$2 Tuesday

| cristina

It’s Tuesday again and I bet this is becoming your favorite day of the week, because it means many $2 deals! 😉

Check out what Mari has for sale today, and let me tell you: it’s 3 gorgeous kits so you don’t want to miss this deal!! Go to the $2 Tuesday section of her store here.

Vote, vote, vote!!

| cristina

It’s time to vote for Round 3 of the Battle of the CTs, so do support Amy Sumrall’s team of the Big Pimpins!! VOTE HERE (no registration needed, just select the Big Pimpins and click to vote!)

Here’s my entry for this round again:

Grab Bag TIme!

| cristina

It’s August and this means grab bag time!! 😀

Mari has a August Grab Bagnew grab bag that is packed full with goodies. It’s gorgeous and as you can see the colors are beautiful:
I played with it and some pictures from my test trip of the new lens:
Credits:

August Grab Bag and Remarks by Mari Koegelenberg Creations

Font: Dear Joe 4

Credits:

August Grab Bag by Mari Koegelenberg Creations
This bag is perfect for vintage pages, but as you can see it works beautifully for any kind of page!

Almost Weekend!

| cristina

I picked up an adorable mini kit by Britt for the mini album I’m working on, and I’m totally in love with this kit!


So I used it for a page that I can show off right now! 😉

Credits:
Gretchen, staple and hanging clip from Fairchild and Word Circles by Britt-ish Designs
Alpha from Sprinkler Party by Mickey B Designs and Man in the Moon Designs
Font: Pea Summer Funkyness

I’m so glad the weekend is almost here! 🙂

Busy Busy!

| cristina

I have been really busy this week with lots of projects! I am working on 3 hybrid projects (OK, one is a card so fairly easy, but the other 2 are mini albums so that means a lot of computer AND cutting time 😉 ) plus getting a bunch of LOs done! Unfortunately, I cannot show anything quite yet, but I will soon.

I also got my page for round 3 of the Battle of the Creative Teams at DSA done. That was a painful one, because our team had to come up with a long list of items to scrap with, and we had to use them all on our page, and nothing else! But a day later I must say I’m quite happy with my page. 😉

Credits:
10 papers: Desmond and Molly, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Oh So Happy!, Comical, Hula Monkey, Shape Up
9 circles: Children’s Day
8 staples: Desmond and Molly
7 buttons: Little Bunny Foo Foo, Shape Up
6 stitches: Shape Up
5 ribbons: Little Bunny Foo Foo
4 frames: Little Bunny Foo Foo, Crayon Brush Set 1
3 pictures
2 fonts: Pea Stacy’s Doodle, My Own Topher
1 alpha: Shape Up

Yeah, I know you don’t believe it, but there really is all that stuff on there! 😀

Time to Vote Again!

| cristina

Round 2 of the Battle of the CTs is over and our team of Big Pimpins rocked it again!
We had to pick a musical theme, so we decided to each scrap our favorite song, and we also chose a common color scheme.

Here’s my page:

Credits:
All by Amy Sumrall!! 🙂
Paper from Shape Up
Elements from Cutieful Doodleful Youville collab with Polka Dot Plum
M – Oh So Happy!
y – Little Bunny Foo Foo
s – Cutieful Doodleful Youville collab with Polka Dot Plum
o – Shape Up
n – Scribble Alpha
g – Children’s Day

Fonts: Orator Std and Pea Olson
Photo actions by Pioneer Woman set 1

and here‘s the thread with all of our entries.

So please go VOTE for the Big Pimpins right now! There’s no need to register, just click and vote! There’s only time until Tuesday 7.28 at 11.59 PM so do it NOW!

Weeks 28-30

| cristina

I was all caught up last week but didn’t post, so here I am posting the past 3 weeks:

Credits:
Hodge Podge 11 and 13 by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Perfectly Scribbled Alpha from Enjoy the Moment by Sahlin Studio
Font: Note this

Credits:
What Every Girl Needs – Folded and Hodge Podge 13 by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Just Add Water Combo Alphas by Sahlin Studio
Font: Note this

Credits:
Hodge Podge 13 by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Enchantment bonus alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Mini Glitz alpha pack by Plum Dumpling Designs
Font: Note this

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!!