Scrappy Saturday: Halloween Project Life Style

I told you I would be back….of course it’s Saturday so I also have my Scrappy Saturday project to share.  I decided to change things up and not use My Digital Studio for today’s page (don’t worry I have another layout to share soon) but today I’m embracing the Project Life style of memory keeping.  Stampin’ Up! sells some great products to help make your memory keeping quick and fun.  What’s also great is you can use our traditional products as well with this approach.  I recently participated in a demonstrator swap where we made our own Project Life cards using our Stampin’ Up! products.  Today’s page uses the two cards I made for this swap, perfect for Halloween and I designed them to coordinate so I was able to finish the page in less than 5 minutes. 

I like my layouts to have dimension and with our framelits, ribbon, baker’s twine, and stamps I was able to create pocket inserts that match my need and have the extra layers and texture I enjoy.

Below is a list of products used on today’s layout and pocket inserts:

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Even if you aren’t into traditional or digital scrapbooking the Project Life approach is so fun and easy you should give it a try.  Stampin’ Up! has released some new limited edition projects for the Daily December memory keeping and I’m giving it a try and would love to show you how to take all those fabulous pictures you have on your phone (let’s be honest how often do they come off your phone to a medium you can enjoy in the future??) and into an album to enjoy and cherish.

Take care,

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Historical Monologue Madness

As our adventure continues I wanted to continue sharing my Scrappy Saturday scrapbook pages.  Last wee Aidan had to give a monologue at school on the person he had been researching and writing a paper on, in this case Albert Einstein.  He really got into the idea of dressing up as his character and did a great job (it was so fun being able to go into school to help him get dressed and then watch his presentation).  I made this page using a predesigned template in My Digital Studio and then just added the title and text (the title was actually a comment a friend made on this picture I posted on Facebook and I thought it was perfect.

The list of digital products used on this page are below:

Background
     Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Serioulsy Teen - designer series paper/Seriously Teen - box

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen - embellishments/Seriously Teen - washi tape 3
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen - embellishments/Seriously Teen - washi tape 3
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen - embellishments/Seriously Teen - washi tape 6
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen - embellishments/Seriously Teen - torn paper 6
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen - embellishments/Seriously Teen - torn paper 5
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen - embellishments/Seriously Teen - like

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen Kit/Seriously Teen Kit - grunge 3, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen Kit/Seriously Teen Kit - grunge 2, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen Kit/Seriously Teen Kit - label, Color = SUMMER STARFRUIT 214,183,67
    _Designer Kits/Seriously Teen Kit/Seriously Teen Kit - pound sign, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits\Happy Things Pocket Cards\Happy Things Pocket Cards - be awesome, Color = 86,67,59

Punches
    1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Serioulsy Teen - designer series paper/Seriously Teen - midnight muse
    1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Serioulsy Teen - designer series paper/Seriously Teen - wasabi brick wall
    1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Serioulsy Teen - designer series paper/Seriously Teen - early espresso
    1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Serioulsy Teen - designer series paper/Seriously Teen - slang

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Diana 

Scrappy Saturday and National Digital Scrapbooking Day: Trick or Treating Fun

Good evening!  What a fun weekend, it was great having Halloween on a Friday so we could relax and enjoy the evening and that carried through the weekend.  I know I'm a day late on my Scrappy Saturday post but I wanted to share this years Halloween page (it actually coordinates with the page I shared a couple of weeks ago from a Halloween party we attended).  Yesterday was also National Digital Scrapbooking Day so this is perfect and My Digital Studio really helped whip this up.

Aidan was Harry Potter and really had fun hanging out with friends, going through a haunted house.  Since I made this page to coordinate I used several of the same elements so that when the pages are viewed together they tie in.

