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Life Is Good (Mostly.. ;))

| cristina

I really enjoyed my day off for Labor Day, and scrapped three pages! Here’s one of them. I made it for the September scraplift challenge at The Lilypad, and I kinda love how it turned out!!

Life Is Good
Lift of Life Is Good by Michelle Godin

Credits:

The Serif’s Sister font by Heather Hess
A Bit Worn by Valorie Wibbens
Mess It Right Up by Kaye Winiecki

I’ll keep this short and sweet, because this has NOT been a good day. I went to the office this morning, and my laptop died. I wasted my day doing a backup and going to the Apple store, and I am now hoping they can fix it, and fast. Not a good start of the week at all! The only good news is that we only have 3 more days to go until the weekend, and only 2 until the September BYOC! 🙂

For the Record

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I am a huge fan of Valorie Wibbens, so as soon as I saw the kit she was releasing this week at The Lilypad, I knew I wanted to use it. 🙂

Isn’t it just lovely? I started using the heart paper as a background (I love that paper!!), but then I happened to try this bold flower one instead, and you know me… I cannot resist a bold background! 😉 Anyway, I love how this page turned out. 🙂

For the Record

Credits:
For the Record by Valorie Wibbens
Font: FG Jeana

Have a nice weekend! 🙂

Summer Bucket List

| cristina

Did you collect the daily download at The Lilypad in August? If you missed some of the pieces, you can find them here. And if you make a page with this kit, you have a chance to win a fabulous prize! Here’s my page with this kit:

Enjoying Summer

I cannot believe summer is over already! As much as I hated all the heat this year, I will miss it for sure!

Free Kit by Sahlin Studio

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Not only is she one of the most amazing designers… Krista of Sahlin Studio is also extremely generous! Check out how gorgeous this kit is! And it is free for all newsletter subscribers! Check out the details here.

*sigh* These colors make me so happy! I used it to make a card:

Fleetwood card, Fleetwood and Subtle Stamp Alpha by Sahlin Studio

Credits:
Fleetwood and Subtle Stamp Alpha by Sahlin Studio

Here’s a little detail:

Fleetwood card, Fleetwood and Subtle Stamp Alpha by Sahlin Studio

Have a great rest of the week!

August BYOC and more

| cristina

I have a few pages and cards to share. First off, the August BYOC is in the shop at The Lilypad! I love the color scheme for this month, and here’s what I made with it:

Make Every Moment Count

Credits:
Lost in the Meadows papers by Micheline Martin
Mess It Right Up by Kaye Winiecki
Sweetness papers and Sweetness accents by One Little Bird
Hey MISTer brushes by Karah Fredricks
Fonts: Dingleberry, Sybil Green and The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess

Next, I have a couple of cards to share from last week, both done using my Silhouette Electronic Cutting Tool. The first one uses the August featured kit by Sahlin Studio – it’s 30% off for the whole month, and if you use it you can win a prize!

Discovery Card

Credits:
Summer Camp by Kate Hadfield and Sahlin Studio

This next card was inspired by the trend of vellum pockets with confetti – as soon as I saw the gorgeous paper in Jenn Barrette’s kit, I knew I had to use it right away. 🙂

Confetti Card

Credits:
More Spice Than Sugar by Jenn Barrette

To write the sentiment on this card, I used my favorite alpha stamp set: the Stepping Stone Alphabet – Clear Stamps by Studio Calico/Hero Arts, stamped with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Worn Lipstick – I love this pretty pink color!

Lastly, I will share my favorite recent page:

Not a Bad Summer
Credits:
Summer Garden templates by Sara Gleason
Summer Breeze paper pack by Gina Miller
Font: FG Jeana

I love how it turned out! Like the page at the beginning of the post, this one uses cell phone camera photos. The camera on DH’s Apple iPhone 4S is really good!
ETA: this page was featured on the MSA blog.

July BYOC!

| cristina

Yay, I am so happy to share another gorgeous BYOC at The Lilypad! I know I say this every month… but I’m really in love with this month’s BYOC! 🙂

I love these colors!! I started by making a page with a picture from the 4th of July. It was a super hot day, but we braved the heat and went to see the fireworks show (LO to come..). 🙂

4th July 2012

Credits:
Shaped Up: Stars by Amy Martin
Blocked Out Alpha by Emily Merritt
Make It Messier by Kaye Winiecki
Rocket Pops papers and Sprinkles v6 by Valorie Wibbens
The Snow Bunny font by Heather Hess

I also made a card:

You Are Awesome card

Credits:

I know I’ve mentioned it already, but I just love how having my own scrap desk now makes me create so much more! It takes no time at all to fire up my Silhouette, and I even added glitter to this card (on the flower). 🙂 I love glitter, but I often am too lazy to play with it.. But I really should get it out more often!

