Scrap Girl

Hello scrappers.  Just leaving you a note to take some pictures over the Fourth of July holiday.  Fireworks, barbeques, family gatherings, whatever you do, take some photos.  I have a graduation open house to attend and we are going to my parent’s lake home so I’ll be busy.  I do have some pictures and pages done for this holiday so I’ll be sure to dig those out next week to share with you.  Have a great holiday weekend!

I finally finished this mini chipboard album and just in time.  The wedding is today!  I started out with a Bo-Bunny “Love” Chipboard Album I got for cheap on Ebay.  I had been thinking of making this album for quite a while so I made sure to do some investigative reporting so to speak.  I asked my friend about what colors she was having for the wedding, flowers, etc. so I could incorporate that into my album.  Sometimes doing this really makes it an ultra special gift because people know you were really listening to them and remembered the little details.  She is having an aqua blue color for the bridesmaid dresses and I got to see exactly what color when I happened to go to the craft store with her in search of ribbon to decorate her garter.  After getting this detail, I went with black and aqua colored papers for the book along with matching ribbons.  I punched out the bride and groom’s names and some hearts from their invite with my circle punch so I could use those too.  I ended up binding the book together with ribbon which worked okay–you just have to make sure to leave a little room for turning pages.  I really like how this turned out.  I added little dimensions where the pictures should go so she can cut them to size and will throw in some tape adhesive so she can complete the album with the pictures she chooses.  I have a feeling this may also get her hooked on scrapbooking…we’ll see.  Now I just need to enclose my sentiments and some basic directions and find a gift bag quick!  The wedding is today!

I finally finished the mini chipboard word album I’m giving as a gift for a wedding celebration tomorrow.  At least I’m done a day ahead I guess.  I’m really happy with how it turned out and took some pictures.  I still need to upload them to my computer so come back tomorrow to see some pictures of the album.  I have showed it to a couple of friends and they think it looks great and will make an excellent keepsake gift for my friend.

Here it is!  Here is your digital freebie quickpage just in time for any Father’s Day pictures you may have taken.  I used a digital kit called “Once Upon a Summer” from Digital Arts Cafe.  Hope you enjoy it!  Happy Scrapping!

Download this quickpage HERE

I’m working on designing another quickpage for you all to use for one of your dad pictures.  This will be just in time for Father’s Day.  I had to scrounge up a picture of one of my kids with my husband to do a sample page.  I guess I need to have a picture taken with my dad.  This page is made using the “Once Upon A Summer” Kit found at Digital Arts Cafe.  I will be turning it into a freebie quickpage that will be available within the next few days. 

I just got a cool template set from my designer friend.  I decided not to change her backgrounds and embellishments and used it like a quickpage to do some pictures from my nephew and father-in-law’s birthday celebration.  You can find this new “Template Duo Set” by Karyn Robinson for cheap at Digital Arts Cafe.  It took me maybe 5-10 minutes to do this layout and that was because I was messing around with which pictures to use.  You can’t get any easier than this!  Check out this two page spread done in no time!

Hello scrapbookers!  I’m currently working on a project for a wedding gift.  It is one of those chipboard word mini-albums.  I haven’t done one before and am about half way through.  I’m liking my creative process so far although my scrapbooking area and the guest room it is in are under complete chaos.  After this project, that room is getting a total thorough cleaning.  I’ve got paper and supplies everywhere.  Hopefully no guest come to stay anytime soon because you can’t even see the bed.  When I finish the album, I’ll take a few photos of it so you can see my finished gift and hopefully get some fresh ideas to keep you motivated to scrapbook this summer.  It is really hard when the weather gets nice, but an hour here and there can save your sanity and get some creative juices flowing.

I did another cute digital page of my niece with the same “Once Upon a Summer” Kit at Digital Arts Cafe.  One thing I had to do was adjust the color of the papers a little bit to match my picture.  It is fairly easy to do with Adobe Photoshop Elements.  The original colors were a bright pink and a darker blue so I just used the Image–Adjust color commands to play around with the different hues of that color to come up with more of an aqua blue and rosy orange color.  I’m still working on learning different digital techniques.  That’s what is so fun for me and stimulating, even.  Learning something new is kind of exciting and gets you going to want to learn more about it.

Here it is!  It is your own “Cute As A Bug” digital quickpage for your own personal use.  I made it with a kit called, “Once Upon a Summer” from Digital Arts Cafe.  Just find a picture of one of your cuties and add your own text and you have yes–one more page done!  Enjoy and spread the word about this great new freebie for summer photos.  Also, check out this great kit at Digital Arts Cafe.

Download this quickpage HERE

Summer is finally here even if the weather doesn’t feel like it in Minnesota.  I’ve got a cute page to show you and the best news of all is that I will be offering it as a digital freebie quickpage this week.  My designer friend, Karyn Robinson at Digital Arts Cafe has created a new kit called “Once Upon a Summer” and I get to play with it and make up a couple of freebies to offer on my blog.  I found a picture of my youngest from last summer to use on this page.  Hope you like it!  Swing by later this week to pick up the freebie quickpage for yourself.