Below is the supply list for the downloads used on today's page:

Background
     Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - stitching black circle 4 (re-colored) Color = OLD OLIVE 138,151,71
    _Designer Kits\Eventful Year - embellishments\Eventful Year - happy halloween
    _Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - stitching black circle 4 (re-colored) Color = RICH RAZZLEBERRY 149,69,103
    Chevron Ribbon - embellishments\Chevron Ribbon - calypso coral v (re-colored) Color = CAJUN CRAZE 170,66,37
    Natural Designer Buttons\Naturals Designer Buttons - large brown 1
    Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 5 (re-colored) Color = RICH RAZZLEBERRY 149,69,103
    Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 5 (re-colored) Color = OLD OLIVE 138,151,71

Stamps
    _Designer Kits\Spooky Bats\Spooky Bats - oval, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    _Designer Kits\Wicked Cool\Wicked Cool - bats, Color = 0,0,0

Punches
    1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Frightful Sight - designer series paper\Frightful Sight - 7
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Frightful Sight - designer series paper\Frightful Sight - 9
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner, Fill Color = OLD OLIVE 138,151,71

Enjoy!

Scrappy Saturday: First Day of School

Good morning!  It's time for another Scrappy Saturday.  Today's page is for the first day of school this year.  I always love the excitement for the first day of school and all the new adventures that await.  For today's page I used My Digital Studio and one of the predesigned pages from the Game Day Photobook.  This is such a versatile download with it's neutral pallet.  All I had to do was change some colors to match the Pennington colors as well as a couple of accents and text items.  I read somewhere about including your child's signature in the first and last days of school layout so you can see how your child's writing changes through the year.  To add Aidan's signature I had him sign a notecard and the scanned it and turned it into a jpeg so I could add and crop it just like any other picture.

Below are the items used on this page:

Background
     Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - 4, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - splatter, Color = HANDSOME HUNTER 42,86,73
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - splatter, Color = HANDSOME HUNTER 42,86,73
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - tab, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits\My First Day\My First Day - first day of school, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255

Hope you enjoy your weekend and all the adventures that await!

Diana 

Scrappy Saturday: Scout Camping Fun!

Good morning and Happy Saturday!  Today's World Card Making Day and it's a great time to enjoy time crafting and spreading the love and joy you give when you take the time to make and send a homemade card (I love seeing people light up when they receive a card and know some one's thinking of them, especially in this day of email, texting, etc.)

 

Today I'm back to share another scrapbook page I made for Scrappy Saturday.  This layout is for Aidan's summer scout camping trip.  This was his first time camping for multiple days were families weren't there and while some of the dad's attended it was the scouts first experience with what sleep away and scout camping is all about, and they had a BLAST!!!  He's already asking to go next year for a full week.  For the page layout I used My Digital Studio and a predesigned page from the Keep this Memory Photobook and then just changed the elements, added more picture boxes, and resized until it was what I wanted.  I will admit Chris isn't as good as I am at taking pictures, he only took one but thankfully one of the other dad's took some pictures and sent them to us and it was great to see the smiles on their faces (lifesaver!!)

 

 

Below is the list of downloads used on today's layout:

 

Page 11 Supply ListBackground
     Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - designer series paper/Keep This Memory - paper 4

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - borders/Keep This Memory - ticket ribbon
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - elements/Keep This Memory - cloud 1
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - elements/Keep This Memory - best day ticket
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - elements/Keep This Memory - bird 3
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - tags/Keep This Memory - tag 2
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - borders/Keep This Memory - banner

 

Have a fabulous weekend!

 

Diana 

Scrappy Saturday: Summer Fun

Happy Saturday!  We're looking forward to a fun weekend, the boys are heading for scout camping so mamma has the house to herself (and Mocha) so I'm looking forward to relaxing and crafting whoo hoo!  I know I've said it before but one of the things I love about My Digital Studio is that you can work on projects anywhere.  I created these two pages on he flight home from Washington State after visiting my family but forgot to share them.  I used some predesigned templates so I could pop in the photos, text, and a few embellishments, perfect.  Layouts don't always have to be over the top, it's about preserving the memories and special times.

