Scrapping Memories

One of the verses that has had special meaning & comfort to me this last year was Romans 12:12—"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction and faithful in prayer." I decided to use it to create a WordArt using a really fun new font & digital stamp images ("transparencies") from Club Scrap digital kits (full credits below WA).

credits: Club Scrap kit transparencies - Surfs Up (2006July), Retro (2006Sept), 

Centennial R (2007Oct); fonts - SU Heritage, Utsaah

you can get my Romans 12:12 WordArt free HERE 

(personal use only—please read TOU)

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The worst thing about living in MN is that we're 10+ hrs drive away from our kids, grandsons & my parents. Therefore, I'm doubly thankful for today's technologies and the wonderful free software from SKYPE for video calls. I did this layout from photos snapped during our skyping in December. I call it:

Christmas Skypes

credits: Woodland Christmas kit by MagsGraphics

fonts - GlooGun, Tekton Pro

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Then, another thing about MN... the winters are usually harsh & bitterly cold. However, this year has been exceptionally mild—even breaking a few records for daily high temps!). Anyway, 2yrs ago (just before Christmas) we were hit with a record-breaking snowfall of OVER 2 feet (very reminiscent of our years living in Michigan! When we 1st moved to MI, we were welcomed by the Blizzard of 1999 which dropped over 3 feet of snow by the time it was done!)!! 

These pictures were taken from the basement egret window. The snow had filled up all but a few inches of the window well and darling hubby had to "dig me out" :-)

It was fun using one of Amy's TEMPLATES for this particular layout. I thought it was a great idea to use her "Rain" kit to scrap "SNOW"! In warmer states this storm would've meant rain, but to us Minnesotans it was ALL SNOW! and LOTS of it!! It was the "Blizzard of 2010"... and we got a LOT more than the forecasters had predicted!! Roger & I called it a TSNOWNAMI... it was a doozy!!

"Tsnownami" 2010!

credits: Stand In the Rain (retired kit) & November Grab Bag Templates (Not Just One, #1)

by 3 Li'l Monsters Designs

fonts - Elephants in Cherry Trees, Tekton Pro

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Catching Up 1 - challenges

Challenges from Oct-Dec 2010

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I'm not Sleepy!

  Isn't our grandson, Jaden, simply adorable?? We sure think so!!

 credits: Dream A Little Dream kit from Scrapper's Guide

font - SU Little Lamb

 

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 credits: WA challenge at theStudio

kits by MagsGraphics - Jack & Sunshine Beach

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 credits: WA challenge at theStudio

kits by MagsGraphics - Zoo Spirit, Sunflower Patch & Summer Garden Seeds

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 credits: WA challenge at theStudio

Good Times kit by Red Ivy Designs

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more WordArt!

Space Cadets by janieinMN

This has got to be my absolute favorite challenge -- it gets me into "gear" almost instantly -- inspiration hits and wala! a tutorial has turned into a creative WA to use on one of my scrapbook layouts (albums open and pics are selected to be scanned for this one). It's using a kit from MagsGraphics called "Space Case". As soon as it was released I knew I just ad to scrap it! We have pics of the boys at the Museum of Science & Industry with the space suits and pics from a trip to NASA (next to where my Air Force dad used to work). For this particular challenge I noticed others were changing the words to go with their layouts... inspiration struck.... use Mags kit!.... aha!! "Space Cadets"!

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Be sure to check out this wonderful tutorial challenge -- you'll learn various techniques (normally hidden to the average person using PSE for photo-editing) that are super cool... and if you print the challenge, you'll have a reference for the next time you want to do it (like I needed for the stroking which was from the 1st lesson). WordArt challenge at theStudio

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Here's the fun, fun, FUN kit I used...

other credits: fonts used -- Tristan & SU Kelly

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Another WordArt Challenge

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with shadows

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The Studio has done it again -- this is the 2nd month in a new challenge called Decorate your Wordart. Kimberkatt provides awesome tutorials and tips. Last month was "how to color fill and add stroke for sticker effect". This month it was "how to clip paper to wordart" (similar to masking). SO MUCH FUN!!

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credits: "Cocktail Dress" kit by Red Ivy Design, 
Kimberkatt's WA challenge & Heart Brushes by Hawksmont

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