Tuesday, January 31, 2012

everywhere a lo:

You guessed it I have 2 more layouts to share with you


 


Yes the past week or so I have been very busy crafting and scrapping away {I even fit in some time to make a title page for project life and get an album together for PL}


 


 


 


First up these 2 little cuties caught themselves a wild piglet,


thanks daddy for documenting this oh so awesome event.


Yep this is another digi layout. What’s really cool about this whole concept is


these 2 girls don’t belong to me {I know, I know they so could be}.


I can upload this LO to a printing website or email the file


to there mothers and they can print the LO themselves,


and it’s no extra work or product for me!


 


 


 


So Much Love


product used:


Sketch: Simple Scrapper Premium


Paper & Elements: Paislee Press-this much, one little bird-making a list


Brush: Ali Edwards: outline love


 




 


And here is my take with the same template using paper


 


 


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product used:


Paper: Bazzill, My Minds Eye lost & found, Jillibean Apple Cheddar Soup,


Jenni Bowlin Red Black Extension, American Crafts Amy Tangerine


{Square mat, note card from Studio Calico}


Letters: American Craft Thickers, Authentique Petite Type Square


Embellishments: Lace & Flowers/bird Webster’s Page’s, yoyo Basic Grey, button and other flowers misc.


Tiny Attacher Tim Holtz, Label Martha Stewart for Avery, Sticko heart,


Other: date stamp, Sharpie, Chipboard Ribbon, Mist Studio Calico Mr. Huey Machine Stitching


Sketch: Simple Scrapper premium membership


 


 


Above LO's weremade using the simpple scrapper premiun membership



Sunday, January 29, 2012

here's a layout:

This is a busy week for me,


1. It’s the end of a fiscal year where I work


2. CHA-Winter in Anaheim Ca. and I am lucky enough to work at the


Love My Tapes booth


3. I get to show you my DT Layouts from Simple Scrapper


 


 


 


So here they are


Using a simple scrapper premium membership Sketch


I made these 3 Lo’s


2 are digi and one traditional paper.


 


 


 


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product used:


Sketch: Simple Scrapper Premium Membership


Paper: Paislee Press-this much, Kitty Designs-flight, One Little Bird-making a list


Element: Paislee Press-round about


Font: PeaTinapay, American typewriter


 


 


 


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product used:


Sketch: Simple Scrapper Premium Membership


Paper: Paislee Press-this much love, Kitty Designs-flight,


One Little Bird-making a list


Brush: Ali Edwards-hello life boxes


Font: Pea Whitney Rae


 


 


 


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product used:


 


Paper: Crate Paper Emma’s & Neighborhood collections, My Minds Eye Lost & Found, American Crafts Amy Tangerine, Authentique splendid


Stickers/Letters: October Afternoon Grey & Cream mini market & % & Dime word stickers, Cosmo Cricket tiny type, AC Thickers, AC Amy Tangerine remarks, Sticko hearts, Ormolu badges, tree hugger


Misc: Arrow, Stitching, and Dollie, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Mist Studio Calico Mr. Huey & Glimmer Mist Glaze Machine Stitching


Sketch: Simple Scrapper premium membership


 


 


All above Layout's used a simple scrapper premium mebership sketch


 





Saturday, January 28, 2012

one on saturday:

Here is the first of many LO’s to come this week.


This was a challenge for the Simple Scrapper Design Team.


 


We had to pick a previous released sketch and we had challenges to do adapt it with.


I chose to take a sketch and scale it down.


Since I always use super small photos like instax and instagram,


this worked really well for me


 


 


here is my LO


 


Beach


 


product used:


Sketch: simple scrapper preium membership 


Photo: simple crafter instax mini template


Brush: ali Edwards, hello life


Paper: pink paisley, crate paper, echo park, hambly, kraft card stock


Stickers: MM, studio calico


Mix tape: AC


Twine: knot & bow


Mist: studio calico


Other: Webster’s pages whimsies, buttons, tiny attacher,


date stamp, machine stitching and Epson printer


 


 


above LO used a simple scrapper preium membership sketch


 


 


Oh Boy CHA-Winter starts tomorrow!


if you are there stop band see me in the Love my Tapes booth



Thursday, January 26, 2012

insta friday:

It’s Friday


 


You know what that means.


Yep I am linking up with Jeannett over at Life Rearranged


For insta Friday


 


Here is a look into my week via instagr.am


 


 


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1. my little Cassie girl


 


2. my local post office


 


3. it rained here on Monday


 


4. a beautiful Sunday sky


 


5. The sky was so red Tuesday night


 


6. mmm pastries


 


7. Costco trip


 


8. home is where the heart is


 


9. a good way to start the day


 


 


are you linking up today?


 


next week is a big week


come check it out!



Wednesday, January 25, 2012

final project of 2011:

That's right it's all wrapped up!


 


 


I am so proud of myself.


Why you ask?


Because I wrapped up my last remaining 2011 project.


Yep with a whole week left of January too.


