Beautiful Boy

Made this digital LO over the weekend featuring our precious grandson, Adrian. This is his first ever scrapbook page! I took the photos in mid-December 2011, when he was about two and a half months old. Not the best quality of photos, but his cuteness makes up for it :)

All page materials (except for the 2 small frames) from the "Austin Kit" by Liella Designs (funkyplaygrounddesigns.com)

"Distressed Photo Frame" by Katie Pertiet (designerdigitals.com)

Large frame is actually a photo mask I creatted from brushes found at brusheezy.com

Fonts: Cafe Rojo ("Adrian Isaac") and Century Gothic

TFL!

~ klb

Simple Man

Here's another Subway Art print I made for some friends of ours; a mother's gift for her son :)  The song is "Simple Man," by Lynyrd Skynyrd. All the credits for this piece are the same as the ones I posted yesterday.

~  klb

Subway Art

Thanks to Pinterest, my latest creative project is digital Subway art prints... The first two are 11 x 14 and the third is 8 x 10. Also shown are the 14 colors available. No, I'm not selling these, but would be happy to make-to-order for anyone who wants one. If you have a favorite Scripture, quote or song lyrics, just let me know in a comment and also include your color and size choices.  I will send you a full-size completed image and you can print it out at home or via your favorite photo-processor!

Merry Christmas :)

Credits

Digital Texture - "Wonderful Magic" by Kim Klassen
Digital Brushes - "Damned Hearts" by Raffay & "Hipster Plume Korners & Edges No. 1" by Anna Aspnes
Fonts - TW Cen Mt, Trebuchet MS & Janda Snickerdoodle Serif

~ klb

3 Recent LOs

Each of these layouts was done as an entry in the 3rd annual "7 Days in May" week of challenges at www.jessicasprague.com - 

Kitty! Kitty!

Photos I took of my daughter and granddaughter during our family's recent visit to our local zoo.

Papers: Lindsan
Clipping Mask: Anna Aspnes/Designer Digials - "Fotoblendz"
Journaling Strips: LivE - 7DiM 2010, "Smart Strip"
Tag: Katie Pertiet/Designer Digitals - "Lil Bits Tag (recolored)
Staples: Katie Pertiet/Designer Digitals - "Staple Pair" & "Lil Bits Staple"Fonts: Cafe Rojo (title) & Tempus Sans ITC (journaling) 

And Then...

Cute sea turtle I captured during our trip to Hawai'i in 2010. This was on the island of Maui.
Template, word art and grungy border: LivE
Paper: Katie Pertiet, "Surfer Dude" - Designer Digitals
Turtle Brush: Katie Pertiet, "Beachy Clusters"
Font: CK_Ali's_Hand_Official

The Many Faces of Amelia

As soon as I saw this template, I knew I had to fill it with photos of our darling granddaughter :)

Template: LivE
Papers: LaurasKathie/Funky Playground Designs
Fonts: Myriad Pro, Quilline and don't recall the name of the third...

~ klb

For GOD so loved Amelia...

Took these photos of Mia after church on Easter Sunday...

Mia Ann, 19.5 months old

CREDITS --

Background paper & flowers: Sara Schmutz/"Just About Me"/Design House Digital

Pink Paper: Joyful Heart Designs/"Afterglow"

Word Art: Krystal Hartley/"John 3:16"/Faith Sisters

Staples & Tag: Katie Pertiet/"Lil Bits"/Designer Digitals

Stitching: Katie Pertiet/"White Stitching"/Designer Digitals

Fonts: Mistral/"Amelia" & CK_Alis_Hand/text on tag

~ klb

"Love of My Life"

Latest digi-LO, featuring photos of my adorable granddaughter, Amelia Ann :)  These were taken a couple days ago; age 19.5 months.

CREDITS:

Blue paper: Kitty Designs - "Freshcious" kit

Yellow paper: Merkeley Designs - "Color Overload" kit

Flower and Brads: Merkeley Designs - "Color Overload" kit

Word Art: Kitty Designs - Magical Words 5

Photo Frames: Katie Pertiet - Photo Clusters No. 17"

Kitty Designs and Merkeley Designs can both be found at oscraps.com

Katie Pertiet can be found at designerdigitals.com

~ klb

Woo-Hoo! I won the Calendar Template!!!

Check out this link -- scroll all the way down to the bottom and - LOOK! - there I am!

http://paisleepress.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-poster-size-2011-calendar-sale.html

-- kimB

PAISLEE PRESS GIVEAWAY!

