Showing posts with label project 12. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project 12. Show all posts
Monday, 5 November 2012
September 2012 summary
We didn't do much in September, the only thing I wanted to register was that the kids went back to school on the 3rd. Looking at the layout now I think I should add a little note recording which year they are at and their teachers' names.
Sunday, 23 September 2012
July and August 2012
Project 12 (monthly summary layout) is the thing I have been doing longest, but this year I am way behind. I enjoy it and don't want to stop doing it because, it gives a summary of what we've been up to in 12 pages per year. And second, makes me work hard to come up with multiphoto layouts.
July 2012
I am not sure if I ever told this, but I work most of my layout in the computer. Then I make then in paper. This one was no exception. In this case I printed most directly on a 12x12 photo paper - the wood grain and photos. Then I put the strips of yellow neon papers and the Silhouette cut white paper strip. I had a beautiful digital paper between the photos, but it was light and didn't stand out so I aded some real papers between the photos. "Vintage" Basic Grey :-)
August 2012
I wanted to make a layout based on triangle shapes. Love the colourful paper - ILS is a Polish company which is making fabulous papers.
July 2012
August 2012
I wanted to make a layout based on triangle shapes. Love the colourful paper - ILS is a Polish company which is making fabulous papers.
Monday, 6 August 2012
March 2012
I am not doing too well in Project 12 this year. Seven months gone, two months completed...
I used a sketch this time, and I literaly copied all the photo shapes exactly. I hardly ever use different sized photos and this helped me to make something different without having to do any design work!
Here's the originak sketch from the October Afternoon blog:
* Banners: Paislee Press
* Title: Shimelle Laine @ Two Peas in a Bucket (digital)
* Embossing Powder: American Crafts
* Sketch: October Afternoon
I used a sketch this time, and I literaly copied all the photo shapes exactly. I hardly ever use different sized photos and this helped me to make something different without having to do any design work!
Here's the originak sketch from the October Afternoon blog:
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Some layout and a birthday banner
I am trying to get the right balance between design and content in a layout. While I want to make things that are pleasing to the eye, what matters most is the content - the photos and the story. With that in mind, I am making an effort to add more journaling to my layouts. Or at least most of them. There's no harm in a fluffy, cute layout every now and them. Like having a calorie-full, vitamin-poor treat after a nourishing meal.
This one is to be the cover page for 2011 project 12 (layout a month). The previous years' one was a labour of love, but 2011's is a quickie...
Inspired by this cool magazine illustration:
Two things I am using a lot: the Silhouette Cameo and the font Bebas Neue. Here's a birthday banner for my son, also using both of them:
* Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (blue dots), My Mind's Eye (red and pink; red and white), Echo Park (yellow), Pink Paislee (blue floral)
* Buttons: Crate Paper
* Fonts: Bebas Neue (title), Century Gothic (journaling)
* Tool: Silhouette Cameo
* Triangles shape: my own
This one is to be the cover page for 2011 project 12 (layout a month). The previous years' one was a labour of love, but 2011's is a quickie...
* Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
* Font: Bebas Neue
* Tool: Silhouette Cameo
* Tool: Silhouette Cameo
Inspired by this cool magazine illustration:
Two things I am using a lot: the Silhouette Cameo and the font Bebas Neue. Here's a birthday banner for my son, also using both of them:
*Fonts: Bebas Neue, Console Relay
*Tool: Silhouette Cameo
*Other: Cardstock, eyelets, twine
Not every exciting, but there are two things that might interest you if you have a Silhouette or Craft Robot. Notice the Happy Birthday on the first flag? If I had cut only the letters, I'd have to glue them one by one trying to keep everything aligned. I added a line above and below the letters, just touching them so the whole thing is in one piece. Very clever idea from Patricia Zapata - she has a freebie on her blog with the idea, but the format was not compatible with the Cameo so I made my own.
The other one is the Console Relay font - an interesting font and bit unusual.
Monday, 21 May 2012
April'12
This is last month's summary layout - I am not up to day, I still have Jan/Feb/March to do, hehehe.
The photos were taking in Brazil and they're really colourful and they clashed with the circles, so I converted to b&w. The full colour pics are going to a mini-album, a simple photo album which I am making via photobox. That way I can have it printed 3 times, one for us, one for my bro and one for my parents.
I used the Silhouette to cut the sunburst circles and the title.
TFL!
