ClubScrap PSL 2012 #1

week 1 challenge - Let's Stamp!

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credits: stamps from ClubScrap Centennial R (Oct2007) & Haberdashery EXP (June2008), Tilescapes digi-kit from ClubScrap (Nov2011), font - Jester

----- NOTE: kit photo is of the regular 'hands-on' scrap kit ----- 

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HYBRID - credits: Matrix kit from ClubScrap (July2008)

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Sailing anyone?

Fun, fun, fun with dear friends in northern Minnesota. Miniature Golf was one of our favorite family-fun activities. It is sorely missed (can no longer do 'cuz of NRLA)!!

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This double LO features a few Michigan lighthouses visited during our mini-vacation to Whitehall, MI a decade ago. Lighthouses, Waterfalls & Wildlife are our absolute favorite things to see when doing our favorite things...nature walks, hiking, digital photography, etc.

credits: Come Sail Away kit by ClubScrap

fonts - constantia, resagokr, clive barker

Club Scrap is AWESOME!! I was a member from 2007-2008 and had to quit 'cuz unable to do hands-on (hybrid) scrapbooking anymore (due to NRLA & MCS). After few years of strict avoidance, nutritional supplements & homeopathic remedies... I was able to help a friend scrap pages for her upcoming son's wedding. She had to do all sorts of preps in order to come inside our house, but she was willing and it worked! ZERO reactions -- yipee!! So, I got "re"-hooked to scrap-booking -- and of course, HAD to reorganize stuff to make it easier to find things. It was like Christmas!! SO many fun things I forget were there :-)

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Well, I have A LOT of ClubScrap kits, Stampin-Up! papers/cardstock and TONS of misc supplies. Just this week I finished an album project (from ClubScrap Dec-2007 kit)... I had liked it so much I had bought 4 for gifts... had gotten all the paper cut, but then project was on hold for 3+ years... they're finished! (all except for the acrylic cover decor, which will be customized for the recipient). PLUS, I finished our 1st grandson's album of his 1st year and started on our 2nd grandson's album - yipee!!

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BUT, since I'm mainly a digital-scrapper now (much safer, even though all my scrap supplies are latex-safe, there are chemicals -- which my nasal-hepa/carbon-filters helped with), after working with ClubScrap stuff, I simply HAD to check them out again. btw, it was a member from the CS community-forum that suggested I try digi-scrapping back in Oct-2008... she also directed me to Jessica Sprague and Scrapper's Guide (now Digital Scrapper)—both which have GREAT tutorials for working with PSE (and PS). Add to that the PSE Technique magazine (and their awesome website), and I'm set... "except" for "gotta have more!". SO, I joined CS's digital club and downloaded April's kit, Come Sail Away (photo above is of the hybrid-kit) -- LOVE the green/blue colors!!!! AND, because I made the commitment to myself that if I was going to join a monthly club, they weren't going to sit in my PC gathering electro-dust... they were going to get used!! Hope you like the Pirate's Cove and MI Lighthouse layouts :-)

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Cubbie Alert!!!

Facebook is a great way to connect with not only friends & family, but the digital-scrapbooking community. DeDe Smith (DesignZ by DeDe) posted an event that's taking place today at her blog  - Easy Peasy Challenge. I've been following the precious little cubbies at Jewel the Black Bear's den cam (see links below) and this was a fun way to scrap the snapshots I took yesterday of those cute critters... also added a couple from February. They were born Jan 22, 2012 and are my new 'addiction' :-)

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credits: screen snapshots by janieinMN - Jewel's Black Bear Den Cam

*North American Bear Center – www.bear.org
*Wildlife Research Institite – www.bearstudy.org

DSD 2008 Treasure Hunt by DesignZ by DeDe

http://designzbydede.blogspot.com/
font - Sherwood

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HUGE fan of the North American Bear Center and the Wildlife Research Institute's bear study :-)

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Jewel's cubbies:  http://bear.org/livecams/jewel-den-cam.php

A long-term study of black bear ecology and behavior is being conducted by the Wildlife Research Institute http://www.bearstudy.org near Ely, Minnesota, less than 30 miles from the Canadian border.

You can visit the Bear Center's website to watch the live cam feeds and learn more about the history of each bear. Please, consider making a donation at http://www.bear.org to help with this incredible research program.

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Caption Fun & a Birthday Celebration!

Kinda fun today to win the Calendar Caption contest over at Lily the Black Bear's FB page. I've been hooked since Jan 21st to watching Jewel and her precious little cubs (who are now almost 6 weeks old!!). The cub in this LO is cousin to Jewel's cubbies (which have been confirmed to be 1 boy & 1 girl, yahoo!). Tonight, they're having an internet birthday party over at Lily's page for Faith. You should see the pics of all the delicious desserts they're posting... all while having some precious viewing of Jewel's cubbies.

