New Releases at Scrap Stacks

It's Friday so that means new releases.  I chose Two Tiny Turtles' kits for this layout.

Comfty

Two Tiny Turtles | Live Each Moment bundle, Everybodys Got Somebody - template

The new Polly Picks Challenge is up at The Lilypad.

I had 9 of the picks Hana chose for her picks.  I used 7 of those in this layout.  It was a bit of a challenge to get them all into it.  It's a cross between an art journaling layout and a traditional photo layout.

Love Your Life

This layout is for the Polly Picks Challenge [Hana].

Hana's Picks:

Kaye Winiecki | A Pretty Mess

Amy Martin | Stitched in Spring

Pink Reptile Designs | Every Day of the Week

CD Muckosky | Journal Junkie: Shine

Amy Wolff | Messy Marvin v4

Lynne-Marie | Mixed Media

Paislee Press | Embrace

Other:

Pink Reptile Designs | Love the Life You Live

Pocket Scrapping Art Journal - April 22

The new weekly challenge is up.  It is to cluster inside a pocket.  This was really fun for me.  I used LOTS of CD Muckosky stuff cuz I love her stuff!

You Are A Gift

Pocket Scrapping Art Journal - April 22

Amy Martin | Project Grids: Sixty Twelve v5, Needed More Stitching v8

CD Muckosky | Oh Happy Day, Winter With You, A Blessed Life, Art Notes, Possibility Journal, Natural, Writer Word Up, Currently, Journal Junkie: Go Get Em, Journal Junkie: Spring Fling, CD Freebie

Valorie Wibbens | More Thread Please

Font | Jasmine Reminiscentse

New Items -- New Layout

I saw this alpha on the designer's layout and knew I had to have it!  The torn edges would have been handy for another layout I did for iNSD at Scrap Stacks, but I didn't have them yet.  I picked them up and put them to use with this layout.  Since Penny Stringham hasn't done a kit this week due to her busy schedule, I used her latest kit in another layout.  This page is just for fun.

Spring

Pennys Miscellany | Hop Along

The Nifty Pixel | A Tad Torn, Stamped Stencil Alpha

Font | Jasmine Reminiscentse

Pink Reptile Design Challenge

I did a challenge from Mirjam's blog.  I followed the theme of challenge but didn't use a journaling tip from it.  That may disqualify me from getting the $10 gift certificate.

I Can't Live Without Scrapping

This layout is for the April challenge on Pink Reptile Design's blog.

Pink Reptile Designs | True To Yourself

Font | Playtime With Hot Toddies

Last challenge for the month of April at The Lilypad

I finished up the 7 challenges for April today.  I thought of the idea a couple nights ago.  Did one version of it last night but realized it was my original plan, so I did version 2 this morning.  I like the second one better.  I'll post them both, though.  The final version is thoughts about my life RIGHT NOW and a bit more personal.  I worked FOREVER on the stitched frames.  I cut apart some 3x4 frames and pieced them back together in a mix and match.  I was going to clip plain paper to the letters but decided to keep the grungier brown ones.

I used bits and pieces from my newly acquired kits since my guest Polly spot finished.

Random Thought About My Life

Amy Martin | Three by Four Stitched Frame - cut apart & reassembled

Little Butterfly Wings | Picture Perfect, Hip Hop Hooray Alpha

Valorie Wibbens | Sprinkles V12 - elements

Laurie Ann | My Story - wood heart

Kim Jensen | Rhyme & Reason - button

Allison Pennington | Springaling - paper

Fonts | Manhattan Darling, The Blanche (Heather Joyce font)

The 1st version that I did NOT go with.

Now that I see it again, I'm not that unhappy with it.  Oh, well....

M3 April 15 Challenge #1

New month for M3 means a new challenge.  The first one is always about the 3 words that were used as the theme by the designers.  I chose struggle and hope as my inspiration.  It's about the change from last year at this time to now and how I feel.