 

Below are the supplies used for these pages:

Page 1: Background

Stamps
    , Color = 255,250,226
    , Color = 255,250,226

Punches
    Two Step Owl Heart Punch, Fill Color = BAJA BREEZE 141,189,193
    Two Step Owl Heart Punch, Fill Color = 255,250,226
    Eyelet Border Punch, Fill Color = BAJA BREEZE 141,189,193
    Eyelet Border Punch, Fill Color = BAJA BREEZE 141,189,193
    Two Step Owl Heart Punch, Fill Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74

Page 2 Background
     Color = BAJA BREEZE 141,189,193

Embellishments
    Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 9 (re-colored) Color = SOFT SKY 199,227,220

Stamps
    , Color = 255,250,226
    _Designer Kits\Family Fun Photobook\Family Fun Photobook - play 2, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    _Designer Kits\Family Fun Photobook\Family Fun Photobook - love 2, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255

Punches
    Eyelet Border Punch, Fill Color = 255,250,226
    Two Step Owl Heart Punch, Fill Color = 255,250,226
    Two Step Owl Heart Punch, Fill Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    Eyelet Border Punch, Fill Color = 255,250,226
    Eyelet Border Punch, Fill Color = 255,250,226

Have a wonderful, fun-filled weekend!

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Convention Project Life Fun

Good morning and Happy Saturday!  I know it's been awhile but I'm back with another addition of Scrappy Saturday and I have 4 pages to help make up for my absence.  One of the wonderful new products that Stampin' Up! released with the new catalog is Project Life by Stampin' Up!  This is a whole new way of memory keeping and is perfect for those of us who are busy but want to keep our photos and memories so they are safe and we can look at and enjoy them.  In addition to the pocket pages we have accessory kits and card packages which made this system so easy.  I made the 4 pages below in about 15 minutes using the 6x8" insert pages and some elements that we made a convention events. In addition there are Big Shot items used (the mustache, embossing, etc) punches, ribbon, and baker's twine to make it unique.

 

 

These are the first Project Life pages I completed and I love how they turned out, they definitely will not be my last.

 

I would love to share the Project Life by Stampin' Up! system with you and your friends, we can have a personalized girls night in party that would be lots of fun, so contact me to schedule your date.

Before I end I thought I would leave you a picture of where I'm spending the day today, Castaway Cay which is Disney's private island in the Bahamas.  This is just one of the reasons we love Disney cruising so much.

 

Have a great weekend,

Diana

Scrapy Saturday: Week 16

Happy Saturday!  I really love holiday weekends and the chance to spend that extra time with family, we really had a great time for the 4th of July and now it's time for Chris and I to head home and Aidan is going to spend a couple more weeks out in Washington with his grandparents, I love that he has this opportunity to see family that aren't close to us geographically.  So I'm back again with another scrapbook page, this one from the last day of school.  It really is great to see how kid's grow from the start of the year to the end, it's truly amazing.  This page came together really quickly, I used a predesigned template in My Digital Studio, and just added a picture, text, and embellishments.  The hardest part was adjusting the size of the text background to fit my text, and that wasn't really hard.

 

Below is a list of all the elements used on this page:

  
Supply ListBackground
     Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Back to School/Back to School - 13

Embellishments
    Back to School/Back to School - note long
    Back to School/Back to School - hounds tooth
    Back to School/Back to School - black note
    Back to School/Back to School - chevron yellow
    Back to School/Back to School - yellow stripes
    Back to School/Back to School - yellow stripes
    Back to School/Back to School - red diagonal stripes
    Back to School/Back to School - poloroid frame
    Back to School/Back to School - apple
    Back to School/Back to School - tape

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge 3, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - paper clips, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - paper clips, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - small star, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - star 1, Color = 255,250,226
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - star 1, Color = 255,250,226
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - circles 2, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - circles 1, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece 2, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece 2, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece 2, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece 2, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece 2, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece 2, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - grunge piece, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - writing, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - social studies, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - science, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - science fair, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - recess, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - reading, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - field day, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - arithmetic, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - science fair, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Back To School/Back to School - science, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    #hashthis\#hashthis - schoolsout, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255

Punches
    1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Back to School/Back to School - 11

 

Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!

