Catching Up...Again

Here a few of my 12x12 digital LOs that I've done since October. Along with these, I have also made three different 8x8 gift albums and am working on an 8x8 album for myself, featuring photos from every day of December 2008 (a challenge at jessicasprague.com). I will post those here, once I am through with the December album.

"New Year's Moose"

Hubby and I began a tradition a few years ago where we go out to take photos on January 1st. We had hoped to get a nice sunset shot today, but it didn't work out. However, as we were driving around through south Anchorage to find a good "sunset-viewing" spot, we came across this moose munching along the side of the road. Actually, he's the second moose we spotted - saw a total of four - but this one gave us the best photos :)

LO Credits: Paper: Pattie Knox (blue), Lauraskathi (pattern); Branches: Madam Mim; Sequins (re-colored): Ruth Davis; Overlays: Anna Aspnes; Fonts: Texas Hero (title), Papyrus

Kari's Special Spraground Challenge

Not the greatest, but I kind of threw it together after reading the challenge... just happened to take the photo earlier that day!

LO Credits: Paper: Eressa Designs; Bling: Sequins - Ruth Davis, Hearts/Snowflakes - Anna Aspnes; Fonts: Tempus Sans ITC & MA Sexy

"Awkward...the LO"

Created a LO for a mini-challenge I made for the Photoa Day group at scrapbook.com. The reindeer sticker was not exactly the look I was going for, but this was the closest I could find to my original idea. If I were more learned in PSE, I'd have made my own embellishment, but not that talented yet!

LO Credits: Papers: Boyerville (blue); Lauraskathi (green); Meredith Fenwick (teal); Sonya Murphy (red); Katie Pertiet (yellow) Overlays: Katie Pertiet (snowflakes & stitches); Anna Aspnes (corner/frame) Reindeer Sticker: Sonya Murphy Fonts: Tempus Sans ITC & Stamp Act Jumbled; Page Design - my own

"Perfect Day"

12x12 digital LO, featuring photos I took today of our little dog, Cully, who LOVES being in the snow! We got about a half inch of new snow today and she dragged me outside half a dozen times, just to run around and play!

LO Credits: Papers: Jen Wilson Designs Brushes & Word Art: Katie Pertiet/Designer Digitals; Snowflake border: Katie Pertiet; Fonts: King & Queen Font (Cully), Happy Daze (snow dog), Requiem (date)

"Mr & Mrs"

Made this 12x12 LO for a sketch challenge at my yahoo group (Scrappin' Sisters). Features a photo I took at my cousin's wedding in October; I just love the groom's expression as he gazes at my cousin - you can just see the love on his face.

LO Credits: Paper - Jessica Sprague; Lliella Designs; Carola MondiniBrushes - Swirls by Kaffaleen (Brusheezy); Floral Clusters No. 2 by Katie Pertiet; Pearl Brads - Danielle Young; Fonts - Edwardian Script, Hello Sark, Jane Austen; Quote - unknown

"Scrapbook Retreat"

In October 2008, I attended a weekend scrapbook retreat with a dear friend and took quite a few photos. Okay - 107. Here are nine of them, including the photo blended into the background paper.

LO Credits: Template: Lindsay Jane Template 57; Paper: Jen Wilson Designs; Font: Arial

"My Everyday Life"

12x12 LO featuring photos of things I do {nearly} everyday.

LO Credits: Paper: Dana Zarling Tag: Jessica Sprague

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Catching Up

It's been awhile since I've posted anything, but I do have several LOs to share! There are three new pages in this post, but I have another five that I will include in a different post.



12x12 LO ~ Features photos I've taken this month (August '08) of the flora and fauna around our property. The page design is my own template, inspired by a "Cricut" ad in the July 2008 issue of Creating Keepsake magazine. This is my first template and though it's not very elaborate, I really like it!


Credits:

Papers - Kristin Cronin-Barrow (Sweet Shoppe Designs)

Fonts - Packard Antique & CK Ali's Hand Official

12x12 LO ~ Another shot from our garden. Don't if this is a weed or a flower, but I thought it was pretty.

Credits:

Paper - Kellie Mize (Designer Digitals)
Word Art - Lynn Grieveson (Designer Digitals)
Brush - Brusheezy.com

12x12 LO ~ This is the final project for the "Digi: in Deep" class at JessicaSprague.com. It was a complicated LO, but enjoyable to do and I learned some new techniques. I plan to make a second page to go with this one...sometime!