Struggle to Hope

Lynne-Marie, Just Jaimee, Little Butterfly Wings, Sissy Sparrows | M3 April 15 Main Kit

Font | 01tama

I Missed Wednesday...

Wednesday, a new Pocket Scrapping Art Journal challenge was posted but I didn't get back to it because Ewan was going home and I was expecting Vivi to arrive for a sleep-over.  I have a few minutes now while Vivi plays with her toys.  I like that there are some definite parameters for this challange.  Still using Amy's templates but leaving LOTS of white space.

I used the newest M3 kit which just came out yesterday.

Tomorrow

This is a layout for the April 15th Pocket Scrapping Art Journal Challenge.  If you haven\'t tried this, it\'s REALLY fun (and profitable)  Look for it in the Scrapping Pad.

Amy Martin | Project Grids_Sixty Twelve v5 - template

Lynne-Marie, Quirky Heart, Just Jaimee, Sissy Sparrows, Little Butterfly Wings | M3 April Main Kit

Allison Pennington | Not Pictured - staples

Dunia Designs & Two Tiny Turtles

I pulled as much blue as I could from Dunia's new kit for this layout about Ewan.  Ewan was spending the night and he helped put this layout together.  He chose the photo and some of the colors for the ellies.  It was fun working with him.

Truck

Dunia Designs | Greatest Day bundle

Two Tiny Turtles | Remember Those Days - template bundle

Fonts | Bebas, Another Typewriter

Second layout with Dunia Designs & LJS Designs

I love this template for the super large photo of Vivian crawling through her tunnel.  The bright colors called for a colorful treatment to the photo.  I used a bunch of stylets from RadLab for that.

Big Smiles

Dunia Designs | Greatest Day bundle

LJS Designs | Photo Focus: Tuck It In

Font | Angelina

RadLab | Lights On, Oh Snap, Punch Out, Prettyizer, Vanilla Kiss

New layouts for the Friday New Releases at Scrap Stacks

Dunia Designs put out a new bundle of brightly colored papers, elements and cards.  I paired it with Lorie's Tuck It In template.  The large photos really pop with the bright colors.  I love it!  I've used this photo before but not at Scrap Stacks.

So Happy Together

Dunia Designs | Greatest Day bundle

LJS Designs | Photo Focus: Tuck It In

Two Tiny Turtles | Remember Those Days (I used the clusters from the template)

Fonts | KG Shake It Off Chunky, Pea Amy, Janda Elegant Handwriting, MA Sexy

This quote cracked me up!

While going through my Pinterest boards I came across a quote I had pinned years ago.  It made me think immediately of the freebie photo Sissy Sparrows gave for the Cock n Bull Challenge.  I just had to make this layout.  It cracks me us so much.

Punctuation

Another use of the Cock n Bull freebie from Sissy Sparrows

Sissy Sparrows | Room 19-Project #1, Gardeners Journal, Butterfly Exodus, Beautifully Different

Font | You Are Loved

Scraparazzi

I found a kit on Scrap Stacks by River Rose that she did as a collab with Pink Reptile Designs (Mirjam).  I can use the kit in both shops TLP & SS.  I used it as an opportunity to use another of Two Tiny Turtles' template.  I had a lot of trouble tweaking the template for the colors and papers of River Rose's side of the collab.  I think it turned out okay.  I turned the photo b/w with the color photo as a blended overlay.

After uploading this layout, I realized I moved all of the template but didn't save it to web size.  I'll go get it and we can compare them.

First version:

@ The Rock

River Rose & Pink Reptile Designs | Scraparazzi

Two Tiny Turtles | Just For You

Fonts | Bebas, AMDAlmostTyped

Version 2 -- I like this one better.

Polly Picks Challenge - Melissa

I had 5 of the kits that were on Melissa list of kits.  I only needed to use 3 of them, but I used them all.  I had to recolor the two stapled hearts to make the color scheme work.

