PMS Digi Makeover Challenge: Anything But a Card

It's time for another Digi Makeover challenge from the Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover team! This week team leader, Jami has challenged us to do ANYTHING but a card!

Since we are talking about digis here, and it is anything but a CARD i decided to go ALL digi and do a digi scrapbook layout! :D

Here it is..

Now I don't claim to be the worlds best digi scrapper, but it is fun to step outside your box a little bit and i think that digi scrapping is a fun way to get crafty when you cant always get away from your computer! I took pit stops to create this layout while I played email catch up from working all weekend. :D

To create my layout, I used a recent picture of Gabe, my youngest. Quick little story on Gabe... he never wants to sleep! And he definitely never wants to sleep alone. I was trying to get him to sleep in his own bed the other night, and he kept saying he was afraid of the dark and that he "couldn't help it" meaning he couldnt help that he kept getting out of bed! I told him I'd leave the hall light on, but he had to stay upstairs and that I was going back downstairs. Well... my son also likes to push as close as he can to the limits. I went to check on him later to find him sleeping on the edge of the stairs!

I thought this matched the There never was a child quote perfectly!

I used a digi scrapbook kit from Sweet Shoppe Designs called Always and Forever.

Be sure to check out the PMS blog to see the other creations from the Digi Makeup Artists!

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PMS sneak peeks day 2

If you are looking for my My Time Made Easy post, just scroll down...

I'm not quite sure i could be more tired. hahaha! If you scroll down, you will get to read WHY!

I was so excited to share one of the newest things I am releasing from Paper Makeup Stamps... but i had no gusto left to craft with. It's really sad since i am SO excited about these stamps!

I've taken 2 of the most popular fairy images and turned them into silhouettes!

I just know I'll use them time and time again!

But they will also be available to purchase as a digi stamp!

So in honor of that, I put together a little mini digi picture.

It could easily be printed and hung on a wall! And it took me all of about 2 minutes!

You gotta love that!

Isnt Sprout just the cutest in silhouette form?!

Don't you want her in rubber?! Or digi for that matter!

Well you CAN! On May 7th, at 9pm EST the Paper Makeup Stamps release for May will be live for purchase! Check out the pms blog to see what others have done and to see what other new stamps are being released!

Now scroll down to see my project for my MTME post. I'm very excited about my stamped onesies!!!

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Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge - M4TW14

Woohoo! I did it! I actually got something done for the PMS Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge!

I wasnt sure it was going to happen! But after walking along the beach for a couple hours and then going up and down the boardwalk at least 4 times (it's a long boardwalk!) my kids were POOPED! I think Gabe might have taken the longest nap he has ever taken! I'm not sure what i'm in for tonight! haha! So, while the kiddos were down, i took the time to play a little with a digi scrapbook layout!

First, let me do the spiel.... every friday a different PMS Makeup Artist (thats a design team member!) issues a makeup 4 the Weekend challenge on the PMS blog. Christi (what would i do without her) arranges everything and posts her creation along with the challenger! So you just simply have to go to the PMS blog to check them out! And to see who else is playing this week!

This is also where you can link up your project and then next thursday, Tangii will show you a showoff of everyone's cards! Super fun!

This week our Challenger was Christi Snow. She gave us a fabulous inspiration challenge from a photo she found in the Pottery Barn catalog...

Here is the inspiration photo...

Isnt that gorgeous! I wish i could have a fun bedroom like that! My hubby pretty much kabooshes any idea of fun or frilly things in the bedroom. It's pretty simple and slightly manly in there (minus the man smell, thats where i take over! haha!)

Well, being in a bit of a limited supply... i decided to work on a digi scrapbook page! I think digi scrapping is fun, i just dont know how good i am at it! That paired with the fact that i take inspiration challenges entirely too literally (ok, sometimes i think thats just a fun way to make it even more challenging)... here is the digi layout i came up with!

Ok, so admittedly there isnt a whole lot of PMS on there, but the sentiment at the top is one of the wordarts that PMS offers as both a rubber stamp (in the Friendly Flowers set) and as a single digi wordart... just for the digi scrappers who love the PMS wordart style and want to use them on their digi layouts! You can of course buy a digi version and print out the wordart as well. :)

The blue polka dot paper came from the Alphabet Soup kit by Melissa Bennett at Sweet Shoppe Designs. I had thought i'd use a little more of the kit, but i ended up created most of the rest of the layout in photoshop (including the black and white polka dot... i was very impressed with myself!) The red ribbon at the top is all Melissa, but the rest of the layout (flowers too) is my own. :)

So thats what i have for ya today! Perhaps on a day with a wee bit more time i'll show you the super easy way to create brads and things in a digi layout. That way you will always be able to adorn your digi layout pages with the exact colors in the layout even if you dont have them in the digi kit!

