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4x6 Layouts

This cold weather here in Houston, has 1) made me sick and has my allergies acting up 2) feeling really lazy.

So, I plan on staying in today and working on my 4x6 digital layouts. I need to have them printed by tomorrow, or Wednesday at the lastest. So that I can have these adhere to my 2011 calendars that I bought at the Target Dollar Spot, and then mailed out, and hopefully arrive before the year is over with. :)

Here are just a few that I've finished.

This is 3 out of 24 that I'm doing. It's going to be a long, and busy day. For some reason, scrapping 4x6 pages is way harder than 12x12 for me. Why is that?

Also, is it weird that I have those 2 random people in the back on the last one? I'm thinking I should go back in and crop them out.

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Edit: So, I decided to edit the last layout and crop the two random people out. Doing so, I had to change the picture just a bit by using a different frame. I also slightly made everything else a bit bigger to fill out the "open space". Here's the edited version.

Digi Share

Visions of Sugarplums

Well, hello!

How was your Thanksgiving? Mine started on Wednesday, and ended on Friday. ;) That's a lot of eating, I'm overstuffed... still. I haven't even been hungry the last 2 days.. believe it?! haha! I was sent a kit from Shell for her newest kit, Visions of Sugarplums. Very cute! As a matter of fact, all of her kits are too cute! :)

I'm way late in posting this, or even sending in my digi page, but here it is anyways! :) That reindeer has just captured my heart.. sigh.

I kept my layout very simple. (Don't I always say that?) Since it's a Christmas-y kit, I chose this picture of when my son received this police car for his present from my father-in-law. They both loved it! Still do, Tristan still gives Trinity rides around the backyard, ha! I took this picture the day after we hauled that bad boy home. You can't tell, but Tristan is explaining to Trinity the "works". Most of it is just stickers, but he loved the fact that he can reverse. lol.

Notice anything different, about this layout? Go ahead, guess, I'll wait. :)

It's not a 8x8 or a 12x12 layout! It's actually 8.5x11. I kinda like it. I'm working on a album for my mother-in-law, and made a few layouts this size. Her album is actually a binder. ;) I'm gonna buy a lot of sheep protecters, and cut them, sew them to fit different size pictures. I'll definitely post up pics of it, but will be after Christmas. :)

Also, I've decided to do something that I haven't done with any of Shell's kits.. I've gone hybrid! I thought that, that reindeer is way too cute, that he must be on a card! :) Now, I want to get better lighting on this card, so will wait until morning to take a picture and post it. So, stay tuned to that!

-- On a sidenote, I have 3 cards that need to be posted up also. Will take pictures along side the hybrid card, and post up in a day or two. :)

Cupcake Fairies - Smile

I'm gonna interrupt the Happy Birthday Series with a digital layout.

Shell's Playground has released yet another cute kit! :D I'm thinking this one has to be one of my most favorite!

It features cupcakes, lolipops and cute angels. How cuter can it get? The color theme! haha.

I thought I had some pictures of my daughter with some cupcakes, or something, but didn't. I looked at the color scheme, and remember she had a outfit with something similar. It was way back when, and my cousin was the photographer! haha. She was the main focus, even though it was Father's Day! :D

So, Lindy, do you remember this?? haha.

Thanks Lindy for being an awesome photographer! And check out Shell's Playground for other layouts and a great freebie!

P.S. Trying to type this on a 46" tv isn't working out too well. :) haha. Plenty of typos, I'm sure. But, playing Sims 3 on it is awesome!

Little Peter Rabbit LO

I was going to post up some cards, they're mainly birthday cards, but since I've decided to make 3 more for upcoming birthdays, I'll just one big post. Sorry! :)

As a member of Shell's Playground CT Member, I was able to play around with her newest kit, Little Peter Rabbit. I love Peter Rabbit when I was little, and this kit is simply fantastic. :) I decided to do a boy one with this one, as my other LO for another kit by her will be a girl theme.

Isn't it adorable? Makes me want to pull out pictures of when Tristan was a newborn. :)

And here's my layout. I tried to keep simple, as I usually do, heh. I didn't journal, but will go back in and do it later on. :) Tristan's about 7 months old here.

So head on over to her blog, and view other layouts, and grab her freebie. I also had to pick up her freebie and will do another layout with it.

Bedrock Babies

Shell's Playground just released another great, adorable kit. :) Her newest kit is called "Bedrock Babies", and oh my, I sure had fun with this one. I'm thinking about creating another one, and maybe not make it so girly. haha.

(Picture is linked to blog.)

