Scrap Girl

Since many of us scrapbookers are working on trying to get our kids back to school, I thought I would use my friend, Karyn Robinson’s new digital kit, “Tales of the Heart” to make a free digital quickpage for those back to school photos.  She has a really cute clipboard embellishment in the kit that was perfect to use for this page.  The alphabet she created also is very cute with little hearts and works great for the title.  Just add your pictures and text and you have one more page out of the way.  Hope you like it.  Enjoy!

Download this quickpage HERE

I’ve made another digital page using my friend Karyn’s new kit called “Tales of the Heart.”  I usually have my pictures up front in the foreground when digital scrapping, but this time I tried something different.  I made my page and then came across the frame embellishment that looks like a wreath.  Since my photo is taken outdoors on a hike, this goes with the theme of the page perfectly.  Hope you enjoy it!

An old family friend passed away this week and her funeral was today.  I make quite a few cards and I wanted to make a sympathy card, but wondered how I should do it.  I started thinking about this as soon as I heard of her death.  I was thinking…do I have any pictures of her?  I went looking in one of my wedding albums and I found a picture of Betty and her late husband at my friend’s (their daughter’s) wedding.  After I found that picture, I started talking to my husband and a scrapping friend about whether I should use this picture to make some nice remembrance cards for her children (my friends).  They thought it was a good idea so I went ahead and scanned the picture out of the album.  I cropped it into an oval shape and placed it on some digital paper.  I made it a 4×6 print so I could upload it to a photo site and add a border around it and get it in one hour.  I also added a “Carpe Diem–Seize the Day” saying on the front.  I also wonder if it is appropriate to blog about making this card, but it will help the healing process I guess as I’m pretty torn up about this loss.  You see, my friends, Paul and Linda just lost their dad a year and a half ago and now their mom this week.  My friends are only 41 and 42 years old so it is a tragic loss for them.  Here’s the base for the card front.

Rest well old friend….

Betty Purington 1938-2009

Hello scrappers!  My schedule has been a little crazy this week with school starting.  I also found out that a friend of my family’s has passed away and my father-in-law is scheduled to have surgery for a brain tumor this Friday.  So I guess the title of my page also applies to my life situation right now even though the subject matter is completely unrelated.  The picture on this page comes from a camping trip we took this summer.  We went to Gooseberry Falls State Park on the North Shore and this picture was taken after it rained all night.  The falls were full and beautiful to look at.  I used Karyn Robinson’s Tales of the Heart Digital Kit found at Enchanted Studio Scraps.  Please check it out for your digital scrapping needs.

Hello scrappers!  Two girlfriends and myself went on a little scrapping retreat last weekend.  We went ahead and did it with little to no planning and it was terrific.  We knew we wanted to do something scrappy about 3 weeks ahead of time and I started looking into retreat houses within a couple of hours drive from us.  I ended up finding a place an hour from me that wasn’t booked that weekend.  The best part is she usually rents to a party of five at $120 per person, but since it was last minute she rented it to the three of us at the same rate.  Yes!  We all stayed the weekend for a grand total of $360!  The best part about the place was the scraproom which had beautiful views of the lake and a lot of space for our supplies.  We kept the food simple and just made a sandwich or had a salad whenever we felt like eating.  We also brought veggies and dip and chips and salsa to have for snacking.  The best treat for me was the cheesecake that my girlfriend brought!  Loved it!

Hi Scrappers!  I finally finished a new freebie using Karyn Robinson’s “Just a Boy” digital kit.  The kit is really versatile and could be used for many other subjects.  All you have to do is download the freebie and add your photos to the layout.  Add some dates and text and you are finished.  I plan on using it to do a page about my three nephews.  Of course, I’ll have to catch them with my camera first.  At 5, 3, and 2 years old it can be difficult.  Enjoy your free quickpage!

Download this quickpage HERE

I just got a new digital kit from a designer friend of mine, Karyn Robinson, and since I have girls I’ve had to “borrow” pictures to use of my nephews and other little ones I know.  The kit is called “Just a Boy.”  I used the second part of the larger kit or the mini kit Part 2.  You can view these kits over at Enchanted Studios.I found this picture of my nephew trying on his mittens and hat with no jacket on and wearing a cheesy little kid smile.  The title to use for this page just sort of hit me all of the sudden, but it really works and is quite humorous.  I do plan on making a freebie with this kit sometime this week, so be sure to check back for it.  Happy Scrapping!

Hi all!  I just got back from vacation and have been dealing with a family health crisis in my husband’s family so my scrapping has been put on the back burner.  I did get some more cute pictures of my cousin’s new baby boy and did a quick layout with a new digital kit I got from Karyn Robinson.  The kit is called “Just a Boy Part 1” and once again it is highly versatile and could be used for a number of different subjects.  I think this picture was taken on a cell phone because the ppi number was really low when I brought it into the layout.  I ended up making an 8×8 page because the photo was getting really distorted if I blew it up bigger.  Hope you like how it turned out. 

I have been getting very cute baby pictures via email of my cousin’s new baby and I just have to share this page with you.  It is a sweet baby sleeping and you know how precious babies and kids look when they are asleep.  I used Karyn Robinson’s “Oh Baby” Kit again and it is available at Digital Arts Cafe until the end of the month.  It may even be on sale since they are closing their doors.  I’m loving digital scrapbooking these days because it is so quick and easy and I can do it without getting out all of my tools and paper.

Hello all!  My cousin and his wife just had their first baby so I whipped up a couple of new digital pages to show you this week.  This page was done with Karyn Robinson’s “Oh, Baby” Kit.  If you like it you may still be able to find it at Digital Arts Cafe, although the cafe is closing soon unfortunately.  I’m not sure why, but I’ve been doing quite a few one picture digital layouts lately.  I know sometimes I only get emailed a picture or two so I pick the best one and try to make a page of it.  I hope you like this one.