Finally made it to the scrappy store to get me some


“binding” for the “bind it all”, so I could “bind it all” together.


Phew that was a lot to say.


 


 


So now for the photos.


 


 


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the album all wrrapped up and ready to be away untill next year.


 


 


 


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a side view of the "binding"


 


 


 


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Just some random kids I got a card from...lol


 


 


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a card to go along with it's envelope, {woops if you can read my address feel free to send me a card too}


 


 


 


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My xmas card


 


 


 


 


 


 


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random card showing how I used the top to bind it


 


 


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decorated cover


 


 


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My 2011 Xmas Card Book



{Products used: Echo Park, My Minds, Eye October Afternoon, Maya Road,


May Art, SRM, Martha Stewart, Smash Book Stamp, Thickers


 


 


 


Do you keep your Christmas Cards?


if so


how do you store them?


 


P.S. did you know this is my 96 post on this blog


amazing right?


 


Leave me a comment if you would like to see a giveaway


 



Monday, January 23, 2012

feb photo prompt:

Yay I am so excited!


 


Fat Mum Slim has made us a new photo prompt for February.


 


Go check her blog out for all the info of photo a day


 


 


I have done pretty well at keeping up, not necessarily taking photos of the prompts but using them when needed!


You can follow me on instagram my user name is aimeemaddern


 


if you dont have an iphone you can follow from your dsktop here


 


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It is so fun to see the wonderfully awsome photos people take


it is truly inspiring!


 


do you instagram?



Sunday, January 22, 2012

dd the last chapter:

 


Finally I am done with my December Daily. Well kind of.


I still have 2 photos to print then add. Otherwise my DD is sitting on the coffee table till I put it away for next year.


Here is my original post on how I attempted this process.


 


I did really well working on the book for the first 2 weeks of December.


Here and here are my first 2 post of my DD


Then the final count down of Christmas began and I lost all interest.


My approach to the project did change once I started.


After buying a premade book {which I loved} I started adding my own pages.


I incorporated a lot of junk mail that came during the month.


I didn’t always have a photo or story to tell, so I winged it.


 


After Christmas was over I went to Staples, and saw Martha Stewart and Avery had new products.


I kept eyeing the new stuff trying to think how I could use it.


I stated to wrap up my DD, and I wasn’t really feeling it.


I went out and bought some of this new product and this is what I came up with.


 


 


 


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I got this little red 3 ring binder from staples. The stretchy band was from packing on a Starbucks gift.


 


 


 


 


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Side view of the spine, I added the metal label holder, and used Ali Edwards stamps


 


 


 


 


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Front page {the needlepoint Dec 25 my aunt made}


 


 


 


 


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As you can see I bought page protectors for the book


and trimmed my pages to fit {a few were larger then the sleeves}


 


 


 


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Some pages were smaller and I did what I could to adapt them.


 


 


 



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The little scrap on the right was a postcard I had picked up and added


 


 


 


 


 


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Some pages were smaller and I did what I could to adapt them.


 


 


 


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You can see the previous holes that were punched. Since this project got redesigned at the last minute, I am gonna accept it.


 


 


 


 


 


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Lots of pages got trimmed down lots of random pages got added


 


 


 


 


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I got these emails as a count down to Christmas day; I knew I wanted to add them to my book


 


 


 


 


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Yes this page is upside down, but I loved the image and it was my mistake, I am embracing it!


 


 


 


 


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I know these are not the best pictures, but hey I am not perfect why should my photos be?


 


Are your December projects all wrapped up?





 



Thursday, January 19, 2012

instafriday:

WOW


can you believe it's friday again...


where is this year going!


 


linkin up with life rearranged


 


 


 


Week 1-13-12


 


 


 


1. I have these funny little spurts of grass in my lawn


2. a bit cold for shorts, I will still rock them


3. purchased, hello kitty


4. sample of table numbers for an upcoming wedding


5. can you believe these letters were grouped together, total photo opp.


{they are my initials}


6. a cool but beautiful day at the beach!


7. gorgeous


8. pink chairs=love!


9. lunch at the habit


 


 


3 weeks down, 49 to go


 


but who's counting!


 


are you linkin up today?


 



Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Announcing the Simple Scrapper Team:

 


it's official




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I am on a design team!




Is Your Story Being Told?


 


please hop on over to The Simple Scrapper Site


and see what they are all about.


I have had a lot of fun this past week playing with their sketches, both for paper and digital!


 


So simple and fun!


 


And while your hopping around the web, check out the rest of this amazing design team!


Can't wait till I can start showing you my work!


 



Sunday, January 15, 2012

around the net:

People post some of the most inspirational stuff on the Internet.


Here are a few for this week


 


 


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image from this post


 


 


 


 


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image from this post


 


 


 


 


 


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sorry, can't remember where I got this one


 


 


 


 


 


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image from this post


 


 


 


 


 


Web logo


studio calico class


 


Are you participating in: a photo a day?


{aka potd}


So far so good for me it's my alternative approach to project life