He did it!!!

All the Scrapbooking and computer work paid off......my boy GRADUATED!

He still steals everything in sight and I swear he thinks that's funny....Taking things is a sport for him since he's never destroyed anything (yet) except for paper, but he can sure run fast when he knows that he has something he shouldn't.

This week I did a couple of cards for Scrapbooker's Paradise and although I'm not really a cardmaker, I did enjoy making these.  I think that making cards should be a natural extension for all Scrapbookers.  You get to use the leftover bits and you`re putting all those tools to good use.

Both cards use almost all of the identical products and yet they really do look quite different.  There are only a couple of products that are different and that's it.  I got the 'Winter Neighborhood Border' with Christmas cards in mind but I think that it would be great for "Congratulations on your New Home"or "Welcome Home" cards.  The little houses are adorable cut apart and they`re all different.  What you can`t see is how much embossing detail there is on each one of those.  The big Snowflake on the 'purple' card is mounted on an action wobble and it works great for this.  I still really love those things and they always make such an impact.

If you have any ideas for something that you would like to see or a tutorial on how to use a product or tool that you already have, just leave me a message and I`ll see what I can do.

Just some Updates......

Planning this weeks` Blog-post for Scrapbooker`s Paradise has made me think a lot about all of the pictures that I wish I`d taken.  I can`t imagine losing all of my pictures especially now that I`m older and my memory is not as good as it was.  I've reached that age where I can remember the things that I did years ago well...but I can`t remember why I even walked into a room and what I`m looking for.  At least I`m not this bad......

There are some great websites that will host your high resolution images at a fairly minimal cost.  For Scrapbooker`s a great option is Heritage Makers since you not only get to store images but you have access to so many elements for Photobooks and they are one of the best ways to create multiples.

I also use SmugMug and I've been using it for almost 8 years now.  This is a site that is really just dedicated to hosting images. They've made a lot of recent changes and I`m working on upgrading my site.  I`ve got the tab linked above.

I took the pictures for some good friends wedding a couple of years ago and their home was devastated by the flooding in Calgary and along with that all of their wedding pictures.  I`m so glad that I uploaded those photos so that I can get these back for them.

Check out all of the School Checklists on the August 18th post that I added of all of the things that I wish I`d done when my kids were in school.

On a lighter note, here`s an update on Mack`s training.........

He`s using the laptop now..........

Embed the Title for a subtle Look....

I was preparing something for the work blog this week and I suddenly got an idea and had to try it out.  I decided to try making my title stand out on my page but in a very subtle way so that it wouldn't take the eye off the pictures.

Here is the actual page that I did for 'Scrapbooker's Paradise'.  For the Blog, I did the background paper. This started as a plain white sheet of cardstock..

If you look closely, you will see the word 'mexico in the center row of pictures.  All of the pictures on this page have been raised somehow but the pictures are still intact overall.

Here is a close-up of some of the letters that were cut with very well used 'Word Play' alphabet die from Sizzix.

 

I started by printing my pictures twice and then I cut my letters from my selected photos.  I also cut each of my letters out of black fun foam.  For each letter, I glued a matching letter of foam to the back of my picture letters and then I carefully adhered each of the letters on to the matching images and made sure that they lined up perfectly.

For each of the other pictures, I just hand cut the portion that I wanted to stand out and carefully popped these up making sure that they lined up perfectly with the matching picture below.

I have used this 'Word Play' die so much and I still keep finding new ways to use it.  What's not to love!

I've had Mack in training for the last month and he seems to be coming along nicely,  Here's a picture of the little guy hard at work

Until next week,