I thought I'd make a layout with some of Gypsy Couture's products that I hadn't scrapped with yet and after uploading it to my Jot gallery, I realised it was in the colours of the current Mood Board Challenge! So here it is!
Lisa has just reopened her digital store and you can find her at The Digi Chick as Gypsy Couture.
I used GYPSY QUEEN and some of her GLITTER SPLASHES to scrap a photo of my adorable pooch Murphy when he was around 4 months old back in January 2012.
I'm still working away recording daily details and photos for my Project Life album but I just haven't found the time to sit down and catch up! I thought I'd post weeks 3 and 4 on here before I forget :)
Week 3
Week 4
I have added an 8.5 x 11 inch page between my two 12x12 layouts so that I can add more journalling and pics to each of the 12x12 layouts. And these layouts contain my handwriting font that I recently got made from Heather at The Lilypad. It's weird seeing your handwriting on the screen in your digi pages!
8.5x11 inch
Right side 12x12 inch
8.5 x 11 inch page
It's been so busy as we're on school holidays here in Australia....kids broke up a few days before Christmas and they don't go back till early February and it's been pretty a pretty hot Summer for us, so plenty to do to keep cool and occupied at the same time. My boys are now on a beach break with their Dad and his family and come back next week, so I've got to get in some serious studying as I've fallen way behind on the holidays, hence no time for much blogging either. But I needed to post a little about my scrapping adventures as I am going to try and complete a whole year of Project Life in 2012. I've just finished the first two weeks, so that's a start isn't it LOL! I would love to use up all my physical stash of scrapbooking goodies but I just don't have the time to dig them all out each time I want to work on Project Life so I knew right away I'd go with the digital options. I purchased the Cobalt kit and a set of digital templates from Jessica Sprague's site so my layouts will be based on those templates all year. I decided to also buy some of the Cobalt albums and page protectors from a supplier in New Zealand that sells to Australia so have everything at the ready now it's just making sure I allocate a little time to work on the pages each week before I fall too far behind.
There is so much chatter about Project Life which I don't think I'd heard about before I discovered some threads at The Lily Pad forum. The girls over there are a wealth of information so I've been keeping tabs on who's doing what, and what products they're using and where to buy things from. Great stuff and I love the idea of recording the every day things that we do. I'll still do lots of regular scrapbooking throughout the year but my PL album will fill you in on the nitty gritty things we do, the mundane, everyday tasks and I'm going to incorporate some real ephemera such as tickets, stubs, feathers, stamps, receipts, etc to get an even better look at what our life is like right now. When the kids look back on this in years to come, they will be able to see how much things might have changed and how they lived as kids so all is good.
So let's see my Week 1 pages. First this is the digital versions that I completed.
And here are the versions after I added some ephemera onto them. Not very good shots as I took them inside the plastic protectors but you get the gist.
You probably can't read any of my journalling because I am using Becky Higgin's free font. Her handwriting is lovely but I will be able to read them when I print off the pages so I'm sticking with it. I also am debating on whether to print off my pages and cut them up to pop them into the individual page protectors as I bought a pack with an assortment of sizes and shapes in them. For now, I'm just printing them off and putting them straight into a 12x12 protector, but as you can see, my pages are a tad smaller due to my printer not doing borderless printing. I might go and mount these onto a cardstock background so they fill the pocket up nicely and then I can put the date range across the top so you can quickly see where you are if you go flicking through the album.
Now onto week 2.
The digi version which I will be printing off and at this stage not adding anything physical to it just yet.
I got stuck with this week as I don't know what photos I'm going to take based on the template orientation, so you'll see that I've put a photo sideways on page 1 above. I'm sure this is going to happen from week to week as I don't go out and specifically take a photo to suit the spot I'm leaving it in my layouts. It would be too hard so this doesn't look too bad and I always alternate the ways I take my photos so it was the best way to still fit in the shots I wanted.
Anyways, I want to go work on those week 1 pages and see if I can make them look better mounted to some cardstock, then will print off week 2 and get started on this week's pages! Ta ta and please let me know if you're also doing it so I can add you to my Google Reader.
