A couple more layouts!

I'm having so much fun with the ADSR!! :D Challenge 8 was to do a Scraplift of one of our Scrapbooking Idol's layouts!! :D I had to go searching for an idol, but I found one, and a great one!! :D

I ended up making two layouts, because the first one went in it's own direction in a major way and couldn't get the word dream to match the theme... Here they are! :D

This layout:

was scraplifted from this layout here! Everything here except the strings is by Microferk!! The strings are CU by Bannerwoman!

This layout (which is the one I actually entered for Challenge 8:

was scraplifted from this layout here!
for the background, overlays by Amanda Rockwell and Atomic Cupcake. the felt stars are CU by Miss Tiina, the lined paper matte is by Cindy Doerksen, the lined paper, heart ribbon, wire frame, pink frame (I colored it), and wire alpha are from Pure Love by Luiza Garay, glitter plastic frame by Cathy Ann Designs, dreams alpha, and glitter spots (I desaturated them) from Tween by Libby Weifenbach, and stitched circle by Kari Henzelt.

I have been designing too, but it seems like everything I have made is going into a collab kit or grab bag or something...

Let me just say that some things you'll want to be looking for are the NFED Lifting Hopes Collaboration. It will be available at Pretty Scrappy! I donated a nice bit of stuff for that, and the collab is going to be HUGE and GORGEOUS!! :D Also, I made almost a full kit (it's only missing an alpha) for the February Grab bag at Designs In Digital! My piece of the bag alone is worth what they'll be charging for it, and you'll get all the pieces by the other designers as well!! So, you should definitely consider getting that one! I also made something for the February Collab kit at Designs In Digital! It's a really cute kit, so be looking forward to that too!! :D

The December grab bag was broken down and popped into the store, so I have these papers in my store now (Click it if you want it):


The January grab bag has something I created in it as well, I think it's kewlio, but I don't think I'm allowed to show it to you... :( Thanks for stopping by! :D

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

Busy Busy Busy!!

I've been making layouts like crazy these days!!

Some pages for a baby book I'm working on:


Used: Template by Mrs. Wresh, Sweet Sugar Pop by Fee Jardine and Lauren Grier from Sweet Shop Designs

Spunky Rachel, showing off a fresh n funky new hairdo! These photos have been treated with Vignette edges to make the subject stand out better! This is a redo of an older layout!! I'm really enjoying refreshing some of my earliest pages!! I really love the old versions because they are what got me started, but I love the look and feel of the pages I'm making now so much better! I remember making the page and wishing I could get a feel for how to make it better than it was. Now, I have that feel so I'm rescrapping some of my favorite pics of Rachel so her whole book will be amazing!! :D

Used: Stuff I made! Template by Christy Haig

A partial extraction layout for the December swap at NDISB! Was I late or what?? LOL

I love how this turned out!!
To make this page, I used pieces from the following:
New Beginning by Lauraskathi
Pressed Flowers by Cindy Doerksen
Sweet Belle Overlays by Kim B
Dried Blooms by Wendy Page

This is for the January Swap at NDISB!! I was on time!! YAY!!

To make this page, I used the following:
Template by Mrs. Wresh
Red Paper from Whaambulance by Lucky Smith
Black Paper from Almost Midnight by Rina Kroes
Stars from Design Starts by Carrie Stephens

Challenge 5 for the ADSR was to create a page with no photos but 3 empty frames! I made this:

with a kit I designed called I So Totally Love You, which will be in a grab bag released Feb. 1 at Designs In Digital More details on that later!! :D This alpha is by Tara Dunstan, and is the only thing here that isn't in the kit!

I hope the new year is treating you well!!
Huggles!!
~Sarah~

ADSR Continues!! :D

So, Challenge 4 is the altered art challenge this year! I was so super nervous, I actually posted in our thread that this was my first attempt, lol...



Journaling Reads:
Our biggest fear is not that we are inadeguate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be Brilliant, or gorgeous, or talented, or Fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? - Marianne Williamson

This is the most amazing quote! I try to remember it every day! I have to remind myself over and over that not only is this quote for my children, who I try to teach to live this way, but it is true for ME- the mom, the wife, the woman. I find it so easy to forget that we all have a responsibility to be as amazing as possible! This quote helps me remember so I can dust myself off and keep going!

**These are pictures of my daughter Rachel, who was 7 at the time, performing with the Fern Street Junior Circus in San Diego. Also, I really believe in this quote!! I thought it was part of the challenge to INSPIRE so I wanted to really say something positive with my page!

I made one of these for my daughter that says, "Never forget how it feels to fly," I think I'm going to get it printed and framed for her room!! :D

This is my first real attempt at a layout of this style. I feel like it really came together, lol... I really love how this turned out but I'm not sure if it is really my style. I don't think this is the kind of scrapper I am. But, it's nice to know that I can do it if I want to!! :D

It took me a lot of stuff to make this layout, lol... Some pieces from the following kits:
Girls of Rock N Roll by Jennifer Barrette,
Clearly Something by Wendy Page,
Amelie by Lindsay Jane
Gypsy Chick Sparkle Overlay
GO Media Brushes

Challenge 3 was to redo your first layout in one of your galleries:

Here's my layout for this challenge!

Credits for this page:
Template by Chrissy W
Most of this page uses Zoe by Misty Cato with the following exceptions:
Patchwork flower by Jeni Cantrill from Potato Hunt Freebies
Pink/Glitter alpha by me, with a template from Amanda Rockwell and Glitter by Flergs

Which is a redo of this layout from March 2008!

Credits for this page:
Potato Hunt Freebies from Polka Dot Potato

It's funny because when I saw this layout in the gallery, I didn't think I wanted to redo it, and I had no clue how I was going to make it any better, because I always loved this Hammy layout. But, once I started playing with the pictures, I did find that there is a lot of new information I am able to apply to photos!! :D SO, I thought I would take some time here to talk about the new tricks I've used on this page that I didn't use on the last one... First off, I vignetted the photos so that Rachel's face would stand out more. I also edited the photos by increasing the saturation. These are two things that would not have dawned on me way back in the day, lol...

I also added a trim area to this layout, which is great and a very important thing I've learned to do so that I don't lose any of the main stuff when I have the page printed. The last really big thing I've done here that I never used to do is modify this template like a mad woman. I used to use the templates how they were, and would even go so far as to add a duplicate of a picture rather than alter the template. In this case, I added an additional picture, resized pictures, added things, took things away, moved the whole thing down, and so on.

Also, these days, if I find myself needing something, like an alpha to pull the title together, I will make it myself. I never used to feel confident doing that. I would search and search for what I was needed, whereas nowadays, I just make what I want and use it, lol...

So, I hope you like the new version more than the old version, which I'm finding very busy in not a great way. My husband and daughter both like the new version much better, and I do as well. When I started making it, I thought I was just doing it different, not better... But, in the end, I see that I was making it better, and I'm super glad I did!! :D

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

ADSR Season 4 Began!! :D

I actually scrapped some pages today, YAY!! :D





The first one is using all stuff I made with CU stuff, :D
The second one is using all stuff from Lindsay Jane Designs' Tecnobytes! :D

Did you have a good holiday? I did for sure!! :D I'll chat about them more later, like when I post the pages, lol...

Huggles!!
~Sarah~