Liz Tamanaha of Paislee Press is giving away a poster-sized calendar template this month!  Check out her blog for your chance to win :)

http://paisleepress.blogspot.com/  (look at her Jan 6th post)

-- klb

paislee press: Patisserie: sneak peek + a giveaway

paislee press: Patisserie: sneak peek + a giveaway: "I am really really really excited about this one. It's a collaboration with the one and only, the amazing Nicole Seitler of Sugarplum Pa..."

2 New LOs

"Precious Amelia"

This LO was suggested by "Ann6" - a fellow "sprague-mate" from the Jessica Sprague website/community.  I was itching to make a new LO, but didn't know what I wanted my subject to be -- Ann asked me to make one based upon my avatar, which is the focal photo here in this LO.

CREDITS

Paper: my own design
Brush: Swirls by affaleen/Brusheezy.com
Glass Beads: Kitty Designs, "Freshilicious" /Oscraps.com
Word Art: KittyDesigns, "MagicWords02" /Oscraps.com
Fonts: Century Gothic (journaling) & CK_Ali's_Handwriting_Official

Photos taken July 6, 2010; journaling written Aug 30, 2010

"Kisses from a Unca"

I created this layout because of the amazing photo, which is one of my current favorites and was taken by me - I was holding Amelia with my left arm and took the pic with my right hand (I'm a lefty), w/o using view finder or the LCD screen! What's so amazing is that this image is "SOTC" -- straight out of the camera -- and other than minor spot-healing and using the sketch tenchique, nothing else was done to it (no cropping).  Also, I love the expression on Mia's face as her "Unca J" lays a smooch on her baby cheek :)

CREDITS

Photo Mask: Anna Aspnes, FotoBlendz No 7 - designerdigitals.com
Corner Brushes: Anna Aspnes, Hipster Plumes Korners N Edgers No 2 - designerdigitals.com
Edge Brushes: Nancie Rowe Janitz, NRJ_DDK - Jessica's BrushAbilities class
Fonts: iNked god (title); ParmaPetitOutline (caption)

~ klb

3rd LO?!

I had all three LOs and captions in my previous post, but this last image and the caption that went with it didn't show up for some reason...

Mmm!

Credits -- Paper: my own design Borders: Andrea Victoria "adfree_111906"/Designer Digitals Font: CK Curly Photo: taken by me. My DD bakes cupcakes and this one is from a variety of 6 different kinds she made for a Father's Day celebration held at our church this year.

Mmm!

Credits --

Paper: my own design
Borders: Andrea Victoria "adfree_111906"/Designer Digitals
Font: CK Curly
Photo: taken by me. My DD bakes cupcakes and this one is from a variety of 6 different kinds she made for a Father's Day celebration held at our church this year.

~ klb

3 New LOs to share...

This week's challenge @ jessicasprague.com is, "Embracing the Inner M" -- the rules are to use just a single photo, have some "white space" on the LO and one of the words in the title has to start with "M."  The following pages (all 12x12 digital) are shown in the order I made them.

McKinley

Had fun "embracing my inner M" :) Hubby and I took a train trip last month up to Denali National Park to celebrate our wedding anniversary. I took this photo on the ride up from Anchorage. Credits -- Photo mask: Anna Aspnes/Designer Digitals Stitches: Katie Pertiet/Designer Digitals Brushes: Unknown (Brusheezy, maybe?) Fonts: Dali & Century Gothic

McKinley

Had fun "embracing my inner M" :) Hubby and I took a train trip last month up to Denali National Park to celebrate our wedding anniversary. I took this photo on the ride up from Anchorage.

Credits --
Photo mask: Anna Aspnes/Designer Digitals
Stitches: Katie Pertiet/Designer Digitals
Brushes: Unknown (Brusheezy, maybe?)
Fonts: Dali & Century Gothic

My MIA

Our granddaughter's name is actually Amelia, but "Mia" is my own personal nickname for her :) I took this photo of Mia July 16; she was 10 months, 11 days old at the time (she'll be a year old on Sept 7). CREDITS -- Paper: my own design; lowered opacity to about 60% Sketch Technique: by "Anita;" Homework #63 @ kimikreations.blogspot.com Hearts & Glitter: Kitty Designs "Loveable" kit/Oscraps Fonts: CK Curly & Century Gothic

My MIA

Our granddaughter's name is actually Amelia, but "Mia" is my own personal nickname for her :) I took this photo of Mia July 16; she was 10 months, 11 days old at the time (she'll be a year old on Sept 7).

