NSD Fun

| cristina

There’s lots of games and sales going on for NSD and I’ve had lots of fun so far!

There’s a 40% sale at TheDigiChick and I picked up some gorgeous stuff from Sugarplum Paperie. Scrapmatters is at 40% too!
But more importantly, I got some scrapping done! 😉
The first one is a scrap of a gorgeous page by gabs.

Credits:

Template – Designs by Stefanie

Wildflower (including font by Miss Tiina) collab by MyScrapbookArt

Then I did the first 2 LOs with the pictures I took on Sunday. So much cuteness!!!!! Awwwwwww!

Credits:

Template by Kristin Tilley

NSD Challenge Freebie Paper Shapers – Designs by The Werners

Wildflower (including font by Miss Tiina) collab by MyScrapbookArt

Fonts: Note this, Wildflower by Miss Tiina, Sketchbook

I’m in love with this bunny.

Credits:

Template – Designs by Stefanie

Wildflower (including font by Miss Tiina) collab by MyScrapbookArt

I’ve slacked but I’ve got some work to do by Monday… :/ Guess it’ll wait until tomorrow! 😉

Happy NSD!

| cristina

Last night DH and I bought, installed and cooked on a new grill!!! We’re so happy to finally have it! 😀
Unfortunately, the weather was bad (windy and rainy), but luckily we have a covered deck. Still, it was a bit chilly and it took us over 2 hours to assemble it (opposed to the 45 minutes that was estimated in the instructions), nonetheless it was worth it! 😀

Happy NSD everyone! I have lots of work to do and tonight I’m volunteering at an event at our Church (DH signed me up without knowing it was NSD..) so I’ll probably partecipate in the fun events starting from tomorrow. I have work to do in the weekend, but I hope to squeeze in a few games and scrapping. 😉 Hope you all enjoy the big sales and have fun with the social events!

ETA: There’s a great giveaway going on at The Hybrid Chick and you can’t miss it if you’re into hybrid!

Hanging in There..

| cristina

It’s been a crazy week and it’s not over yet! Anyway I’m hanging in here and even managed to get a page done last night. 🙂

Credits:
Template by Jubeefish
Springtime in the Afternoon (+add on) – April 09 Collab by TheDigichick
Chilled Wine by Sugarplum Paperie and mgl Scraps
Wordart from With Love – Pack One – Designs by Arisu
Fonts: Note this and Fluoxetine

Tonight we’re probably buing the grill!!!! 😀

Getting Ready for NSD

| cristina

This week is super busy for me: the end of the semester has arrived and I have many deadlines and projects to end. Anyway, I managed to scrap a couple pages and I finally reached the 60 points at ScrapMatters: this grants me a $5.50 GC, although I’m afraid I might not get it in time for NSD.

I’m pretty excited for all the sales and fun challenges that will be going on during the weekend for National Scrapbooking Day! I really cannot wait! 😉
Here’s some more flowers from our garden (I’m trying to find out what these flowers are called but haven’t had any luck so far.. if you happen to know, please leave me a comment! 😉 ):

Credits:

What Every Girl Needs – Folded and Hodge Podge #8 by Gina Marie Huff

Template by Melanie3boys

Then I scrapped a picture from this weekend. It’s not our best picture unfortunately, but you do get those too, and I wanted to scrap it anyway. I’m quite pleased with how the page turned out in the end, considering I really didn’t like the picture..

Credits:

Inspired by Christy Templates, Sunshine In My Soul and Bunches of Flowers by Britt-ish Designs

I still have some challenges to do at TheDigiChick but I don’t think I’ll scrap much this week because I’ll be pretty busy with my life.. Also, I expect next weekend (and the whole month of May) to be filled with challenges and scrapping opportunities, so I figure it’s best to get some rest and save a few good pictures for then (and oh do I have some good ones!! 😉 ).

Weekly Tradition

| cristina

I finished a page between last night and this morning 🙂 about a weekly tradition at our house.