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Here's my contribution to the birthday party :-)

credits: PHOTO - Faith, 3mo bear cub, Lily the Black Bear FB page
*North American Bear Center – www.bear.org
*Wildlife Research Institite – www.bearstudy.org
 

You Make Me Smile kit by Melanie Lees, BeeHaven Designz

(week 4 of Stuff to Scrap Designer Darling's contest)

font - Schindler

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Digi-SB Inspiration -- my puppy!!

Some fun digi-challenges can be found in the digital-scrapbooking world. Most digi-SB stores have forums (most require you to register before you can access). Many of the challenges have links to free font downloads, or free mini-kits to use to complete the challenge, or color swatches to use, etc. I found this one over at Stuff to Scrap's forum this morning and it gave me instant inspiration (kit TITLE and colors!). I call it... 

Keiko's Coon

 credits: Stuff to Scrap challenge - Feb2012 Use It or Lose It

using Wild Things addon by Meagan's Creations

font - Schindler

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Catching Up 10 - just for fun!

Phoenix 2006

 OKC credits: Colors of the Wind kit by Monica at Random Inspirations, font - Amazone BT

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ride 'em cowboy!

(cowboy ethan)

 credits: Boy Attitude by ScrapAnges, font - TempusSansITC

 Photomasks001 by Designs by Kristine (formerly WenchdGrafix)

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Anniversary#33 BlackHills SD

Love Birds

 OKC credits: Come What May (her very 1st kit!) by Sarah at Diamond Ink Designs, fonts - Vianta & Vijaya

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Sisters

RAK (won this thru DST) credits: Frolic in the Flowers by Snuggle Berry Pie Designs, font - SU Steele Script 

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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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The Little Engine That Could -pt 1

baby Carter

This was inspired by our neighbor's (and dear friends of ours) 1st grandson. He was a premie, born at 23 weeks. There were many, many struggles along the way... he's living proof of miracles and the grace of God! One of their friends wrote a song for Carter, along the lines of the Little Engine that Could... so that's the theme for all the layouts I'll be doing of his 1st year adventures.

credits: Chugga ChooChoo kit by Connie Prince /DigiDiva Designs

Holy Bible, New American Standard version,fonts - Cezanne & Amazone BT 

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July DigiSB Challenges!

Layouts I did for the July challenges over at Digitals.

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Celebrate Friends

credits: Digitals Calendar Challenge

Sea 2 Sea kit by Amanda Thordersen

WA challenge (kimberkatt)

fonts - Callistroke & CK Lovenotes

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Abigail at Beach

credits: Digitals Ad Challenge

Sweet Summer Sun by Alessandra Designs

font - CK Jessica

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r-j LOVE 

credits: Digitals Designer Elements Challenge

Lavender Sweet Pea addon by Carena

I Cor 13:7 Wordart by Sally's Angelworks

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r-j Michigan

 credits: Digitals Sketchy Details Challenge

Remembering kit by Amanda Thordersen

font - CF Frankfort

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June DigiSB Challenges!

I'm so far behind in blogging, that I'm going to lump many similar layouts together. This post is focusing on challenges from Digitals & theStudio. I hadn't participated in the challenges at Digitals since Oct09 (it was a very rough winter). If you've been keeping up with my blog, you'll know that I was very excited to discover a WordArt challenge over at theStudio (formerly Stone Accents Studio) that I look forward to every month since it began Feb10.

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In June, I had urgent incentive to do the challenges because I liked the bonus kit so much... had to get as many pieces to it as I could... loved the colors & theme! So, without further delay -- here are the layouts I did in June & July (broke my record for # layouts in a single month since I began digi-scrapping in Dec08!

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Sweet Abigail

This is the little sweetheart premie that was born at 26 weeks to some friends of ours. What a joy it's been to pray for her and see miracles happen! Be sure to watch for the layout of her 1st day at the beach!!!

credits:

Digitals Sketchy Challenge - dedesmith 6/10 

Digitals Scripture Challenge - Word Art by Glenda Ketcham 6/10

Lewisham kit by Amanda Thorderson 5/10

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Summertime Bovines

Some fun pictures taken at a farm we passed on a scenic drive in Wisconsin.

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Digitals Scrap Therapy Challenge - PhotoMask by Amanda Thorderson 6/10 

Digitals Scripture Challenge - Wordart by Glenda Ketcham 6/10

theStudio Color Challenge - Summer Sunset kit by Monika Designs 6/10

Treasured Memories by Amanda Thorderson (flower)

Remembering by Amanda Thorderson (ribbon)

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Wild Feathers

Quite a story behind this one -- we were at our favorite nature walking trail and while I was taking pics of a mother duck & her ducklings, my hubby spotted the Eagle and shouted "did you see that?". We took photos as quickly as we could and between the two of us, I was able to recreate the story in this layout... using Blue Eyes addon by Alice at Red Ivy Designs.

