On Solid Ground
I made it safely across the Atlantic but my access is a bit sketchy so it looks like I’ll be on hiatus for a couple of months. If things change, I’ll certainly be back in touch. Play nice!
Filed under Stuff and Rants | Comment (0)Absence Makes the Heart What?
I know. I’ve been a terrible blogger but you’ve got to understand… I’m moving about 7,000 miles in just over a week! I’m freaking out, people! So, I haven’t scrapped a single page since my last post - OMG! That was, like, Thanksgiving, wasn’t it? - and I’m not going to make my self-imposed deadline for finishing my album(s). I suppose that’s the good thing about self-imposed deadlines… you can change them at will. I promise, I’ll do my best to get into a groove again and start sharing designs, layouts and my trials and tribulations as I search for meaning in my life. Just hang in there, okay?
Tschüss!
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Do you want to see what I’ve finished since yesterday? I’m getting closer to finishing the layouts my cat destroyed but it’s been slow going as I struggled with the choice to start from scratch or try to recreate the original layouts. In most cases, I chose to try to recreate the pages because I really loved those pages. Unfortunately, the same disaster that caused the loss of the layouts lost many of the supplies used, too.
Good news, though. I’m finally getting excited about making Christmas season layouts. Bad news? That means that I’ve created ten pages for Christmas 2007. Yes. I said ten. Oh well, maybe January will be light on pages.
So, yeah, here’s the latest layouts…
You think I like that paper? Me too.
The first four pages are 2-page layouts and the last two are the other page in a 2-pager where I’d already shared the first completed page. I really do find it difficult to make a single stand-alone page and almost impossible to do a page with only a single photo. Surprising then that there are two pages today that come close to being single-photo layouts. Now, here are two layouts that will be side-by-side in my album. Not a two-pager but I think I’ve coordinated them as well as I can given the disparate subject matter.
The playground layout is one I’ve wanted to do for a long time. My son got a Fisher-Price camera a couple of years ago and he takes it to school occasionally, bringing home a bunch of hilarious snapshots of his friends (and he even turns it on himself once in a while!) They’re not the best or clearest shots but the camera has survived even “Captain Destructo” and the images are as good as those he manages with my better cameras.
In the spirit of tomorrow’s holiday, I’m going to give away one of my favorite templates. Happy Thanksgiving! (Okay, I lost my internet before I could post this, so today’s the holiday.)
Click image for link to 4shared.
Be sure to come back and show me what you make with it!
Tschüss!
Filed under Freebies, I Scrapped!, Stuff and Rants | Comments (16)Chipping Away at the Never-Ending Story
I’ve been MIA, I know. I’ve just had so much going on that stopping to blog has been the farthest thing from my mind. I’m moving overseas (this is a move back to the U.S. after three years in Germany) and there’s only a month remaining before we take that final flight.
I’d hoped to have my European album completed and out for printing but I’m having to adjust my goals a bit. I’ve had too many delays - getting caught up in politics and the election, losing several pages to an EHD accident, missing journaling from my teen, finding additional disks of photos from friends - and I know I’ll never be happy with the results if I rush it and skip the pages that have presented themselves to my imagination. So, I’m adjusting my expectations and planning - as several ladies have suggested - several volumes chronicling our adventures in Europe.
Also, I just got the e-mail from Adobe about their new student store where you can buy Photoshop CS4 Extended – Student Edition and other pieces of software at a greatly reduced price, if you qualify. I thought some might be interested since I know many of my readers are either in school or have school-age children at home. I’ll probably use this to upgrade to CS4 from my current CS2 - after I can afford a new computer.
Despite the imminence of our departure and everything that we’re trying to pack into these last days, I’m still scrapping and here’s a few of the most recent pages.
I dug through so many old folders to find what I needed to complete these pages that I felt I couldn’t even to begin to enumerate the credits. I’ll try, though, because much of what I used was freebies provided by very generous people on the web. I got that fabulous candy cane from Karah Fredericks (I told her I couldn’t wait to use it!), and background papers came from WaterLO Project, Ellie Lash, Miss Mint and ScrapIdea. Elements came from Weeds & Wildflowers new JollyHolly, my own Christmas Baking series, Miss Mint, ScrapKut (alpha), Ilona Havenaar and Peta Boardman. Templates are by Mushy, Ditters Design and Pattie Knox.
Tschüss!
Still Scrapping, After All These Weeks…
Have you been waiting for a great deal before taking the plunge for Adobe’s Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4? I think I’ve found it! If you’ve got an older version of certain Adobe products, you can pay just the upgrade price for CS4 and, with your purchase, you can receive a 30% discount on the latest Lightroom! If these have been on your wishlist for a while, maybe now is the time to buy. So, to get 30% off Lightroom 2, along with a full or upgrade version of Photoshop CS4, just follow the link!
So, Americans, have you been scrapping? Or have you been caught up in the Presidential Election drama? I confess, I’ve been thoroughly engaged by this year’s campaign and have fallen behind in all my other pursuits. But I still have managed to complete a few layouts. I’m still waiting on my teen to finish another three (and could wait until the “cows come home” I suppose) but these 7 pages are done and ready to be included in my project.
So, what do you think? Can I scrap another year in the next two months? Yeah, I’ve got my doubts, too. I may just have to take the advice I’ve gotten to break it up into a few volumes.
Tschüss!
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Call me, no questions asked.
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