The photos were taking in Brazil and they're really colourful and they clashed with the circles, so I converted to b&w. The full colour pics are going to a mini-album, a simple photo album which I am making via photobox. That way I can have it printed 3 times, one for us, one for my bro and one for my parents.
I used the Silhouette to cut the sunburst circles and the title.
TFL!
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
December Summary
I mentioned that I had made two "kits" from my existing supplies. The second kit is inspired by this artwork by Michael Kosmicki:
What I like about it is that it as a lot of impact. I tend to avoid pastel colours, but this shows how pastel blue can pack a punch.
This is something else which I like using the same colours:
Noticed the justaposition of drawing and shapes? Plus cream over white?
So here's my kit:
It looks a lot brighter in the photo, but in real life the only strong colours comes from the SEI ticket sheet on the right hand side.
That's my first layout with kit 2:
I am happy with this one, but probably only works because of the giant snowflake which I pinched from a Christmas card we got.
What I like about it is that it as a lot of impact. I tend to avoid pastel colours, but this shows how pastel blue can pack a punch.
This is something else which I like using the same colours:
Noticed the justaposition of drawing and shapes? Plus cream over white?
So here's my kit:
It looks a lot brighter in the photo, but in real life the only strong colours comes from the SEI ticket sheet on the right hand side.
That's my first layout with kit 2:
*Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - Lost and Found 2 (dots), Crate Paper - Portrait Collection (green), Studio Calico note (blue and white chain)
*Letter Stickers: Basic Grey - Micro Mono Alpha
*Gems: Kaiser Scrapbook
*other: snowflake die cut, velum, Advantus tiny attacher, foam adhesive
I am happy with this one, but probably only works because of the giant snowflake which I pinched from a Christmas card we got.
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Clearing the backlog
This was half-finished for weeks, while i was trying to figure out what was missing.
Finally I decided to add the embellishment of the moment: confetti! But the paper punch was upstair and I was too lazy to get it - I used a much bigger circle punch instead. Also added some faux stitching. The stitching is a old rub-on, love when I find uses for old stash!
The photos are in a digital page protector, when I saw this in Karla Dudley's blog I couldn't resist - I usually don't like digital elements which emulate real-life stuff, but this is very cool!
* Digital Elements: Karla Dudley (paper, page protector), Shimelle Laine (November word art), Ali Edwards(quote)
* Mists: Studio Calico
* Pattterned Paper: October Afternoon (yellow), My Mind's Eye(blue)
* Rub-ons:
*Ticket stub: SEI
Finally I decided to add the embellishment of the moment: confetti! But the paper punch was upstair and I was too lazy to get it - I used a much bigger circle punch instead. Also added some faux stitching. The stitching is a old rub-on, love when I find uses for old stash!
The photos are in a digital page protector, when I saw this in Karla Dudley's blog I couldn't resist - I usually don't like digital elements which emulate real-life stuff, but this is very cool!
Thursday, 12 January 2012
October 2011
I seem to have gone through a scrapbooking dry phase, when I hardly scrapped and less still photo photos of my layouts. Hopefully I'll be more prolific this month, this is one I finished a while ago.
The patterned paper was an old one which I thought it would be suitable for this layout, but it turned out to be a bit too "loud". I managed to subdue it a bit by misting it with white mist.
* Patterned Paper: Crate Paper
*Stamps/Mist: Studio Calico
*Ink: Stazon
The patterned paper was an old one which I thought it would be suitable for this layout, but it turned out to be a bit too "loud". I managed to subdue it a bit by misting it with white mist.
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Digital layout
This is something I have meaning to do for ages, a photo collage. It's been in the back of my mind since I saw a digital template by Paislee Press a while ago. Then there was this amazing layout by Susan Weinroth.
Finally, after a few false starts, I decided to spend a couple of nights selecting the photos and then adding to the template. They are all photos of my two kiddies taken in 2010 and they are the opening for that year in my project 12 album.
Thank you Liz Tamanaha (a.k.a. Paislee Press). Without her freebie I don't think I would have ever finished this project. Can you imagine resizing and cutting 74 tiny photos?!
I printed the template 10x10 and stuck it into patterned paper but with hindsight I should have done all digitally, I love this zigzag paper which belongs to the same kit as the butterflies.
* Digital Template: Press Plate No. 25 by Paislee Press @ Oscraps.com
* Photoshop actions: Falling for b&w by My Four Hens
* Background paper (resized), butterfly and word art: Twenty Twenty by Karla Dudley @ Design House Digital
* Font: Century Gothic
Finally, after a few false starts, I decided to spend a couple of nights selecting the photos and then adding to the template. They are all photos of my two kiddies taken in 2010 and they are the opening for that year in my project 12 album.
