Author: cristina

Golden Harvest

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Mari has a new collab out today with Danielle Engebretson, Golden Harvest:

It’s such a rich kit, it’s really what autumn is about! AND, it’s 20% off today (actually if you head over to the Daily Digi you’ll find a 30% coupon valid until the end of the month at the DigiChick for orders of $5 and up…)!
I used it to make a card for my mom:

Credits:
Template by Krisi’s Kreations
Golden Harvest by Mari Koegelenberg and Danielle Engebretson
Font: Dear Joe 4

Mari also has some fantastic printables out today:

and check out this banner template too!

Fall Madness: Round Three

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Yesterday I finished my page for round 3 of the Fall Madness contest at DigiScrapAddicts: a LO without photos. I was really happy with the idea of my page and the realization, until I saw the entry of my opponent, BeccaBoo – jaw-dropping!! Oh well, I had a blast doing this, and I’m happy just to have reached round 3. 🙂

Credits:
Background: Cottage Garden by Kaye Winiecki
Scalloped circle shape from Paper Shapers by Britt-ish Designs; ricrac and paper from Off the Beaten Path by Jennifer Barrette and Lauren Grier; glitter from Woodland Fantasy by Erica Zane
Autumn:
Autumn Blush by Jennifer Barrette Designs; pumpkin and leaves from Midnight Crow by Chelle’s Creations; squirrel from Woodland Fantasy by Erica Zane
Winter:
Paper, snowflake, stars and white branch from White Christmas by Britt-ish Designs, greenery from Very Merry by Britt-ish Designs and DeCrow Designs, gold elements from Noel by Mari Koegelenberg
Spring:
Paper from Off the Beaten Path by Jennifer Barrette and Lauren Grier, deer from Woodland Fantasy by Erica Zane, bunny from Pat Me by Kaye Winiecki, all the rest from Leafy Treetops by Erica Zane
Summer:
Paper from Life’s a Beach by Sahlin Studio, BBQ, watermelon and sunshine from A Perfect Picnic collab by the ScrapMatters Design Team, flip flops from Hot Feet Cool Treat by Amy Sumrall and Pamela Donnis, sand castle from Half Moon Bay by Chelle’s Creations

Font: Pea Olson

I love no photo LOs and I loved doing this one! I’m also very proud because I made the dial myself, using a built in effect in Photoshop! 😉

Catching Up!

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Here’s a few pages I haven’t posted yet. I’ve been playing with some gorgeous kits!!

Credits:
Sparkling Candies by Pouyou Designs
Gretchen, Date Stamped and Minnie Alpha by Britt-ish Designs

This page was for the ScrapMatters newsletter that celebrated its first anniversary this month, so I made a page about our 10th anniversary, using the pictures I used in my 10 Years mini album. 🙂

Credits
Scraps by Number: Circles & Squares Bundle by Stolen Moments
Indian Summer by Trixie Scraps
Font: CK Jacque

I love fall and I love fall kits! 🙂
Finally, I did a page for next year’s calendar:

Credits:
Off the Beaten Path by Jennifer Barrette and Lauren Grier
Simple Templates Double Pages by gwenipooh

I’m Here

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I know I haven’t blogged in like forever, but I’ve been pretty busy with life lately!
My mom isn’t doing too well with her broken foot, but hopefully she’s on the mend. I made her a card last week, and I’ll try to make her another soon!

Credits:
Sketch by Geeky Diva
The Apple of My Eye – Designs by Jeni Hopewell

I loved this sketch, it’s one of the gorgeous templates that are provided at ScrapMatters for the Tuesday Template challenges, hybrid version!

Sale Time!!

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Mari is having a sale in her store at the DigiChick: everything is 30% off until Oct. 28!!

Now is the time to pick up some of her gorgeous goodies!!

Wanna Lift Me?

