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Music Memories

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Jennifer

Tomorrow is the last day for the Grab-a-Byte sale over at Scrapbookbytes. Word Art World has a six fabulous musically inspired packs you can pick up.

I had intended to scan some photos of myself from junior high and/or high school band days, but unfortunately our scanner has decided it no longer wants to scan. It’s really old, well for an electronic gadget, so a replacement is in the works.

Instead I scrapped some photos of the girls and their kid-sized baby grand piano. Journaling reads : December 24, 2012 Jessica and Janette received a kid-sized piano from Nana and Grandpoppy for Christmas. Once we returned home from celebrating the weekend before, Daddy attached the legs to the piano and piano bench and the girls got busy practicing their music. Jessica thought their child bible the perfect sheet music.

Digkit: Word Art World – Music Memories (elements and papers), Music Memories Art Journaling
Word Art: Word Art World – Music Memories and Music Memories Piano
Composition: SNP Speed Scrap #209
Font: DK Crayon Crumble (journal)

I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!

ScaryTales Volume 3: Superstitious Feeling

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Jennifer

Are you superstitious? It’s Friday the 13th today and True North Scraps has the perfect kit releasing!

ScaryTales Volume 3: Superstitious Feeling

This is a mega kit! There are nearly 70 elements and 24 papers, plus a full alpha. And just in case that isn’t enough for you… there are a pack of 7 journal cards and a pack of 5 word arts available too! And guess what? This is your lucky week because it’s on sale for 30% off until September 20.

If you are looking for a bargain and want everything, you can buy the bundle and you basically get the word arts for free! Remember, if you use word art in a SNP challenge, you get bonus points. And just like the kit — the bundle, the word art and the journal cards are all 30% off until September 20.

Here’s a layout by me. Journaling reads: Janette shows a lot of interest in animals. When a neighbor’s cat wandered into our yard, she had to get real close. May 12, 2013

Digkit: True North Scraps – ScaryTales Volume 3: Superstitious Feeling
Template: Queen Wild Scraps – Play It Again Vol 3
Font: Jenna Sue (journal)

Need more savings? Well, some of the North Stars have freebies made for you using Superstitious Feeling: Karrie and Kandi

Oh! One more thing! True North Scraps is looking for more help!

Have a great weekend!

Amy’s Designs is 2!

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Jennifer

Amy’s Designs is celebrating two years of designing for digital scrapbooking. I joined her creative team back at the beginning and it was the very first creative team I joined. To celebrate, we’re doing a blog hop. Each CT member made you a fabulous little goodie with a different one of Amy’s kits. I chose to use Ladybug, which is the very first kit I worked with as a member of Amy’s creative team. You can check out those original layouts here and here.

I made this two page layout back in May. It served two purposes. One, to document Jessica’s class at school, the ladybugs. Two, to give as an end-of-school gift to each of her teachers. Her teachers loved it. I also shared the flattened image with her classmates, in case any of them wanted to have it printed out too.

Digkit: Amy’s Designs – Ladybug
Font: Bradley Hand ITC

Now it looks like Jessica had a lot of kids in her class, but not all twenty-one attended on the same days. Two only attended in the fall and two only attended in the spring. Jessica attended three of the four available days and some kids only attended two, whereas others attended all four.

Here’s a closer look at the left side. I’ve blurred out the other kids faces for their protection.

And here’s a closer look at the right side.

I made a cluster frame for you. I would love to know what you think of it. You can download by clicking the preview or here.

Now you should hop to the blogs of the rest of the creative team to see what kind of goodies they have for you. It will be like opening a Christmas present. Keep in mind, we’re all in different time zones, so be patient if their freebie isn’t posted yet. And make sure you leave some love. Everyone wants to be appreciated for their efforts.

Bekki’s is being hosted on Amy’s blog
Tina’s Scrapbook
Scrappin’ With Terri
Kristal Kreations
KATKREATIONS DIGITAL ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Woodin Family Blog
Monkey’s Musings
JAMSquared <—- YOU ARE HERE
Janece Scraps by Janece Suarez Designs
Lisa’s Scraps
Amy’s Scrappin’ Memories
Crescent Moon Designs
Kaylene’s Skraps
Ladybug Pics N Scraps
Scrapping Life’s Memories

Have a great day!

Grease is the Word

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Jennifer

Woohoo! A “boy” kit!! I know they are not easy to find in digi-world. So you should get excited over this one:

The word cute doesn’t do this kit justice! I love the happy mechanics and check out that tow truck.

There are a total of 34 elements and 20 papers, plus an uppercase and lowercase alpha that includes punctuation. For the month of September it is exclusively available at Scraps N Pieces.

Here’s a layout I made using this fun kit. Journaling reads: I’ve always loved taking photos, but since having kids, I am constantly taking pictures. The Canon Powershot S3 IS camera that we had purchased back in fall 2006 broke in October. It had just gotten bumped by me and left within arms reach of the girls too many times.. The last bump/fall caused the lens to get stuck and not go in or out. After I received a new camera for Christmas from my parents, James decided to see if he could fix the old one. He got it all taken apart and even if he had been able to fix the problem, I’m not sure he would have been able to put it all back together. There were so many tiny screws.

