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Rivals

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Jennifer

Amy’s Designs has a new kit releasing today, Rivals. In case you can’t tell, Amy is an Alabama girl. An Auburn Alabama girl to be exact. So it’s no surprise that this kit is close to her heart with the Auburn Tigers and Crimson Roll Tide being big rivals. With such a specific theme, you might think this kit isn’t versatile, but it is. You could make a zoo layout with the tigers, eagles, and elephants. You could make a sports layout with the various sports elements. Or you could do something totally different with it by just using the blue/orange or crimson/black colors. For the first week, you can pick up for 50% off.

I have two layouts to share today. I pulled photos more than a decade old for both of the. The first is when UTSA’s American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter made it to the National Concrete Competition in 2001. It was our chapter’s 6th year in a row to go to national competition. This was big, because we beat bigger schools in our area (UT and Texas A&M). And yes, it is made of concrete and yes it did float. It’s all a matter of the density of the concrete being lighter than the density of water. Obviously, we did not use the rocks typically used in concrete for applications such as house slabs or bridges. Instead, we used a lightweight aggregate. I’m the girl in the white shirt just right of center. Our team had some mis-communication about what to wear as can be seen by some of us wearing our mirror image t-shirts (name of the canoe) and most everyone wearing the student chapter polo shirts and the professors wearing whatever.

Digkit: Amy’s Designs – Rivals
Font: orange juice (title), Sophomore Yearbook (journal)

This second layout is my sister in high school. She played varsity softball all four years and yes, I’m a little proud of her for that. I had the photo labeled 1998, which was her sophomore year.

Digkit: Amy’s Designs – Rivals
Template: Queen Wild Scraps – SNP Template Challenge October 2013
Font: Myriad Pro

Janece, Katherine, and Lori (guesting for this kit) have freebies for you.

Y’all have a great day!

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!

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.

Remember You

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Jennifer

Amy’s Designs has a new kit out. I just love the color palette.

You can pick it up for $1.50 until next Thursday, before it goes up to its regular price of $2.99.

I knew it would be perfect to scrap some photos for the album I’m working on for my parents. I went rather simple with the embellishments to let the photos shine. These Lake Louise photos my Dad took are just stunning.

Can you believe August is already half way over?

Layouts, Layouts, and More Layouts

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Jennifer

Today, I’m sharing a bunch of layouts.

Since today is Aspen’s birthday, I’ll start off with a layout from her birthday party last year. I have plans to make a few more layouts from that party, but I haven’t yet.

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Hello Birthday

Next up is a layout from Jason and Julia’s wedding.

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Two Hearts, Two Hearts Add-on
Template: Wendy Tunison Designs – Temptations Vol. 10
Word Art: Word Art World – Swap 69 (A Love Story)

This next layout has even older pictures.

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – The Pursuit of Happiness
Template: Mommy Made This – Chevron Love Templates (June 2013 Template Challenge)
Word Art: Word Art World – Cousins
Font: Sweet Home Oklahoma

Back to some layouts with more current photos. Journaling reads: “We took a bike ride to the Capistrano playground to enjoy our Friday morning. Janette definitely wants to be just like her big sister. Janette saw Jessica climbing up the spiral steps and she wanted to climb up too. She saw her on the climbing wall and wanted to climb up that too. It is so cute how she admires Jessica.”

Digikit: Amy’s Designs – Playground
Template: Connie Prince – Project 2013 January Templates
Fonts: Pacifico (title), Mountains of Christmas (quote), Catherine’s College Days (journal, date)

These next two are coordinating pages. Journaling reads: “Mom and Dad spent the night at our house on their way to Houston for Dad’s appointments at MD Anderson. We went out to eat dinner and on the way back home, we stopped at the Gatling Gun Park to let Jessica and Janette play for a bit. Janette absolutely loved the bouncy pony.”

Digikit: Connie Prince – For You, For You Add-on, For You FB Mini Sampler, Little Explorer
Mask: Indigo Designs – Gotta Pixel Mask Challenge June 2013
Template: Karen Diamond Designs – Border Curves Templates
Font: Humble Beginnings

Digikit: Connie Prince – For You, For You Add-on, Little Explorer, Little Explorer Embossed Papers Frebbie (Designs by Shari)
Template: Connie Prince – Topsy Turvy Template Challenge June 2013
Font: Humble Beginnings

Then I have a layout I made for a speed scrap last weekend.

Digikit: Connie Prince – Little Explorer, Little Explorer Freebie Embossed Papers; anything green from Karen Diamond Designs – Biology Class
Alpha: Connie Prince – Little Explorer Alpha Freebie
Font: PegsannaHMK (title); Humble Beginnings (date/journal)

And last, I have a layout made for last month’s template challenge at SNP. Journaling reads: After Jessica’s Tiny Tumblers class, we out for dinner. While we waited for our food, Jessica and Daddy did the word find on the kid’s menu together. Jessica is getting really good at recognizing all her letters. She’ll see something and ask “What word does [it] start with?” When we tell her which letter, that will start a barrage of words. I love her desire to learn.

Digikit: Wendy Tunison Designs – Grandma’s Junk Drawer
Template: AK Designs – SNP Template Challenge July 2013
Font: Catherine’s Lazy Days

Have a wonderful week.

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