Ants Go Marching by Spinky Dink Scraps

Have you been looking for a BBQ or picnic kit?! Well here's one for you! It is by Spinky Dink Scraps and includes the grill, burgers, even pickles and the ants marching! lol Check out the preview.

And now my page! I got this done at my Friday online crop. I am LOVING those marching ants! hehehe They are even taking away our food on the bottom of the page. lol Just kidding since we ate inside, to avoid the fire ants and heat we have here in FL.

Speed Scrap #149

There was another speed scrap at STS today. Here are the instructions, took me forever to finish.

STEP 1: Choose only 1 paper and 1 photo (HINT: Your photo will need to be able to be BIG )
STEP 2: Color manipulate your photo. For example: You can desaturate it, use selective coloring, antique it, or use colored filters, etc.
For Photoshop Element users there are some fun actions that manipulate photos HERE.
Photoshop CS users go HERE
NOTE: The links are not required....just an idea of what you can do.
STEP 3: Place your photo on your paper (horizontally or vertically) so that it covers at least two-thirds of the page.
NOTE: If you digital camera does not take picture large enough to cover 2/3rds just place your photo on the page as large as it will go.
STEP 4: Embellish the area around the photo using at least one ribbon and a swirl of some kind. Don't forget to go over and under the photo too.
STEP 5: Add a simple, large title that overlaps both the photo and the paper/embellished area.
STEP 6: Include the date and/or location and any optional journaling.
STEP 7: Add you drop shadows and any finishing touches.

So this is what I came up with first. I had to hurry to finish in time, and I wasn't that thrilled with it but it did meet the steps.

Then I started playing with it some more and came up with this page.
So my question for you is which one do you like the best??? Please be honest as I don't want to print out one that I like when everyone else thinks it looks stupid. (and Yes I tried to combine the two and believe me it DID look stupid! lol)

Speed Scrap #148 at STS

Oh it is so nice to be back and be able to participate in speed scraps again! At least I get SOME scrapping done then! lol Here are the instructions:

Step 1: Select 1 photo that can be selectively colored. To selective color: Duplicate it and turn it black and white. Then use your eraser to erase part of the photo so that the color underneath shows through.
Step 2: We’re using only 3 colors tonight and black and white each count as a color. So find a kit that you like where you can only use 3 colors! You may use shades of the same color (so light blue and a darker blue count as blue). Use one solid paper as your background.
Step 3: Place your photo on the page off to one side. Keep your photo medium sized (about a quarter of the page). Mat your photo with 1 paper from your kit. Then create 6 paper strips behind your photo. You can also use flat ribbons or ric rac in place of paper strips, just make sure you have 6 total. If you have a pattern paper that uses 3 of the colors but also a small amount of a 4th I will allow that.
Step 4: Find an element that is the same color as your background paper (I would recommend a swirly element if you have one) and blend it into your background paper on one of the edges. Play around with the blending modes to see which one you like the best. I used “Color Dodge.” You can duplicate this element as many times as you would like.
Step 5: Create a cluster in one corner of your photo using 5 or 7 elements, one of which has to be something other than a ribbon, string, leaves, flower or button. Duplicated items count towards your total.
Step 6: Stitch your photo on one side. Using 2 of your three colors, create a title. Part of your title should be one color and part of it the other color. If you would like to stroke your title in white, I will allow that too.
Step 7: Add drop shadows and any finishing touches you need.

Here is my LO!

Boy Oh Boy by Spinky Dink Scraps

Speed Scrap 7/8/10 at STS

This Little Missy is hosting a Speed Scrap Thursday in the Stuff to Scrap forum. Come on over to the forum or chat and receive a free template pack for playing along! Hope to see you there!

(images linked)

At the Cabin by Scraps N Pieces

Scraps N Pieces has a new kit out that I totally love! Wait, what kit of theirs don't I love?! lol Well as soon as I saw the preview my mind started racing with all the pics I could use this kit for! lol Click on the preview to be directed to the kit in the store.

And here is the 2 page LO I created with the kit. Fun stuff!

STS Designer Call

Stuff to Scrap is having a Designer Call, if you would like to be part of a fabulous team/store, please click on the flyer below to be directed to the thread with more information.

