Author: cristina

Mid-Week Check In!

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I am having a busy week with no scrapping time, but I did want to stop by to point out that the weekly Something Old, Something New sale is going on at The Lilypad, and a lot of great products are for sale at 50% off! I used a few to make this page.

Love red yellow

Credits:
Rock On! by CD Muckosky
Glue and Scraps element pack by Karah Fredricks
The Hammer Head font by Heather Hess

Yes, you guessed it, this was also turned into a calendar page (for April). 🙂 Yeah, an October picture for April. 😉 In the past years I always made sure each month had a picture of us taken in that same month, but this year I simply didn’t have enough pictures to work with. Plus it’s not worth it to stress out for such details. I know my family will love the calendar, no matter what. 🙂

2013 Wall Calendar

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Five years I made a wall calendar for our parents and my grandmother for Christmas. They loved it so much, that I’ve been making one each year, ever since. This time of the year, I’m always busy finishing up the calendar, and concinving DH that we need to take a few more pictures (that’s what happens when you have a husband who refuses to take pictures regularly throughout the year.. sigh…). I usually manage to recycle some of my favorite LOs of the year into calendar toppers (just remove journaling and title, and add month), but I always have to make a few new pages too. Which is why you’ve been seeing so many LOs of DH and me lately. 🙂 Anyway, I am now DONE with the calendars; the order is placed. Phew!

If you’re pressed for time, you should check out these great quick pages:

I made a few of the ones in there. 🙂 Like this one, for example:

January 2013 calendar topper

This year, I went with a different look for the cover! I was inspired by all the painty goodies in the October BYOC. Totally not my usual style, but I love how it turned out!

2013 Calendar Cover

Credits:
Hint of Autumn Stamps by Michelle Godin
Jelly Bean Toes Alphas by CD Muckosky

And here is my absolute favorite lately:

You and Me Baby

Credits:
You And Me Baby 2 by Lauren Grier and Shawna Clingerman
Spatterific 5 paint clusters by Karah Fredricks
Smudge Alpha by Gina Miller
The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess

Love the picture, love the colors! i turned it into our May page.

2 Collabs!

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Mari Koegelenberg has TWO awesome new collabs in the store today! And they’re 20% off too! The first one is a Halloween kit that has all you need to scrap your pumpkin carving memories or spooky stories. 😉

It is absolutely huge and gorgeous! I love all the word art! I found these Halloween pictures from 2010 that I hadn’t scrapped yet, and this kit was just perfect for them!

Cat Pumpkin

Credits:
Freakin Adorable by Mari Koegelenberg and Danielle Engebretson
Fonts: The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess; Arsenale White

Mari’s other new kit is a collab with Erica Zane! Love me some EZ!!

Such a happy, carefree kit! Here’s how I used it to scrap a picture from yesterday (I love it!!):

Lake Picnic 2012
Credits:
Sunshine Girl by Mari Koegelenberg and Erica Zane
Font: FG Jeana

Back to my calendar..

October BYOC

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I am so excited to share my page with the October BYOC at The Lilypad!! I have had a crazy week and only had time to make one page so far.. but I love it so much! It’s incredible how much inspiration I get each month scrapping with the BYOC. My BYOC pages always end up being my favorites! I love mixing and matching all the different products, since they all go together so well. Here’s a few of the things I used:

Stunning, right?? 😉 And here’s my page:

Favorite Seasone

Credits:
Autumn Love templates by Emily Merritt
Welcome Autumn Cards by Designs by Lili
Hint of Autumn Stamps by Michelle Godin
Sprinkles v8 by Valorie Wibbens
The Messy Artist Alpha by CD Muckosky
Font: Arsenale White

Have a great weekend!

Little Bird

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Jenn Barrette is guesting at One Story Down in October, and her first release is this gorgeous fall kit.

The colors are fantastic!

Fly Free card

I’m in love with that bold paper! If I can find the time, I’ll make a hybrid LO using it as background. 🙂

I’ll be back later today with a page using the October BYOC at The Lilypad, which came out today! 😉

One Little Bird

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One Little Bird Designs is having a 25% off sale to celebrate the opening of her store at The Lilypad. Check it out!!