 

Diana  

Scrappy Saturday: 15, I'm Back!

Good afternoon!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend.  So I have to admit, I've gotten a little behind on my weekly scrapbooking this month with all of the end of school and start of summer activities, but I'm not giving up and I'm back at it.  The great thing about My Digital Studio is I was able to bring my laptop on vacation and was able to not only organize some of my pictures on the computer but also completed two different scrapbook pages on one of our flights yesterday (until my battery died).  This page was a lot of fun, I used a photo only layout which kind of reminds me of the Project Life style of memory keeping and then I was able to add the background, text, and embellishments for a fun page that shows all the fun from our Cub Scout Family Camp outing from earlier this week.

 

Below is the list of all the elements used on this page:

 

Supply List
Embellishments
    Burlap Ribbon\Burlap Ribbon - folded
    Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 5

Stamps
    Splatters\A Split Second\A Split Second - splatter 1, Color = 0,0,0
    Splatters\A Split Second\A Split Second - splatter 1, Color = 0,0,0
    The Great Outdoors\The Great Outdoors - tent, Color = 38,32,34
    The Great Outdoors\The Great Outdoors - flashlight, Color = 38,32,34
    _Designer Kits\Days to Remember\Days to Remember - family & friends, Color = 38,32,34

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Autumn Traditions - designer series paper\Autumn Traditions - 9

 

I hope you enjoyed this page and helped inspired you to not let your photos sit in boxes or on your computer, it's great to reminisce over the great memories and have finished pages that your family can enjoy for years (Aidan loves to look through the books I've made and remember all the fun!)

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

 

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Fall Baseball, Round Two

Happy Saturday!  I'm really looking forward to this weekend, this is the weekend every year that Chris is out of town for a work conference so it's a weekend that Aidan and I have lots of fun, just the two of us.  We had dinner last night and then today we're at it early for the Nokesville Day parade (Aidan's baseball team is riding in the parade) and then we have a baseball game in the evening so we'll be on the go all day.  Because of this I wanted to make sure to share this weeks scrapbook page with you before I forgot.  This weeks page is the corresponding page to last week and shares Aidan's baseball team photo from the fall season. 

 

I used My Digital Studio and the Game Day Photobook to whip this page up in a flash.

Below is a list of the digital products used on this page:

Background
     Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - 5, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - texture, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - splatter, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow reversed, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - tab, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - tab, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - team photo, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow reversed, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - ball, Color = REAL RED 199,44,58

Punches
    Oval Punch

I hope you enjoy and that you're taking time to memory keep all the photos you take, I love looking back the pictures and remembering all the great times, Aidan's growing up way too fast!

 

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Fall Baseball

Good evening!  What a wonderful day, we were on the go all day with Chris and Aidan heading to Pennington for Spring Fling while I worked on getting errands done before we were off to Aidan's baseball game.  We had rain which thankfully stopped long enough to get through most of the game.  Since our weekends have been full of baseball lately I decided to keep with the theme for this weeks scrapbook page.  Once again I used the Game Day Photobook Download and My Digital Studio to make this page and the coordinating page I'll share next week.  I love how the pages are already designed but that you can change anything you want.  I just popped in the pictures and edited them.  Added some graphics and text and recolored a couple of items and just like that I'm done.  This photobook is also great if you want to make a photobook for the team to commemorate all the teams highlights, it's great for any easy project and can completely customize it to your sport, colors, etc.

Below is a list of all the items used on this page.

Background
     Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - tab, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - perserverance, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - splatter 2, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    Sporting\Sporting - go team, Color = REAL RED 199,44,58
    Extreme Elements\Extreme Elements - stars, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Extreme Elements\Extreme Elements - stars, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - ball, Color = REAL RED 199,44,58

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232 

I hope you enjoy and have a very Happy Mother's Day tomorrow filled with family, fun, and lots of opportunities for new memories (it's the everyday moments that make up our lives, cherish them!)

