Documenting December ~ Day Twenty-One

Hey Scrap Fans! It's December 21st!  I just may make it to the end of the month yet!

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Documenting December ~ Day Six

Hey Scrap Fans! Today was a pretty uneventful day, but I did manage to get some photos and document an old memory. 

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Documenting December ~ Day Four

Hey Scrap Fans! So, I'm on day 4, and so far, so good. But I'm heading to Pennsylvania tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me! 

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Documenting December ~ Day Three

Hey Scrap Fans! Here is my layout for day three:

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Documenting December ~ Day Two

Hey Scrap Fans! Here is my day two layout for December:

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Happy Halloween ~ Do what makes you happy!

Hey Scrap Fans! This week I felt like digi-scrapping  Halloween pics.  So that's what I did. I scrapped every year of Libby's life (and one year in utero) in her Halloween costumes.  Some I had already paper scrapped, but I didn't care.  I was enjoying the process, so I went with it.  And it made me happy.  And we all need to do more of what makes us happy.

Here's the layout I completed for her costume this year:

 Started with digital template from Get It Scrapped, digital kit Far Far Away from Scotty Girl Designs

What makes you happy?  I'd love to know. 

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Style Actions

Hey Scrap Fans!  A great way to stretch your digital stash is to use Style Actions.  Actions are simply a series of editing steps that have been pre-recorded to save time.  You can record Photoshop steps to create your own Actions, or you can purchase them. Style Actions are layer effects that allow you to gain realistic looks with the one click.  

On  the layout below, I started with a template from Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs by Cheryl Ashcraft at Scrap Orchard.  Next, I used Style Actions on some of the shapes in the template.   I used some of the Super Glitter Style Actions from Just Jaimee at The Lily Pad to change the flat flowers and doily to glittered elements.  I also used the Essential Styles from Mommyish at The Digital Press to make the buttons look enamel.  I love using actions to give dimension and interest to simple shapes and flat elements, and this set from Mommyish is one of my favorite.  Style Actions can really expand your digital possibilities. 

This pics are from Libby's second Halloween when we dressed as Cruella de Vil and a Dalmatian.  Libby wasn't too happy about it, but I guess that fit the character pretty well.  

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Flashback Friday

Hey Scrap Fans!  I've been in the mood to scrap Halloween pics lately, so I've been working on digital layouts with photos from past Halloweens.  I do miss when my baby used to love when I dressed up with her....

(Started with digital template from Get It Scrapped.  Paper and elements from Lori Whitlock Happy Halloween and Carta Bella Spooky)

I'm looking forward to scrapping our photos of the year we were Cruella de Vil and a dalmatian.  

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

~Patrice 

Throwback Thursday

Hey Scrap Fans!  Here's a quick layout for Throwback Thursday...this was Libby's first Halloween and our first in our Windber house.

(Digital layout in Photoshop CC using template from Get It Scrapped and Lori Whitlock Happy Halloween Collection)

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

~Patrice 

Happy Back to the Future Day!

(Photo vulture.com)

Well Scrap Fans, today is the day that Marty McFly traveled to in the 1989 blockbuster Back to the Future Part II.  Although we’re not all whipping around on hover boards and flying cars, I think it’s safe to say, we’ve come a long way from the technology of 1989.  And I can say with certainty, my scrapbooking has come a long way since then….

(Actual page from my scrapbook circa 1989)

I recently wrote about how my aunt made me a scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the day I was born.  I pulled it out this weekend to take pictures and cracked up when I saw this:

But as funny as this is, it is actually a great reminder and validation of why I love scrapbooking so much.  Of course I realize how much technology has advanced in my almost 40 years, but seeing a picture of a calculator with a caption “lots of school kids are using these hand computers” really drives it home.  It’s a great reminder of why it is so rewarding to  take the time to document the little things. 

(Layout: Digital template from Get It Scrapped, digital products from American Crafts Dear Lizzy Documentary collection)

So while I may have to wait a few more years for my hover board or garbage powered DeLoren time machine, I do have my iPhone and maybe I'll scrapbook about it so I can see what technology makes it look like an antiquated piece of junk in another forty years!

Until next time, Happy Scrappin’!!

~Patrice