Thank you Liz Tamanaha (a.k.a. Paislee Press). Without her freebie I don't think I would have ever finished this project. Can you imagine resizing and cutting 74 tiny photos?!
I printed the template 10x10 and stuck it into patterned paper but with hindsight I should have done all digitally, I love this zigzag paper which belongs to the same kit as the butterflies.
* Digital Template: Press Plate No. 25 by Paislee Press @ Oscraps.com
* Photoshop actions: Falling for b&w by My Four Hens
* Background paper (resized), butterfly and word art: Twenty Twenty by Karla Dudley @ Design House Digital
* Font: Century Gothic
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Back from holidays
We had a great time in Brazil, we spent two weeks with my family and I managed squeeze a visit to a beautiful baby girl who was recently adopted by friends of ours. I haven't created much since we arrived on Saturday but I am going to share a couple of layouts I finished a while ago but haven't posted yet.
I had an idea of creating a background with the numbers stamps; it didn't quite work as I had envisaged, I might try it again. I found a use for my Promarkers - to make borders around my layout. With a ruler and the thicker end of the markers it can be done easily.
And this is the may 2011 layout; this was one layout which wasn't going to have a birder. Until I discovered that I had previous cut a strip of the patterned paper for something else. I was inspired by something I saw in Living Etc for this layout.
Something was missing so I dig the "remember this moment" stamp and stamped twice diagonally. Somehow it made the whole thing look better.
I was totally surprised and honoured when Nicole Mullen asked me if I wanted to be featured in the 3rd issue of Crafting Ireland. Thank you!
I had an idea of creating a background with the numbers stamps; it didn't quite work as I had envisaged, I might try it again. I found a use for my Promarkers - to make borders around my layout. With a ruler and the thicker end of the markers it can be done easily.
And this is the may 2011 layout; this was one layout which wasn't going to have a birder. Until I discovered that I had previous cut a strip of the patterned paper for something else. I was inspired by something I saw in Living Etc for this layout.
Something was missing so I dig the "remember this moment" stamp and stamped twice diagonally. Somehow it made the whole thing look better.
I was totally surprised and honoured when Nicole Mullen asked me if I wanted to be featured in the 3rd issue of Crafting Ireland. Thank you!
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Two layouts, finally!
Only now that I uploaded these two I noticed how similar they are - kraft paper background with white mist. Same letter stickers in the title and the colours on the papers more or less the same.
The first one is about my daughter and a friend. She's the daughter of friends of ours and only met twice but they bonded over a shared liking of Dr. Who. We stayed with them in London and I was amazed on how well they got along. Of course, at some stage, they had to sit in the sofa and watch Dr. Who.
The next one is my April summary layout. I started with some chipboard leftovers. They came from a game we got for our children and once we removed smalls square chips for the game, we were left with this little pretty windows which I used in this layout.
The first one is about my daughter and a friend. She's the daughter of friends of ours and only met twice but they bonded over a shared liking of Dr. Who. We stayed with them in London and I was amazed on how well they got along. Of course, at some stage, they had to sit in the sofa and watch Dr. Who.
The next one is my April summary layout. I started with some chipboard leftovers. They came from a game we got for our children and once we removed smalls square chips for the game, we were left with this little pretty windows which I used in this layout.
Friday, 27 May 2011
My little reader and March Summary
She loved that we read stories to her every night before going to bed. Since both her parents love to read too, I assumed that as soon as she became a proficient reader, she'd read books too.
But it wasn't the case, we'd buy books for her, go to the library with her. And occasionally, if we insisted, she'd read a book. One of the thin, silly ones, about fairies and the likes. It drove me insane, how could a girl with a pile of books to read say she was bored and had nothing to do? Surely, you have a BOOK??!!!
Then I found some books I thought she'd like, her goodmother gave her one. And she liked them. Then I bought her a book, the first from a series, to bring with her for our Easter break. She devoured it and we had to go to a bookshop to get the next one from the series. She finished it in one evening so the following day my husband got more 3. During the 5 day break she finished the whole series but one which we couldn't find .
Going from one extreme to the other in a matter of months.
March's summary layout - I misted the border, I seem to be in a border phase. I think all of my recent layouts have a border, even if it is only implied like the one above, where I left a thin white border around the whole layout.