What I got done at the Retreat 2010

Okay sorry for the really long post, but I need to catch up and can't make 10 different posts! ROFL

The first one is "Old Ball Game" by Scraps N Pieces. I was very excited for this vintage baseball kit. When I saw it I thought of the Tampa Yankees game that we saw last year and since it is like the Farm League as opposed to the Major League it seems more vintage for some reason to me! lol I know, I am weird! lol

I made this page while on the airplane from Houston to Cali. I even got in trouble because I was just finishing it up when the plane was getting ready to land, so I was trying to save it and shut everything down and the flight attendant rudely told me, "you need to shut that down now." I told her I was working on it. lol

Anyway, this was after the game was over and Tye was not happy to be going home. lol I am thinking now that maybe I should change the picture to sephia though. It would reinforce the vintage look. I will have to play with it though.



The next CT kit I worked on was Shel Belle Scraps and The Scrappy Kat collab called Boys and Girls of Summer. I LOVE all their elements, I don't think they forgot anything of things kids do during the summer! :-)

This is Shel's preview

Here is Kat's preview

Aren't these dudes adorable?!?!?! I love them! I have lots more pictures that I know I can use to scrap with this kit!

Here are my pages...the first one is of Tye and his cousins...these three are like the three amigos. Always together when we get together. They have so much fun and most of the time play really well together even though there are three of them. That only ends up being a problem once in a very great while. But they sure are cute!

Here's Tye playing on the slide at a park near my parent's house. I am so happy with this page...I made those circle dots myself!!! I created a template and then clipped the paper from the kit to it. Not to try to pat myself on the back, but I just love them and so glad I made it a template that I can use again some time soon! :-)

The next CT kit I worked with was called Let the Good Times Roll, by Scraps N Pieces. It is all about those fun activities that have to do with things rolling...bowling, roller skating, mini golf. Here is the preview of the kit.

Tye just went to a birthday party at a bowling alley so I had lots of pictures from that. I did narrow it down to a two page LO, but only one used this kit, the other used a birthday kit, but I TRIED to match the colors, not sure how well it turned out though! lol Here is the good little bowler! lol

Here is the second page. See doesn't that aqua color go together?!?!?! lol About the only color that does, but what can I do, I needed some birthday stuff for the pictures.

Celebrate by Stolen Moments

The next page is almost a literal scraplift. It is the kit I used a while ago from Spinky Dink Scraps called Dream Big. Some one else made this layout and I completely stole it. I absolutely loved the LO and thought it was PERFECT for these pictures that were almost identical to the girl's pictures.

Dream Big by Spinky Dink Scraps and Litabelle

Next up...some pictures I took last year at Splash Park, the little water park at Tye's Pre-K school. He even had his birthday party there about a month after these pictures were taken. The kids had an absolute blast! They were running around like crazy kids!

Template by Red Leaf DigiScrapping

Page two of this layout. Here are all the kids sitting on the bench waiting for the water to recycle and start again. And the two smaller pics were the segragation of the boys and girls the next water recycle period! lol They were too funny, the boys went over and sat on the water holes and the girls went and sat on the bench. They were too funny.

Backyard Splash by Jady Day Studio

Kid figures from Laurie's Scraps Summer Fun kit

Saturday morning I spent a good portion of the morning showing Carol how to do digital scrapping. It took a bit longer because she only has Photoshop, not PSE and so there was a little bit of a learning curve for me too. But we got it figured out and I showed her how to do one page and then she created a page with me helping her. They turned out great and she feels more comfortable with it. I wish there had been more time so I could show Cherie how to do it too. I guess there is always the phone and next year! lol

I had these old pics that Laura had put on a CD from Christmas and I took them with me. So I found a template and this kit that had blue in it even though it was a Christmas kit, I knew it was perfect for this picture!

This is my sister, Stephanie and I sitting on Santa's lap, who just happens to be my dad, but we didn't know it then. I love the faded look of the other pictures! This was a great template! And I really like the little character/scene at the bottom!

Santa's On His Way by The Scrappy Kat

Template by Midnight Scrapping