Thursday, October 31, 2013

DSD at P&Co!

Digital Scrapbook Day is here, and Pixels & Co is celebrating in a big way! First things first: this amazing collab kit from the designers at P&Co is absolutely FREE! You can participate in the blog hop to get your coupon code, put that baby in your cart, and checkout - easy peasy! Plus, there's a ton of great tips and tricks you can pick up along the way. I'll be back soon with a layout or two using this beauty:

http://pixelsandcompany.com/2013/10/dsd-2013-get-the-details-here/ 

And of course, there's an amazing SALE.  Everything is 35% off, but the more you spend, the more you save! Perfect time to stock up and get everything on your wishlist.

http://pixelsandcompany.com/shop/home.php

But wait - there's more! Pin your favorite P&Co products and you could win your entire dream cart!  And of course there's the big payoff - one winner each day will be fully reimbursed for their order. Sa-wheet! I'll be back soon with a little freebie of my own ... in the meantime happy DSD!!

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Layouts (& project) | Week of Oct 20-26

This week I worked on a few of the monthly challenges at The Lilypad.

This was for the random challenge - we played a game of telephone tag/digi morph (whatever you want to call it) and here's my page.  I actually scrapped it earlier in the month but held onto it for the big reveal:

created with Coconut Tree kit by Sara Gleason;
acrylic flower from This Carefree Day by Sahlin Studio;
Claire Hand font
This was for the product challenge, using wood:

created with
paper from Field Trip kit by Sahlin Studio;
frame from Heart and Hand kit by Laurie-Ann;
string from Leaf Peeper elements by Laurie-Ann;
Needed More Stitching v. 5 by Amy Martin;
wood butterfly from Chin Up kit by Allison Pennington;
butterfly stamp from Messy Marvin Deconstructed by Amy Wolff;
Paintstroke Chatter: Warm Weather Wonders by CD Muckosky;
Traveling Typewriter font

this was for the BYOC challenge:

created with Oct BYOC goodies:
Beechtree papers and elements by Sara Gleason;
At The Moment element by One Little Bird;
Fall In Love papers by Michelle Godin;
Newsy Shapes by Kim Jensen;
Quicktype Condensed II font

I also created this little printable this week - as an LDS woman, each month I visit a few women from my congregation and share a spiritual message with them.  I like to make printables using my scrapping supplies and a favorite quote to share with them.  This is the one I made this month:

created with Equinox papers and elements by One Little Bird; Salamander Script and Slab Tall X fonts

That's it for this week - thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Hawaii Album

My husband and I went on the trip of a lifetime last summer - and I finally have something tangible to show for it! For our vacation album I opted to keep it really simple with just photos + words. I created an 8x8 14 page photo book and ordered using this coupon code at Adorama Pix.  I love the quality of their books - the pages are thick and the colors are spot on. And I'm a big fan of the lay flat binding.  I took a some pictures to share, here's Kauai 2012:


It's hard to tell in the photos, but the cover has a cool metallic sheen to it.



Check out those lay flat pages. Love it!




Below is my very favorite spread - photos taken on our helicopter tour of the island.








The spine.


 And the back - I put this on the back of all the photo books I create.


And that's it! I love the satisfaction of completing a project like this. I've got a couple of other albums in the works that will (hopefully) be photobooks soon. I can't wait to share them!

Saturday, October 19, 2013

TGI - DNO!

In case you are wondering... that's Thank Goodness It's Digi Night Out!  Scrapping has halted here at home due to sad, sick little baby :( Double ear infection, fever, rash... no fun and no scrapping. But, my wonderful husband gave me a much needed break last Saturday and I got my scrap on at Digi Night Out! (Thankfully, baby is now doing MUCH better and is almost back to his happy self.)

I got to play with the gorgeous kit we received from Featured Designer Michelle Coleman of Little Dreamer Designs:

created with Fall Fest kit by Michelle Coleman

And here's the page I made during the speed scrap:

created with Far and Away kit by Gennifer Bursett; Fanwood font
I also squeezed in another Disneyland page - but I'm waiting until I finish the album to post it all here at once. All in all a super fun night of scrapping... and I got to hang out with all my favorite digi gals! It was super fun to drive down with the fabulous Amy Kingsford, too. (I'm sorta star struck around her!)

I'm gonna slip in one more page real quick - not one I made at Digi Night Out, but I made it earlier this week and want to share it here too :)

created with Where We Live kit by Laura Passage and Shannon McNabb; Cicle font

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Latest Layouts

It's been a while since I've shared any layouts, so I've got quite a few...

First up is my layout for the September Journaling Challenge at My Scrapbook Art:

created with Carefree Spirit collab by Wishing Well Creations, Forever Joy Designs, Etc by Danyale, and Mari Koegelenberg (MSA’s July Art Social);
Life 365 stamps and Stamp Press Photo by Karla Dudley;
Temp Blends 10 template by Jenn Lindsey (RETIRED);
Pea Melody Shay and Mongolian Baiti fonts

And this one was for the Featured Sponsor spotlight at MSA last month:

created with Project Grids 2 by Amy Martin; Summer Bucket List collab kit by Lilypad designers; Super Sloppy Stamps by CD Muckosky; Warm Weather Wonders by CD Muckosky; KD Everyday font

This page was for a fun game of DIGI MORPH - played in the Pixels & Company forum:

created with Dad's Day Collection by Karla Dudley;
photo corners from Anchored kit by Gennifer Bursett;
Isn't She Lovely papers by Karen Funk (retired)

And this one for the October template challenge at MSA - go grab this FREE template and play along!

created with Fuss Free: My Scrapbook Art Template 2 by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs; Leaf Peepers elements by Laurie-Ann; Equinox papers by One Little Bird designs;
Green Surf and Haymaker fonts

This page was made using a kit by Little Butterfly Wings, this month's featured designer at My Scrapbook Art:

created with
I Am a Princess kit by Little Butterfly Wings;
OoeyGooey template freebie by Sara Gleason

And lastly, this one I just made for FUN :)

created with Just Go With It papers and elements by creashens;
Just Realize font


I've also been working on pages for our Disneyland album... and Week in the Life album...  but those deserve posts of their own, so I'll be back with more later.  Happy Scrapping!

Monday, October 7, 2013

Come scrap with me!

Dropping in with two great things to share real quick...

For all my Utah friends, Digi Night Out is less than a week away! Come join us in American Fork this Saturday night for fun, a gorgeous FREE kit, and hours of scrapping time! It'll be a blast! So grab your tickets now.



And... My Scrapbook Art is having a contributor call!  I'm on the team there, so I can attest to what a great gig it is.  It's a fun chance to get involved in the digi world, plus you get to play with a big variety of great products!  Check it out!


That's it for now - but I'll be back soon with lots of layouts to share - it's been a while! Be back soon!