Sock Baby - Polly Picks [Melissa]

All items are Polly Picks from Melissa.

CD Muckosky | A Blessed Life, Markerific

Just Jaimee | Siblings Elements (March BYOC)

Heather Joyce | The Silver Reed

Laurie Ann | You and Me Alphabets

Font | Manhattan Darling

Kate Hadfield Challenge

On Kate Hadfield's blog she has a challenge each month with a freebie template.  The requirement is to use at least 50% Kate products on the layout.  Her style is not my usual style but I have accumulated quite a few of her kits, so I thought I would play this month.  I immediately thought of Ewan giving bubbles Karate chops for the template.  I think it turned out cute!

Take THAT! you bubbles...

For the April Challenge on Kate Hadfield's blog.

Kate Hadfield | Super Duper Too, Inbox Inspiration - template freebie

Lynne-Marie | Robots And Aliens -blue paper

Splendid Fiins | Superhero - red paper

Fonts | Bevan, The Blanche (Heather Joyce font)

The Scrap Pack Challenge for April

This challenge was particularly hard as the 5 kits in the pack do not have complimentary color schemes and there are no 3-dimensional elements in any of them.  I did the best I could.

Unlikely Friends - April Scrap Pack Challenge

Used the April Scrap Pack

Dunia Designs | Hey Girl

ValC Designs | Creative Box Easter

Digital Scrapbook Ingredients | Behind the Scenes

Emily Abamson | ATC Pocket Cards

WendyP | Pocket Protector

Recipe Challenge at Scrap Stacks

The challenges are up at Scrap Stacks, but not many people are participating so I thought I would throw a layout their way.  I used two new kits for it, another Two Tiny Turtles template and a ValC Designs kit.  I had to add some extra odds and ends to fulfill the recipe.  I think it turned out nicely.  I've used this photo in an TLP layout, so I thought it would be okay in an SS laysout.

Together - April Recipe Challenge

Two Tiny Turtles | The Best Time - template, Project Me: Dream - flowers, paper, star

River Rose | You Can Bloom - paper

ValC Designs | Art Book_Posing Art - brad, string, Journey Documented - papers, journal card, paper strip, flowers

Penny's Miscellany | Hop Along - paper

Fonts | Bebas Neue, The Sophia

Imitate & Stimulate Challenge #1

That crazy dog decided he need to go out at 2:30 am.  I sit down at the computer to pass the time waiting for him -- he is taking forever to wander the yard.  I'm not wearing my glasses, but I come across the Sissy Sparrows challenge.  The inspiration piece is wierd.  I see (squinting) a girl who looks trapped to me with craziness going on in her head.  I have to use 75% Sissy Sparrows stuff -- I don't have too much.  I pick out a beautiful orangy brown rose shaped background paper.  Put a few things on the page, the crazy scribbles I put on her head are not visible.  I play with the blending mode and the paper turns blue -- the inspiration piece has blue.  Don't ask me why... but it's done!

In my non-glasses state, I put in the wrong punctuation so I had to do a redo.

Don't Ask Me Why!

Sissy Sparrows Imitate & Stimulate Challenge $1

Sissy Sparrows | Butterfly Exodus, Gardeners Journal, Room 19-Project #1, Beautifully Different

Font | Stencil Std.

The inspiration piece....

I know, they don't resemble each other at all.  Hey, that art journaling!

Two layouts with Sissy Sparrows new kit -- Room 19

Sissy Sparrows is now a regular designer at The Lilypad.  They introduced a new set of AJ kits that are released as a bundle.  It is introduced at the amazing price of $5.  

I used it to make a page for the journaling challenge about an inanimate object.  I chose the iron butterfly that I took a picture of during an experiment in my photography class.  The other layout is for a challenge to tell a cock n bull story using the man's photograph somehow on the page.

I only saved the SS challenge (cock n bull) layout in web size since I probably won't print it out.

