Don't Forget...

...the ScrapMatters Daily Download is still going on! The kit is Get a Move On, and while it's great for your moving and remodeling layouts, it's also versatile enough for non-themed pages, too. Take a look at this fun page I did for my sister-in-law Julianne:



credits:
October Daily Download kit (Get a Move On) by ScrapMatters Designers
fonts: Big Caslon, Engravers MT, Bickham Script Pro, American Typewriter

(So I've never actually seen Karate Kid. Does the quote I used for the title even make sense??)

That super-cool blue background paper by WM2 Designs (which I used in both this layout and my "Painting the Bathroom" layout) is what's up for today -- don't miss it!

Plum Dumpling Designs and the SM Daily Download

So guess what -- I've been accepted to another creative team! Mary of Plum Dumpling Designs won ScrapMatters' design contest last spring and I'm on her first ever CT. Yay!!

I jumped in just in time to scrap with a new collab from Plum Dumpling Designs and several other ScrapMatters designers -- and guess what? You can download this kit for FREE! New pieces will be available each day at this thread in ScrapMatters ... but don't delay, each part will only be available for twenty-four hours! It began today (the alpha is already up for downloading) so hurry on over there!

This kit works great for moving pictures, of course, but I found it works great for those remodeling projects around the house. I especially loved the paint swatches included in the kit -- Mary included the templates so you can drop in your own colors or even your own photos (like I did in this layout below):



credits:
Get a Move On (October's Daily Download) by the ScrapMatters Design Team
fonts: Elephants in Cherry Trees, Century Gothic

When I showed this layout to my husband, he especially liked the staples. Take a close look -- they're those heavy-duty cardboard ones, just like you'd use for moving boxes! Cool, huh?

Christmas in Redcar

So I didn't leave the house today, but I finished up the last of Julianne's Christmas pictures (at least, I think they're the last ones ... I should double-check). Here they are!

These pictures crack me up:



Holly Jolly by Andilynn Designs
black background paper, paperclip, and chain from Let's Go Bowling by Andilynn Designs
eyelets from Holly Jolly make your own tags by Andilynn Designs
black bow from So Long to Summer by Andilynn Designs
We're Just Dating v. 3 by Britt-ish Designs
Icy Blue Alpha by Andilynn Designs
font: Pea Stacy

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This page might look familiar to some of you. I scrapped this for my own 2008 album! Since it had Julianne's pajama-pictures in it, I thought it would be fine to reuse the layout. I adjusted some of the journaling and added a frame to her main picture.



credits:
Template 63 by Simply Yin
Papers and most elements from Whoville by Ginger Scraps
Glittery alpha and a staple from Fancy Pants by Pineapple Plantation Designs
Alpha beads by Ziggle Designs
Fonts: Stamp Act (”the”), Zapfino (”traditional”), PAss the CheX (”photo shoot”), Pea Yar Yar, and American Typewriter

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And then one more...



credits:
lift of rxdawg97's Cool in the Pool
Be Merry by Andilynn Designs
Paper Shapers by Britt-ish Designs
fonts: Love Ya Like a Sister, American Typewriter

Off to Redcar!

After about a week-long hiatus from Julianne's album, I'm back with two new pages today!

This page turned out prettier than I thought it would. That's always pleasant! I was lifting from a layout which had so many great elements placed in with the pictures, but that's not my style (mainly because I'm really not so good at the element placement) so I went with a cleaner, simpler approach. I'm really pleased with it!



lift of Let Her Eat Cake by panders77
Boys of Summer by ScrapOrchard Seedlings
She's Got Curves by Britt-ish Designs
Embroidered Monogram Alpha by Danielle Young
fonts are Pea Jenny Script and American Typewriter

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And this layout, in a way, is long overdue. My friend Amy has been digiscrapping for longer than I have and yet I've never lifted one of her layouts. Well, it's about time I did! Technically mine is actually a lift of a lift, but I loved Amy's version better than the original (even if she didn't). She managed to take a single-photo layout that I would have passed by in the gallery (because, as a rule, I don't do single-photo layouts) ... and she turned it into a multi-photo one that looked just beautiful.

I like how my version turned out, with the colors and the black and white photos and the simple title work running into the journaling ... but my element placement seems off. I spent some time messing with it but decided it was "good enough" to go on ... I'm doing that more and more lately.



credits:
lift of bahamagirls' Hard Being This Cute
Strawberry Kisses by Tracie Stroud
fonts are Pea Frankie and American Typewriter