Six new layouts

Happy

Happygram Papers by One Little Bird; Happygram Elements by One Little Bird;  Whoa Rudolph Templates v.1 by Peeps & Milo; Fonts: The Boldstroke Serif by Heather Hess

Saying Thanks

Pear Tree {Album} by Sara Gleason; Abstra Typogra Papers by Kim Jensen; Happygram Elements by One Little Bird; Bloomin’ Crumpled by Kim Jensen; Call Me Baby Alpha Pack by Micheline Martin; Journaling Doodles by Micheline Martin;  Fonts: The Anne by Heather Hess

You Have Grown

Telling It v2 by Amy Martin; Reflecting Papers by HGD by Laurie Ann; Reflecting Element Pack by HGD by Laurie Ann; Happygram Elements by One Little Bird; Sprinkles v10 by Valorie Wibbens; Petals No 5 by Sara Gleason; Bloomin’ Crumpled by Kim Jensen; Call Me Baby Alpha Pack by Micheline Martin;  Fonts: The Anne by Heather Hess

Merry and Bright

All of December – The 6×8 Album by Amy Martin; Christmas It! Plastic Beads by Kim Jensen; Wrap Star by One Little Bird and Forever Joy Designs Collab; Tinsel Time Word Snips by Snips and Snails Designs; 12 Days Word Art by One Little Bird; Stringbats 3 by Kim Jensen;  Fonts: The Sort of Serif by Heather Hess

FB Cover Dec 12

Covered v4 (Facebook Timeline Covers) by Amy Martin; Stringbats 3 by Kim Jensen; Deck the Halls – Papers by Kim Jensen; Deck the Halls – Elements by Kim Jensen;  Fonts: The Sort of Serif by Heather Hess

Nikon Girl

 35mm by Micheline Martin; 35 mm – Touch of Mess v1 by Micheline Martin; 35 mm – Painted Little Dots v1 by Micheline Martin; 35 mm Bonus Alpha Pack by Micheline Martin;  Telling It v2 by Amy Martin; So This Is Love by Sahlin Studio; Fonts: The Anne by Heather Hess

 

Two more layouts from the Digisister meeting

It really does help me to pull a whole bunch of photos that I want to scrap in ACDSee down into that project bin. Then when I want  to scrap something I have SO many things to choose from and they are all awesome pictures!

So these are two more of the Digisis meeting layouts and they are layouts using Lilypad products.

Self Portraits

Shaped Up v4 Banners by Amy Martin; Foodie Papers by One Little Bird; Years Patterns and Solids by Rachel Young; Petals No. 4 by Sara Gleason; Thirty Days of Gratitude by Little Butterfly Wings; Hello Gorgeous Elements by Mari Koegelenberg; Artsy Bits Winter by Micheline Martin; Foodie Elements by One Little Bird; Bloomin’ Twisted by Kim Jensen; Ribbon Snips by Valorie Wibbens;  Fonts: The Guy with the Fast Red Car by Heather Hess

Meeting Friends

Circling Winter Mega by Amy Martin; True Friends Know No Distance by Lauren Grier;  Fonts: The Deck by Heather Hess

 

DSD…

Digital Scrapbook Day – a weekend long excuse to shop for digi supplies!  I am no exception to this rule of course. I followed in the forums of the Lilypad, One Story Down and kept on Facebook. I did a little shopping at TLP, OSD, looked at Scrap Orchard, Sweet Shoppe, Scrap Matters, MSA and bought myself the November Scrap Stack to support that new website that we all love. I found a new template designer at Stuff to Scrap (M & M Designs). My online group the Digisisters did their part to keep the digital scrapbook industry alive as well. It was fun to see what all of them were looking at and buying. I myself made nine layouts for the weekends festivities.

I made five layouts for Lilypad designers:

Say Yes to the Dress

Shaped Up v4 Banners by Amy Martin; Dotrageous 2 by Kim Jensen; Bloomin’ Twisted by Kim Jensen; Thirty Days of Gratitude by Little Butterfly Wings; Hello Gorgeous Elements by Mari Koegelenberg; Love Me Tender by Pink Reptile Designs;  I Kraft You Kraft by Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic; True Friends Know No Distance by Lauren Grier; Every Day by Jen Yurko;  Fonts: The Guy with the Fast Red Car by Heather Hess

Pineapple Casserole

Foodie Papers by One Little Bird; Foodie Elements by One Little Bird; Shaped Up v4 Banners by Amy Martin; Hello Gorgeous Elements by Mari Koegelenberg; Love Me Tender by Pink Reptile Designs; Fonts: The Architect by Heather Hess

Not a Nerd

Talk Geeky to Me by Micheline Martin and Pink Reptile Designs; Helenium by Sara Gleason; Font: The Kala by Heather Hess

Journaling reads:

Never let it be said that I think you are a geek or a nerd. I am so proud of your focus on education and your grades. I know it’s not easy in college to be this focused when others around you aren’t, yet you do it every day.