Scrappy Saturday: Opening Day Fun

Good morning and Happy Saturday!  Today is National Scrapbooking Day and I'm so excited to share a fun and easy layout I made for opening day of baseball which was last week.  One of the things I love about My Digital Studio is how easy it is to get your photos into a layout while everything is fresh and at anytime (I'll admit I made this page in my jammies last night).  Opening day was so fun and we're really looking forward to a great season.  I used the Game Day Photobook Digital Download and it's awesome, the pages are all designed and there are lots of great elements included that you can add to personalize the pages to your specific sport and I changed the colors of the elements to match our team colors.

Below is the supply list for the page so you can easily recreate it.  Since today's National Scrapbooking Day I hope you have the opportunity to to do something to help with your memory keeping (be it traditional, digital, hybrid, or even just taking pictures of friends and family to remember the day), every moment is special.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Diana

Supply List
Background
     Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - 6, Color = BASIC GRAY 118,122,121
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - 8, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - stitching 2, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - stitching 2, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - frame 1, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - frame 1, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - frame 1, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - game on, Color = 18,23,61
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - ball, Color = 176,31,47
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - hit, Color = 179,32,48

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 179,32,48
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BASIC GRAY 118,122,121
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232    

Scrappy Saturday: Welcome to the New Year!

What a fabulous weekend!  I love all the sunshine and family time, nothings better.  This weeks scrapbook page is from the past New Year's Eve, we had a great time and a wonderful way to start 2014.  This was another super easy page thanks to My Digital Studio.  I used a predesigned template page and just added my pictures and text.  I did change the date since the template had 2013.  This is going to be the last page in my 2013 photobook and a great way to cap off a great year.

Below is a list of all the MDS supplies used on this page:

Background
     Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Eventful Year - designer series paper/Eventful Year - 1

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - embellishments/Eventful Year - large streamers
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - embellishments/Eventful Year - black and white striped strip

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - stamps/Eventful Year - happy new year, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - stamps/Eventful Year - dotted rectangle, Color = POPPY PARADE 218,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - stamps/Eventful Year - 1, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - stamps/Eventful Year - 2, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - stamps/Eventful Year - 0, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Eventful Year - stamps/Eventful Year - 3, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits\Midnight Cheer\Midnight Cheer - 2014, Color = BERMUDA BAY 2,181,160

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = DAFFODIL DELIGHT 255,211,92
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BERMUDA BAY 2,181,160
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BERMUDA BAY 2,181,160
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BASIC GRAY 118,122,121

Have a great week and a fabulous spring break!  Make sure to check back this week I have lots of Easter cards that I'll be sharing throughout the week that are full of springtime fun. 

Scrappy Saturday: Week 10

We've arrived at the weekend, can I just say, whoo hoo!!!!  I've been kind of slacked lately sharing my weekly scrapbook page actually on Saturday so I wanted to make that right and share with you the cute page I made all about our dog, Mocha.  I'm part of a Facebook group specializing in My Digital Studio challenges and while I love the site and all the great pages I have been a stalker up to this point but I decided to play along with this sketch challenge which was all about a top heavy page.  Normally when I scrap I add lots of pages to the page but this layout has a lot of blank space so I thought this would be great to showcase a couple of cute pictures of our puppy.

Here's the sketch we were provided.  I decided to change things up a little but keep the basic feel.  This is a great sketch and I'll definitely be saving for future projects, and remember, even if you prefer traditional scrapbooking you can still use these sketches as inspiration for your page layouts (really will help get you started!)