Iron Butterfly

Sissy Sparrows | Room 19 - Project #1

Kim Jensen | Phrames

Heather Joyce | The Dorothy

Headmaster - Cock n Bull AJ Challenge #1

Totally made up story....

Sissy Sparrows | Project 19 -Project #1

Heather Joyce | The Blanch - font

Journaling Cards Are Not Just For Journaling

Dunia's new kit is all journaling cards.  I liked the colors and the patterns in the cards, but I'm not a pocket scrapper.  I thought it would be a great challenge to use them in a clustery layout.

I enlarged one card to make the background paper.  I had to clone out a heart and some words, double it and merge the two to make the woodgrain paper.  I isolated the heart on one card to make an element.  I had to go into a different kit to get flowers and button though.

I loved the color combination and thought it cried for a black and white photo.  I love the crop on this photo of Vivi.  I used 7 stylets for achieve the photo treatment.

Vivian

I enlarged and cropped different journaling cards to make all the papers and some of the elements from Dunia's kit.

Dunia Designs | Documenting Everyday: You, You Are My Sunshine (flowers, buttons, string from an older kit from my stash)

Two Tiny Turtles | Quirky Love - template

LJS Designs | Tiny Dancer - button, ribbon, leaves

Font | Bebas Neue

RadLab | Oh, Snap, Clarify, Divine Light, Lights On x2, Super Fun Happy, B.A.M.F. BW

Friday New Releases at Scrap Stacks

First up is a kit called Tiny Dancer.  It's pretty feminine but I needed to do a layout about Ewan.  I think the kit worked pretty well for a guy layout, too.

Love this photo of Ewan, all relaxed watching his TV show.

Relaxin' and in my groove....

LJS Designs | Tiny Dancer, A Different Drummer

Two Tiny Turtles | Something Magical - template

Fonts | HelloJunieB, The Silver Reed, The Dorothy

Pocket Scrapping Art Journal Challenge for April 8, 2015

The challenge was to write a note to yourself.  So I went with something personal but rather lighthearted.  I'm using a set of templates for this months challenges from Amy Martin.  The colors really make me happy.  I used Allison's kit since I've only used it once before.

Since my guest Polly spot, I'm trying to reuse most of the kits I got during my gig.  There are quite a few since I scrapped more than 35 pages.

Do Tell

Pocket Scrapping Art Journal Challenge for April 8, 2015

This is a note to myself.

Allison Pennington | Talk to Me

Amy Martin | Project Grids: Sixty Twelve V.5  -template

Heather Joyce | The Blanche - font

A BUMMER Page

ForeverJoy Designs has a challenge on her blog to scrap a BUMMER page.   I've had this photo of Ewan's pouty face in my plans to scrap, but I wanted to do it delicately.  I think I managed that.  I can identify totally with the pout, I was a master at it most of my life!  I used three papers, each with a blending mode, to achieve the color and worn look of the background paper.  Everything else is pretty much straight out of the camera and kit.

I'm NOT Happy!

This is a layout for SCRAP A BUMMER, April Foreverjoy # JoyCreated Challenge.

ForeverJoy | Wild

Font | Traveling Typewriter

Update -- This layout was chosen by Gallery Standouts as a selection for 4-9-15.  Yippee!!

Another scraplift

I found another layout I loved on Pinterest.  It is a traditional paper layout so the shadowing was going to be key in lifting it.  I had trouble finding a string that could be enlarged to stretch across 12 inches.  I'm not entirely happy with the button/string intersection.  I had to put shadows on their own layer and then use layer masks to erase shadows that were out of place.  Finding banners was tricky, too.  I was prepared to make my own with some masks and sheets of paper but I found so many ready made I just went that route.  I like the page and it is a true nod to the original, but there are a LOT of differences, too.

This layout works for the Product Challenge at TLP.  The challenge was to use patterned paper.  I guess the actual patterned sheets of paper I used are only behind the photos, but there is plenty of it in the banners, too.