I am so happy that she moved, and got the chance to scrap a few pages with her products.

This Is Us
Credits:
Generations by One Little Bird and Paislee Press
The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess

The weather has definitely cooled down around here.. Hard to believe that Christmas is less than three months away!

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Credits:
Flight Plan No. 5 and Sweater Weather by One Little Bird

These are all iPhone pictures.. I have become lazy – since it’s so hard to convince DH to pose for a shot, I go with the easiest way (no tripod required..). I will try to convince him to pose for proper shots soon though, before all the leaves fall. 🙂

This One Time

Come play along to win a chance for some awesome prizes by One Little Bird!

Credits:
For the Record by One Little Bird and Paislee Press
Font: CK Ali’s Hand

Yes I know.. this is an awful lot of pictures of us that I’ve been scrapping lately!! 😀 The truth is, I’m preparing the calendars for 2013, so I need to scrap 12 toppers with photos of us. 🙂 More on this topic soon!

This Sweet Life

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Sahlin Studio has a new kit in her store, and it’s 20% off for a few more hours.

Isn’t it gorgeous?! I started out meaning to make a fall-ish page and intended to use quite a bit of the purple touches in the kit, but then DH boycotted me by not passing along the photos I made him take of me with my new haircut this morning, so I sought out the sunnier parts of the kit and came up with this hybrid page instead. 🙂

This Sweet Life

Credits:
Retro Mod by Sahlin Studio

To say that I love how it turned out would be an understatement! I adore it!! 😉 Here are a few detailed shots:

This Sweet Life

This Sweet Life

I got real messy on that fun city map paper, and used mist paint and acrylic paint + modeling paste. Fun!!

Some of the supplies used:
word wood veneer
arrow wood veneer
Overdue Mister Huey’s Spray (Studio Calico)
Ampersand mask
Elle’s Studio True Happiness stamp – stamped on vellum paper with pigment ink. Love!!
doilies

Moving

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No, I’m not moving, but One Little Bird Design has indeed moved her store to The Lilypad! Isn’t that exciting?! And to celebrate, she has a gorgeous new moving kit in the store today:

I used it to scrap a favorite photo from this summer.

Love This Place
Credits:
These Walls – Moving Day by One Little Bird
Font: Script12 BT

Finally, the weekend is here, and not a minute too soon! I have a business dinner tonight though. I’m exhausted!

Birthday Kit

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Ju Kneipp has a new birthday kit in the store today, and it was just what I needed to scrap my birthday!

I had fun making this page!

Make A Wish

Credits:
Party Over Here by Ju Kneipp

I also used the kit to make a birthday card for my grandmother, since her birthday is coming up soon. I have a confession to make.. as much as I love making cards, I have a complete aversion to making birthday cards. Not really sure why! But I love how this one turned out!

Credits:
Party Over Here by Ju Kneipp
Markerific alpha by CD Muckosky
Also a Very Small Alpha by Allison Pennington
Here’s a detail:

ETA 9/24: I got a gallery standout for this card! 😉

I am totally ready for the weekend… just one more day to go! 🙂

Project Life – Week 24

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I have had this week ready to share for a while, so here it is. But first, let me share that the new Project Life cards are available!

 

Also, if you’ve been waiting to get the Project Life Clementine kit, it is back in stock, along with many other core kits!

I’ve placed my order and should be getting my new cards on Tuesday. Yay! OK, here’s my Week 24. 🙂

Project Life - Week 24

I kept things rather simple this week, to get it done faster. I used papers from the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook 6X6 Pad and did some stamping.

Project Life - Week 24

The green title alpha is by Studio Calico, and I used ColorBox pigment ink to stamp with the Stepping Stone Alpha by Studio Calico, the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook stamps (the arrow), the Smash date stamp and the EK Success Image Tree typewriter alpha.

Project Life - Week 24

The animal stamps are by Hampton Arts, while the “so cool” stamp is by Studio Calico (retired). As usual, I printed all my photos on the Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, 4 x 6 Inches, and I used several photo collage templates by Designs by Lili.

Another week done! I have not been in the mood for PL this week, sadly, so I have only begun working on Week 25.