Shoot and Edit: Thanksgiving edit

I ran through this edit pretty quickly last night with the help of a couple of actions...

• Ashley's Nice & Easy action - adjusted layers to taste;
• HDR action minus the HDR_for_Dummies2 portion - I only used the shadow portions, as I didn't like what the other part did to the photo;
• added a new Hue/Saturation layer and adjusted;
• rotated the image (not too unusual for me - my shot was crooked! Sure the subjects were straight, but we were on an incline and it was pretty obvious distraction to me to see the white house in the background tilted.) and cropped.

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Shoot and Edit: Thanksgiving

We spent our Thanksgiving holiday in Virginia visiting my mother, stepfather and brother. One of Dylan's favorite pastimes was playing with their dog, Tia. The two of them were so funny and completely wore each other out daily. I caught this moment of pause in their outdoor play of chasing and sticks on Saturday morning.

ISO 100, ss 1/400, f5.6

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halloween '09

Photos from Dylan's first Halloween and first party:


Supplies: Stampin' Up (blue) and miscellaneous (black) cardstock; American Crafts and October Afternoon patterned papers; black stamp ink; Micron black pen; Making Memories glitter letter stickers. Scraplift of 1 month layout on April 15th of dw2008.

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Halloween card

Fun little card I threw together for Marianne's Last Minute Halloween Card Challenge for Stamptoberfest at Two Peas:


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; miscellaneous kraft paper; Basic Grey patterned paper; Autumn Leaves pumpkin stamp; Staz-On black stamp pad; Le Plume II markers; Stickles; Stampin' Up "happy" stamp; Making Memories scallop border sticker & glitter letter stickers; foam adhesive. Inspired by October A Year in Cards class at Two Peas.

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Celebrate birthday card

I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday today:


Supplies: miscellaneous cardstock; Autumn Leaves flower stamp; blue stamp ink; Stampin' Up Celebrate stamp and white stamp ink; EK Success corner rounder punch; Signo Uniball white pen. Inspired by August A Year in Cards class at Two Peas.

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Got soothie?

Dylan loves his Soothie pacifier from the hospital.


Supplies: Stampin' Up cardstock (light blue); Bazzill cardstock (white); miscellaneous cardstock (navy blue); American Crafts letter stickers (white); Making Memories letter stickers (blue) & date stamp; Staz-On black stamp pad; QuicKutz tab die; Micron black pen.

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Lists & Coupons

I learned the value of coupon shopping from my mom. Although, admittedly, I found them somewhat annoying to deal with until I had to pay my own bills. Funny how that works. ;)

These days I organize my coupons in a big 3-ring binder with a zipper closure. It makes it easy for me to flip through and find the coupon I want. I try to pull most before we head out to the store & stick them in a plastic pencil pocket in the front. Others I will grab as I need while we shop.

Realizing I will soon be juggling a baby in a carrier seat along, I don't want to even pretend to try and carry the binder with me on every grocery trip. Instead, I went back to a craft project I bookmarked months ago on Elizabeth's Covered in Crafts blog - an altered folder organizer. It struck me as a fun craft project and simple way to store my shopping list & coupons for a specific trip that I could easily just drop into my purse or the diaper bag.

Here's my completed project:

And the inside:

Supplies: manila file folder; Bazzill (white), Stampin' Up (green) and the Paper Company (blue) cardstock; TaDa patterned papers; QuicKutz Moxie font; American Crafts ribbon; Xyron adhesive and laminate/adhesive cartridges.

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Fav childhood Cartoons

Fun layout for my childhood scrapbook album - a few of my favorite cartoons growing up:


Lots of inspiration here: Sande Krieger's A Beach is a Beach layout in the July 09 issue of Scrapbooks Etc; Two Peas weekly challenge Angular; Terri's Scrappin' Mojo stash challenge; Journaling Junkie challenge #60; and Mix It Up!!! mixer 24.

Supplies: Stampin' Up cardstock; Scenic Route patterned paper & labels; Fontwerks labels; EK Success threading water punch; Sharpie and Micron pens; staples; scrap ribbon from receiving blanket packaging; Making Memories brads and letter stickers.

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Betcha Didn't Know

Yesterday I received Pat's circle journal, Betcha Didn't Know, in the mail. She asked us to share at least 5 things about ourselves. I started on my list a week ago thinking it might take a while, but once I got going, I ended up with a list of 17 things!