Project Life Card Swap

Project Grids by Amy Martin; I Kraft You Kraft by Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic; Project Happy Family Edition by Sara Gleason; My Life (retired) by Amy Martin, Emily Merritt and Gina Miller Collab; Journal It by Sabrina Dupre; Customizable Journaling Cards 2 by Designs by Lili; Everyone Has A Story by Captivated Visions;  Playing Fall by Amy Martin; A Day of Possibilities by One Little Bird; Creative Bliss – Elements by Shawna Clingerman; Build Your Own Butterfly by Pink Reptile Designs;  Fonts: The Sort of Serif by Heather Hess

Tubing

Template Challenge Freebie Nov 12 by Amy Martin; Artsy Bits Winter by Micheline Martin; Ribbon Snips by Valorie Wibbens; Years Patterns and Solids by Rachel Young; Bloomin’ Twisted by Kim Jensen; Dotrageous 2 by Kim Jensen; Foodie Elements by One Little Bird; Foodie Papers by One Little Bird; Petals No. 4 by Sara Gleason; Garland by Sara Gleason; Wet Paint Papers by Micheline Martin; Pollyanna Alpha by Valorie Wibbens;  Fonts: The Silver Reed,The Wolff both by Heather Hess

 

Two more

About my 2013 project:

Journaling reads:

I have a huge box filled with 100’s of photos, negatives, magnetic albums and mementos saved by my grandmother, Eloise. I was paralyzed by indecision on what to do WITH THEM and then it hit me!.. I could use the Project Life type system to organize them by family group, have a myriad of print sizes available to store the photos and mementos and have built in spaces to tell the stories that I know or ones that my family can share with me. Now my wheels are turning… I am going to conquer that box!

Big Ideas by One Little Bird; Narrative by One Little Bird; Worn by One Little Bird and Sahlin Studio Collab; Sweater Weather by One Little Bird; Retrospective by One Little Bird; Pedal Pusher Add-on by One Little Bird; La Belle Vie by One Little Bird; Boardwalk (retired) by One Little Bird; Anise by Sara Gleason; Blanc Stitches by Amy Martin;  Fonts: The Silver Reed by Heather Hess

About Christmas 1977:

Peace, Kraft and Joy Collab by Micheline Martin and Studio Basic; A Very Merry Christmas by Micheline Martin; Tilt Mega by Amy Martin; Font: The Silver Reed by Heather Hess

Two more BYOC layouts

I really love how the BYOC gives you so many different things to choose from all in the same color palette. They will all have different themes, different styles but really will all work together. Once you grab some things that work together, you always seem to find something else you have to add to the mix. For me that was Pink Reptile’s Build Your Own Butterfly this time. I just HAD to have them!!

One is called Create My Own Happiness

Journaling reads:

I have to remind myself quite often that you can be happy by yourself. It’s tough when your life is filled with married friends. They have someone to talk to, share their lives with… and I don’t. I wonder if I ever will again. This coming from the eternal optimist. The introspection gives way to optimism every time. It will happen, I have to believe it will and when I least expect it. Until then, I’ll create my own happiness.

Phlox by Sara Gleason; Torn Kraft by Kim Jensen; Playing Fall by Amy Martin; Machine Mess v1 by Amy Martin; A Day of Possibilities by One Little Bird; Creative Bliss – Elements by Shawna Clingerman; Pieces of Autumn by Kaye Winiecki; Chipboard Alphabet Soup by Kim Jensen;  Fonts: The Sort of Serif, The Boldstroke Serif both by Heather Hess

The second is called www

October 2012 Freebie Template by Amy Martin; A Day of Possibilities by One Little Bird; Playing Fall by Amy Martin; Torn Kraft by Kim Jensen; Creative Bliss – Elements by Shawna Clingerman; Pieces of Autumn by Kaye Winiecki;  Kreative Kraft by Micheline Martin; Borderline 3 by Lauren Grier; Build Your Own Butterfly by Pink Reptile Designs; Fantabulous Fall by Kim Jensen; Chipboard Alphabet Soup by Kim Jensen;  Font: The Sort of Serif