Twirl - April Product Challenge

Pink Reptile Designs | True to Yourself, Everyday of the Week, Seriously, Heimili - brads, tags, banners

Little Butterfly Wings | Neverending Chores, Free As a Bird, M3 Aug & Sept 14 - stickers, alpha, banner

Allison Pennington | Talk 2 Me, Hayrides & Smiles, Rainy Days & Mondays, Bright, Flock Together - tags, stitiching, buttons, string

Just Jaimee |Doodled Page Borders, M3 Jan 15, Year in Review - stitching, tags, border

Laurie Ann | Stardust Basics, Destination Adventure - pennants

Lynne-Marie | Manic Monday, Land of Odds, Mixed Media, M3 Mar 15 - banners, tag, clock

Forever Joy | Hello, Be - brads, tags

One Little Bird | At Weeks End, Photo Pockets - journal lines, banner

Amy Wolff | Its All Good - tag

Anita Designs | Its Splash Time - string

Heather Joy | The Dorothy - font 

This is a scraplift of a traditional paper layout by Nic Howard.

Here's the original:

The Lilypad Speed Scrap

I did my first speed scrap.  It included a CHAT which I got to 50 minutes late.  I only had an hour to complete the page and I did it in 50 minutes.  I went with the minimalist style but got rather artsy with the photo treatment.  In RadLab I used Super Fun Happy (11%), Troy (48%), Rusty Cage (89%).  I had to recolor the background paper from bright yellow to orange.

Here are the instructions I followed:

1) Select on picture for your page and crop it into a rectangle. place it in the middle of your page (horizontally) and towards the top (vertically) Try to leave some space on the right side of the picture for layering later on.

2) Select a neutral background and layer it over a patterned or brightly colored background.

3) Using patterned/colored papers, create 4 paper rectangles underneath the picture. You may repeat papers if you want.

4) Add some elements to your page: a) add some sort of border - stitching, paint, paper, etc.; b) add some element(s) layered over the bottom left of the rectangle paper pieces; c) add an element(s) layered over the right side of the picture.

5) Add a title that layers over the right of the picture (near/layered with the elements)

6) Add a little journaling to the page (as much or little as you want) - you can use word art or journal cards if you like  Place the journaling wherever you want.

Here's the layout:

Take Flight - Speed Scrap

Amber LaBau | Metamorphosis

Just Jaimee | Year In Review - stitiching

Heather Joyce | The Blanche

*Some items have been recolored

M3 March Challenge #2

So far I'm the only person who has made a layout for the challenge.  At this rate I'm a shoe-in to get the gift certificate.

The challenge was to use the rule of thirds.  I blended two papers for the background.  I decided to do a lot of journaling to make the AJ page truly personal and meaningful to me.

It's My Life - M3 March Challenge #2

"Rule of Thirds" Challenge

Little Butterfly Wings, Just Jaimee, Lynne-Marie, Quirky Heart, Sissy Sparrows | M3 Mar 15 Main Kit

Little Butterfly Wings | M3 Mar 15 Add-On Word Art

Kim Jensen | Ragged Edges - staples

Heather Joyce | The Blanche - font

One Word Challenge -- Blessing

I found the original layout on Pinterest.  I couldn't get to the original source to see what kit she used so I made up elements and paper from TLP products.  I had to do some extensive recoloring and resizing to make the scale and color palette.  I also had to construct the stitched stars and arrows from bits and pieces.  I did a lot of shadowing on separate layers.  The proportions are off from the original layout because my photo did not lend itself to a square.  I fixed that somewhat by doing the double staggered frames.

I added a title for the challenge.  The journaling was just for me.  It took forever to post the credits. After exploring the internet, I found the original source and found the kit at The Sweet Shoppe.  But I was already done and wasn't going to redo it.  Plus 75% needs to be TLP products to be posted in the challenge.  I may buy the kit anyway, as it is a great boy kit and it has lots of Ewan's favorite colors.