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I was chosen for this week’s Grand Theft LO challenge at ScrapMatters! 😀 Come play along! 😉

I lifted myself and chose this page:

Credits:
In the Summer Time by Juno Designs
We’re Just Dating v. 2 by Britt-ish Designs
Font: Pea Olson

and here’s my lift:

Credits:
Grandma’s Recipe – Designs by Tater
We’re Just Dating v. 2 by Britt-ish Designs
Font: Note this

And while I was at it, I created a matching page too:

Credits:
Grandma’s Recipe – Designs by Tater

This kit by Tater is gorgeous, and perfect for all my food pictures! 😀

I still have a couple of projects I haven’t posted yet, so even though my scrapping time for this week is over (yes, busy, busy week!) I’ll still be posting something in the next few days. 🙂

$2 Tuesday

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It’s $2 Tuesday and Mari Koegelenberg has 6 great products for sale in her store! Check them out here.

One of them is the gorgeous collab Cupcake by Mari Koegelenberg Creations and Sarah Jones:


Such a sweet kit!
Go check out the special Check them out $2 deals, and remember they’re for sale at this great price for today only!

Fall Madness

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I signed up for the Fall Madness contest they’re having at DigiScrapAddicts, lured by the money prize 😀 and I have two pages to show. This contest is pretty tough because each scrapper is paired with another scrapper, and only one makes it to the next round. The voting is done by 13 designers.
Unfortunately, in both rounds I’ve been paired with fellow CT members: in the first round, LoriBear, on ScrapMatters’ CT; in the second round, with Brenda (kaleandkiara) of Amy Sumrall’s CT. Even more unfortunately, Lori wasn’t able to post her LO in time, so I passed to the second round with no competition. Sad, sad! 🙁

Anyway, here’s my page for Round One. We had to scrap a page containing the words “I love”.

Credits:
Motor Mania, Artistic License,  Hooligans and Glitzy Spills and Thrills by Britt-ish Designs
Fonts: My Own Topher and Revista

This page is totally me: funny, and speaking volumes about my life and my love for DH. 🙂

For the second round, we had to scraplift our opponent; so even though I consider being paired to a friend a misfortune, I was lucky enough to get to lift her amazing work. Brenda’s gallery is amazing, and she is a master of white space – something I often struggle with because my pages always seem empty – and clustering. I chose to lift All Grown Up by kaleandkiara and here’s my page:

Credits:
Midnight Crow by Chelle’s Creations
Fonts: FG Christine and CK Cursive

This is one of the rare occasions that I couldn’t force myself to put more elements on the page. 🙂 I love this page! And Chelle’s kit – it’s soooooo gorgeous!!
I doubt that I can make it to the next round because Brenda is a fabulous scrapper, but I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed, you never know. 🙂 The results will likely be made public on Sunday, so this is going to be one long week.;)

My Sweet Bears

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Sorry for not blogging, but this has undeniably been a bleak week and I didn’t feel much like blogging (and I still don’t, but I have too many pages to show so I’d better start posting them! 😉 )..

I had the privilege of playing with a gorgeous collab by the Polka Dot Plum designers, Survivor:

And I made two pages of our sweet, sweet bears – the colors were just perfect!

Credits:
Scraps by Number: B.L.O.C.K.E.D. vol 1 by Stolen Moments
Survivor collab by the Polka Dot Plum designers
Fonts: King and Queen, My Own Topher

For this page I also used the gorgeous new templates by Amber of Stolen Moments, at ScrapMatters. I had lots of fun picking all those pretty papers! 😉

And here’s the other bear – I just love the colors of this page!

Credits:
Survivor collab by the Polka Dot Plum designers
Fonts: Scriptina, My Own Topher

I have more pages to show, so hopefully I’ll be in the mood for blogging this weekend.. We’ll see!

Moving Day Mini Kit

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Amy Sumrall has a new mini kit out at the LilyPad, and it’s a real deal at $1 (today only!!!):

(BTW, they’ve just changed servers/system at TLP and it sometimes isn’t working properly – be patient and try later if you can’t access, but make sure you don’t miss this deal!)

I had fun scrapping this page with it! 🙂

Credits:
All by Amy Sumrall:
Doodle Stamped Alpha, Another Doodle Alpha, stitches from Nutty and doodles and arrow from Mac and Cheese collab with Amy Wolffe
Font: FG Christine

Boy, those weeks were really tough! I’m so glad they’re behind us!