Scrapbook

Christmas card 2010

When I saw this picture of Evan I instantly thought of Buddy the Elf saying "Santa's coming!"

Tip: Before sending anything to print professionally, print a test copy at home. That way you can make sure everything is the right size and color. (Yes, I learned this the hard way. The card looks great here, but when I printed it 5x7 Evan is HUGE!)

10 minute baby photo book

We had newborn photos taken by April Williams at Hopscotch Studios and I wanted to quickly put together a book. Thanks to the Rock-a-Bye boy template included with MDS I put this together in 10 minutes! I even changed a few things to get it exactly how I wanted it.

Tip: To save time, use a designer template! You can customize it however you want. Make small changes, or completely redo the entire thing...but that probably defeats the purpose of saving time. ;)

Color Challenge PPA11

Yay! My first Paper Pal Arts challenge! I love color challenges! Today's colors are:

I thought it looked very Halloweenish so I pulled out one of my all-time favorite retired sets "Booglie Eyes" I'm trying to use up all my favorite retired DSP (so I can buy NEW stuff!) and I loved the look of it for this combo!


Play along at: http://www.palspaperarts.com/2009/10/color-challenge-ppa11.html

Teal Monkey

I made this card for a card layout challenge on SCS but ended up adding an extra strip of DSP so instead I went with a color combo challenge (taken with teal, very vanilla and close to cocoa) and a Clean and Simple challenge for masculine cards. (It's masculine right?)

The card base is Taken with teal, strips of retired DSP, and the cute monkey from the "You're Neat" retired set is on Very Vanilla. I used a blender pen and the stampin spots to color the image. The kite is actually a Craft ink pad and I LOVE the vividness of it! Close to those wonderful markers I want. :)

The finishing touches were punching the vanilla with the scallop edge punch and adding 3 brads. It just needed a little something. Again, not the best card, but I'm learning!

Sunday Simplicity

These cards were pretty simple, just using scraps of ribbon, some leftover Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, and Night of Navy cardstock. This retired set A Tree For All Seasons is one of my favorite! You don't need much more with a cute image like that! It was so simple I had to make three.

SIMPLIFY

I've decided in order to actually get my Christmas cards sent this year, I'm not going to have a "plan" that I leave until the last minute and try to mass produce. I'll just make a few different ones each week and hopefully by Thanksgiving time I'll be able to relax and enjoy the season. Hopefully.

Friday Favorite

A couple favorites today...

1- My favorite Label nesties!

2- French, (is my 2nd favorite language to speak) hence...

3- "Jacques" on Finding Nemo is my favorite character!

The card is on Whisper White (another favorite, stampin' up cardstock is SO much better than anything!) with retired Ginger Blossom paper on the front. I did actually stamp "Jacques" (from Fishy Friends, retired) on the inside of the card and cut out a little window with the nestabilities. I colored him with the pastels because I don't have the markers yet... I used Bonjour and Mon Amie stamps from the Carte Postale set. The flowers were punched with the Spring Blossom punch (another favorite that is sadly retired) in Night of Navy and random dsp. That ribbon is NOT my favorite. I bought at the $1 spot at Target. Blech. (Not on Target...it's my favorite).