Not long ago I decided to go and use Blogger as my regular blog because it's free and I don't have to pay the $13 or so each month but Blogger obviously doesn't have the customer service and support that a paid service like Typepad has so I'm coming back to this blog again. I cannot import my few years of posts from this blog over to Blogger and I haven't gotten anywhere with their customer service finding a solution as to why it won't work and if I close this blog, years of my posts and images will be gone....forever. I already lost my original old Blogger blog before I headed to Typepad, so seeing as Typepad is excellent with any issue and their features function much better than Bloggers do, I'm coming back. Probably lost a few Followers along the way, but for the small monthly fee I pay Typepad, I know that I can use all the features easily and get any support I need quickly too!
So anyways, let's see what I've scrapped this week.
Paula Kesselring has been guesting at Digiridoo Scraps for this month and has released these fabulous FACIAL EXPRESSIONS which I used in this page!
And after a bit of a hiatus, Sarah of Sarah Barber Design is back in full swing again with this amazing URBAN STYLE kit that was just released today. I just adore her vintage style and used a really old family photograph which worked perfectly with this kit.
I joined in the November Progressive Scrap at Digiridoo Scraps and created this page using the November store collaboration HOME SPUN which you can pick up for free if you spend $10 or more in November!
And Lina of LDrag Designs has released a gorgeous new kit called SWEET NOVEMBER. She is currently guesting at The Digi Chick so you can find this and a couple of other goodies of hers there for now. This is my pooch Molly hiding under my computer desk as she can see out onto the street where all the action is (dogs walking by every few minutes)! But today I found she's chewed right through my darn printer cable and it was red hot. My Mac disconnected it from the computer so it must have known that something was up as it won't read to the printer. Have some spare ones luckily and the other day my CD player/clock on my desk started moving as she was trying to chew that one too! The little bugger eats anything and everything she can get her hands onto!
I've got a Christmas lunch to go to tomorrow that my fabulous personal trainer/aqua aerobics instructor is hosting so that should be lovely to meet some of her other clients. I've so far lost 12 kilograms since I started with Suzanne in March this year and want to lose another 15kgs. I've done really well to date not tracking what I eat anymore and being able to lose a small amount each week which is wonderful but with the silly season approaching, I've scoffed down some jaffas and chocolates that I'm supposed to be using to make the kids Christmas gifts to give to their classmates, basketball buddies and teachers. We're supposed to be making them on Sunday along with setting up the Christmas tree and decorating the house so I've put the jaffas away and hoping I don't have the urge to eat as many as what I've had last night and today!!! I wanna keep going with my healthy eating as I feel so much better and need to go buy a lot more clothes seeing my big baggy bummed trackie dacks look horrible on me now! I don't have any official 'before' pics of me that I took with a side on view but there's a few ugly shots from earlier this year of me sitting. Everyone keeps saying I've lost weight off my face but I can't quite tell. I'm feeling it in my boobs, bum and tummy so thought I'd put these 'before' pics up so that I can see what I don't want to go back to again. These were taken from earlier this year so now I need to get a nice shot of me now to be able to see the changes!
Anyways, I think that's all I've got for now as I need to get back to studying up on how to use Photoshop! I know enough about how to scrap with it but within the graphic design world, think there's lots more I don't use that I need to know about!
I don't think I've posted these onto my blog but in recent months, I've had a few of my digital pages published in the Australian Scrapbooking Memories Magazine which is distributed around the world! It's exciting to see them up in print so here's a few I've scanned from recent publications. I think I've got something featured in the next 3 or 4 issues too so keep an eye out for me!
Back in the May issue, I had a whole page profile on me featured! I was so excited when I was asked if I wanted to participate! Ignore the doodles on the page as I posted it at ScrapbookGraphics to show them that I mentioned them!
I also had another layout published in the same issue....the Candy Overload page.
Then I have the Sweet Tooth page below.
The Whose DS Is It Anyway? below....
And in the current issue, I have two layouts....these pics were taken on my phone so aren't that great.
Think that's all for now. I love submitting my pages and getting an answer that they have been commissioned...so exciting!
Too much to do in a day and not enough time to blog or blog-hop!! Both my kids are in school as of this year so you'd think I'd have 6 hours of bliss to sit and do some scrappin' but alas, the shopping, housework, exercise and the like still need to be done so that's the best time to get stuck into them!
We got a new poochie a couple of months back - Molly who is a Staffie X. We adopted her from a local animal shelter and she's a ball of energy. Walking is like power walking to Molly so she's keeping me and the boys on our toes.
