New Release Day @ ES

Today is Monday so that means new releases at Elemental Scraps! The designers are truly on a roll lately, I've just seen some of the new February Color Play out next week and it is amazing! Here are some layouts I've done recently using kits new in the shop today!

Oh Baby by Flutter Expressions & Kandy Kane Creations

Love Stinks by Bella Gypsy


Masculine Edge by Flutter Expressions


Connie Prince's Love Birds

Getting Caught Up

I think I'm finally caught up with 2009 and 2010 pictures!

Our family just went to see Sesame Street Live. It was such a fun show, and the kids had a blast! This was made using Kandy Kane Creations' Up Up and Away:


I have been wanting to scrap this page for a really long time, but couldn't find the right kit. Connie Prince's Party On was perfect!


And here's an oddity in my scrapping lately - a kit not sold at Elemental Scraps! It's by Chelle's Creations and I LOVE it. My kids made Jesus a birthday cake on Christmas Eve and we ate it right after brunch on Christmas morning. I think we've started a new tradition!

Check out this kit by Bella Gypsy, called Mayhem. It's one of her older ones, but I really love it because it's so versatile! I can see using this for a lot more pictures, especially older ones of my son that I need to go back and scrap.



I went back and did an older New Year's Eve layout because I just couldn't pass up Bella Gypsy's new Martini's at Midnight kit! The colors are perfect for the pictures I had.


Don't forget this Monday is Dollar Day at Elemental Scraps! And one of the kits I have used here will be only $1! ;)

Right to Work

It's official, Elemental Scraps made the announcement about the new site Creative Team!


Our official duties don't begin until January but I've gotten right to work! I have a lot of Christmas pages planned so I'm trying to crank some out.

Credits: Dec Color Play: Lucky Smith's Warm Wishes; Dec Color Play: Bella Gypsy's Very Boyish Christmas; template from Connie Prince's Let's Get The Party Started (flipped)


Credits: template from Bella Gypsy's Scrap More template set; Bella Gypsy's Very Girlish Christmas

Latest Layouts

I have been a scrapping fiend lately. I've been trying to get caught up on all the layouts I want to complete for 2009 and I'm almost there!

Here are some I've done lately:

Credits: All Aglow by Traci Reed

Credits: Simply Scraps Grinched

Credits: BZB Designs iTech; template by Bella Gypsy

Credits: Chrissy W template; Elemental Scraps Collab Shop Til Ya Drop

Credits: The Strawberry Patch by Golden Girls; circle stitches from Daydreamer by Julie Marie Designs
Credits: template by Chrissy W; Boogity Boo by Designs by Tater; Little Amy Lou alpha by Lauren Grier; date tag, string and staple by Julie Billingsley

Thanksgiving Scrapped!

Exactly a week since Thanksgiving and my pictures are scrapped! I was lucky enough to be assigned to Jacabean Designs this month, truly one of my faves from www.scrapable.net. Her Many Blessings kit is perfect for fall and Thanksgiving pictures.

Chugging Along

I realized something about myself, I am a slowwwww scrapper. Thankfully templates are cheap and in abundance! I managed to get myself onto another CT without applying, ha ha. A friend is starting up her own template design business and I am happy to help out. Free templates, yeah! The designer is Le Pingouin Designs and if you love templates too you should check her out!

Here are the pages I've made so far with her templates:

Lighthouse Love

I used Sail Away by Project B Designs again, I love this kit! I think it would be good for baby boy pages too, I have some old baby pictures of my son I might use it for. I love lighthouses, and the Split Rock Lighthouse in northern MN is one of my faves.

Sailing Away

I live in Minnesota, also known as the land of 10,000 lakes, so a must have kit for me is a boating/lake kit. Project B Designs has a perfect kit for the hundreds of swimming and boating pictures I still have left to scrap! I used her Sail Away kit for some pictures from our trip to Lake Michigan last Labor Day weekend. Now that it's getting colder I'm turning to my summer pictures to help me warm up!

Doing the Hula

I was asked to guest CT at Scrapable, such an honor! The site CT members are called Hula Girls over there. I was assigned to Project B Designs and immediately started to work on her As We Look Back kit. This kit was really fun to work with, and really versatile. It seemed a little boyish at first but I actually settled on pictures from Mary's first birthday to use with it!


The cute cloud elements in the kit really caught my eye, so I hunted around for some outdoor pictures and settled on some I had been wanting to scrap from our vacation last June.

It's been awhile since I've been on a CT, and I'm thinking once my stint is over at Scrapable I may apply elsewhere too!

{Inter} National Scrapbooking Day

I'm so excited! My first National Scrapbooking Day as a digi scrapper! Soooo much easier to shop good sales and deals from the comfort of my own office chair. I'm still in my jammies!

Here are the deals I'll be browsing today:

There is a storewide 50% off at Elemental Scraps. Chrissy W has an NSD freebie template only available for a few days, and Bella Gypsy has a Buy 1 kit, get a free template set deal going on too. Spend $10 in the store and get 4 free kits worth $20, all outdoor themed.

The Sweet Shoppe has a storewide 30% off sale and are also offering a huge collab kit for free if you spend $10 today. Lots of pretty colors in this kit, some neutrals and purples. I don't know if I'll make the $10 total, though.

ScrapMatters has a storewide 40% off sale!

Digital Candy is having a storewide 30% off sale.

