supplies: wooden frame by Michael’s, Mod Podge, glue dots, buttons from Wal-Mart, beads, Epson matte presentation paper, Prima flowers.
I got the idea for sticking the the beads on the buttons from the CK blog and I love the result! So pretty!

Getting Ready for Christmas…

| cristina

Artscow had a sale a couple of weeks ago: a deck of personalized cards, only $6.99 including shipping. Since my parents love to play cards, I thought this would make a perfect gift for them! I’ll actually use it as a stocking filler for Christmas! 🙂

Here’s the cards:


I decorated them with pictures of my parents, their initials and a few elements in theme. 🙂
I used the gorgeous Jackpot by Britt-ish Designs for this – just perfect!


Now let’s see if I can resist until Christmas to give them to my parents.. 😉 I’m not sure when I’ll see them, so it does look like I’ll have to wait a few months.

Heron

| cristina

We’ve been living in this house for a year and a half but we keep seeing new animals. 🙂
Even though we’d spotted them before, this month was the first time we were able to take pictures of foxes.
And recently we’ve seen herons too. I took a gorgeous picture of a fox and a heron (must scrap that soon!) and here’s some closeups of just the heron. It’s really a big bird! 🙂

Weeds and Wildflowers has a new reward system: you get a point for each challenge you take part in, and 10 points are worth a $10 GC!
This is my first LO with the new system, it was a template challenge:

Credits:
Template by sbaird
Papers from A Better Me, Flowers from Playing with Wire – Spring, Stitching ABC’s Burlap by Gina Marie Huff
Font: My Own Topher

Inspired

| cristina

I’m here to show off two pages from last week that I’m very proud of. The gorgeous kits at ScrapMatters really inspire me!! 🙂

Credits:
Enjoy the Moment, Striped Candy Alpha and Worn Cardboard Strips Alpha by Sahlin Studio
Font: Pea Olson

This next page was done for the new My Story Matters challenge, about growing up:

Credits:
Fairchild and Teeny Tiny Christmas Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Font: SS Whimsy

I have one more page from the weekend, I’ll post it later.

In the meantime, don’t forget to VOTE for the Big Pimpins here (see post below), today is the last day to vote so do it now! You don’t even have to be registered to vote, just click and you’re done!