Digkit: True North Scraps – Grease is the Word
Template: AK Designs – Template Pack 8
Font: Sophomore Yearbook

Of course the rest of the North Stars have also made some fantastic LOs using this kit:

We ended up taking Jessica to her pediatrician’s walk-in Saturday morning clinic hours yesterday. She has walking pneumonia. Hopefully, with antibiotics, she kicks it quickly.

Layout Backlog

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Jennifer

I have a lot of layouts to share today.

First up is week 7 of my P52 2013 layouts. Sadly, I’ve only done weeks 5-8 so far.

Digkit: Connie Prince – Project 2013 February, Project 2013 Wordbits, Project 2013 February Dates
Template: Queen Wild Scraps – Fabulous February
Font: dandelion in the spring (journal), 2Peas Heart’s Delight (title #)

Next is a layout our Valentine’s Day this year. Journaling read: “Our church, Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church, hosts an annual Valentine’s Day dinner, complete with child care. This year, James and I decided to attend. Dave Wilson provided photography. The food was delicious and consisted of chicken scallopini with angel hair pasta, slow-roasted Tuscan pork with roasted rosemary new potatoes, fresh green beans, homemade focaccia and a variety of desserts served buffet style. It was catered by Beth Watson. Cy Alberston, former music minister, opened for magician Arsene Dupin. The magician selected James and one other audience member to assist in a few tricks. Their assistance to the completely mimed instructions added in some comedy. Afterward, I asked James what he thought about being selected. He said, he could have done without it.”

Digkit: Connie Prince – Love Bugs; xoxo from Word Art World – It’s a Love Thing; stitching from Wendy Tunison Designs – She Wore Blue Jeans
Composition: SNP Speed Scrap #192
Font: Alamendro FG

Jessica took three sessions of swim lessons this summer, for a total of six straight weeks of lessons every day Monday through Thursday. James and I are so proud of progressions. This two-page layout is about the first two-week session. Journaling readings: “Jessica started by not participating at all. The first week, I had to sit on the edge of the pool to even get her to get in the water. The second Monday, 2 of the 4 kids weren’t there and she decided to actually participate. It was like something just clicked. I was so proud.” The layout was my entry in this year’s Scrap It to Win It Contest Week 5 Separation Anxiety to create a double page layout and use at least 5 colors that all have to be separated from the other colors. I won honorable mention in the contest for best journaling for this particular layout. The judges liked that I included the swim lesson report card.

Digkits:
Red: Amy’s Designs – Ladybug
Purple: Queen Wild Scraps – Perfectly Plum
Yellow: Amy’s Designs – Happy Go Lucky
Green: Queen Wild Scraps – Springing Into Luck, Mommy Made This – Springing Into Luck Refreshed
Blue: Connie Prince – Swim On FB Freebie, Project 2013 February; Amy’s Designs – Splash, scatter from Amy’s Designs – Turkey Day (duplicate recolored)
Misc: background from Amy’s Designs – Ladybug; clear splash from Amy’s Designs – Splash
Font: Ka-Boing! (title), Daddys Girl (journal)

This next layout is from a speed scrap. The quote was required as part of the speed scrap and I thought these photos fit perfectly. Journaling reads: “After dinner, we took the girls on a walk to the neighborhood playground. Janette really loves the slide. James climbs the steps behind her, just in case, and he’ll slide down too. Janette just giggles as she watches him come down after her. Moving people are definitely hard to photograph with the camera on my phone.”

Digkit: Trixie Scraps Designs – Spunky Monkey, Spunky Monkey Plaid Papers; frame from Word Art World – One Cool Dude
Font: Berlin Sans FB Demi (happiness), Crazy Girlz Blond BTN (title), Catherine’s College Days (journal)

Next up is a layout about my first time meeting my nephew Rylan. It was made during a speed scrap. Journaling reads: “I was so excited that Rylan decided to oblige his Aunt Jennifer and make his world debut while we were still in town for our spring break visit. Janette and Jessica both thought he was pretty cute and Janette kept wanting to touch him.”

Digkit: Amy’s Designs – Fresh New Beginning, Happy Go Lucky, grunge/stamp from Let’s Play
Font: Organic Fridays (title), Candy Round BTN (journal)

The layout was my entry in this year’s Scrap It to Win It Contest Week 3 Triple Threat to create a layout with 9 elements, 3 papers, and 1 photo, with the twist of using each thing 3 times in the layout.

Digkit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Just Us February, Just Us February Cardstock
Font: PegsannaHMK

This one was for a template challenge. Journaling reads: “We all enjoyed an after dinner popsicle, although Janette only ate part of hers.”

Digkit: Connie Prince – Sweet Summertime
Template: Connie Prince – Gingerscraps Template Challenge June 2013
Font: RutmerHand

This next one was for the Scrap It to Win It Contest Week 4 Out of the Box. We were provided with the 6×6 grid. I thought it was perfect to scrap a lot of photos and so I did a second page to coordinate with Aspen’s 2012 birthday cake layout I shared here. Journaling reads: “There was yummy barbecue for lunch followed by two cakes. Jason decorated the Nemo one and Julia did the one with candles. Aspen received lots of cool presents including a tricycle from her parents. After watching the gift opening, the kids started playing and even hit up the dress-up box in the playroom. They had a lot of fun.”

Digkit: Amy’s Birthday – Hello Birthday
Font: DaddysGirl (journal)

Today, Jessica and Janette started the 2013-2014 school year.

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