I know I’ll be definitely using this gorgeous BYOC for a few more pages, hopefully this weekend!

50% Specials at The Lilypad

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I’m just stopping by with a quick post with a page using the 50% off specials at The Lilypad for Something Old, Something New.

Halfway Through 2012

Credits:
Finishing Touches 8 by Karah Fredricks
This Is Me bu Sabrina Dupre
Lefty Lucy alpha by CD Muckosky
Typeset Alphas no. 1 by Sahlin Studio
Fonts: The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess and The Doodled Alpha Font… Two Ways by Emily Merritt and Heather Hess

Also, there is a retirement sale going on and hundreds of products are 50% off!

Don’t miss it!

Fresh

| cristina

Oh my goodness, I haven’t posted on my blog in almost a month! This goes to show how busy I’ve been lately… 🙁 To top it off, I was in the office until midnight last night. Yes, midnight!! 🙁 But I still managed to squeeze in a little time earlier in the week to play with Sahlin Studio’s latest collab, Fresh:

Isn’t it just gorgeous?? I lately got a new desk for my crafts, and I tried it out for the first time working on this card. I also used my Silhouette, since with the new arrangement it is much easier to turn it on and connect it to my computer. So expect to see plenty of cut out goodness in the future! 😉

Fresh card 
Credits:
Fresh by Sahlin Studio and One Little Bird
Vintage Labels: Sweet Sips by Sahlin Studio

So while the design and cutting of this card went very fast, what took me the longest was actually putting the card together: there’s lots of layering so at some point I felt like I needed an extra hand. 😉

Fresh card 

Have a great weekend!

Project Life – Week 17 and Week 18

| cristina

I did manage to catch up quite a bit this weekend, although not completely, and I have two more weeks to share. 🙂

Project Life - Week 17

Very little digi on this week, and plenty of stamping.

Project Life - Week 17

I mapped out on Google Maps an itinerary for a trip we planned but I overlapped a screenshot for sharing because I don’t want to divulge where I live.

Project Life - Week 17

Yum, DH made pretzels this week, and they were so good! 🙂

Project Life - Week 17

I went green on green for the title. 🙂

Project Life - Week 17

Lots of fun stamping! 🙂

Let’s move on to Week 18. I really love how this one came together! Once again, I have almost no digi parts.

Project Life - Week 18

Here’s a closer look to this week.

Project Life - Week 18

The color scheme for this week is orange and navy. I found an old ink pad that I bought almost 5 years ago, well before I started any hybrid- even before I started digi scrapbooking in fact. It’s orange, and it stamps so well!! It’s a pigment ink, and now I am convinced I must buy more pigment inks. It stamps so easily, and the images are so clear. I am so excited! 🙂

Project Life - Week 18

Very simple to put together, I just had plenty of fun stamping.

Project Life - Week 18

I am so proud of how I made the eight out of a B! 🙂 Just a few more closeups, because I love these stamps so much. 🙂

Project Life - Week 18

And these…

Project Life - Week 18

And these! 😉

Project Life - Week 18

I have the first half of Week 19 done, but alas I had to stop. I’m currently 1.5 weeks behind, but it will get worse in the next few weeks, as I won’t have time to catch up. 🙁

Supplies:
Week 17

Papers by Lawn Fawn
Insta-frame Templates by Sahlin Studio
I Love You More Than Ice Cream by Jenn Barrette
4×6 Photo Collages by Designs by Lili
Food stamps by TPC Studio
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps
Amy Tangerine Stamps – American Crafts
Smash date stamp K&C company
Week 18
Credits:
Papers: Studio Calico (Abroad) and Lawn Fawn
Alpha and sticker by Crate Paper (Random Collection)
“Guess what” bubble from Love+Grace collab (retired)
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps
Amy Tangerine Stamps – American Crafts
Alpha stickers by Prima
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Border stamp by TPC Studio
Smash date stamp K&C company