Two more challenge layouts

I had two more challenge layouts left for the August Challenge at the Lilypad.  You would have thought I’d have managed to get the BYOC challenge taken care of when I was making my BYOC layouts at the beginning of the month but I never managed to get one done without pulling in my other supplies that WEREN’T BYOC.  The other was the journaling challenge about family jokes and stories. I’ve had one of “my stories” written for a couple of months about our Sunday dinners with our close friends, the Peraltas. There are always old stories shared with our kids. I wanted to document the story of the dinner traditions in my scrapbook albums.

Sunday Dinners

Journaling reads:

Sunday dinners with the Peralta’s are a tradition. It’s not every weekend due to the busy lives we lead but it is often. We’ll meet at a restaurant like Chili’s or Uno’s, have dinner and chat about the past week and what we have in store. We can catch up with each others work and school activities, classes, grades and friends. It’s one of our ways to maintain our friendship. Usually there will be at least one “story” told about our pasts, something the kids don’t know yet. It might be about when we were little, a random school or home memory, before we had kids or even stories about them when they were small. We told them about my infamous “nacho tossing” incident at a Super Bowl party while dating their dad and about Uncle Ken’s velcro wallet that he whipped out at a fancy French restaurant and embarrassed Aunt Aida to death. When Elysse is home from college, she ALWAYS plans time for at least one dinner with Aunt Aida, Uncle Ken and Simone. Soon Tommy and then Simone won’t live at home either. I hope they remember this tradition and treasure these everyday moments as much as I do.

Deserted by Sara Gleason; The Things You Say by Micheline Martin and Pink Reptile Designs; It’s a Beautiful Day by Little Butterfly Wings; Frameagrams by Amy Martin; Mimi’s Notions by Becca Bonneville; Together Forever by Little Butterfly Wings and Boutique Cute Doll Collab; Head in the Clouds by Valorie Wibbens and Paislee Press Collab;  Fonts: The Architect by Heather Hess

The other is a new realization for me: I need my solitude!  I used to be able to work all week and then go, go, go all weekend long.  I just can’t do it and be happy anymore.  I need a certain amount of home, alone time so that I’m not mentally and physically exhausted on Monday.

This one had (I believe) my most expansive credit list to date:

Shaped Up 3 Angles by Amy Martin; Mad For Mod by Kim Jensen; Bevy of Chevys (and solids) by Rachel Young; Lost in the Meadows by Micheline Martin; Sweetness Papers by One Little Bird; Forever Young Papers by Little Butterfly Wings; Bloomin’ Octagonal by Kim Jensen; Forever Young Elements by Little Butterfly Wings; Forever Young Wordart by Little Butterfly Wings; Word Arrows by Designs by Lili; Hello, Goodbye: Elements by Michelle Godin; Punched Words by Sabrina Dupre; Seed Pods by Sara Gleason; Layered Up In You: Chevrons by Lauren Grier; Pretty Trims No. 1 by Sahlin Studio; Steam Punk Butterflies by Amy Wolff; Rose by Becca Bonneville; Blanc Stitches by Amy Martin; Stitched Stripes & Stars by Amber Clegg; Tag – You’re It! by Karah Fredricks; Expression Bubbles by Emily Merritt; Ridonculous Alpha by Karah Fredricks; Sweetness Page Accents by One Little Bird;  Fonts: The Curly Leigh by Heather Hess

Some Philmont layouts

The first one is kind of like the title page for this trip.  I’ve been in love with the “wood papers” and thought that this outdoor adventure trip would be the perfect spot to use them. I was able to round up a whole bunch of word art (which is like my favorite scrap thing) to flesh it all out.  I loved using the BYOC stuff from Little Butterfly Wings and from Michelle Godin for my layouts theme.  Just perfect!

The second is documenting the meaning of the little yellow duck that Tommy takes on all his scouting trips.

