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First Day of K

The new school year is just around the corner (literally days away from us!) and I was finally inspired to scrap a page recording Mapi's first day of school. I used bits from several kits, but was primarily inspired by the gigantic selection of school kits and bundles at Digital Designer Shop. Amazing variety of supplies for back to school (and other!) scrapping! I especially like the open books and office papers and school days twill ribbon and ... and ... and ....


Supplies used:
Cilenia Curtis, Digital Designer Shop:
"Inspired" canvas paper background;
"School Days Open Books and Stuffable Folder;"
"School Days Elements 1" frame, pen and twill ribbon;
"School Days Ledger Papers and Torn Strips" graph paper journaler;
"School Days Add-On Art Class" e2 painted date circle;
"School QTP T24" first day circle stamp;
"School Days Elements 2" bracket;
"Stamp Photo Masks 1;"
"Art Palette Artist Kit" brushes;
Britt-ish Designs, Scrap Matters "Stamp My ABCs;"
Three Paper Peonies "Summer Mini No. 2" flower sticker;
Beth Martinson "Round and Round" yellow circle;
Pattie Knox, Deigner Digitals "Epoxy Extravaganza: In the Woods" flair;
Miss Tiina Designs "Paint Brushed" brushes;
Font: Segoe Script; Century Schoolbook.

July 10-10-10 monthly recap

And here is July's monthly recap layout. I have now made it my goal to actually set these half year's worth of pages up to send to the printer. So final. And so exciting to SEE and HOLD a half year's worth of memories in my grubby little paws! YAY!

Credits:

Cilenia Curtis, Digital Designer Shop "Sketchbook Layered Templates 01" right template;
Cilenia Curtis, DDS "Solid Cardstock Papers 04 Art Palette" red paper;
Cilenia Curtis, DDS "Studio C Color Play Cobalt" blue paper;
Cilenia Curtis, DDS "Patriotic Page Kit" star border;
Cilenia Curtis, DDS "Studio C Color Play Red" stapled tag;
K Pertiet, Designer Digitals "Template Inspiration 071110" left template;
Saxon Holt Designs, Scrapbook Elements "My Colors Rips" white tear;
Three Paper Peonies "Neutral Mini Kit" alphas;
Amanda Heimann, Scrap Orchard "Give It To Me Straight" red ribbon;
Shabby Miss Jenn (SMJ) Designs "Happy USA" striped ribbon;
Fonts: Segoe Script; Century Gothic.

June 10-10-10 monthly review pages

It would appear I never posted my June 10-10-10 page here. Oh, the horror! Do not fear, I will share with you now. It was so much fun to make because I got to dig through my (too) many beach kit collection to do the pages. I really like making beach pages, in case your astute observation skills failed you the last few posts I've made *wink*

Here she is: JUNE 2010 monthly review (aka 10-10-10, which stands for 10 pictures on the 10th of the month, for all of 2010. Usually I do not do exactly 10 pics, and I don't always post right on the 10th, but 1 out of 3 ain't bad, right?)


Credits:
Cilenia Curtis, Digital Designer Shop:
"365 Starter Kit" paper 12 lt brown, photo masks 1-2;
"Stamp Photo Masks 01" mask 10;
"Vellum Pockets" no 6;
"Bulletin Board Kit" cardboard cutout numbers;
"Tiny Tags 1 - Basics" tag, string, arrow;
"Vintage Beach Elements" starfish and waves;
"Deep Blue Sea" blue paper, blue/green buttons;
Dakota Sunset Designs "Beach Bum Alphabet" alpha;
Danisalles Designs "Kids in Travel" starfish charm;
Honey Scraps, Digital Designer Shop:
"Fiery Papers" no 05 orange;
"Blueberry Lime" no. 05 dk blue paper;
"Arizona Sunset Grungy Cardstock" no 06 lt blue paper;
Image to Ink "Beach" paper (Texas) map 01;
Joyce Paul Designs "Color Pop" postage stamp frame;
Joyce Paul Designs "Colourful Journey kit" stitched blue tab;
Litabells Designs "Sea Glass" sand splatter;
Mary Ann Wise, DHD "Beach Glass Acrylic Words and Buttons" shell epoxies;
Pouyou Designs "Funkyscrap" tiny green bead;
SMJ Designs "Little Kahuna" sand paper;
Trixie Scraps "Oceanside Elements" fat sand dollar;
Sand dollar picture by Marcie Howe, extracted by me.
FONTS: Century Gothic; Veteran Typewriter; Pea Ele.

