Jan 12, 2011 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
A couple of months ago Greg and the boys decided to cut a hole in the grass in the back yard and build a fire pit. When we go tent camping or cabin camping the boys always make a big campfire and Greg decided it would be a good idea to be able to do the same thing at home. So it was done. We have had a few fires since they built it. This week the snow came and the boys decided that a big fire was just the thing to do. So in the middle of the snow they built a campfire. Now add to that the marshmallows that Ryan found at the store right before Christmas. They are called Giant Roasters – super big marshmallows just for campfires. Ryan pulled those out and I took pictures and created this scrapbook page in My Digital Studio. The actual layout is from Heather Summers – she has to be the MDS queen and she was one of the winners of the recent contest.
I have decided to try to show my pictures as completed scrapbook pages instead of just the pictures so you’ll have to wait on the rest of the snow pictures. I’m hoping that I’ll do a better job of scrapping my pictures. The funny thing is I make lots of scrapbook pages – I really do have tons, I just don’t always get any pictures on them – even though I usually do have in mind what I plan to put on them. This year I’m going to try to show the every day events of 2011 in an MDS album. This is a 12×12 page the colors are Soft Suede, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla and Kraft (Crumb Cake).
I will be on my way to the Leadership conference today and hope that I can get there. I am driving and we still have snow and ice everywhere from the storm. The kids are out of school for the third day and potentially will be out the rest of the week. It won’t really get warm until Saturday. I hope the interstates are clear from here to Nashville so say a prayer for me that Linda (she is traveling with me) and I arrive safely in Nashville. Wendy was supposed to ride with us but she was unable to fly into Atlanta on Monday because the airport was closed but she was able to get to Nashville on Tuesday so we will meet her at the hotel. If you are headed to leadership I hope to see you there!!
Jan 5, 2011 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I originally made this layout as a traditional scrapbook page – CLICK HERE to see it. When Stampin’ Up! announced a My Digital Studio contest I decided to see if I could recreate this layout using My Digital Studio. I had fingers crossed that I might win but I did not. The ladies that did had some amazing creations and you can see their entries HERE.
This is one of my entries – First Day Scrapbook page – featuring Ryan.
One of the things that I could do on My Digital Studio was add his name in white on the driveway portion of the picture – it’s supposed to look like it was drawn with chalk. It isn’t really part of the picture but something I was able to add digitally. Ryan is now in high school – a freshman – my how he has grown!
I’m going to start having some MDS classes at my house later this month. I added details in my newsletter for January. We’ll start with the basics and go on from there. You’ll need My Digital Studio loaded on a laptop to bring to my house – and be sure you have some pictures too so you can create some projects. I want this to be a hands on class so everyone needs their own work station.
Jan 1, 2011 | Christmas, Scrapbook Pages |
Happy New Year to you!
Can you believe 2011 is here? Time is moving so quickly, my boys are growing up and two are practically out the door. Kyle really likes going to Georgia Tech – it doesn’t even sound like he wants to come home for the summer – he applied for some intern positions – some are out of state and it he doesn’t get any of those he wants to stay in school. He is excited about his TA position for next semester and says he would do that again over the summer and continue with classes if he doesn’t get an internship. One of my Christmas presents was a GT Mom t-shirt and the other was that he made all As and has a 4.0 for his first semester – how exciting is that! I knew he was smarter me – I didn’t start GT with a 4.0 and don’t think I ever had that the whole time I was there.
Here are a few more projects to finish out my Year in Review for 2010….
October 2010 – French Foliage scrapbook page
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/french-foliage-scrapbook-layout/
I could have also picked the Boo Banner or the Scarecrow box.
November 2010 – JOY Banner
This was one of my Royal Blog Tour projects.
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/rbt-joy-banner/
December 2010 – I Love Christmas scrapbook layout
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/i-love-christmas-scrapbook-layout/
Now I just need to add pictures to my scrapbook pages.
I wish you the best in 2011!
Oh – and it won’t be long before I start having bird updates!! The Bluebirds have been in the yard and I have seen them and some other starting to check out the bird houses. This week I’ll go make sure all of them are clean – not sure if anyone was roosting inside on those cold nights. And I have two new ones to hang – a woodpecker house – yes the same one from last year that never got put up, and a new one from my friend Sue that she gave me for Christmas – it looks like a cat – so we’ll see if any birds will go in its mouth to build a nest!
Dec 30, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Scrapbook Pages |
I am doing a year in review of my favorite projects for each month of 2010. Below are my picks for April, May and June 2010 – I added the links below each one that will take you to my blog post with more details about the project. Enjoy!
April 2010 – Herb Expressions card set
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/royal-blog-tour-5/
May 2010 – Sweethearts Scrapbook Page
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/sweet-hearts-scrapbook/
June 2010 – Of the Earth card
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/last-chance-cards-of-the-earth/
It was hard to pick just one favorite project each month – and I seem to want to pick the 3Ds or scrapbook pages over the cards. Maybe I need a favorites category of cards and a favorites of the non-cards. June I had many of my Artisan projects posted and most of those are ones I really loved – that’s why I submitted them for the contest.
