Friday, January 7, 2011

More of the Digital Scrapbook Pages

Dec09

Ok, on this one... my bad... aparently the positions only go through 5, but I decided that there is a sixth. I mean what little girl doesn't like the twirl part... hehehe
Jan10

Feb10

Hope that you all have a great weekend!

TTFN~

Thursday, January 6, 2011

It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday #36

Ok, so first off... I did it... I have been dark blonde for 27 years.... I went dark brown...
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I love it... what do you think?

I was so excited to see eveyones link this week and I must say two just jumped out at me.. I love them. Maybe for starters the lime green is just um, FABULOUS!!

Over at The Little Green Bean Missy did an adorable laundry room make over. I am going to have to tackle this one soon as mine has gotten out of control. I wish mine were as large as hers, but this is definatly an inspiration starting point!


Over at Diary of a Crafty Lady Lindsay did a super cute picture frame/anniversary key to my heart gift for her husband with keys. I mean I saw this and want to duplicate it on a shirt. I just realy fell in love with it. Tell me this isn't just super cute and such a cool idea!!!


For the two features please make sure to grab a featured button and for everyone else thank you so much for linking up. I enjoyed looking at them all! Have a GREAT DAY!!!

Let's get to linkin'!! Rules:

1. Please link craft projects that you have done (not advertising an Etsy site)!
2. Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!




TTFN~


Rules for linking:
(1) Link to specific blog post, not blog home page!
(2) Link craft projects that you have done!
(3) Make sure to visit a few of the links and leave some comment love!
(4) Linky Tools will remain open through Wednesday, January 12th so you have plenty of time to add your projects!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

What did I make for Christmas?

Thanks for calling me out Misty. I mean I really, I truly deserve it! So I didn't make as much as I wanted for Christmas, and what I did make I conveniently forgot to take pictures of. I know, way to go me. Although I do think I have a picture of what I did for Laci's teachers, and I am going to ask my MIL to take pictures of the other stuff I made. But, alas, I am going to slowly share with you my pride and joy from this years crafting.

So back for my birthday in June my in-laws bought me Photoshop Elements 8. Since then I have dabbled with it, and played around a little, but still lacked a lot of the knowledge and skill to do a ton with it. So to help push me off the shelf and free fall into the unknown, my MIL asked for me to make her a book of the past year of Laci. Um... ok... I was sweating bullets when I started and I still have a TON to learn now, but when it was done I liked it so much I ordered one for myself. I am IN LOVE WITH IT!!! So much so, that I will be doing one of these every year! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

Every page and the cover is hand picked pieces to go together, no pre done templates for this girl. I found "elements" and the "digital scrapbook paper" from all over the internet (all free of course) and put this baby together. Every page took me about an hour to get "right" and then putting it all together with shutterfly took another couple hours to get the cover how I wanted. This thing is just B-E-A-UTIFUL! It is a hard cover 12x12 book that is just stunning. Some months have one page and some months have multiple (just depended on what we did that month). The pictures I grabbed from the Shutterfly site don't really do it justice. I will have to upload the pictures of the cover that I took with my camera (and light box) to see if it shows you really how awesome it is.

Anyways, today I will share with you the front cover and a couple of the pages. I will then add a couple of the pages everyday I blog (except Thursday).

Cover with last name blocked out -
Front Cover of Book

November 2009 #1
Nov09 - smaller

November 2009 #2
Nov092 - smaller

Tell me what you think... ask me questions if you have them. Oh and if you want to do one... try and wait for the GOOD coupons. I got a 50% off one for one of the books I ordered and it brought the cost down a LOT!

TTFN~