Credits:

Blue background paper - was actually created in Photoshop, using a texture pattern and another pattern called NRJ PDQ by Nancie Rowe Janitz (ScrapArtist.com)

Grid Notebook paper, journaling strip, grungy flourish brush and torn frames - Katie Pertiet (Designer Digitals)

Alpha - Jessica Sprague

Font: VT Portable Remington

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"Jenner ~ Then & Now"

This is my version of JSprague's Digi: in Deep, lesson 2. Jessica's original LO was blue and green and featured a star shape, rather than the heart I chose for my page. Also, her "&" was striped, but as you can see, I chose to go with pink floral to better match the theme of my page. One of the new techniques we learned in this lesson was to blend together two photos -- a cool technique on which, obviously, I still need to work! We also learned how to make our own pattern paper (used for the heart) and our own brush/stamp (the numbers pattern on the heart and the photos). Details, below.

12x12 LO - featuring photos of my sweet daughter, Jenni; the first, at 3 months old and the second, at 22 years old.

Credits:

* Background papers and pink floral paper - Anna Aspnes (a fellow Alaska girl, BTW!); these purple papers were originally a lime green, retinted here for the project
* Rounded corner square die cut (rounded edges on dark paper), journaling lable, grungy photo block and staples - Katie Pertiet
*Fonts - "Alfredo Heavy" (ampersand); "Amerika" (Then, Now), "Anarchy" (numbers) and Century Gothic (journaling, dates on lables)
*Stitching on heart and diagonal stripes on photos were done with a photoshop brush

Photo on left was taken by me; photo on right, by Amy Danzl - Jen & Ivory's wedding photographer.

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"Grand" - Kitties!

This is the LO I entered in the "CT Call" last week. I heard from the designer today and she appreciated my entry, but did not invite me to be a part of the team, which is totally okay and really, what I expected! She was gracious and kind and very sweet to have sent me an e-mail explaining her decision. Maybe I'll apply again sometime, but who knows?!

12x12 LO; Credits:

All papers, elements and alphas ("Grand" and Brackets in title) by Libby Weifenbach

Brushes: Brusheezy.com

Grunge Overlay: Katie Pertiet

Fonts: Angelina ("Our" "Kitties"); Aubrey (names on tags) and Century Gothic (journaling)

Photos taken by me while visiting at our daughter's place.

TFL ~ klb

No Place Like Home

My latest layout - this one's for "assignment 1b" of the Digi: In Deep class. The assignment was to use a "compound mask", plus at least two of the other techniques we applied to our first layout for lesson one (see my post below from July 28). Credits, below.

Credits:

Pattern papers: Anna Aspnes
Brads and ribbon: Dahlia Co
Floral Brush: sleepwalkerfish
Swirl (used in title): Mary Ann Wise
Fonts: Texas Ranger, One Fell Woop ("Home"), VT Remington Typewriter (journaling & date)

Techniques used:

Compound mask; combining font & brush for title; layer mask; semi-transparent journaling block; blended overlay on focal photo.

*Photos taken by me of aunt and her home during our recent visit to the Kenai Peninsula. July 2008

TFL ~ klb

Found It!

Here's the LO of Cully I was searching for. Isn't she a sweetie?

12x12 LO ~ this was the final lesson in the Up & Running class by Jessica Sprague. It took me awhile to decide on a photo to use, but am glad I chose this one - Cully's such a photogenic little dog and I love her cute smile!

Credits:

Pattern papers, grid & swirls: Jessica Sprague
Alpha: Katie Pertiet

TFL ~ klb

Forgot about this one!

I was searching my files for a LO I made of Cully and I came across this one I had forgotten about! It was mostly finished, but I added the journaling and grunge overlay tonight. Not as detailed and elaborate as the class LO I posted earlier, but I made this one from scratch and it's more "me" :) !

Oh, and it's a 12x12 LO...


Credits:

Light blue and tan papers: Shabby Princess
Brushes and grunge overlay: Katie Pertiet
Dark blue paper: Christine Nash
Fonts: Rage ("AWE") and VT Portable Remington

Photos taken by me during a day-trip out to Portage Glacier (approx 50 miles south of Anchorage) with my sis-in-law and fellow photographer, Linda B; June 2008. It sure was beautiful and peaceful there - really should go more often!

TFL ~ klb