I am going back to school to do an online Diploma in Commercial Arts (Graphic Design) as of the 18th July. It's 2 years part time but I hope to finish it earlier than that if I can get more studying done each week. I need to do something for myself and stimulate my brain which is fried from having two kiddos and I love all the subjects covered in graphic design so hoping I'll enjoy completing it.
The kiddos are on 2 weeks school holidays as of today so it's gonna be fun trying to occupy them without them killing each other...or me for that matter! We're still dealing with my eldest's crazy temper and erratic behaviour so hope it doesn't escalate again when he says how bored he is first thing tomorrow morning. At least with school, they are stimulated and occupied for a full day but when they come home, all they want to do is fight and eat. The little buggers!
I've also been on Weight Watchers since the end of April and have lost 8 kilos so far....want to lose about 27 in total so it's gonna be a long ride but with walking the pooch and doing two water aerobics classes a week, it's coming off faster than I thought. I love Suzanne who is our instructor and she's got me all motivated and enthusiastic to keep moving and give up my addiction of Coca Cola! I was drinking way too much along with stuffing myself full of sugar with chocolates, cakes, sweets and anything else I could scoff, so it's been a clean slate with only the odd can of Diet Coke now.....no more 2 litres of Coke a day stuff going on here.
I also got myself an Apple Mac computer - a 21inch iMac - on the recommendation of lots of online buddies who swear by them. I've never used a Mac before so it's taken a bit to get used to how they work as compared to a PC but it's nice having a big screen rather than a laptop again and it's so much faster than the old laptop! It will come in handy when I start my studies with the big memory and fast hard drive.
And I've got a mountain of layouts to post to the blog that somehow I don't think are going to be posted, so if you want to see what I've been up to, check out my Gallery at DigiShop Talk. Thought I'd put a few here just to show you I am alive and still scrapping daily!
For all those reading my blog in a Reader, you will need to visit my blog to see the fabulous kit I've decorated it up with! I've used SWEET SURPRISE - CARNIVALE from Scrap'it Designs @ Digiridoo Scraps. This kit is part of a site Grab Bag that is free with any $10 purchase during our 2nd birthday celebrations in June. Bree's part is just magnificent and I adore the pretty colours.
Here's a Bingo card I created for our first round of Bingo today at Digirioo Scraps and I used this kit.
Oh, and I won Bingo today so can now retain the status of Bingo Queen!
Head on over to Aly's blog and you can pick up the quickpage I made out of her
new AHOY MATEY kit.
Be there or Be square!
Truman Studio has a few things happening for the month of May to celebrate being in the spotlight at Digiridoo Scraps! Freebies, sales, discounts, new kits, giveaways...it's all there so come on over and check out Aly's fabulous store!
While you're at it, head over the the Digiridoo Scraps blog and check out Aly's In The Spotlight post and learn a few more things about her :)
Firstly, all Aly's goodies are 20% off for the whole month of May!
Look out for a brand new kit AHOY MATEY being released on May 13th which will also be 20% off but if you head on over and LIKE Truman Studio's Facebook page, you'll be given a link to a fabulous little add-on for this kit.
And if you'd like to go into the draw to win a $10 gift card to Truman Studio, make sure you participate in any of the May Challenges at Digiridoo Scraps and create a layout using mostly Truman Studio goodies and you'll get an entry into the draw. The more challenges you complete, the more entries you will receive. Entries close on 31st May 2011.
And just to whet your appetite, I have created a layout with the new Ahoy Matey kit...so stay tuned for it's release in two days!
I have used Among The Waves template from Fiddle Dee Dee Designs @ The Digi Chick.
Bree from Scrap'it Designs has been on an extended designing break but now she's getting back into the game and she's wanting to add some more creative team members, so here's here ad. I've been creating for Bree for quite a few years now and she also started up the Digiridoo Scraps site, so have a read through and consider applying!
And to kick things back off, Bree has released this gorgeous kit SUMMER SERENITY
Here's a page I scrapped with my two little boys running around naked in the rain after a huge downpour we had! At one point the spouting was overflowing and they were dancing under it.
And over on Bree's blog, you can pick up a double pack of QP's, created with her new kit! But wait, there's more...lol....it also comes with the Summer Serenity Alpha, so you can create a matching title for your QP. Just pop on over to Bree's Blog, be sure to become a Scrap'it Designs follower so that you don't miss out on any other freebies and special offers.
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