CREDITS --
Paper: my own design; lowered opacity to about 60%
Sketch Technique: by "Anita;" Homework #63 @ kimikreations.blogspot.com
Hearts & Glitter: Kitty Designs "Loveable" kit/Oscraps
Fonts: CK Curly & Century Gothic

Mmm!

Credits -- Paper: my own design Borders: Andrea Victoria "adfree_111906"/Designer Digitals Font: CK Curly Photo: taken by me. My DD bakes cupcakes and this one is from a variety of 6 different kinds she made for a Father's Day celebration held at our church this year.

Mmm!

Credits --

Paper: my own design
Borders: Andrea Victoria "adfree_111906"/Designer Digitals
Font: CK Curly
Photo: taken by me. My DD bakes cupcakes and this one is from a variety of 6 different kinds she made for a Father's Day celebration held at our church this year.

~ klb

Spraground Weekly Challenge ~ July 2, 2010

This 12x12 digital LO is my entry for this week's challenge. We were to create a page using the colors purple (hex code #4d1842), green (#c7d35c), gray (#f0e5b0) & tan (#5d5656). We were also to make the title "creative" with the colors.  Mine isn't all that creative (just two separate layers in green and tan), but I like the way it turned out :)  The photo is one of dozens I took on June 30th in downtown Anchorage; I thought the color of these tulips went perfectly with the purple in the challenge!

Credits --

Template (altered slightly): "Template # 57" by Timounette (blog)

Brushes: Anna Aspnes (corner, borders)/Designer Digitals; Nancie Rowe Janitz (used with burn tool on green paper); Mouritsa (butterfly)/supplied in Brush*a*Bilities class; "Swirls by xO_Kaffaleen"/Brusheezy


Fonts: Beyond Wonderland ("garden"); Century Gothic (quote); CK_Ali's_Hand (on photo)


Quote found at Two Peas in a Bucket {dot} com (PeaSoup)

It might be hard to tell, but I used the tan color for the corner and border brushes (reduced opacity to 70%); for the butterflies; for the background layer of "garden" and for the quote.
 
~ klb

ENTER to WIN!!!

Digi-scrap artist Nicole Seitler of Sugarplum Paperie is having a contest over at her FaceBook page!  There is a $20.00 gift card to her Sugarplum Shop going out to one lucky winner tomorrow, July 2, 2010 -- check it out and enter to win!

http://www.facebook.com/sugarplumpaperie

~klb

Flower Child

First layout I've created since Jessica Sprague's "7 Days in May" challenges nearly two months ago!  Summer activites have been keeping me busy and my mind just hasn't been very creative, lately.  Anyway - here a LO I put together in just one day --

Credits -

Template: Val C. Designs/Digital Scrap Cafe'

Papers: Crystal Wilkerson's "A Kit for Kate"/2 Peas in a Bucket

Lable: Crystal Wilkerson's "A Kit for Kate"/2 Peas in a Bucket

Fonts: Chick (title) and Century Gothic

Photos: taken by me, June 19, 2010

~ klb

Playing Catch Up!

Oopsie -- I've gotten a little behind on posting recent layouts... In this entry, I'm sharing the second LO for the {i}NSD weekend challenges, along with two new LOs for the 2nd Annual "7 Days in May" at the Spraground, a week-long event that focuses on a new LO challenge each day.  I played along last year and some of the pages I made for that event are among my favorites :)

So first, here is my entry for the {in}NSD weekend -- this challenge was to do a page based on what the word, "Space" means to us.  Some folks made it about their personal scrapbooking spaces; a couple of pages were about children with the "space" of a missing tooth and others were about the "wide open spaces" of lakes, fields and prairies.  I chose to take a more cosmic, spiritual view...

Features a photo I took of Venus and Mars (and a billion stars!) last year.

Credits --
Font: Tekton Pro
Clipping Mask: my own design, using brushes by Anna Aspnes, Designer Digitals


Now - here is the little poster/announcement for the 7 Days in May event:

And here are my layouts from days 1 & 2 --

Challenge 1 was to use a large letter that was not part of the title or journaling; we also had to use only one photo and had to have stripes somewhere on the page.  Took this photo of myself holding the communion elements las Sunday at church - didn't have a specific plan in mind for it, but knew it would be useful for SOMEthing!

Credits --

Red paper: my own design
Striped paper: Jen Wilson Designs (Black Elegance & Annie's Laundry Line); I layered one on the other and reduced opacity
Stitching: Katie Pertiet, Designer Digitals (White Stitching)
Fonts: Rage ("C"); Century Gothic (Scripture verse); CK_Ali's_Hand_Official (caption and date)

Challenge 2 was to use this set of a digital frame and label, designed by the ever-inspiring LivE, part of the "leadership team" at the Spraground -

Shot this colorful little guy at a bakery on the Big Island in Feb 2010.