QP Challenge!

Hello, there! What a busy summer! I have been scrapping, really I have! A few layouts I need to add to the blog, and one layout that I can't add yet because it's going to be published in an article highlighting work by Digital Design Shop's Cilenia Curtis and Honey Scraps "Art Palette" collection. It's a gorgeous kit and I will be sure to link back to the article once it is published.

In other news, I challenged a few friends today to scrap their stash, starting with a QUICK PAGE template! I think the idea of quick pages is great, and especially love layered quick pages, but I find I don't scrap them as much as I...merely collect them and hoard them in my stash.

But no longer. And the same should go for you! I want you to go scrap a page using a quick page layout you have from a blog train or freebie or even a purchased kit somewhere. NOW! Do it NOW! Or at least...do it this week if you can. Come back and post a link to the layout (if it is on your blog or another gallery...even better!) so we can admire your work. Well, admire what you did with someone else's work. it's all about making the layout work for you. So go create, then come back and report. Pronto. Please.

Here is my take on a fun and colorful QP I've admired for a while but never used:


I was amused (ok, slightly appalled. But then amused) that my friend Michelle chose the same template for the challenge that I did. And then she showed me hers before I was done with mine. Which kinda means she won, or that I'm a copycat, or something. Undaunted, I decided not to ditch my QP for another and instead rotated it and added some elements to suit my needs. Voila! A new look (well, sorta). Hopefully Michelle will be brave and post a link to her LO so we can admire her wonderful work (from a stash I am convinced we share).

Materials used for "Just Beachy" layout:
Deena Rutter, DHD "Martha QP;"
K Pertiet, DD "Beachy Words Stickers and Brushes;"
K Pertiet, DD "Date Tags No 3" staple;
Creativity by Crystal "Sweet Summertime Word Art 2" label;
Trixie Scraps "Oceanside Element Pack" button;
Litabells Designs "Sea Glass" sand splatter;
Font: Segoe Script; Century Gothic;
Photo of Mapi and Catherine, Rockport, Oct 2008, taken by TV on D40.

Beach Baby 1974

Last night Mom gave me a small box of loose photos, including some from my early childhood. What treasures! I collected a handful here of a beach trip we took to Port Aransas in 1974.

Journaling:
Memories of the beach
Most of my early childhood
vacation memories are beach
trips to Port Aransas with my
family. I remember:
wearing flip flops (grass burrs);
feeding sea gulls from balcony;
crossing dunes on broken bridge;
hunting for sand dollars;
digging for coquinas for soup;
playing at beach; having fun.
Lots of fun.

Credits:
Cilenia Curtis: "Vintage Beach" papers and elements;
Cilenia Curtis: "Color Studio - Valencia 001" bracket;
Honey Scraps: "Grungy Edges 02;"
K Pertiet: "30 MM chat freebie 022010" frame cluster;
Font: Veteran Typewriter.
Photos: of me (age 2.5) taken by Pam and Skip V.

Quarterly Event (and sale!) at Digital Designer Shop

It's time for a SALE!


The entire Digital Designer Shop store will be divided up and put on sale for 40% off this weekend (some items on sale Friday, some on Saturday, some on Sunday). There will also be activities and a challenge with freebies and good general fun in the forums so be sure to check there as well! Cilenia's cork board set that I used for a layout last week will be on sale, and she also has a new vintage beach kit that is beautiful (see for yourself, below!). Lots of new items. Here is a sample of what you can find on sale this weekend:

Enjoy!