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Blue Eyes AddOn kit by Alice -Red Ivy Designs

fonts: SF Alexa, SU Carefree 

original photography by rjs/janieinMN

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Engaged!

credits: 

Digitals iChallenge - Vintagely Weathered by Juliana Gordon

Fonts - Signboard, SU Harry Paul

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Gooseberry Falls 2007

credits: 

Digitals Designer Elements Challenge - kit by Silvia Romeo 6/10

Digitals It's Only Words Challenge - Wordart by Kathryn Estry 6/10

Font - ShelleyAllegro BT

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Ethan's 1st Birthday!

credits: Digitals Ad Challenge

America's Inauguration kit by Amanda Thorderson

Font - Grinched

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Grandsons' Skyping!!

Our 1st skyping adventure with our grandsons -- Ethan had just developed an ear infection so he was much quieter than usual... Jaden seemed facinated by the computer video :-)

credits:Citrus Crush by Amanda Thorderson 

Digitals Calendar Challenge - June2010 

Fonts - CK Shannon

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June10 WordArt challenge by Kimberkatt at theStudio

Mr Organizer kit by Kathryn Estry

and, that's all for now folks!

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Valentine Inspiration

Afternoon Romance

What better inspiration than Valentine's Day approaching, desire to make special "card" for hubby and memories of our trips to the MN North Shore (Lake Superior) with its many waterfalls & lighthouses. This layout is obviously about the waterfalls :-)

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I joined a challenge over at SAS (Stone Accents Studio, newly named "Digital Scrapbooking Studio"... "theStudio" for short). It was a new WordArt challenge that provided the text/font stuff and gave tutorial (step-by-step instructions) on how to turn it into WA. This challenge began with learning how to turn it into a "sticker"... by using the stroke feature under editing. It was SO exciting to learn something new that did so much! Better yet, to be able to "remember" it and use it again in this layout with the alphabet title and the little hearts used as photo anchors.

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Well -- the card never got made... BUT, I completed 4 layouts in only 2 days! (two of them were double-pg spreads). Techniques used included: stroke, masking, layering, drop shadows (another NEW thing for me -- SO fun!!! makes those elements pop off the page, giving it a 3D look), designed an overlay!, varying opacity, etc.

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Not only did I have my sweetheart & Valentine's for inspiration, but I was working with some absolutely AWESOME kits from Alice. Then there was a very special layout of memories with the boys & video games. It was TONS of fun searching for those pictures of the "then" ... and of course, even though I had "recently" seen some... there were some key pics that couldn't be found this time around. But, you can see a distinctive difference between the video games of the past and the Wii games of now. When the layout was done, it was still crying out for something... I just wasn't sure whether it would make it too busy or not. So, I went for it -- calling my youngest son who was the game guru (saved his money to buy his 1st game machine, and the next, and the one after that... )... ended up getting a memory refresher on the names of our favorite games from both him & my honey. And off to the screen & PSE5 I went (the next day) to make a "game name overlay" which I then placed on the background layers. It added just the right touch for dimension AND personalized it. I'll show you the before & after pics.

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But, before I show you more layouts, here's the kit I used for the MN North Shore above:

 

credits: Afternoon Romance kit by Alice at Red Ivy Designs and font: SF-Alexa

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 Happy Valentine's

 

 This is my "card" to my hubby—as you can see, the card turned into a full digi-SB layout. And my 2nd attempt (the MN North Shore) ended up being a "double-page" layout! Oh well!!

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This Valentine themed kit was the color challenge over at "theStudio"—"Sending Love" kit by Monika Digital Designs. other credits: font - SF-Alexa & poem written by janieinMN.

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And here's the fun "then versus now" about video games. . .

Video-Wii?—Then vs Now!

 

and here's it before adding my "game name overlay"

and here's the SUPER FUN kit I used—"Game On" by MagsGraphics 

 other credits: game name Overlay by janieinMN & font: SU Pittipat

The links shown for both Alice & Mags will take you to their blogs—there you'll find the links to their stores!

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Who do I look like?

Like Mother-Daughter

1939ish and 1961—"approximately" 4 years old

During my teen years and beyond, I took great pride in looking like my Dad—it was at times my only connection to him. However, in unearthing some prized OLD family photos... it didn't take long for me to remember that my baby pictures had looked like my mom's baby pics (just like our 2nd son's baby & toddler pics looked like me). Recently, my mom told me that although I now looked like my dad... as a young girl I had looked very much like her. Well, having these treasures (currently in my possession), I began searching for a picture of me on my bike (right)... the same approx age as my mom (left). "Where's the bike?" you may ask. It's in a different picture! Both pics I had of me on my tricycle had either my face looking down or looking away—neither of which would accomplish the purpose of this layout. The greatest kick I get out of these photos, is that we even have the same expression!

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I don't know about you, but in my teen years my mom & I did not get along well at all! Now, I can say she's one of my best friends and I consider her friendship a prized treasure—one of the "jems" in my life! This layout is dedicated to her :-)

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credits: (left) "Forever Mine" mini-kit by Bianca at Project B Designs

(right) "Pink Love" kit-sampler by Graziela Mendes

Scripture wordart by Glenda Ketcham (Sept09 Scripture challenge at Digitals)

I used all the papers & elements from both these kits. They came together for a perfect showcase of my mom & I.
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