The pen sketched grid is a digi by Ali Edwards - very simple, one of the things I like about Ali Edwards is that most of what she does are simple and anyone could easily replicate (apart from her fabulous handwriting) but she has an eye to put things together that makes them special and original. I haven't put the list of supplies because I've been lazy, but Ali's digi is available at Designer Digitals.
Have a good weekend!
But it wasn't the case, we'd buy books for her, go to the library with her. And occasionally, if we insisted, she'd read a book. One of the thin, silly ones, about fairies and the likes. It drove me insane, how could a girl with a pile of books to read say she was bored and had nothing to do? Surely, you have a BOOK??!!!
Then I found some books I thought she'd like, her goodmother gave her one. And she liked them. Then I bought her a book, the first from a series, to bring with her for our Easter break. She devoured it and we had to go to a bookshop to get the next one from the series. She finished it in one evening so the following day my husband got more 3. During the 5 day break she finished the whole series but one which we couldn't find .
Going from one extreme to the other in a matter of months.
March's summary layout - I misted the border, I seem to be in a border phase. I think all of my recent layouts have a border, even if it is only implied like the one above, where I left a thin white border around the whole layout.
The pen sketched grid is a digi by Ali Edwards - very simple, one of the things I like about Ali Edwards is that most of what she does are simple and anyone could easily replicate (apart from her fabulous handwriting) but she has an eye to put things together that makes them special and original. I haven't put the list of supplies because I've been lazy, but Ali's digi is available at Designer Digitals.
Have a good weekend!
Thursday, 24 February 2011
My daughter's first communion and Sept 2010 summary
I had already made a layout about my daughter's First Communion. That time I had used a photo that I had taken. The second version uses the official photography, which is no doubt much better technically and also a much better composed photography. But I thought it was too formal for my scrapbooking style.
But finally I decided to used it - adding a bit of vintage-style to my normal page...
* Cardstock: Bazzill
* Die cut: Ki Memories
* Frame: Sassafras (white)
* Flower: Prima Marketing
* Butterflies: Making Memories
* Ribbon: Prima Marketing (from packaging)
* Pearls: Kaiser
* Also: blue frame, date stamp, tissue paper
Since I don't do vintage, I had to adapt my existing stash to suit. Both the lacy die cut and the frame are back to front. The die cut is pink on the right side and the frame has a wood pattern. The blue are flower petals that I took apart and the ribbon was stolen from its original packaging.
And here's my September 2010 summary.
* Cardstock: Bazzill
*Patterned Paper: Studio Calico
*Border Sticker: Crate Paper
*Journaling Tag: Paislee Press and One Little Bird
But finally I decided to used it - adding a bit of vintage-style to my normal page...
* Cardstock: Bazzill
* Die cut: Ki Memories
* Frame: Sassafras (white)
* Flower: Prima Marketing
* Butterflies: Making Memories
* Ribbon: Prima Marketing (from packaging)
* Pearls: Kaiser
* Also: blue frame, date stamp, tissue paper
Since I don't do vintage, I had to adapt my existing stash to suit. Both the lacy die cut and the frame are back to front. The die cut is pink on the right side and the frame has a wood pattern. The blue are flower petals that I took apart and the ribbon was stolen from its original packaging.
And here's my September 2010 summary.
*Patterned Paper: Studio Calico
*Border Sticker: Crate Paper
*Journaling Tag: Paislee Press and One Little Bird
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
A significant birthday and January 2011 summary
My husband's birthday was last week. We celebrated twice - on the day with the children and my mother in law. Saturday, my husband invited a few of our friends to one of our favourite restaurants. Great food, even better company and no washing up. Perfect!
I am so late with Project 12 that I decided to skip a few months get straight into January 2011. The idea of Project 12 is simple, one scrapbook page (or double page), per month. Davinie Fiero started on her blog and brought the idea with her to Scrapbook & Cards Today. There's sketch that you might use or not. I really liked the January sketch and thought it would fit the photos I wanted to use.
*Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (map) Making Memories (text), Studio Calico (city name circles)
*Stickers: Making Memories (journaling tag), Jenni Bowlin Studios (letters)
*Ink: Colorbox
*Mist: Studio Calico
*Font: Underwood Champion
*Other: Thread
This is the original sketch, by Becky Fleck, as seen in the original post:
I squeezed the original two pages into a single one - I am surprised how well it worked.