There's all the details on the elements used on this page:

Embellishments
    Burlap Ribbon\Burlap Ribbon - folded
    Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches corner 3 (re-colored) Color = CAJUN CRAZE 170,66,37
    _Designer Kits\Glimmer Kit - embellishments\Glimmer Kit - gold chevrons
    A to Z Woodpress - embellishments\A to Z Woodpress - lowercase a
    A to Z Woodpress - embellishments\A to Z Woodpress - lowercase c
    A to Z Woodpress - embellishments\A to Z Woodpress - lowercase h
    A to Z Woodpress - embellishments\A to Z Woodpress - lowercase o
    A to Z Woodpress - embellishments\A to Z Woodpress - uppercase m

Stamps
    Natural Composition Overlays\Natural Composition Overlays - 1, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    _Designer Kits\Chevron\Chevron - 1 grunge, Color = ISLAND INDIGO 0,126,135
    Splatters\A Split Second\A Split Second - splatter 1, Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    Splatters\A Split Second\A Split Second - splatter 1, Color = 82,123,126

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Downtown Grunge - designer series paper\Downtown Grunge - 4
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 225,225,224
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 225,225,224
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner 2,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Well Worn - designer series paper\Well Worn - 1

I hope you enjoy this weeks page and you're enjoying playing along with my challenge.

Diana 

Scrappy Saturday: Week 9 5K Fun

Good morning and Happy Sunday!  I've been having so much fun at my crafting retreat this weekend (four days of dedicated me time and crafting time, what's not to love!)  Today is also my birthday so we're having fun hear and heading home this afternoon so I can see the guys.  Before I left I wanted to share this weeks scrapbook page.  Once again, I used a predesigned template in My Digital Studio and just added pictures, text, and a couple of elements.  I loved the bright colors with this design, thought they went perfect with our pictures from last falls Electric Run.

 

All the details are below:

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business - embellishments/Nobody's Business - white frame
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business - embellishments/Nobody's Business - label 8

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - border, Color = 106,187,68
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - quatrefoil border, Color = 238,230,58
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - arrow border, Color = GOING GRAY 163,158,155
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - rain drop border, Color = 255,44,127
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - you're only young once
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - diangonal tape, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    _Designer Kits/Nobody's Business/Nobody's Business - diangonal tape, Color = 109,198,226
    _Designer Kits\Neon Notes\Neon Notes - star, Color = 108,200,228

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and take care!

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Weeks 7 and 8

The weekend has arrived and as you read this I'm standing in my race corral in downtown DC waiting for the Rock and Roll Half Marathon to start.  I've been training for this first race of the season all winter (despite all the snow and crazy cold) and I'm really excited to see the results of all the hardwork, so please wish me luck.  Things were really busy last weekend and while I had a new scrapbook page done I just forgot to share it so this week I'm sharing both pages for this layout together.  This page was from our Thanksgiving visit to PA where we visit our very close friends from college and their families.  This is something we do every year and really look forward to relaxing and having a great time (and the kid's have a great time, which is so fun to see).

 

I started with a predesigned page layout in My Digital Studio but changed the size from 8x8 pages to 12x12 pages to go along with the rest of my book and then added several elements, text, etc. to personalize it.  I like how this page really reflects the fun we have just hanging out together, we're so thankful for such great friends and family.  Below is the supply lists for both pages.

 

 

Page 1
Embellishments
    _Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - embellishments\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - leaf
    _Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - embellishments\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - linen thread bow
    Natural Designer Buttons\Naturals Designer Buttons - large brown 1

Stamps
    , Color = MORE MUSTARD 212,161,80
    , Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Thankful\Thankful - thankful for, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49

Punches
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner 2,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - designer series paper\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - 2
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner 2,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - designer series paper\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - 3

Page 2
Embellishments
    _Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - embellishments\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - linen thread
    _Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - embellishments\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - linen thread bow
    _Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - embellishments\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - leaf

Stamps
    , Color = MORE MUSTARD 212,161,80
    , Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    , Color = 177,134,76
    , Color = 177,134,76
    , Color = OLD OLIVE 138,151,71

Punches
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner 2,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - designer series paper\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - 2
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner 2,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - designer series paper\Thankful Tablescape Simply Created - 3

Are you keeping up with the goals you set at the beginning of the year?  I'm still going strong with my scrapbooking and get so much joy with each page I complete as I remember all the special times and can't wait to share this book for years to come.  There's still plenty of time for you to join me, if it's digital or traditional scrapbooking, it's all about making something for your family to remember for years to come.