Here are my pages:


Supplies: Stampin' Up (blue) and Bazzill (white) cardstock; black stamp ink; Prima flower; Making Memories brad & tiny alpha letter stickers; Crystal Wilkerson's Inked Edges template #1; Micron black pen; EK Success border punch; miscellaneous photo corners & Mickey head eyelet; Gilligans Island, Jenkins v2.0, 2peas Blocks - Scrapbooking, and Walt Disney Script fonts.

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hello feet

A couple of years ago, I saw a fun pregnancy layout on Two Peas called Yoo Hoo Feet. I bookmarked the page for future reference and so glad I did. Since loosing sight of my own feet around 28 weeks, I thought it would be fun to create my own page. Yesterday I had Trent take a photo of me tipping over to catch a glimpse of my feet. I lifted the page design from my friend Nylene's 8 layout.


Supplies: Stampin' Up cardstock; Bazzill cardstock; Making Memories rub-on letters; Die Cuts with a View adhesive backed cardstock; QuicKutz Studio font; Cloud 9 patterned paper; EK Success corner rounder punch.

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brothers

My cousin's two boys. :) I took these photos during a visit at Thanksgiving when the youngest was only 7 days old.


Supplies: Stampin' Up cardstock; Frances Meyer patterned paper; Making Memories journaling paper; Micron black pen; Die Cuts with a View adhesive backed cardstock; QuicKutz Studio font. Inspired by the Two Peas April Super Sketches class.

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

Hope you have a wonderful day! :)


Supplies: all Stampin' Up products.

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Thursday Thirteen #4: Scrapbooking Favorites

Thirteen of my scrapbooking favorites right now:

1. Making Memories tiny alpha letter stickers - I seem to use these quite frequently on layouts and cards
   
2. Stampin' Up Whisper White ink pad
3. Sketches & Challenges - excellent for reviving that mojo when I want to scrap, but am struggling with what direction to take.
   
4. StazOn black ink pad
5. We R Memory Keepers 12x12 photo sleeve pages - these are making it so easy for me to quickly add my Project 365 photos to my album.
   
6. Punches - especially corner rounder and border punches
   
7. Adobe Photoshop
   
8. Signo Uniball pens - white & silver
   
9. Chipboard
   
10. Tombow Mono Adhesive - my favorite adhesive for years. I grab a refill every time I'm at a craft store to make sure to have plenty on hand.
    
11. Scallops
    
12. Collages - whether cutting & piecing by hand or arranging on the computer & then printing, I'm loving this quick and easy way to add a lot of photos to a layout without the page seeming too busy.
    
13. American Crafts 3-ring albums - how did I ever survive without these? They make it so easy to add pages and mix & match sizes.
    

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Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to my sister, Mary! :)


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; miscellaneous light green cardstock; Prima flowers; Making Memories brads & patterned paper; Basic Grey patterned paper; Fiskars threading water punch; Stampin' Up stamps; StazOn ink.

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Easter Treats

This cute little treat box was one of the projects I made at the Stampin' Up party a couple weeks ago:


Have a beautiful Easter Sunday!

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Stampin' Up Party

I had a great time yesterday attending a Stampin' Up party. My neighbor's mother is a demonstrator and always has the cutest cards for us to create. These are the three I made:

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PhotoHunt: Warm

Searching for a photo for this week's PhotoHunt theme, I came across one my mom took in January 2008 of my sister's cat & dog curled up in my brother's lap. They loved to snuggle up together. :)

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Joe's Place

Last May, my friend, Kim, and I got together for a belated Christmas celebration. We had dinner at a restaurant downtown called Joe's Place which sadly closed it's doors last week. I guess I wasn't completely surprised. As you can tell from the photos - the restaurant was nearly empty. Only one other small party came in while we were there. Nonetheless, it was a shame to loose this special Raleigh spot.


Supplies: miscellaneous red cardstock; We R Memory Keepers patterned paper; black stamp ink; Fontwerks label sticker; Martha Stewart Crafts sepia pen; Stampin' Up black marker; Making Memories letter stickers

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Scrappy Fun

This past Saturday I enjoyed meeting my Two Peas friend, Lori, and spending the day scrapping at her house. We had so much fun! I'm already looking forward to our next get together. :)


One of the pages I completed was this cute one of my sister's dachshund, Wrigley. She is just too adorable all strapped into her seat ready to hit the road:


Supplies: Making Memories patterned paper, brads, date stamp, and felt letter stickers; miscellaneous cardstock; black stamp pad; QuicKutz metro font & tab die.

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Christmas Cards

A couple of quick cards using scraps from the Christmas Card page I shared yesterday:



Supplies: Die Cuts with a View cards; Autumn Leaves patterned paper; Staz-On black stamp pad; Stampin' Up Happy Everything stamps; Making Memories sticker.

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