In other news, this morning I am inspired by this article over at the Daily Digi. I'm going to take some time to scrap a page today about digital scrapbooking. I want to be sure to actually scrap today since that's what the day is really all about. I remember my first National Scrapbooking Day in 1999, where I attended a Creative Memories crop with two good friends. I even remember the layout I scrapped - it was all about a musical I choreographed in college, Godspell.

I think my style has evolved a tiny bit, what do you think? :)

Happy National Scrapbooking Day, and have fun shopping AND scrapping!

Catching Up On Christmas

I got so many great pictures last Christmas, but once the holiday was past I just wasn't in the mood to scrap red and green pages. I finally dredged up the motivation today to scrap my favorite picture from Christmas Eve. It was taken by one of my hubby's cousins, of my daughter sleeping peacefully on my lap all dressed up in her Christmas dress. I ended up not using the red and green scheme at all, and I really like how simple and elegant the layout turned out.

Zillions of credits for this one: Christie Lemmon's Let It Snow alpha, Stitch from Sweet Blossom's Sweet Lilac, Ribbon from Joyce Paul's Dark Fairytale, Papers (recolored) from MIO's Gloss and Charm, Flowers by Janny Lynn, Heart stitch by Redju Designs

Speed Scrap 2

My hubby is the best. After a few long days with sick kiddos... my daughter had a fever for almost three days straight... he knew I needed a break and put BOTH kids to bed, cleaned up the house and made me my favorite snack (roasted chickpeas) all while I did another speed scrap at the JM digi scrap board. I'm really happy with this page, it's nice to get some older pictures scrapped and done. Today everyone is feeling almost back to normal and now I have some pictures from our trip to the zoo this morning to scrap!

Credits: Julie Marie Designs Earth Wings 2 freebie mini; frame is by Mandy Mystiques; tape is by Angie Kovacs from her Just A Boy kit; string is by Cori Gammon from her Nicholas kit.

Wagon Ride

Just a quickie today. Both the kids are sick and clingy so I didn't have much time to scrap this afternoon. Hubby and I took the kids for a wagon ride last month when it was still a little chilly out. I thought my daughter would be scared or complain about the cold, but she giggled the entire time. I think she felt like such a big girl, she's really starting to want to do everything her brother does!

Credits: Template by Chrissy W; Kit is Party in the Playroom by Janny Lynn; Cartoonish Alpha by Faith True

Easter Egg Hunt

On Sunday we had an Easter egg hunt for the cousins before dinner. We were excited that it was warm enough to have it outside this year!

Credits: Connie Prince Hippity Hoppity; template by Chrissy W.

First Speed Scrap

I participated in my first speed scrap last Friday night, hosted by Natalie and Vero over at the JM digi scrap board. It was really fun, but also a little stressful! I found it a bit out of my comfort zone, because when I approach a layout the first thing I have in mind is the overall design. So not to know how it's going to look, more or less, in the end was driving me nuts! But I think it turned out pretty well and if I do another speed scrap I'll have a better idea of how to go about it.

Credits: Mandy Mystiques Under the Sea; Cartoonish Alpha by Faith True; Heart stitch by Redju Designs

Doodle Crazy

I know I went a little doodle crazy on this one. I took these pics of my kids last month, and I've been itching to scrap them the moment I saw how well they turned out. My son is in a great phase right now where he's so gentle and loving toward his sister. I wish it would stay this way forever, but I'm sure there are tons of sibling squabbles ahead! I wanted to keep this layout fun and young and bright, so I turned to my doodle stash. I went a little nuts, but I like it anyway. :)



Credits:
Paper, butterfly & bee from Melissa Bennett's Playhouse kit
Doodle corners from Fee Jardine's Blush kit
Little Amy Lou alpha by Lauren Grier
Flowers by A Work in Progress Designs by Vicki
Journaling box from Fee Jardine's Sweet As kit
Scribble Arrow by Chaos Lounge

Park Page

I love finding templates good for multiple photos. It saves so much time! Here's a layout of a recent trip to the park.

Credits: Chrissy W's clustered template, papers and embellishments are from Mandy Mystiques' Little Back Pocket, Alphas are Robin Carlton's Doo Dots, Cori Gammon's Nicholas, Painted Chippy Alpha by Libby Weifenbach, and Silver Mine Bead Alpha by Blythe Evans.

29 Things

I'm back after a brief hiatus! This spring is already hopping for me, but I did manage to squeeze in some scrapping in this weekend.

This layout was fun and quick because I snagged the journaling from my family blog. On hubby's birthday last November I blogged 29 things we love about him as a surprise.

Lots of credits for this one: Template by Chrissy W, Paper from Cori Gammon's Nicholas, flowers and swirl from Christie Lemmon's Little Charmer, date tabs by Sweet Blossom Designs, heart from Digi Designs by Nicole's All Girl kit, alphas are Danielle Corbitt's Crinkled Up Alpha, Blythe Evan's Silver Mine Bead Alpha, Robin Carlton's Doo Dots, and Flerg's Troublemaker alpha.

A Sprinkle Mess

I let my son decorate cupcakes all by himself for Valentine's Day this year and he made the biggest mess I've ever seen. I was still finding red and white sprinkles on the floor weeks later!

Love Struck by Melissa Bennett

Plain White Alpha by Melissa Bennett

Snow Fun

I need to peek around at some snow layouts in my favorite galleries, because I can never come up with a better title than "Snow Fun" for my outdoor winter pictures!

Scraplift of Linz's Let the Sunshine In.

Shanmomto4's Winter Warmth freebie kit

Frame by Heather Ann Designs

Bead Alpha by Amanda Dykan