Mira Designs is having a CT call!!
Check it out (you can find the link in my blog list on the right)!
I love her style!!
Speed Scrap at ScrapMatters
I did a speed scrap at ScrapMatters tonight! I had missed the last few so I’m especially glad I was there for this one.
I think it was one I finished in less time!
Here’s the instructions:
1. Choose three photos. No more, no less.
2. Chose two solid papers. Use one for the background, the other to mat your three photos. They can be three individual mats or one mat for all three, your choice.
3. Use something metal to attach your photos to the mat (i.e.: staples, brads, clips).
4. There must be a star somewhere on the LO.
5. Add a swirl somewhere.
6. Title, you must use word art. You can make the word art yourself!
7. Journal, date and post.
and here’s my LO:
Credits:
Template from Creative Block templates by Britt-ish Designs
Papers, alpha and elements from Xoxo by Corina Nielsen and Misstiina
Paper Shapers, staple from I’m A Dreamer by Britt-ish Designs
Fonts: My Own Topher, FG Bonnie’s
I’m very happy with it!!
Of course, it will become a 2 pager, because actually planting the spruce in the garden was quite an adventure! 🙂
Birthday LO
My birthday and my dad’s are only 6 days apart. However, a few thousand miles separated us this year and we couldn’t celebrate together.
In addition to that, this year my Dad turned 70, so it was an important birthday! I was so sorry not to be there! So I asked my Mom to take some pictures, and she did a pretty good job (she’s a hopelessly lousy photographer! :)).
Yesterday night I worked on a 2 page LO for our birthdays and I’m in love with it!
(sorry for the blur in the pic but I had to cancel the locations)
Party Hat by Sugarplum Paperie (some recoloring)
(I created the alpha with font: Rockwell Extra Bold)
The Big Blue Alpha (recolored) by Britt-ish Designs
Font: My Own Topher
I love Sugarplum Paperie’s stuff!!
Here’s a closer look:
Misty Cato CT Call
Misty Cato, designer of one of the blogs I regularly stalk, and undoubtedly the tutorial queen, is having a CT Call. (See her blog for details – link in my blog list on the right)
So I decided to give it a try!
Singing Husband
My husband joined the choir at our church!
I’m very proud of him and I know he’s very happy to sing there.
We’ve been going to our church for a year now, but my husband never inquired about joining the choir. Then, a couple weeks ago, one choir member heard my husband sing during Mass and asked him to join the choir.
So yesterday, 1st day after summer vacation, the choir was back, and my husband was in it!
It felt a bit awkward to sit in the pew without him 🙁 but I’m happy for him.
He sure looks handsome in the blue gown!
Zoo 2 Pager
I’m working on my (noisy) mac and here’s another Zoo LO. I love these pictures!! The frogs were actually in a glass case. At first, we really had a hard time spotting them, since they were camouflaged so well!
Credits:
everything from Posh by Rachel Martin Designs
except
leaf paper: Tree of Life by Julie Marie
Alpha Angel of Love 1 (recolored) by digiscrap.ch
Defensive Driving and Aggressive Husband
Today I went to a defensive driving course so I can get a discount on insurance. It was quite interesting, but I can think of at least 20 better things to do on a Saturday.. 🙂
On the other hand, we want to pick up our Mac – again – and brought it home. This time they put in the right 256 MB video card. But as soon as we turned it on it was plain apparent that something was wrong – the fan keeps running.
And this time my husband is really angry – and has every reason to be I must add.
So I’m still with very limited scrapping equipment – this is so sad! And I also missed Britt’s show off gift for this week. A beautiful paper pack! 🙁
Great News (Autocelebratory Post)
I passed the Preliminary Exam and I’m now officially a 2nd year student.
And it feels good!!
OK, I can admit it now. I never thought I could not pass it, but it’s a big relief to actually get the results and know it.
Especially, it feels good to read: “Further congratulations are due, because you received a high grade on the exam”. 😀
Yaaaaay for me!!
Wordart, Bad News and Indiana Jones
I was reading a few blogs this morning and on Misty Cato’s blog (great for tutorials too, you can find in in my favorite blogs’ list on the right) I found out about this funny website, Wordle, that creates a word composition with the words you input. I inserted my blog and here’s what came out.
And now the bad news: they didn’t take me for ScrapMatters’ CT call.. I was quite disappointed because although when I applied I realistically knew they would have a lot more talented scrappers to choose among, since it took so long to get the answer (9 looong days) my hopes inevitably went up.
Anyway, they have a brand new CT there (although I’m thrilled to see some names of the previous CT still there!) and I can’t wait to see what they come up with.
We went to see the latest Indiana Jones yesterday night. I thought it was fun; my husband said it made too much fun of itself.. Anyway, I’m happy they did it.
Another Zoo LO
I did another zoo LO.
This is about a super fun show we watched there called Tales of Tails. The pictures we took were really bad, but I wanted to scrap about this because it’s such a nice memory.
So I tweaked them a little bit and here we go:
Credits:
Building Blocks Template by Heather Lee
Happy 2B {stuck with you} collab kit by Krystal Hartley and Marcie Reckinger
Tamed Alpha by Creashens (used for ‘tails’)
I just love this kit (it’s the same I used for The Rhinos, another zoo LO I did previously, and I wanted to reuse it).
I did this LO for the Tuesday Template challenge at ScrapMatters.