Author: cristina

Have you seen?

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Have you seen who’s guesting at ScrapMatters this month? I have to say I’ve loved all the guests we’ve had (and I’m very excited that some have stayed on at SM as permanent designers, like Gwenipooh Designs, Page Frocks and Designs by Sarah Bennett), but I’m really partial to this particular designer, Kaye Winiecki. She sells at the Lilypad and her creations are simply adorable. Having her at ScrapMatters is just wonderful! She made this lovely kit:

and I used it to scrap about my mom’s broken foot:

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Bumps and Blahs by Kaye Winiecki
JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell

This is my first page for 2010 (since hybrid and P365 don’t really count as LOs, in my book! ;))!

ETA: this LO was featured on the Log Your Memory blog!

$2 Tuesday

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It’s $2 Tuesday, and a whopping 13 products are on sale in Mari Koegelenberg’s store!!!! Check them all out here!
You can save up to 67%!!

Still have some Christmas pictures to scrap? Check out this gorgeous kit:

and here’s a page I did with it for my 2010 calendar, and hadn’t posted here yet:

Credits:

Noel kit and Alpha by Mari Koegelenberg Creations

Christmas Card Keepsake

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I was inspired by the CK blog to create a keepsake for our Christmas cards. Every year, I never quite know what to do with our Christmas cards, and while I don’t want to throw them out, they all end mixed up in one box or another.. So this project was just perfect for my taste: it looks pretty, and it keeps all the cards together!

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I even created a gift log, thanks to these gorgeous prompts by Sahlin Studio:

A page for me, one for DH, and one for both of us, including the gifts we received and those we made.

I really enjoyed putting this together, using some of the goodies I got with my Christmas gift card at AC Moore! 😉 I am completely in love with glossy accents!

Gift Tags

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I was working on a P365 page with this adorable kit, and I realized I never posted the gift tags I made with it. So, here they are:

Credits:
Christmas Wonder by Kaye Winiecki and Cori Gammon

and this kit is simply fabulous! It makes me happy just to look at it! 😉

Almost There..

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Slowly but surely, I’m catching up on my P365. 🙂 I have under a month to catch up with now! Here’s weeks 48 and 49:

Credits:
A Day of Giving by Valorie Wibbens
Alpha from Everyday Thanks by Plum Dumpling Designs
Sketched Out alpha by Leora Sanford
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Note this

Credits:
So Grateful by Sahlin Studio and Sugarplum Paperie
Lights and gold alpha from Season of Giving by Sahlin Studio
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Note this

I thought I would keep doing P365 this year, but I’m not too sure anymore.. I switched to a new research group about a month and a half ago, and I’ve been working like crazy ever since. I will have much less scrapping time this year, so I don’t know if I can keep the P365 up.. I certainly will keep taking a photo every day, but I don’t know if I can scrap them as well.. Anyway, I’ll try, and we’ll see how it goes.
I’m excited that ScrapMatters is starting a P365 challenge! I hope that helps me to keep my pages coming! 🙂

Goodbye 2009.. Welcome 2010!

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Happy New Year!
While I haven’t kept an accurate count, I believe I completed 327 LOs in 2009.. That is, not counting the P365 pages, nor the hybrid projects, nor the calendar pages. Boy, that’s quite a lot! 😉
I didn’t do any resolutions last year, nor will I do any this year (I can’t stand the pressure!), but I am really happy about where my scrapbooking led me in 2009. I know I will have less scrapping time this year, but I hope to still manage to squeeze in some satisfying quality time. 🙂
It’s really impossible for me to pick one favorite LO of the year.. I really love them all, and am proud of several of them.

Credits:
Feeling Frosty by Jennifer Barrette Designs

(Sorry for the horrible picture.. I just discovered I accidentally erased the good pictures I took, after I’d already sent the card.. Ugh!)

Catching Up (Barely)..

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I am so glad I have a few days of holiday. I spent some time at the computer catching up on LOs, and had some crafting time, too!
I’m still behind with my P365 pages, but I’m catching up. Here’s Week 47, using some gorgeous products I was RAKed with. 😉

Credits:
Cozy Christmas by Leora Sanford
Hand-Drawn Alphas and Make Your Own Alpha 1 – Designs by Lili
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Note this

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas! As usual Christmas got here way too fast, but I’m really glad this year to have a few days off to relax and be with my husband.

I wanted to share our photocards for this year (as usual, after I designed the first, I wanted to try something else, and ended up with 3 designs! 🙂 ):

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Happiest Season of All by Britt-ish Designs
Font: Dear Joe 1 MS


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Happiest Season of All by Britt-ish Designs
Font: Dear Joe 1 MS

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Very Merry by Britt-ish Designs and DeCrow Designs
Font: Dear Joe 1 MS

Merry Christmas to you and your dear ones!

Hybrid Nativity Set

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My crazy schedule hasn’t relented much, but this weekend I worked on a very quick and pretty hybrid project, so that my mom could bring it back home with her.
I used Chelle’s gorgeous kit, O Come Let Us Adore Him:

and I made a hybrid Nativity Set:

Credits: 
O Come Let Us Adore Him by Chelle’s Creations

It is really super cute, and very easy and quick to make. I need to make another one for us, hopefully tonight! 🙂
Today is my last work day before Christmas break. I have SO many things I need to catch up on!

Snow Much Fun

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Yes, I am done with classes for the semester. No, I’m not any less busy, unfortunately!! :-/ I’m working a lot, trying to make a good impression on my new adviser, and on top of that, my mom is visiting. 😉 But, life is good, and I’ll be on holiday a week from today! Christmas is approaching way too fast..
Anyway, of course all of this has left me with no time to scrap. I only worked on a little crafty project for my Secret Santa (well, actually, I am the Secret Santa of this person, but you got the idea!) and I thought that would be it for the week. But then, I saw Mari’s new, fabulous, huge, amazing collection and I had to play with it right away! Here’s Snow Much Fun:

It’s the most fabulous winter kit you could wish for! The snowmen are just adorable, and the kit is jam packed with goodies. You also get 3 (THREE!) darling alphas and some fantastic brushes!
As I said, I didn’t have time to scrap with it, but I needed some cards so here’s what I made:

Credits:
Sketch by LuAnn (wildblueeyez)
Snow Much Fun by Mari Koegelenberg Creations

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I cannot wait to scrap a few pages with those adorable snowmen! 😉