 

Enjoy your weekend and I hope you get to enjoy time with your family as well as have some crafting time.

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Week 6

Good evening!  I love how are weekends are always full of lots of fun activities and family time, it's really a lot of fun.  So I'm continuing to work on my 2013 photobook but I didn't share this weeks page since I was participating in a special blog hop yesterday.  So this weeks page was made using the pictures from Aidan's trip to my mom's house this past summer.  I love that for the past two years Aidan's been able to spend a couple of weeks out in Washington State visiting his grandparents, great grandparents, cousins, etc. it's a great time and really enjoys see family that he doesn't get to see regularly.  For this page I kept it nice and simple and use a predesigned template in My Digital Studio. All I had to do was add the photos, text, and embellishments and I was all set.

Below is the supply list for this page:

Background
     Designer Series Paper/_Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - designer series paper/Keep This Memory - paper 6

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - elements/Keep This Memory - large ticket
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - elements/Keep This Memory - large ticket
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - elements/Keep This Memory - large ticket
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - elements/Keep This Memory - large ticket
    Spice Cake Designer Buttons\Spice Cake Designer - more mustard (re-colored) Color = SOFT SUEDE 124,103,74
    Baker's Twine\Baker's Twine - Crumb Cake bow

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Keep This Memory - stamps/Keep This Memory - pattern, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255

Punches
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner 2, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232

I hope these pages are giving you some great ideas and getting you inspired to work on your scrapbooking project and seeing the options My Digital Studio offers.

 

Enjoy,

 

Diana

Scrappy Saturday (a little late): Week 5, The Start of 2014

Good morning all!  So I bet you thought I fell off the wagon with the scrapbooking goal....well actually I've been working on a special page in honor of Aidan's 9th birthday for a couple of weeks looking for the perfect pictures and then things were so crazy with the big birthday party that I forgot to actually share it.  So rather than not share I thought I would do so even if I'm a little late. 

 

So for my first page of our 2014 photobook I wanted to do a page to commemorate Aidan's birthday and where he's come from so this page includes a picture for every year of his awesome life as well as a picture from his 9th birthday!  Aidan's such a fun and happy kid I love to look back at how he's grown and all his expressions and know that I'll cherish this page for years to come.    I made this page in My Digital Studio and since there are so many pictures I didn't had lots of embellishments, but I did include the supply list below the page so you have all the details.

Supply List

Background
     Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Be Awesome Today - designer series paper\Be Awesome Today - 12

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - stitching black corner 6
    _Designer Kits\Fan Fair - embellishments\Fan Fair - stitching black corner 6

Stamps
    Moments Ago\Moments Ago - awesome, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    #hashthis\#hashthis - loveyou, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255

Punches
    Extras\Embark Graduate - punches\Embark Graduate - banner, Fill Color = 225,225,224

Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Scrapbook Sketch Challenge: February 2014

 

Happy Monday!  What a wonderful weekend.  On Saturday we celebrated Aidan’s 9^th birthday.  It’s amazing what a great person he’s growing into and I love to see every moment, even if I do wish he would have stayed smaller longer.  For his actual birthday we just had a family dinner at one of his favorite restaurants, Fogo de Chao and the big party with friends is next weekend so we avoid as many people being out of town for President’s Day and missing his party.  It’s the third Monday of the month, which means its scrapbook sketch day over on the Stylin’ Stampin’INKspiration blog and it’s another great sketch and I love all the inspiration created by the designers.  For my page I decided to use the technique of combining multiple photo blocks to show one picture (very cool and easy).  The photos on the page are from Young Author’s Day at Aidan’s school (the kids all have to write, illustrate, and create a book and then read it in front of the class) and is always a highlight for the end of the school year.  I joined Aidan in his class to hear him and his classmates read their books and it’s so great to see how excited he gets every time I come into school (I’m cherishing this since I know it won’t be long before he doesn’t want me to come in).  Aidan and his friend were really hamming it up so I thought it would be great to scrap this moment so he can always remember the fun times with classmates.