Aug 2012 Facebook Freebie by Amy Martin; Lost in the Meadows by Micheline Martin; Forever Young Elements by Little Butterfly Wings; Forever Young Papers by Little Butterfly Wings; Forever Young Wordart by Little Butterfly Wings; Word Arrows by Designs by Lili; Hello, Goodbye: Elements by Michelle Godin; Punched Words by Sabrina Dupre; Great Outdoors by Kate Hadfield; Tackling Nature by Kate Hadfield;  Fonts: The Liana,The Lynnette both by Heather Hess

 

Shaped Up 3 Angles by Amy Martin; Forever Young Papers by Little Butterfly Wings; Hello, Goodbye: Papers by Michelle Godin; Lost in the Meadows by Micheline Martin; Hey, MISTer by Karah Fredricks; Hello, Goodbye: Elements by Michelle Godin; Forever Young Wordart by Little Butterfly Wings; Word Arrows by Designs by Lili; Forever Young Elements by Little Butterfly Wings; Ridonculous Alpha by Karah Fredricks; Recreational Icons by Sahlin Studio; Great Outdoors by Kate Hadfield; Tackling Nature by Kate Hadfield; Punched Words by Sabrina Dupre;  Fonts: The Outside the Box, The Everyday both by Heather Hess

Last one to get current

I am amazed by the sheer number of layouts I’ve done as a guest polly at the Lilypad in July. I have done 27 layouts!! That has GOT to be a personal best for me!

Tommy has been at Philmont for the last several weeks taking in the beauty of nature. He arrived home late last night, stinky and happy to be home!  I know I’ll be scrapping a lot of his photos over the next couple of weeks. He sent me just a couple of photos from the first couple of days while he still had cell service. I wanted to scrap one of them. This was taken with his iPhone 4s and it’s awesome camera.  I definitely have camera envy now!

Grow With Love: Letters Edition {September 2011} by Sara Gleason; Kenneth Paper Pack by Micheline Martin; Shouty Words v1 by Micheline Martin; Recreational Icons by Sahlin Studio; Summer Camp Snipettes by Sahlin Studio; Around the World by Sahlin Studio and Britt-ish Designs; Strike a Pose by Amy Wolff and Little Butterfly Wings; Needed More Stitching by Amy Martin;  Fonts: The Mary Kate by Heather Hess; Great Outdoors by Scrapping Sisters; Happy Trails by TLC Creations

Journaling reads:

When you arrived in Albuquerque, New Mexico the crews rode the aerial tram to the top of Sandia Peak as part of your acclimation to the change in elevation there. I love that you sat down so that your hiking boots could be in the photo. It gives real context to what this trip was all about – your love of the great outdoors!

We Are Glass

There is a song on the radio now by Thompson Square which has been resonating with me. It’s the line about how we are the light that we LET shine through us.  So we are what we show people from inside of us. I find that to be a very positive message.

Journal Jar by Jacque Larsen ;  Glacial Glass by Allison Pennington ;  Rounded Bokeh by Amy Martin ;

TLP Day at the Beach Collab by TLP Collab ; TLP Summer Stories Collab by TLP Collab ;  Cool Glows #1 by Anna Aspnes ; So This Is Love by Sahlin Studio ;  A Bit More Mess 2 by Amy Martin ; TLP Hoppity Collab by The Lilypad; {You} by Designs by Lili and Valorie Wibbens; After The Rain by Micheline Martin;  Bliss Project by Gina Miller; Tea Rose by Sara Gleason;  Filed and Filled by Amy Martin; It’s My Life by Lauren Grier; For the Record by Valorie Wibbens;  Fonts: The Architect,The Everyday by Heather Hess

The CUTEST doodles

I was thinking about having stuff about London to be able to use to scrap about my love for the Olympics. That made me think of Kate Hadfield and her doodles, which led me to the Cool Brittania kit which just snuck into my cart this weekend… One of the things I noticed in the kit was the teacup and teapot which made me think of my collection of them that I don’t think I’d scrapbooked yet. One of Sara Gleason’s new Petunia templates was calling to me to use and that big deco pattern of Micheline’s new kit seemed to be perfect for the layout idea.

Template – Sara Gleason Petunia

Papers and elements – Micheline Martin Kickback and Paper Party

Alpha – Micheline Martin Kickback

Circles – Micheline Martin Dots

Doodles – Kate Hadfield Cool Brittania and March Sampler at TDD

Flowers – Sahlin Studio and Sugarplum Paperie Treasured Moments Collab and Captivated Visions Everyone Has a Story

Font – DJB Bailey

Journaling reads:

My collection started with an entire box of teacups from Norma. I have a teapot from Maurice Hall that was a family heirloom. I have an entire set of handpainted teacups and plates that were a wedding gift from the Beaty’s. Grandma added to my collection with teacups from Russia and from Italy. It’s been a labor of love.