Merry Christmas!

Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas!

Made with the super cute "Jingle Jangle" digital kit by Melissa Bennett for Sweet Shoppe Designs.

November 2009 Publications

These were my publications in ScrapStreet Magazine November 2009:



Papers, Die-Cuts, Alphabet Stickers: Crate Paper, Pen: ZIG, Pencil: Around the Block, Tool: sanding paper (3M).




Papers: Scenic Route, Cardstock: Bazill Basics Paper, Ric-Rac: Queen & Co, Rub-On: Kaisercraft, Other: crown cap, staples.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving with good food, friends and family!



Digital Kit: Thankful by Rachness Designs (ScrapStreet.com), Stitches: All Stitched Up by Zoe Pearn Designs (SweetShoppeDesigns.com), Font: Blink Janneke Style.

ETA: This page was published in ScrapStreet Magazine March 2010!

October 2009 Publications

These pages were published in ScrapStreet Magazine October 2009, as part of my In The Pits article:



Smile

I used Photoshop’s Artistic Watercolor filter to create the effect on the large photo. For the rest I just played with digital brushes, shadows, and layer styles.

Brushes: Fairy Wings, Aurora Borealis, Glitter II by Stephanie Shimerdla (Obsidian Dawn), Brads: Janneke Smit. Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Fonts: Papyrus, Birch Std, Informal Roman.




Daddy

I scanned my daughter’s artwork, reduced the size and added the title. Then I printed it out on matte photo paper. The flower and dotted strips are cut out from patterned paper. I glued the flower on some cardstock to make it a little sturdier.

Papers: Upsy Daisy Designs, Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Brad: Making Memories, Ink: Rubber Stampede. Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Font: Arno Pro.




Home Made Guitar

I used a digital brush to create the filmstrip. I added the photos and divider strips and printed the whole filmstrip out on 14” photo paper.

Papers: My Mind’s Eye, Scenic Route, Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Chipboard: Deluxe Designs, American Crafts, Ribbon: Offray, Ink: Rubber Stampede, Pen: ZIG. Digital Supplies: Digea Film Brushes by Jelena Jovovic. Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Font: Verdana.




BEN10

For the design of this layout I was inspired by the images from the TV series (rays, bubbles radiating from the “omnitrix” watch) as well as the T-shirt BEN10/my son is wearing. The large black and white pieces in the background are cardstock, but I created and printed out everything else. I designed the patterned paper and the 3 different colors paper for the “bubbles”. I printed green journaling on a black background. And for the title I created a gradient paper and I used the official BEN10 logo as the shape to cut it out. I used circle punches in different sizes to create the bubbles. I also used punches around the borders of the page and inside the number ten before I backed these with black cardstock.

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Photo Paper: Epson, Staples, Punches: EK Success, Marvy Uchida, Fiskars. Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Font: QuickType II Condensed.

12" x 12" - Sketch 11

Please feel free to use this sketch for your personal use (only). I would love to see what you do with it! Please send me an email to show me your creation, then I will post it here too!

I used this sketch for "Rawk", which was published in the June 2007 issue of ScrapStreet Magazine:

12" x 12" - Sketch 10

Please feel free to use this sketch for your personal use (only). I would love to see what you do with it! Please send me an email to show me your creation, then I will post it here too!

I used this sketch for "Darren's Halloween Art", which was published in the October 2008 issue of ScrapStreet Magazine. You can see it here.

A little late ...

... but these were my publications last month (August 2009) in ScrapStreet Magazine ...



Baby Girl

I love the look of lace paper and I decided to make some digital lace paper myself. I tried to make the paper stand out by keeping the design very simple and layering it on top of two different colored backgrounds.

Paper and Ribbon: Lady Bugga by Jennifer Barrette and Lauren Grier (Sweet Shoppe Designs), Lace Paper: Janneke Smit, Ric-rac: West Coast Girls by Libby Weifenbach and Krystal Hartley (Sweet Shoppe Designs), Badge: Party Perfect by Dora’s Designs (ScrapStreet), Staple: Bubble-Licious by Christy Lyle & Zoe Pearn (Sweet Shoppe Designs), Fonts: Occidental, Times New Roman, Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3.




Happy Summer

I cut away a small strip on the right side of the front of the card. I adhered some patterned paper on the inside of the card. So when the card is closed it shows a small strip of the paper on the inside of the card (just one line of dots.)

Paper: Cherry Arte, Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Felt Flower, Word: Creative Café, Ribbon: American Traditional Designs, Stamps: PSX, Safety Pin: Making Memories, Ink: Rubber Stampede, Card base: Halcraft, Other: white staples.

12" x 12" - Sketch 9

Please feel free to use this sketch for your personal use (only). I would love to see what you do with it! Please send me an email to show me your creation, then I will post it here too!

I used this sketch for "Security Tape Mummies", which was published in ScrapStreet Magazine in April 2008:

Mmmm ... Strawberries ...

This page was published on the Cover of ScrapStreet Magazine in July 2009!