What a Blessing

This is a scraplift of a layout by Maria Lacuesta.
To get the color palette and to use all TLP products, I had to do a LOT of recoloring, resizing and masking.

Gina Miller | Celebrate, background polka dot paper (recolored and SUPER sized!)
Amber LeBau | Better Together- paper & ribbon (recolored)
Pink Reptile Designs | Seriously -flowers (recolored), Everyday of the Week - screw, Under the Weather - ticket, string (recolored), I Believe in Miracles - button, Simple Things - arrow (used as a mask)
Amy Wolff | All Time Low - arrows (used as masks), paper (used in arrow & star masks), Manic Monday - string (recolored), Go.See.Do. - ribbon & tag, Destination - arrow (used as a mask)
Jacque Larsen | Digi Tape 15, Zero to Hero - star (used as a mask)
Kaye Winiecki | From A to Z - tape
Valorie Wibbens | Sprinkles V30 - ribbon
Allison Pennington | Flock Together - flower & ticket 
Amy Martin | stitching (cut/pasted to form star stitching, recolored)
Forever Joy | Wild One - button, Be - button
Kim Jensen | Painted White - alpha, stitching, staples
Quirky Heart | M3 Mar 15 - button, Oh Baby - arrow (used as a mask)
Heather Joyce | The Rose - font

ValC Designs

I loved the look of this Art Journaling kit by a guest designer at Scrap Stacks.  It went together so nicely.  I especially love the messy strings.  I had trouble getting the transparent pocket from cutting right across Chris or Rachel's face.  I think I struck a happy medium.  I put all the string shadows on separate layers.

Picture Perfect

ValC Designs | Art Box: Posing Art

Font | AMDAlmostTyped

RadLab | B.A.M.F b/w, Lights On, Oh, Snap, Clarify, Divine Light 1

Penny's Miscellany

I did a layout for my last assigned designer.  It has very bright, cheerful colors.  Most of the examples for the kit are heavily clustered, so I thought I would do one with more white space.  I wanted a more muted background so I blended two papers for the pattern and reduced the transparency on both sheets.

I added Danielle's vellum sheets because the top was lacking some design to balance the title/clustered area.  I felt like it needed some paint, too.

The photo was a little blurry, but the expression is so priceless I wanted to use it anyway.  I only used Lights On in RadLab to treat the photo.

Egg Hunt Fun

Penny's Miscellany | Hop Along

Danielle Young | Vellum Basics I, Vellum Basics II

ValC Designs | Art Box: Art Posing

Font | AMDAlmostTyped

Spring Ahead

I fell in love with the card of the bird.  The colors are so pretty.  I designed the entire layout around that card.  I didn't use a template for this one as Penny doesn't want us to use them all the time.

Spring makes...

LJS Designs | Spring Ahead

Fonts | Isabella, Bebas Neue

Friday -- New Releases at Scrap Stacks

I used items from two of my assigned designers, Dunia Designs & LJS Designs.  I also used a template by Two Tiny Turtles as my designer of choice.

Dunia's kit was only journaling cards so I enlarged them to make paper.  I used the elements from Lorie's kit.

Smile

Dunia Designs | Documenting Everyday: One Fine Day

Two Tiny Turtles |A Bucket Full of Memories - template

LJS Designs | Spring Ahead - elements

Font | The Sophia

*Some items have been resized and recolored.

Two Tiny Turtles

I've developed a designer crush on Two Tiny Turtles.  Her templates are great for clustering.  A scrapper named Celine (Louso) uses her templates and I really admire her talent.  TTT did a kit this month at Scrap Stacks so used this opportunity to use it and a new template.  I lifted a layout by Celine.  I used one of my favorite photos of Alexis.  Alexis doesn't particularly like the photo but it's my layout so I used it.

