Sunday, December 18, 2005

Calendar pages


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Sunday, November 20, 2005

on vacation

I brought my PSPX disc with me to play with while on vacation since I never seem to find the time to experiment with it at home. Forgot to bring the serial number as well though. So much for that idea. I'm just going to have to sit down & make myself use it. But when I am home I want to get scrapping, not figure out a new version of my software.

I want to get scrapping now. I found a site that has 2 page layout blueprints & I printed them out & am looking at some to adapt for the quick pages. I've got several other ideas as well. Bought a graph paper notebook today & started writing them down so I don't forget.

Totally missed the chat today. Lost track of time while Brad was napping & i was dealing with the boys. Derek very clingy today & Drake being standoffish. I think he is having nightmares or something because he is talking about 'scary things'. Then Mom says dinner is ready & I realize it is almost 6pm. I never heard back from Amy to my PM so I wasn't sure what was going on with the chat.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

made it!

All 8 layouts finished! I need to write up the descriptions but that is all that is left. I'm glad I got it all done for this month. I'm already eyeing up the kits I want to use next month. Bought some stitching elements from CG essentials. Need to download them but haven't got the links yet.

Friday, November 11, 2005

progress so far

I have completed 5 of the 8 pages I need to do and 2 of the 3 pieces of word art. Not bad. I'll get the 6th page & the 3rd piece done before we leave on Friday. I had told them I might only get half the stuff done this month so I feel good I'm doing more.

I had a neat idea for a layout during MOPS (they were readin Ephesians & Titus to us ) to get 24-25 photos on one 12x12 page. I did a shoe layout with it. But I also did a quick page. Brad gave me some suggestions for the matching page, so it should go together fast.

It needs to. I *have* to write that article this weekend & I won't write it while I hav epage ideas in my head.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

busy

I'm now a moderator at ScrapMommies. I run 2 challenges a month & co-host a weekly chat. I also do an article for the newsletter.
I'm on Nightwolf Designs CT - did a mini album
I'm on another design team creating quick pages. I have to do 8 a month, but I get a commission on the sales! I;ve got 4 done so far this month.

I've got to get going on the article. I need to finish it before we leave for vacation.

I need to print out the folder version of my recent layouts & finish the 2 I am working on also before we leave or it will bug me the whole time we are there.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Drama


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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Grandpa


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Monday, November 07, 2005

Where is Drake


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Saturday, November 05, 2005

That Hat


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Friday, November 04, 2005

My latest DET contest entry
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Thursday, November 03, 2005

That Smile


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Saturday, October 29, 2005

AllBoy


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Friday, October 28, 2005

Picture


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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Wearing Many Hats


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Monday, October 24, 2005

Playing in the Hay

Done for the sketch challenge on DSD

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Friday, October 21, 2005

Pumpkin Patch

Done for DSD sketch challenge

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Thursday, October 20, 2005

Swingin

Done for DET Boot Camp challenge

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

10 Things About Me

Done for ScrapMommies All About Me challenge

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Monday, October 17, 2005

Applied

I applied for the Design team & to be a moderator at ScrapMommies. I really like that site. I'd like to be a bigger part of it, helping out. I like their kits & it would be nice to work with them. I've been only buying fundraising kits lately, so some free kits would be nice.

It's also be nice to moderate some place where people are not at each other's throats all the time.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Girls Night Out

Done for a chat challenge at Scrap Mommies

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Quite Day by the River

Done for ScrapMommies Element challenge

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Boys & Leaves

Done for DSP's October color challenge

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Friday, October 14, 2005

Autumn Activites

For 3Scrapateers color challenge

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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Who are they? and Baby Bucket

A couple of LOs for challenges on the ScrapMommies site



This one is for the AAM challenge
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This one is for the sketch challenge. It's a couple of my very favorite pictures of Drake
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Saturday, October 08, 2005

Before & after

Some LOs from my DSU 190 class & DET Boot Camp. Before & after constructive criticism
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Xmas 2003

For DSD's scraplift challenge

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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Some recent LOs

This one was done for a Journaling Challenge at digiscrapdivas
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This one was done for a scraptlift challenge at digiscrapdivas
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This one was done for a scraplift challenge at scrapmommies
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Friday, September 23, 2005

Determination

Derek spent a great deal of time trying to get the shovel to stay up in the tree branch.  He was so intense & determined as he went about it.



I used the DSP Sunshine kit and fonts Bradley hand & Signboard




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Thursday, September 22, 2005

Then & Now

My Then & Now mini album pgs 1-6
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pgs 7-12
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Monday, September 19, 2005

Music Man

2 versions of a LO I did for the scraplift challenge on digiscrapdivas.com


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Friday, September 16, 2005

Getting Organized

I went through my installed fonts & moved 70% of them to my new My Fonts file & categorized them. I have a couple dozen serif fonts that are the EXACT same thing under different names.

I reorganized my scrap folders to include website under the kit folders & then moved kits into the right folders

I've visited the 6-8 websites I've been checking out & posting on for the past couple of weeks & made a list of each site's challenges & chats that I like. I've got them all arranged on a calendar now. I plan to spend the rest of the month visiting the sites, checking out the stuff & seeing what I end up doing regularly. I've already dropped a few sites. I don't want this to get out of hand. DSP, DSD, 3S & Scrap Mommies seem to be the ones I like most, though RAK & POTH have possibilities.

I think I may sign up for 3 classes at DSP this October - Intro to PSP, Layout Design & Creating Word Art. This will set me back $65 when Brad's job is not all that secure but if I don't take them now, who knows when I might get the chance. Brad & I have talked about it. We're both more of the 'live the high life while you can' sort than the 'start saving now' sort. This is not good in the long run but the loan the business was hoping for has come through so I've decided to be an optimist and take the chance.

Now I need to wade through all my PSP links & sort out what is actually useful & what i have already printed out & what can be saved to my PC & clean the whole folder out. I don't know how Gizmo does it. She always has the greatest links & several times I've discovered I already had them too. I need to *use* them. But i want to get organized first.

Then I need to organize the crochet & cross stitch & quilt stuff. Someday...

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Drake version 2.0

This is an updated version of the second page I ever created.  I shrank some things down, added the clips (by KT) and a small block of journaling.
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Old Friends LO

I did this for the scraplift challenge on digiscrapdivas.com.  The pic is of my freaky friends & I in Detroit at our big meetup this past May.




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