Credits --
Paper: my own design
Flowers: JSprague, FiestaMiniKit
Frame and lable: LivE, for this challenge
Staple: Crystal Wilkerson, A Kit for Kate
Fonts: Bird Cherry (caption); CK Ali's Hand Official (place, date)

Okay - that's all for now!  Blessings, everybody :)

~ klb

{i}NSD Challenge No. 1 - Today

{inter}National Scrapbook Day is officially on Saturday, May 1st but the festivities are starting a little early over at the Spraground! It began tonight (Apr 29) with a LO challenge by LiveE - creative brilliance extraordinaire :)  The challenge was based on a quote Liv has on the wall of her studio/guest room; it reads, "Every day holds the possibility of a miracle."

Here is an excerpt from Liv's post and the challenge requirements:

Our theme for our challenge today is... TODAY's miracles.

Here are our requirements (all must be satisfied):

1. take your camera and take a fresh new photo (one or as many as you want) within the next 24 hours. i truly believe that the extraordinary lies within every ordinary thing, if one only seeks well. so as you go through the next 24 hours, pay special attention to the little miracles that lie hidden in the ordinary everyday things, and record them with your camera.

2. create a layout using the photos you took.

3. your title should contain the words "today" and "miracle/s" (you can create any title, as long as those two words are in there). you may opt to journal a little or to journal a lot.

4. [b]pay attention, my dears, this is essential: set your timer to 1 hour before you sit down to create your layout.[b] work... nay, play... with gusto for the next 60 minutes. you need to complete your layout within 1 hour. only. don't worry, this doesn't include the time you spent taking photos or choosing what kit or items to work with on your layout. so make sure you've got your photo/s ready and your kit / papers / elements at hand before you turn the dial on the timer. (trust me, you'll LOVE it when you discover that you can actually scrap within an hour! i mean, think of the possibilities! lol )

So... I managed to fulfill all of the requirements except the 60-minute time frame part.  I was already partway through the assembly of my LO when I remembered I was supposed to set the timer -- but it probably wouldn't have made a difference, as I kept hopping up and down to do other things - laundry, putting clean sheets on the beds, taking the dog out, etc. 


Oh well.  Here's my LO --

I chose to use the theme of the challenge - "Today, Miracle" to show rebirth, which is represented in the budding and blooming of flowers and greenery throughout spring. I also chose to focus on spiritual "rebirth" through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.


Credits --

Purple & green papers: my own designs
Button Tag: Linda Roos, In the Making Design
Clipping Masks: Anna Aspnes, Designer Digitals, FotoBlendz 7
Fonts: Beyond Wonderland (Miracle); Garamond (text)
Photo: taken by me (4/29/10) & used a sketch technique by Anita (kimikreations.blogspot.com)

~ klb

Wheeee! Come Play!

We're gonna have us a FUN weekend!  Y'all come now - ya heah!!

~ klb

New Class @ the Spraground!

"This Old Photo: Restoring Vintage Snapshots" is the newest class at jessicasprague.com and it began today (Monday, Apr 26). Because I live in Alaska, I get the lessons the night before those in the midwest and east coast do (and before those in other countries like the UK and Australia). Just one of the many perks of living where I do :)

So, Monday's lesson was about how to scan our vintage photos at the best possible size so the edits we make will go smoothly and look great. Tuesday's lesson is called "Global Restoration" and is about making some general edits that will apply to nearly every photo - straightening the scanned image if necessary and tweaking/adjusting the color, contrast and levels of lightness/darkness of the photo.

This is the result of using the global restoration technique on a scanned photo of my maternal grandmother. Really made a big difference, don't you think?!  This original photo was taken in the Phillipines sometime in 1947 or 48 when my grandmother was about 29 years old.

I can tell this is going to be a GREAT CLASS and look forward to all the neat tips and tricks we'll be learning in the next couple of weeks :)

~ klb

Homemade Paper (Digi-style)

So, my sis-in-law and I are planning to open our own digi-related website, with things to offer digi-scrappers.  I'm trying to come up with some ideas people might be interested in and designed this background paper over the weekend.  This sample is one of 7 pages in a set - all identical to this one, but in different colors.  I also made a set of the same papers, but without the text - just a grungey look.

What do you think?

~ klb