Lisa Minor - Happy Holidays

I just finished up three layouts with Happy Holidays. All three layouts feature the same pictures of my three boys at Christmas. One layout for each of their albums. This is a great kit with some wonderful colors especially if you are looking for something non-traditional. The best part is this great kit is available HERE at Scrapdebris for only $1.00

First layout is for Hayden. I used a template by Andrea Gold. the font is Bodeni MT.

The layout is for Caleb. I used a Racketty Scrappety template. The font is Centaur.

The last layout is for Joshua. It also uses an Andrea Gold template and the font is Berlin Sans FB Demi and ABC Kids.

A Winter's Blessing - Lisa Minor

This is a great kit. It features lots of wonderful cool colors for the cooler times of the year. It has some very pretty elements as well. You can pick up Lisa Minor's A Winter's Blessing HERE at Scrap Debris. And remember this great kit is only $1.00.

I created a two page layout with A Winter's Blessing. I used one of Yin Design's great two page templates. The fonts I used were Matura MT Script and Lucida Bright.

The pictures were taken when Caleb and his dad got to go to the model railroad show. He really enjoyed seeing all the trains. These photos are from 2006.

Psi Psi - School

This is a great kit to use for those starting school layouts but the colors and elements make it great for recording any special kid stuff. You can pick up this great kit at DigiScrap Station HERE.

I used the kit to create layouts of some of the block buildings my kids created in 2006.

The first layout Caleb Tower features the tower Caleb built including a ground floor parking garage. The font is Lucida Bright and Jokerman. I also used an Andrea Gold Template.


The second layout Mathreville features a whole block city that all three of the youngest contributed too. The font is Informal Roman and no template was used.

Aussie Caz Design - Back to School

Why this is a great school and just in time for those back to school photos. I love the bold primary colors and the blackboard elements are really cute. You can purchase Back to School by Aussie Caz Design HERE at DigiScrap Station.

I created two great layouts with this kit. The first layout was created using the September Template Challenge from DigiScrap Shop. You can get details and play along HERE. I used School Hand Bold Italic by Creative Chaos. It features some of the things my son built while waiting for his testing in 2006.

The second layout is also from 2006 and features by gang doing school. It uses School Hand Bold by Creative Chaos.

Lisa Minor - Games We Play

Lisa had this great collaboration kit with several other designers to bring the Games We Play kit. The colors are bright and the elements are lots of fun. Lisa part is now available in her store HERE.

I created two different layouts with this kit the first one is Summer Job feature my son's summer job with under privileged children. The font is Broadway.

The second layout is Water Balloon. My son found some balloons and worked to see how big he could fill them. The template is from Just Two More Things and the font is Berlin Sans FB.

Here's a peak at part of this great kit.

Throwing Some Scraps Around - Zephyr

The colors in this kit are so warm and rich. It has some great elements that are both fun and funky. It also has some neat floral and plant elements as well.

I created two layouts with this kit. The first one features our family at the Lighthouse where they had a chance to work on some lighthouse inspired poetry. I used an Andrea Gold template and the font Forte.

The second layout features the pet turtle my son had for a while. I was never able to get a great shot of it but it was important for my son to have this memory. The font is Brankovic.

You can pick up Zephyr by Throwing Some Scraps Around HERE at DigiScrap Station.

CT for Stacey Crossley - Spring Fling

Stacey has a brand new kit in the store and its a lot of fun. It has some great elements including clips, ribbons, and buttons. I love the journal mat that comes with this kit. I completed 1 double page layout and 1 single page layout with this great kit.

Double page layout features story time at our library that I submitted for a Holiday Layout at Scraphead. Our holiday Pooh's Day. The library had a bear themed program in honor of Pooh. I used a double template by Andrea Gold. The font is Vagabound.

The single page features a layout of Caleb's dog Faithful helping him out with his chores. She's such a sweetheart of a dog. I used the sketch for the Scraphead Sketch challenge and submitted it. The font is Tristan.

You can pick up Spring Fling HERE.

Tons of Fun at My Scrap Shop

My Scrap Shop is hosting a bunch of challenges right now that will run until the 31st of the month. The first four challenges can earn you one of the 4 parts of Timeless Romance by Pillowgirl. It is featured in one of my layouts below. And for those who get really busy they are planning on adding even more giveaways this month. You can find the challenges on My Scrap Shop's Forum section HERE.

This evening I completed five of the challenges. This means I am now on tracking for my yearly and weekly layout goals.

Layout 1 - Basket Baby - This was for the Impromptu Challenge, Inspirational Ad. I used Sir Scrapalot's Funky Monkey. I used the ad given as a sort of a sketch to complete the layout. The font is Arial Black.

Layout 2 - Love Letter - This was for the Impromptu Challenge - Hugs since January 21st is International Hug Day. This is one of those layouts that took on a life of its own. I started to journal something simple and that is not what came out. But as I dried my tears I decided to go for broke and leave it all there. I used Pillowgirl's Timless Romance set which is a mega kit made up of four mini kits. You can 1 mini kit for every challenge you complete. I used an Andrea Gold Template and Sherwood font.

Layout 3 - Summer Foreshadow - This one was for the Impromptu Challenge - Font. It was the pictures we took after a particularly heavy summer storm. It was bad that we decided to take pictures. Little did we know that by the time the summer was over we would be hit with several more severe summer storms plus 3 major hurricanes. The kit is EAL's Fall's Glory. The font is Howdown. And I used an Andrea Gold Template.

Layout 4 - Caleb's Snake - This one is actually from this year. This one was submitted in the Template Challenge. I moved the circles over a bit because I know that when printed in a photobook the pictures would be lost in the crack. I took the journal area and replaced it with a reshaped journal mat from kit. The kit is Pillowgirl Hootie. The font is Impact.

Layout 5 - Daddy's Home - This is another Impromptu Challenge. This one is Poetry. I used a poem written by my mother when I was little. I used photos from that era to highlight the poem. The kit is Ladybug's Recipe of Love. The font is Lucida Handwriting.

Go Digital - Progressive Challenge

Well this was really a different experience. We had to do this layout in 4 steps but only one step was at a time so when I started I had no idea where I was going to end up.
Step 1 use 6 papers
1 paper must have circles in it
3 papers must be patterned, something other than circles
2 plain papers
Step 2
3 photos
Here is your 3rd Step
6 Elements
Ric Rac
Ribbon
Glitter
Cardboard
2 elements of your choice
Again you may duplicate any of these elements, no changing the size or color just duplicate them if you want.
4th Step
Title and Journaling
Title and Write something that relates to your photos
No changing the first steps that you have already posted.

So here was the finally product. I used the paper and elements from GDS-QOTC March Challenge gift. The only things not straight from the kit is the glitter doodle that I'm not sure where I got that and the ric rac that was a blank template that I papered with paper from the kit. Everything else is from the kit. Oh the journal shape was also a template piece overlaid with the paper from the kit for the first step.

The pictures are from my son's 13th birthday.

The font for title and journaling is Boulder. The title is a play on the "I'm A Big Kid Now" commercial.

In same ways this challenge was really hard because you didn't know where you were headed when you started. Also you had a limited time to get each step submitted as the whole thing had to be done in two weeks. But I learned a lot and really had to stretch and grow. You'll need to check out he GDS Forum for the next progressive challenge.