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Cinco de Mayo by Emily Card 

Font: Note this
This has been a great weekend: after almost a year of waiting, we found and almost bought a grill and patio furniture!!!!!! 😀 Last year we couldn’t afford it, but we’ll enjoy it this year and the years to come! 🙂 We didn’t actually but these things yet but we will this week! 😉

Told Ya!

| cristina
I scrapped a page with some lovely Weeds&Wildflowers goodies. I started the page this morning and finished it tonight. 😉
Credits:
Papers from What Every Girl Needs – Folded, alpha from Stitching ABC’s Burlap and bows from Welcoming Spring by Gina Marie Huff
Handpainted leaves from Summer Tweets by Pat Christensen
Font: Note this

I told you I took some great pictures this week! 😀

I love how this page turned out! Love the colors, the blending, the bows, the shadows.. Ah, that feels good! 😉

Picture Week

| cristina

I did 2 pages today so I’m here to share. BTW, I’ve developed a very bad habit as of late: I scrap in the morning before going to work… This is really serious: it proves how addicted I am! 🙂 It started because I go in late on Tuesdays and Thursdays since I have class at 9:40 A.M., but I have a feeling this sneaky habit will not go away after next week, even though the semester is at a close! 😉

Anyway, here’s the first LO, one for my favorite challenge at ScrapMatters, My Story Matters. This one was about childhood friends.
This girl was my best friend from kindergarten up to 6th grade, and my parents never took a picture of just the two of us, how sad is that??!
Then I scrapped another page with a picture I took today.
This week I took many gorgeous pictures. I started preparing my 2-pager for Project 365 and I’m in love with this week already! 🙂 Can’t wait to finish it, but there’s 3 more days of taking pictures before I can do that. 😉
SM points update: -3! 😉

Making Fun of Myself

| cristina

I only scrapped one page today (because I’m busy scrapping pages for the Motivational Album challenge running at TheDigiChick) but it’s a fun one. 🙂

Credits:

DigiScrap Addicts Grand Opening Free”bee” kit

Ransom Mini Alpha by Bren Boone Designs

Fonts: Almagro, Sketchbook, My Own Topher

I did this for the Digidares and for one of the DigiScrapAddicts Scrap Off challenges. There’s a ton of contests going over at DigiScrapAddicts (best LO, best shadows, best 2-pager, cutest couple LOs etc!) and each contest has a $20 prize to a different designer’s shop.. I entered a bunch of LOs and it was really hard to pick one for each contest because you could only enter the same LO in one contest. This one is the only LO I did appositely to enter it in the contest. I love how it turned out. 🙂

7 Points to Go

| cristina

I’ve scrapped 3 pages today and I’m only 7 points away from my GC! 😉

Credits:

Just Breathe by Kelley Mickus Designs

Challenge Shapes by Chelle’s Creations
Wordart strip from Good Fortunes by Britt-ish Designs


I did 3 matching pages with pictures from Friday.

Credits:

Just Breathe by Kelley Mickus Designs

Wordart strip from Good Fortunes by Britt-ish Designs

And there’s more pictures, so I’ll do a couple more LOs.

Credits:

Just Breathe by Kelley Mickus Designs

Wordart strip from Good Fortunes by Britt-ish Designs

The last LO was done for a Roadmap to Scrap challenge, here are the instructions:
  1. The main objective of this page is to use blocking. Either make your own, or use a template, but I would like to see AT LEAST 4 ‘squarish’ blocks on your page.
  2. Use 4 or more papers, no less!
  3. Use as many pictures as you like. You may clip photos to your blocks instead of papers.
  4. Use a frame somewhere on your layout.
  5. Put something subtle behind your blocking. Either a stamp or a faded wordart, or a blended element.
  6. Use an alpha, but only for one single letter. This could mean the first letter of someone’s name. Or it could be the first letter of your title, and the rest you use a font. (example: the title ‘Princess’ would use an alpha for the letter ‘P’ and ‘rincess’ would be typed up with a font)
  7. Use some sort of adhesive (stitch, staple, tape, etc.) to hold up some of your blocking.
This is really a beautiful kit!

The Weekend Is Over Already..

| cristina

It’s amazing how the weekend always flies by really fast..

Here’s a LO with some pictures I took this week of the flowers in our garden.
Credits:

Template by Sugarplum Paperie

Springtime in the Afternoon (some recoloring) collab by TheDigiChick
Font: Note this

The weekend is over, and I’m at -13 points from my GC at ScrapMatters. 🙂