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!

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Another Digi Layout!

Holy cow I forgot i did this! HHAHAHA! Last sunday, I decided to join up with the Scrappy Sunday group over at Paper Craft Planet (ok, lies, i actually realized there was a GROUP today, but i decided last sunday that I would try to play along with these challenges every week to help inspire my scrapbooking mojo to COME BACK!).

Jep Tapler creates a super fun sketch each week which kinda makes it so your layouts cant go wrong!

Here's her sketch for last week (the 2nd!, i'm already behind in posting my layout here!)



And here's my layout...


I used the My Guy kit by Christy Lyle and the And I Quote kit by Manda Bean. Both of these kits are available at Sweet Shoppe Designs.


Hopefully I'll get to the sketch for this week. It was made to coordinate with last weeks sketch for those that like to do double layouts! You can find this weeks sketch HERE

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PMS Sneak Peek day 2 - Dream Big!

Well at first i was afraid i wouldnt have a sneak peek to get to show you today  When trying to get everything done before I left town, my card for this set just didnt make it.  But after i got here, I remembered my new found passion for digi scrapping (thanks, Jen!)  I went over to Sweet Shoppe Designs and picked up a new kit that had been on my wishlist called Atomic Bounce by Melissa Bennet.  I still had no idea what i was going to do.  haha.

Then i stated browsing thru pictures and I came across a set of belly pictures i had taken by my friend Jen Rogers when i was pregant with my 2nd son.  But the soft black and white picture didnt go with the new kit I just bought.  Go figure.  haha.  Then i remembered the  set of Essential Blacks i had just picked up from Emily Giovanni.  The real bonus there was she had them up for free!  You can pick up her Essential Whites as well!

Here is the layout i came up with...

I used 2 of the "papers" from Emily's Esssential Black pack and a few embellishments (heart, ribbon, saefty pin, stitch) from the atomic bounce kit.  Then i just popped in one of Shaela's fab word arts from the Dream set and viola!  I was done!  

For changing color on the wordart... there may be another way to do this... i'm still new to digi scrapping, but here's what i do in Photo Shop.  I add the layer of the wordart (which is in a png file with a transparent background).  Then i go to the layer effects and click on color overlay.  From there you can choose whatever color you'd like for it to be.  Easy as that!

Now don't forget to go over to the PMS blog to see more of this set!  There are 5 wordarts, 1 simple sentiment.  The Wordart will all be available as single digi files.  The rubber set also includes 3 swirls!  There is a chance to win this set over on the PMS blog.  :)

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i digi scrapped again!

I am on a roll! This is more scrapbooking than i'm done in ages (and thats pretty sad since that's what got me into this mad world of paper crafting!). I keep telling myself i'll scrap more, and then i wont have the pictures printed, or something, and it doesnt happen. Well, at least thats not an excuse i can have with digi scrapping!

My layout today is actually very simple. I got my digi kit for free from Digiscrap Freebies. My true reason behind doing a digi layout today was i wanted to try out one of the PMS wordart digis on a digi layout to see how it would work. To my great delight, it was easy and turned out fab! We like easy! The png file makes layering it a snap. (if you when you purchased a wordart previously and the download was not a png file but rather a jpeg file and you would prefer png, just send me an email and i'll send the other file to you!).

Whats more is that there is a FREE digi wordart up on the PMS blog today! And it's the one i used on this layout! Go check it out!

Here is my digi layout...


Thanks for stopping by!!!! Have a wonderful friday!!!!

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I digi scrapped!

I did it! My first digi scrap layout! WOohoo! I'm actually pretty pleased with how it looks. I dont think i'd ever be able to give up all my tangible scrapping items but i do think this is a neat option, especially for creating books for grandparents, etc.
Now does anyone have a good place to get 12x12 printed??? I suppose i could just print 8x8 on an 8x10 sheet and cut off the excess. Hmmmmmmm.

Here's my layout


This is a photo a friend of mine snapped the other day while our kids played at the park. They didnt even know we were trailing them. teehee. In the picture he was pointing out to her how tall the grass was! He really is his father's son!!!

I used the always and forever digi kit from www.sweetshoppedesigns.com. I first discovered sweet shoppe when they did some very generous donations at the Stampin Out Alzheimer's event a bit back. Love their stuff... just gotta get better about using the stuff i bought to try out hybrid and digi crafting!!!!! :)


So thats what i have for you today! Just a little FYI, today is Super Thursday at Paper Makeup Stamps. Every third thursday of the month there is a sale. So pop over to see what all is listed (most at 40-60% off) Have a fantastic day!!!

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