I used 4 stylets from RadLab on the photo and blended the untouched colored photo onto the b/w one.  It has a dreamy quality now.

Dream

Two Tiny Turtles | Project Me: Dream, Happy Ho Ho Ho - template

Font | Amelian Script

BYOC Challenge for April at The Lilypad

I was able to make this with kits I got while a guest Polly.  The RadLab filters are Lights, On; Oh, Snap; Warm It Up Kris;  Sugar Rush; Iron Mouse; Antique Tone.

Never Grow Up

Kaye Winiecki | A Pretty Mess, Its All About the Grid

Jacque Larsen | Digi Tapes 15

Amy Wolff | Pixie Dust

Quirky Heart | Oh Baby

Heather Joyce | The Rose - font

Last BYOC as a Guest Polly

This layout was put together in 20 minutes, which is a record for me.  I love it.

Love & Pixie Dust

Amy Wolff | Pixie Dust, Messy Marvin 6, March Messy Marvin

Laurie Ann | Happies Basics, Summer Cottage - frames

Heather Joyce | The Sophia - font

Scraplift Challenge for the April Challenges at TLP

We needed to look through the newest Polly's gallery for a layout to lift.  I looked for a more minimalist design since my goal this month is to work with that design more.  Here are her version and then my version.

Wonder

Pink Reptile Designs | Accident Prone

Forever Joy | Wild One - wordart

Amy Martin | Talk to Me - alpha, wordart

Allison Pennington | Not Pictured - pocket, frame

Quirky Heart | My Manly Man - stamp

Font | KG I need a font

BYOC - April at The Lilypad

This is such a pretty kit.  I loved making a layout with it.

Love & Pixie Dust

Amy Wolff | Pixie Dust, Messy Marvin 6, March Messy Marvin

Laurie Ann | Happies Basics, Summer Cottage - frames

Heather Joyce | The Sophia - font

BYOC for April at TLP

I was able to participate in the BYOC as a Guest Polly for April as long as I got my layouts in by March 31st.   I took this photo always intending to scrap it and Mirjam's kit was PERFECT.

Seriously!?

Pink Reptile Designs | Accident Prone

Kaye Winiecki | It\'s All About the Grid A Pretty Mess

Amy Martin | Sixty Twelve v4

Heather Joyce | The Sarah - font

Do you notice anything on the layout below?

I thought that the word "ouch" was misspelled but I used it anyway.  The designer corrected it but didn't notify me.  I saw it correctly spelled on another person's layout so I downloaded the kit again and sure enough it's been fixed.  I had to go to all the sites I posted it at and replace the thumbnails.  Looks much better now.

City Soul by ValC Designs

Saw this kit at Scrap Stacks and thought of some of the buildings I got photos of in NYC.  I wanted to do an artsy layout, but it turned out more of a collage.  I may have to play with it more later.  I wanted the gold threads by The Nifty Pixel and I thought they would go great by the golden doors of an entrance I shot going through Manhattan.

Scenes of NYC

ValC Designs | City Soul

The Nifty Pixel | Gold Thread V.1

Fonts | InsertFun, Traveling Typewriter

$5 April Scrap Stack kit

The new kit for the month came out at Scrap Stacks.  I made three layouts to showcase how it can be used.  Here is the first:

Vivi

Dunia Designs | Hey Girl

Emily Abramson | ATC Pocket Cards

Wendy P | Page Protectors 2

RadLab | Prettyizer, Divine Light, Oh Snap

Summer Fun

The April Scrap Pack for $5 is the BEST deal ever!!

Digital Scrapbook IngredientsI | Behind the Scenes - template

Danielle Young Designs | Fresh Air - journal cards, resized 

Dunia Designs | Hey Girl - paper

Jennifer Labre | Reminisce - stitching, Just a Boy - button, flower

LJS Designs | A Different Drummer - staples

Meeting Friends

ValC Designs | Creative Box - Easter