The elements are cute, and I love the color theme! Right up my alley. I'm a sucker for polka dots, but I decided to stay away from them this time. :)

I tried to keep the layout as simple, but yet fun. It did turn onto the girly side, which wouldn't be so bad, if the layout contains both my daughter and son. :) haha.

Here's my layout:

I'm seriously loving these colors! I made need to add them to my color palette for future references. :P

If you head over to Shell's Playground, she'll give you the link to her store where you can get this kit for 50% off - that's just $2. :) Meanwhile, you can head over there for a free Quick Page. It's really cute!

My Little Bug

I'm at it again, yet another challenge at Scrap That Idea. :)

Our mission was to use any of her kits, and alphas, but to scrap only animals. I was going to scrap my cousin's dog Milo, but then thought, I should probably scrap one of my own dogs! Ha!

The kit I used is called "Doodle Bug" and can be found at Vicki's blog under 'Freebies".

My "model" is one of the newest addition to the family. His name is Tino, and I just found that out recently (!!!), I've been calling him "puppy" and "bug". Ha! He's quiet, shy, and very reserved for a dog. He's very lazy also. :)

So, here's featuring Tino aka "Bug".

This time, my layout is not so simple. It's so colorful, and I love the "bug" elements. But, I'm afraid it's way too girly for a male puppy, hm? lol. Also, I used a Action for Elements 8 on the picture. It's not really noticeable. All it did was brighten it up, whereas the original was shot on a cloudy day, and made it pretty dull and gloomy.

Also, once again, my layout is none like the others. Check out the (growing!) gallery here.

Sweet and Shabby

I have yet another layout for Shell's Playground. :)

I was given her collab part of a huge mega kit featuring herself and other designers. It includes 50 beautiful Papers, 90 stunning Elements, 1 gorgeous Alpha, 4 sweet Word Arts and 4 Quick Pages!! Seriously!

Here is her part:

And of course, here's my layout. I only did one, just because I didn't want to have Tristan on such a girly layout. :D But then again, I did want to do another one and throw in the cupcakes.

Also, click on the first preview to go to her blog, and grab her free QP. :D

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P.S. Notice the blog layout change? Working on it... or am I? :P And yes, still pre-publishing, cause I'm still behind on my cards. eek!

P.P.S - What exactly does P.S. mean? Seriously. What does this extra "P" stand for in "P.P.S.".

P.P.P.S - Okay that's weird. But I've made up my mind, I want that darn Cricut that's on sale. And I'm going to start doing paper scrapbooking! *insert glare* But then, I won't have any carts to work with for awhile, unless somebody who's really, really awesome will let me borrow her carts. :D I mean, not all at once, just maybe one a week..? *hint hint* HAHAHAHAH.

My Sunshine Delight

I am really slacking on my cards! Totally not good, especially since I created a challenge for my cousin and I. Ha! I blame my latest obsession of Sims 3 on my cousin! :D Watching her play makes me intrigue and now I want to play more and more.

If you're wondering how, Lindy. It's because you pay too much attention to the details of creating your sim, and decorating your house, or other sim's houses! Heh.

Anyways, I guess I'll have to pre-publish some posts of my layouts that I've worked on, so that I can get my cards done!

Here is layout 1. I used the kit "Walking on Sunshine". I have another kit with the same name, that I believe I used on another layout. (Way too lazy to link right now.)

This is my daughter. She's about 8 - 9 months here. I'm making a wild guess between dates. She was born in Aug, and we have pictures of her on Father's day on the following June, which would make her around 10 months. So yeah.. ;)

I love the color pink and green. But, I have a weird obsession with the colors being together. I just think they're awesome as a color combo! So, of course with her green shirt, I knew pink and green is it. Besides, she likes pink. :) I added try to add a few other colors into the mix to just blend it out. This kit and layout was super fun. I finished in about 10 - 15 mins. One of my fastest layouts.

Counting Sheep - Take 2

Well, I decided to go ahead and make another layout using the adorable kit "Counting Sheep" by Shell's Playground. I am in love with the sheeps! Since I didn't use any in my last layout with my daughter, I decided to use it with this layout of my son.

I tried to keep the picture as the main focal point, hence it being rather large, and unframed. I love little squares, so I used them to showcase some of the papers in the kit, while trying not to let it take over. I threw in a few of the elements, alongside with the papers, and added some behind the picture.

I intentionally wanted to have a title for this page, or at least some word art, but I didn't find any online that I liked, or that didn't seem to go with this. I just decided to leave it blank, and I'll probably add it and journal before I print it out.

I should challenge myself to journal more, or at least give titles. Heh. ;P Don't forget to Shell's blog to grab a free QP.