Between our holidays and my husband business trips, there were a lot of travel last month. Rio, Miami and Madrid. I went looking for a Studio Calico paper scrap with city names and discovered that both Rio and Madrid were feature, as well as our city of Dublin. It left me wondering if Miami was originally there. Anyway, I settled for Paris - we were technically there, was it was a stop over on our flight to Brazil.
TFL!
I am so late with Project 12 that I decided to skip a few months get straight into January 2011. The idea of Project 12 is simple, one scrapbook page (or double page), per month. Davinie Fiero started on her blog and brought the idea with her to Scrapbook & Cards Today. There's sketch that you might use or not. I really liked the January sketch and thought it would fit the photos I wanted to use.
*Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (map) Making Memories (text), Studio Calico (city name circles)
*Stickers: Making Memories (journaling tag), Jenni Bowlin Studios (letters)
*Ink: Colorbox
*Mist: Studio Calico
*Font: Underwood Champion
*Other: Thread
This is the original sketch, by Becky Fleck, as seen in the original post:
I squeezed the original two pages into a single one - I am surprised how well it worked.
Between our holidays and my husband business trips, there were a lot of travel last month. Rio, Miami and Madrid. I went looking for a Studio Calico paper scrap with city names and discovered that both Rio and Madrid were feature, as well as our city of Dublin. It left me wondering if Miami was originally there. Anyway, I settled for Paris - we were technically there, was it was a stop over on our flight to Brazil.
TFL!
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Star Reader and December summary
My son always loved books and now he's starting to read by himself. I knew he'd learn fast, because he showed an interest in the written words very early.
He loves Mr. Men books, so I got him a Christmas themed one in a booksale at my children's school. And one weekend morning, just before Christmas, he woke up, sat in our bed and started diligently reading the book. Slowing, getting some words right, struggling with others. And how cool it is, he was wearing Mr Men PJ!
While I sometimes make busier and "lumpier" layouts, the simple ones are the ones that I like most. Like this one.
I stitched at the top and bottom of the photo, it is hard so see in the photo, but it added a little something to the layout.
*Patterned paper: Making Memories
*Letter stickers: Sassafras (yellow), October Afternoon (small/cream)
*Chipboard: Heidi Swapp
*Journaling tag: Ali Edwards @ Designer Digitals
*Font: Underwood Champion
Recently Dulce Silva, another Brazilian expat, posted this layout in the Studio Calico gallery. I was amazed how similar it is with the layout above. They both are 8.5x11, with a large photo going all the width of the layout, papers strips at the top & bottom and 3 stars.
And Project 12/ December 2010. I really don't want to give in this project - i have to get my act together, I am missing 3 months in 2010...
A photo-less layout. Copied the idea from something that Ali Edwards make a few Christmas ago. It's a way to keep some of the Christmas cards. The little drawings on top of the December label are by my kiddies - their contribution for their respective classes' Christmas card.
He loves Mr. Men books, so I got him a Christmas themed one in a booksale at my children's school. And one weekend morning, just before Christmas, he woke up, sat in our bed and started diligently reading the book. Slowing, getting some words right, struggling with others. And how cool it is, he was wearing Mr Men PJ!
While I sometimes make busier and "lumpier" layouts, the simple ones are the ones that I like most. Like this one.
I stitched at the top and bottom of the photo, it is hard so see in the photo, but it added a little something to the layout.
*Patterned paper: Making Memories
*Letter stickers: Sassafras (yellow), October Afternoon (small/cream)
*Chipboard: Heidi Swapp
*Journaling tag: Ali Edwards @ Designer Digitals
*Font: Underwood Champion
Recently Dulce Silva, another Brazilian expat, posted this layout in the Studio Calico gallery. I was amazed how similar it is with the layout above. They both are 8.5x11, with a large photo going all the width of the layout, papers strips at the top & bottom and 3 stars.
And Project 12/ December 2010. I really don't want to give in this project - i have to get my act together, I am missing 3 months in 2010...
A photo-less layout. Copied the idea from something that Ali Edwards make a few Christmas ago. It's a way to keep some of the Christmas cards. The little drawings on top of the December label are by my kiddies - their contribution for their respective classes' Christmas card.
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Christmas and Project 12
We were all disappointed that we wouldn't be able to get to Rio for Christmas. So were my parents and brother who were waiting for us. My daughter was probably the one that took the news the hardest. But Christmas at home wasn't bad after all and we got to Rio eventually.
Project 12 - still in Agust 2010... Sigh...
Project 12 - still in Agust 2010... Sigh...
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