It’s really easy to add in all these different designer series paper elements, I just add punches and change them to the desired sizes and then used the “paper fill or photo fill” functions.  I prefer to do this over just adding page layers since then I can change the sizes of the paper images (in this case I made the patterns smaller).

I used MDS for this page and the supply list is included below:

Supply List

Embellishments
    Chevron Ribbon - embellishments\Chevron Ribbon - cherry cobbler v
    Hodgepodge Hardware\Designer Brad - star2
    Hodgepodge Hardware\Clip Assortment - library clip

Stamps
    _Designer Kits\Back to School\Back to School - grunge 3, Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Back to School - designer series paper\Back to School - 10
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Storytime - designer series paper\Storytime - 20
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Storytime - designer series paper\Storytime - 10
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Storytime - designer series paper\Storytime - 28
    Labels & Tags\Get It Done - punch 1, Fill Color = 171,217,198
    Labels & Tags\Lots of Tags - shape 4

I'm also using this page for my Scrappy Saturday page as I continue to make progress. 

I must admit, I typically like to add lots of pictures so it took a lot of restraint to not keep adding pictures to fully fill up the page but this is a great way to showcase just a couple of pictures.

I hope you enjoyed this page and I would love for you to check out the sketch and join in on the fun (it’s a great excuse to get those pictures and supplies out and make progress on your scrapbooking).  You can do either traditional, digital, or hybrid pages, it’s all up to you.  Just make sure to share you project on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog so we can all check it out!

Have a great day!

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Week 4 (Technical Difficulties Will Not Get me Down)

Good evening!  Did you miss me yesterday?  I did you think I forgot to post my scrapbook page for this week?  As I promised last week I designed the coordinating page to last weeks layout and went to save the file so I could share it and there seems to be a problem with my photobook file and I couldn't open it (trust me, I'm trying not to panic and am hoping Stampin' Up can help fix it) so I wasn't able to share the page I originally designed.  But I didn't want to let you own so I use one of the predesigned page templates in My Digital Studio to create this page for our visit with Santa while we were at Disney before our Christmas cruise.  I love these templates since all the hardwork is done, all I did was alter the page size (the template is 8x8 and my photobook is a 12 x 12, modified the photoboxes and then added my photos.  The final touch was to add some text and some mats around the photos.

 

Below is the supply is for the elements that were used in this page:

Embellishments
    Staple & Stitching\Very Vanilla - Stitching Straight
    Staple & Stitching\Very Vanilla - Stitching Straight
    Staple & Stitching\Very Vanilla - Stitching Straight
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - Banner 2
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 4
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - Banner 2
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 4
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - Banner 2
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 1
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 4
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 3
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - Banner 2
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 1
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 4
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - banner 3
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - ornament 2
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - ornament 1
    _Designer Kits\Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - ornament 2
    Staple & Stitching\Very Vanilla - Stitching Straight

Stamps
    Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - joy, Color = GUMBALL GREEN 105,132,51
    Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - Be merry, Color = CHERRY COBBLER 165,30,44
    Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - rejoice, Color = CHERRY COBBLER 165,30,44
    Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - cheers to you, Color = GUMBALL GREEN 105,132,51
    Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - 25, Color = 255,250,226
    Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - ornament 3, Color = 255,250,226
    Be of Good Cheer\Be of Good Cheer - ornament 3, Color = 255,250,226

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 255,250,226
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch

I love that I can either create projects from scratch or use predesigned templates in MDS, it really does make it the perfect program for every person, and every need.  If you haven't tried MDS you really should, you can even download a FREE 30-Day version of the software so you have nothing to lose.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that next week I'll have great news and I'll be able to share the other page I designed.