Dec 29, 2010 | Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages, Simply Adorned Jewelry, Valentine's Day |
For the last few days of the year I’m going to share my favorite projects from this year. One from each month of this past year. I just can’t believe another year has passed. I have loved sharing my projects with you on my blog and love to read the comments and hear that you like what I share. I hope 2011 is as fun and exciting as 2010!
Below are my picks for Jan, Feb and Mar 2010 – I added the links below each one that will take you to my blog post with more details about the project. Enjoy!
January 2010 – Hugs & Kisses Holder
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/more-on-the-hugs-kisses-holder/ – includes instructions on how to make it.
February 2010 – Vintage Scrapbook Page
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/vintage-scrapbook-page/
March 2010 – Monogram Simply Adorned Charm
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/simply-adorned-monogram/
Dec 15, 2010 | Big Shot, Christmas, Scrapbook Pages |
I have another fun Christmas Scrapbook Layout to show you today. This was the second layout for my scrapbook class earlier this month.
This is my Gingerbread House layout. You could use other titles on this – Gingerbread Boy, Gingerbread Cookies, Holiday Sweets, Cookie Exchange, etc. My other thought was to take the white gel pen and right above where it says “Gingerbread” and write “The story of the…..”
I haven’t decided for sure which pictures I’m putting on this page – either pictures from one Christmas of one Gingerbread house or pictures of our Gingerbread houses from several years. If I do that I’ll add another ‘s” to the end of house. I remember growing up and every December we had Gingerbread houses all over our house – why you might ask? My dad is a baker (retired now) and had a German bakery near our house. In December he made and sold lots of Gingerbread houses – my mom decorated them at our house and then they took them back to the bakery for everyone that placed orders. I’ll have to ask him how many houses he used to make each year. I wonder if we have pictures from back then of the Gingerbread houses all over our house.
This layout also came from a sketch that I saw in a scrapbook magazine. The base is Chocolate Chip. I started by adding the Real Red piece which has the white gel pen stitching on one side. Next to it I added a piece of Wild Wasabi that was wheeled with the Retro Remix Stampin’ Around Wheel and Wild Wasabi ink.
I cut two Top Notes using the Big Shot and Crumb Cake card stock – each one was cut in half. The edges were sponged with Chocolate Chip ink and then I added some doodling with the white gel pen. Three of these were tucked just under the edge of the Real Red card stock. On the center one is the saying from the Sweet Season stamp set – colored with Stampin’ Write markers on Whisper White card stock and punched out with the Decorative Label punch.
The title is Crumb Cake card stock cut with the GoGo Boots Alphabet Sizzlits die set and the Big Shot. These are also lightly sponged with Chocolate Chip ink (you have to be gentle so you don’t tear them) and the I added some highlights with the white gel pen.
The Chocolate Chip strip has the Gingerbread Man accent – he is from the Got Treats? stamp set. The punches are 2-1/2″ Circle in Wild Wasabi, 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle in Chocolate Chip, 1-3/4″ Circle in Real Red, and 1-3/8″ Circle punch in Whisper White. The Gingerbread Man is stamped with Chocolate Chip ink and then I punched tiny buttons using the Crop-a-Dile – one in each color and glued them on. There is stitching and doodling with the white gel pen. And Got Merry? punched with the Word Window punch.
The right page mimics the left side except over here I have a smaller strip of the Wild Wasabi and one giant Top Note.
Create a template by taking a Top Note and enlarging it on a copy machine to fit on an 8-1/2 x 11 piece of paper. Cut that out and transfer the design to a piece of card board – I use the pieces that come in my Designer Series Paper packs. Cut that out and then you have it for tracing on your card stock and it last for you to use over and over again. I traced it on a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and cut it out, sponged the edges and added the white gel pen stitching.
Then to finish it I punched two holes with the crop-a-dile and pulled through a piece of the wide striped Real Red ribbon. If you start by pulling both ends through from the front to the back – then cross them and pull each end back from the back to the front. Adjust it and trim the ends and it looks like a piece of wrapped peppermint candy.
I hope you like it. I thought it was a fun layout for the holidays!
So I have a few quick family updates on the boys in case you are interested….from youngest to oldest…
Ryan – he found out this week that his braces are ready to come off – he only got them on in January this year – unfortunately he has finals this week and we could not work out his schedule with their schedule so he will get them off as soon as they get back to work in January.
Tyler – he found out that he was accepted at Kennesaw State University – I may have already told you that it was a couple of weeks ago. So number two will be in college this fall.
Kyle – he found out that he got a job as a teaching assistant for one of the computer science classes at Ga Tech for next semester. Very exciting since he is my quiet child and he just told us that he applied for the job when I took him back to school after Thanksgiving. There were 51 applicants for 7 slots. He’ll be home from college this Friday.
We have ice here tonight (Wednesday night) – the boys are waiting to hear if school is canceled for tomorrow – not sure what they will do about finals – I guess have all of them on Friday which is the last day of this semester and the last day before break. I’m off to wrap some more presents.