A premade transparency makes a quick and beautiful embellishment. I simply added some bling to the flower centers, and a strawberry button (after cutting off the shank). Some vertical lines made with colored pencils draw the viewer’s eyes into the main photo. I printed the title and journaling directly onto the cardstock.

Supplies: Paper: My Mind’s Eye, Cardstock: Canson, Transparency: Fancy Pants, Bling: Heidi Swapp, Button: Dress It Up, Color Pencils: Around the Block, Fonts: Arno Pro, Arial.

Redneck Crop Month @ ScrapStreet

We have a month long crop going on at ScrapStreet!

I made this page based on the Red, White and Blue sketch by Michelle McClung:



Paper: American Crafts, Cardstock: Canson, Ribbon: Offray, Rub-Ons: ScrapWorks, Brads: Karen Foster Design, Ink: Rubber Stampede, Pen: ZIG, Font: Tahoma.

Blueberry

I made this page with the ScrapStreet Magazine free digital kit for June. The kit is called Garden Grow and it is created by Dora. I thought this kit was perfect for a layout about the blueberry plant our daughter got from her daddy.
Other credits: Stitching: Bunny Hop by Libby Weifenbach, Staple: Bubble-Licious by Zoe Pearn Designs.
This page was also published in the June 2009 issue of ScrapStreet Magazine.

Tag Sketch

Please feel free to use this sketch for your personal use (only). I would love to see what you do with it! Please send me an email to show me your creation, then I will post it here too!

Click here for an example: just because tag

12" x 12" - Sketch 8

As you may know, I am turning my favorite layouts (mostly published) into sketches. Today I have a 12"x12" for you:



Please feel free to use this sketch for your personal use (only). I would love to see what you do with it! Please send me an email to show me your creation, then I will post it here too!

I used this sketch to create "First Day in Miss Jan's Class", which was published in ScrapStreet Magazine in April 2008:



First Day In Miss Jan’s Class

Supplies: Paper: Urban Lily, Cardstock, Flower, Brad: Bazzill Basics Paper, Paint: Liquitex, Bling: Heidi Swapp, Pen: ZIG Millennium, Stamps: PSX, Staples, Ink: Rubber Stampede.

8.5" x 11" - Sketch 6

Please feel free to use this sketch for your personal use (only). I would love to see what you do with it! Please send me an email to show me your creation, then I will post it here too!

ETA: This sketch is published in ScrapStreet Magazine August 2009.

Another ETA: Here is a page I made.

12" x 12" - Sketch 7 and 8.5" x 11" - Sketch 5

I have two sketches for you today. One 12"x12":




And one 8.5" x 11":



Please feel free to use these sketches for your personal use (only). I would love to see what you do with it! Please send me an email to show me your creation, then I will post it here too!

ETA: click here for a layout I made with the letter size sketch!

NSD Sketch Challenge

I made a digital layout based on a sketch by Michelle McClung:



Papers and elements from Robin Blankenship, Kristin Aagard, Gretch and Sarah Meyer - Retro Spring Collaboration blog train digital kit, Font: Script MT Bold.

ETA: This layout was published in the July 2009 issue of ScrapStreet Magazine!

bugs

I made a digi page based on a sketch by Michelle McClung:



Digital kit: Beep Beep Bugs by Studio Lorie Scrapbook Graphics, Ribbons: Chere Kaye MSA.

ETA: This layout was published in the June 2009 issue of ScrapStreet Magazine!

hat

Sharing a (sort of) Easter layout today I made in September last year ...



Papers: Basic Grey, Chipboard: Maya Road, Flower Charm: Making Memories, Chalk: EK Success, Pen: ZIG Millennium

I cut the large flower out of the patterned paper. I chalked the chipboard letters with several colors of chalk to match the color in the papers. And a small charm finishes the page.

Happy Easter!

ETA: This layout was published in the July/August issue of Scrap "N Art!

taquitos

I finally scrapped again today! I made this page based on a sketch by Michelle McClung:



Basic Grey Phoebe paper, Heidi Swapp bling, Maya Road chipboard letters, White paint, Ribbon.

ETA: this layout was published in the BasicGrey gallery!

Some tags and a card

Last week I made a card and a tag for next month's ScrapStreet Magazine (which I cannot show yet) but with the scraps I made some more tags and a card:





Paper and Ribbon: SEI; Flowers and Brads: Making Memories; Rub-ons: Kaiser.

Sorry for the bad photos, but it is pouring outside :)

Butterfly

I finished a layout yesterday which I submitted to the Street Maps column for ScrapStreet Magazine. It is based on a sketch by Michelle McClung.



I used some of the (retired) Paint Your World paper line from Dream Street Papers, designed by my friend Julie Geiger.

ETA: I replaced the sneak peak with the complete layout. This page was published in the February 2009 issue of ScrapStreet Magazine.

Wishing

This page was published in the December 2008 issue of ScrapStreet Magazine: