Digital Scrapbooking

San Francisco Day, Part Deux

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:35:49 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: One of the coolest things about digital scrapbooking--at least for me--is that if I don't like a page I can always change it. I don't do that often (seriously, who has the time?!?) but it's so nice to have the choice! The story is this... A couple of years ago, my aunt and cousin were passing through San Francisco on their way back home to Canada, and Mr. Squeak and I spent a fun day with them touring the City. I took crudloads of photos and made a couple of pages about the day. I've been on a printing frenzy lately (gotta love print credits at Persnickety Prints) and when I was getting ready to upload the pages for this event to Persnickety, I realized that I really, really didn't like one of the pages. I mean, I [i]really[/i] didn't like it. At. All. Doesn't it just stink to spend hours making a page only to realize after it's completed that it doesn't blow your skirt up? I didn't want to spend the money to get it printed, but I didn't have any good ideas for how to make something new. I'd about resigned myself to sucking it up and printing the loathed page just to close out this project when I happened upon a layout ([u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=176581&title=you-heart-san-francisc&cat=500]You Heart San Francisco[/url][/b][/u]) by Janet (JALong) I had stashed in my inspiration folder a while back. It's a page I have long wanted to lift, and this seemed like a good time to do so. I pretty much just copied her whole layout! Janet, thanks for the amazing inspiration! The page I've posted here will be a companion page to [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=154885&title=san-francisco-day&cat=500]this page[/url][/b][/u]; here's what they look like together: [url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104066168088979090142/albums/5878238734209344129/5878238737302062914?pid=5878238737302062914&oid=104066168088979090142][img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9fvo0Fs7GhU/UZOy_MHUh0I/AAAAAAAAAoo/ZaTCTBNhwbE/w700-h350-no/DayWithBeaAndTom.jpg][/img][/url] Credits Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14228]Summer Bursts Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Melanie Grimes for Studio Double-D [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10162]DoubleD Doodles: Summer[/url][/b][/u] Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6547]All Heart Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6548]All Heart Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9291]Streetwise Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8654]How�d They Do That? No. 23: Fab Photo Clusters[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14773]Nilsine Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15705]Artsy Paint No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10771]Be Labeled: Harvest[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10206]Cardstock Alphabet: Whimsy Chocolate[/url][/b][/u] (recolored) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7065]Colored Filmstrips[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2847]Naturally Krafty No. 01 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9774]On the Go Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12195]Spot Dots Brushes and Stamps No. 08[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10490]Stick Together No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Doodle Person Using Laptop: ShutterStock Font:CK_Journaling Thanks for stopping by!

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CZ Challenge (Two Words: Awe. Some!)

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:14:08 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers! Hope you are all having a wonderful Saturday and that you are able to participate in 2nd Quarterly Sale challenges. Work became suddenly, unexpectedly brutal about two weeks ago, so I haven't been able to scrap much lately, and honestly I ought to be working today (even though it's Saturday), but I'm giving myself the whole day to have fun in the forums. I'm having a blast! The page story is this... So, I'm getting ready to [b][i]finally[/i][/b] print out the book for a vacation Mr. Squeak and I took about 3 years ago--an 8-day trip to Maui--when I discovered to my horror that I had an uneven number of pages! I thought I'd been so careful to keep track of how many pages I'd made, but clearly not. I put the whole project aside while I decided what additional page I could make, but I just wasn't feeling it, if you know what I mean; I thought I was [b][i]done[/i][/b] with this project, right? I was totally uninspired as to what else I could scrap. Cathy's word art freebie for her 2nd Quarterly Chat challenge sparked something in my muse-challenged brain so here I am with another page about our Maui parasailing experience. Cathy, thanks for the fun freebie and the awesome chat! Journaling reads: It didn�t start off as awesome, at least not for me. I did eventually embrace this experience, though. and had a truly wonderful time. Turn the page for the full story... Credits Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9608]Home and Garden Kit[/url][/b][/u] (background paper) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13804]Cloudscape Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u][u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12533]Edge Overlays No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Cathy Zielske Word Art Freebie, 2013 2nd Quarterly Sale Challenge Font: Tw Cen MT Thanks for stopping by!

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Remember When (30MM Masterpiece Challenge)

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:58:35 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Heart racing, hands shaking... ********** Boy oh boy but these 30MM challenges really get the ol' heart pounding! I really need to remember to keep some smelling salts nearby! :) After the challenge was over I re-worked this page a bit, so now it looks like this: [url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104066168088979090142/albums/5876855277418953249/5876855278957347762][img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IFHWx2l0nHM/UY7IvUKhw7I/AAAAAAAAAnw/STx8v-N8hWY/s626-no/RememberWhen.jpg][/img][/url] I'm going to use the re-worked page as a companion page to [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=179276&title=hi-2c-five-21&cat=500]this page[/url][/b][/u] that I posted last summer. Credits Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12656]Summer Sunset Distressed Add-on Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12598]Summer Sunset Kit[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13837]Rainbow Chevrons Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5157]Staple Its![/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11884]Basic Tags No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12095]Fine Lines Page Titles No. 07 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7997]Little Shores Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11742]Piece of Cake Epoxy Stickers[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13670]Watery Stars Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Studio Double-D [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12590]Layer Works No. 090[/url][/b][/u] (I re-worked the cluster so that it would better match the birthday party page theme.)

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Navel Gazing

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:13:56 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers and Happy Saturday! Hope your weekend is going well so far. Me, I am lovin' my Saturday morning, as I am doing one of my most favorite things wearing some of my most favorite clothes: I am still in my jammies and I am scrapping! Can't get any better than that! :) (sometimes I think I need to get out more, but then I open up a new Photoshop document and those feelings go away... :) ) Friday evening was certainly a wild time, so I'm glad for a quiet morning to detox. It all started with Cassie's latest 30MM challenge. It was scheduled for Friday and I really wanted to participate in it. Trouble is, I was still at work (the challenge started at 5pm my time and in my line of work the day rarely ends at 5pm), and a couple of my co-workers were trying to talk to me about, well, work stuff. Geeze, don't you just hate it when that happens? They must have seen that I was getting restless and distracted because they concluded their discussions relatively quickly, but still, by the time they left it was 5:20 p.m. Sigh. I figured I'd drop into the challenge chat anyway and see if I could catch up. Scrapping at work is rather difficult, as I have very few photos on the laptop I use for work, and I have even fewer scrapping supplies on that computer (I think my boss, Le Grande Fromage, would be surprised to learn that I have ANY scrapping supplies on my work laptop, but I digress...um, let's just keep that last bit among ourselves, 'K?) Okay, so here I am frantically searching for a photo to scrap, when I read on the chat thread that the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has been captured and that the event is being broadcast live. So now I'm looking for a photo and at the same time I'm trying to get my page set up and trying to follow the news online when another co-worker comes in and tries to ask me a work-related question. I snapped like a dry twig. It wasn't pretty. All's well that ends well, though. I got my page posted, I apologized to my co-worker (who graciously accepted, but my guess is he won't be interrupting me anymore when I throw him that "I'm BUSY!!!" look!) and most importantly, the second suspect was captured. Way to go, Boston! So, I've been very grateful for a quiet, peaceful Saturday morning, a morning that I've spent scrapping. "Why did you put ants on this page?" asked my best beloved when he saw what I was working on. "What do ants have to do with navel gazing?" I'm not sure he really wanted the answer, but the story is this... I don't often re-work a page that I've posted to the gallery, but sometimes my 30MM challenge pages are the exception to that rule. :) Usually after I've posted a 30MM page I think of other stuff I'd like to add. Why oh why can't I think of that stuff during the challenge?!? Aaaaaanway... The photo on this page is of the daughter of some friends of ours. A bunch of us had gone on a picnic together at a local park. This was a few years ago, at around the same time I was "discovering" digital scrapbooking, and the pages I made for that event were among my first-ever digital scrapbook layouts. Looking at them now, I see they are more appropriately called "lameouts." I'm not crazy mad about them and so as time permits I've been re-working those pages (because, you know, I'm all caught up on all of my other scrapping projects!); it just so happens that I had the folder of photos from that event on a flash drive that I always carry with me, and that's how I happened to pick this photo for the 30MM challenge. I decided to re-work the challenge page, adding some elements to sort of tie this page in with other pages I've made for the same event. See, for example, [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=179047&title=be-afraid-21-be-very-af&cat=500]this page[/url][/b][/u]. The ants and some other elements that are on that page are now also on this one. "Huh," says Mr. Squeak, when I concluded the story. "What's for lunch?" Sigh. Oh, and in case you can't read it, Ant is thinking, "Sigh. If only they could stay this little for a while longer..." Credits Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9396]Artfully White Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12010]Never Stop Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones 30MM Challenge Freebie Pack 04-19-13 [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12184]A to Zoo Word Tiles Value Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12390]BBQ Bash Kit[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15705]Artsy Paint No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15731]Artsy Paint No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13299]Banner Labels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13760]Dictionary Blendables: Everyday No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5323]Grassy Edgers Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11623]Slide Reels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12569]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3815]Ticketed Thoughts Brushes and Stamps MegaPak[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13957]Twisted Dots No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Fonts: FlatBread (page title), CK_Journaling (ant's thoughts) Thanks for stopping by!

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If Only...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:57:06 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Ugh! Must go find smelling salts now! I'm still at work and I just growled at a co-worker who had the nerve to try to talk to me while I was on the 30MM clock...must also go apologize. Sigh. Back later with the credits...

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Ribbons and Blending and Gradients! Oh My!

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:26:15 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Another page for Jana's All Star Graphics class over at Creative Passions. Besides the four regular class lessons she also offered up four mid-week challenges, and this page is for one of those, a challenge where we were encouraged to use what we've been learning and just have fun. (From this comes the fanciful page description of "Ribbons and Blending and Gradients! Oh My!" as these are all the techniques we've learned up to this point in the class.) I have difficulty with such pages, as they often require a less controlled, more carefree, let-it-all-go style that does not seem to come naturally to me. (I CAN be spontaneous, though; just tell me when and where and what to bring! :) ) At about the time I was looking for inspiration for this page, I was cruising Pinterest where I saw an amazing photo of people zip lining through the Swiss Alps (gotta try that!), and that reminded me of my own experiences with zip lining in Costa Rica, and lo! Just like that a page is born. (Well, not JUST like that. My computer desktop is littered with rejected attempts, but I digress...) The title on the page, Pura Vida, is translated literally as "Pure Life." In Costa Rica, people use the phrase "Pura Vida" in several different ways: as a greeting, as an answer to the question "How are you?" and as a rallying cry. For example, here in the states, if someone were to jump off a tiny platform 600 feet above the ground and go sliding across a 4000-foot-long thin metal cable suspended over a dense forest, that person might shout "Kowabunga!" or some such as their feet leave the platform. In Costa Rica, it is "Pura Vida!" Actually, when you take that first step off the platform and you start hurtling toward your destination, it's more like: "Puuuuuuuuuura Viiiiiiiiiiiiida!" :) Credits Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15705]Artsy Paint No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15731]Artsy Paint No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15405]Color My Love Complete Collection[/url][/b][/u] (background paper) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6511]Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Mountain range sketch: iStockPhoto (altered by me) Font: Impact Thanks for stopping by!

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Hey, Batter! Batter!

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:44:34 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Still working my way through the lessons of Jana's latest class over at Creative Passions. I'm up to week 3 of a 4-week class, although there are mid-week challenges I've yet to do that I'm looking forward to playing with. I think the hardest part of the class for me has been choosing which photos I want to scrap, and in terms of page themes I've been all over the map about what I've been scrapping for this class, from road trips to family. For her next class (Jana, pleeeeeeeeeeease tell me there will be a next class!) I'll get organized and look at the class materials ahead of time and then pull some photos together that I can use for the duration of the class. <sound of crickets chirping> Hahahahaha! I just kill me sometimes! :) The overreaching theme of the class is how to make graphic pages of spots photos; the week 3 lesson was all about how to achieve a movie poster look to a page. While romping through my photo folders, looking for inspiration, I came across some photos I'd taken of a picnic we went on a few years ago with some friends. Mr. Squeak and the guys were playing wiffle ball with our friends' kids. These pics were taken back before I'd "discovered" digital scrapping; it was fun to see what I could do with them now that I know something about Photoshop. Oh, and a big, big thank-you to my dear husband, who continues to let me post pages of him. When I asked him what he thought of this page, he expressed relief that at least these photos [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=191489&title=buttes-3f-21-3f&cat=500]show him from the front[/url][/b][/u]! :) Lesson 4, here we come! :) Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3580]Laying It All Out No. 03: Custom Stickers and Clever Layering[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14018]Batter Up! Kit[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9004]Classic Cardstock: Authentic[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9890]Classic Cardstock: Carnival[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10496]Classic Cardstock: Earthen Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Fonts: Bebas Neue, PhoenixScriptFLF Thanks for stopping by!

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Water Baby

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:31:22 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers and Happy Monday! (I don't know why, but "Happy Monday" always sounds like an oxymoron to me, but I digress...) So, I'm still working on pages for Jana's latest class over at Creative Passions. If I'm lucky I'll get through lesson 4 before Jana starts her next class! :) This page is for lesson 2. The class is called "All Star Graphics," but I don't really have any sports photos to scrap so I rummaged through my seemingly endless stash o' unscrapped photos and came up with some that I could use to practice making the type of graphic page Jana made for lesson 2. The photos are of my mom, taken long before she was a wife and mother. She passed away a little over 5 years ago (Wow! Has it really been that long?!?) and when she passed she left me boxes and boxes of old photos and clippings and letters. It has been such a treat going through all of that, as it gives me a glimpse into the person she was before I knew her. It's also been very vexing, though, as she did not annotate [i]anything[/i], so I'm having to piece together her stories from clues in the photos themselves. For example, because of other photos where is she is wearing the same outfit and where I actually recognize the background, I know these were taken at Lake Tahoe, a lake that straddles the California-Nevada border high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Beyond that, though, I don't know too much else about these particular photos. The mom I knew was not an outdoor enthusiast, not even a little bit, so I would have loved to have been able to ask her what prompted her visit to this lake, and more importantly, who was the photographer? Was it a boy? Why did they break up? So many unanswered questions from such simple photos! Okay, on to the next lesson! Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8664]Classic Cardstock: Sleep Softly[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15405]Color My Love Complete Collection[/url][/b][/u] Cathy Zielske [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14611]Typesets: Swim Team No. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Font: Junction Thanks for stopping by!

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Buttes?!?

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:38:26 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: So, I'm bringing up the rear, so to speak, with Jana's latest class (All Star Graphics) over at Creative Passions. The rest of the class is starting Week 4 and I'm just now getting around to the Week 1 lesson, blending multiple photos. Anyway, here is my cheeky little page for her first class, and if I spend the rest of the day scrapping I won't get left behind. (I am just killing me here! :) ) The story is this... I have thousands of photos from the month-long road trip Mr. Squeak and I took this past fall. Just sorting them has been a bit overwhelming, let alone scrapping them, and I often use the challenges here at DD or a class I'm taking to kick start the creative process. For the week 1 lesson of Jana's class, I figured it would be easy enough to romp through those photos and grab a handful that would illustrate a theme, such as a location we particularly liked or the food we ate or the roadside oddities we saw. As I was looking at all of my photos, I noticed that there were an inordinate number of photos of our backsides. I suppose that is to be expected on a trip where the predominate activity was hiking, and where we are often in locations where there is no one else around to take photos of the two of us together. Whatever the reason, seeing all these photos of the backs of our fronts struck me as a fun theme to use for the first lesson. Mr. Squeak is not in 100% agreement about this, since he has a staring role in this particular page, but I have promised him I would make a matching page that features the tooshie of yours truly. I am a rather slow scrapper, though, and I note that I made no promise as to when such a page will be made...ooohhh! And I said nothing about posting it even when it does get made! Ha! Oh, and the page title? Turns out we did see quite a number of [i]buttes[/i] on our trip through the Southwest, and I could have made a page with photos of them. <sound of crickets chirping> Isn't language marvelous? Just one little letter makes all the difference! :) Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5065]Laying It All Out No. 13: Spot Coloring and Custom Overlays[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14957]Duncan Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Font: Impact Thanks for stopping by!

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Who

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:19:49 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: The recent passing of DD's Pattie Knox left me saddened. Although we'd never met in real life, she was such a part of the online life here at DD that her sudden absence leaves a noticeable void. The outpouring for her of love and grief by people here and all across digiland has been amazing and touching and heartbreaking. She touched so many lives! I don't view myself as particularly introspective (Hmmm, I should spend some time thinking about that... :) ), but her passing and the reaction to it led me to some long-overdue soul searching--Do I do enough for the people around me? From that introspection came this page. The journaling here is a song by one of my favorite West Coast local groups, Gypsy Soul, a duo with a Celtic/indie rock/alt folk vibe. Although some of the lyrics might be interpreted as a pity party (Who will remember me when I'm gone? As I get older I do occasionally wonder about such things, but that's another page for another day...), I think of these lyrics more as a taking stock (Do I love enough? Do I forgive enough? I'm pretty sure the answer to that second question is an unequivocal and resounding "NO!!" but I digress...Again, another page for another day...) And I learned three things about me while making this page: 1. If i ever had any doubt, I am now certain I most definitely do not have [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=150011&title=proboscis-colossus-7p&cat=500]my mother's nose[/url][/b][/u] (that's my profile in the photo in this page). 2. I stink at making artsy fartsy pages. 3. Regarding #2, eh. Whadday gonna do? Art journaling is clearly not my thing, but it's good to try different things once in a while... The name of this song is "Who," from which comes my page title. Song lyrics: Who will speak in my absence? Who will stand in my place? Will you rejoice in the life that I've led? Who will I inspire along the way? Who will sing at my passing? Who will dance upon my grave? For whom will I be a lasting memory? For whom will I easily fade? Do I give enough? Do I love enough? Do I live enough? Did I ever give up on Anyone I shouldn't have? Do I risk enough? Do I forgive enough? Do I trust enough? Am I good enough? Who will wake from this slumber? Who will share in the faith That we are the sum of the choices we make? We can not lay down at the mercy of fate. Do I give enough? Do I love enough? Do I live enough? Did I ever give up on Anyone I shouldn't have? Do I risk enough? Do I forgive enough? Do I trust enough? Am I good enough? Credits [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15708] Shine On Charity Kit[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3559] Laying It All Out No. 02: Creating a Sketch from a Photo[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11235]Blendable Blocks No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12271]Blendable Blocks No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12037]Blendable Photo Cards No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11835]Stamped Page Masks No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13329]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15323]Sweet Rose Bay Kit[/url][/b][/u] (background paper) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13638]Watery Bookshelf: Dots No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Font: CK_Jessica Thanks for stopping by!

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RUN!!!

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:09:51 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: This is my entry for the latest [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/blog/template-challenge-honoring-pattie/]template challenge[/url][/b][/u]. Nancy, how fitting and how perfect that you chose to honor our dear Pattie by selecting one of her Speed Byte templates for the challenge. Pattie's sudden passing shocked and saddened me. It seemed inexplicable that someone so vibrant and energetic and so much larger than life could be taken so quickly. We'd never met in real life, but like so many of you, through her classes, her own pages, her comments on my pages and in our all-too-infrequent email exchanges, I felt I'd made a friend. The tribute pages made by the CT Members and the comments left for her in the forum brought tears to my eyes and an ache to my heart. She was one of a kind and I will miss her sparkling presence here at DD. The page story is this... In making a page for the template challenge, I wanted to find a way to highlight some of what Pattie taught me in her classes. One of my all-time favorite classes of hers was the Digital Techniques for Art Journaling series, and one of my favorite lessons in that series was how to use Photoshop filters to give a photo a cartoon-like appearance. I've used that particular technique over and over again, especially if I have a photo that I like but whose, um, qualities (yeah, that's what we'll call them...) might be lacking in some way (blurry, overexposed, etc.) Such is the photo on this page, a photo I took while in New York City some years ago. A friend and I were in NYC on holiday, away from family and jobs for six whole days. It was glorious! :) (Mr. Squeak, if you are reading this, I meant that in the best possible way! :) ) On our first full day of sightseeing we went to the American Natural History Museum, and one of our favorite exhibits there was the dinosaur exhibit. We collected the usual sorts of photos of us with the dinosaurs, but when I saw these two young girls standing in front of a T. Rex, waiting for their daddy to take their picture, I couldn't get my camera out fast enough. Seriously, is this not the cutest pose ever? :) You can't see it at all in the picture, but Rexie (as he is known to his nearest and dearest friends--yeah, he and I are tight like that!) was enclosed in a glass case, so his chompers were not as close to the girls as they appear here. Because they were young children, I knew they wouldn't stand still for long, so I just started clicking away and managed to get one half-way decent shot. The subject matter lends itself well to Pattie's cartoon technique, and so here we are. Journaling on the page reads: "The dinosaur exhibit at the AMNH was just so much fun. We took several pictures of ourselves, of couse, posing with those fantastical creatures, but one of my favorite shots was of these two little girls standing in front of a T. Rex. From our perspective it looked as though the girls were mere seconds away from becoming a dino snack! After seeing how cute this photo turned out (the wonders of digital photography that we could look at it immediately!) we ran to catch up with the girls and their parents, to see if they might like a copy. Alas, we lost them in the crowd...or maybe the dinosaur finally caught up with them!" Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3606]Laying It All Out No. 04: Extractions with Dimension[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13738]Absolutely Acrylic Chevrons[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2959]Brad Bonanza No. 01: Digital Fasteners[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/1469]Speed Byte No. 024[/url][/b][/u] (dinosaur head in the page title) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4569]Speed Byte No. 098[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12223]Sunshine and Summertime Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15002]Tropical Christmas Mini Kit[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6511]Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7747]STOMP! Stickers[/url][/b][/u] Fonts: Criticize (cartoon caption on photo), VT Portable Remington (journaling), Wicked Scary Movie (page title) Thanks for stopping by!

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Throwdown

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:54:46 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Ugh! I'm still at work! I have exactly three DD scrapbooking things on my laptop! Ooohhh! Four things now, counting the throwdown freebies. :)

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Rotofugi--Not Your Typical Toy Store!

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:53:00 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Ugh! Must go now for smelling salts... Back later with credits, but just by way of quick explanation, Rotofugi is a toy store and art gallery in Chicago. It was one of Mr. Squeak's top ten places to visit while we were in the Windy City last summer. Journaling reads: "After a quick rest for the two of us and a change of shoes for me, we were off to Rotofugi. Part toy store, part art gallery, Rotofugi is know for its diverse and eclectic assortment of capsule toys, plush and vinyl figures made by artists from all over the world. Their gallery features exhibits of both local and national artists. Perhaps not a typical tourist destination, but we�d both read about it (me in the Lonely Planet Chicago guide, Peter on Yelp), so we were curious. Located on the border of the Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods, it was really easy to get there from our hotel--we just walked one block up N. Lincoln Ave. to W. Wisconsin St., caught the #11 bus and got off at Lincoln and W. Diversey Pkwy. It was a fun visit; Peter even recognized some Japanese anime characters and I bought a cute coin purse." ********** ...and finally back with the credits. Cassie, thanks for another exilerating Saturday morning! Credits Cassie Jones 30MM Challenge Freebie Pack, Feb. 9, 2013 [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3606]Laying It All Out No. 04: Extractions with Dimension[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14175]All White Now Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9862]Erskine Alphabet[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6371]Authentic Layered Template[/url][/b][/u] (altered) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14189]Banner Strip Dates No. 04[/url][/b][/u] Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6155]Itty Bitty Robots Kit[/url][/b][/u] Thanks for stopping by!

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What the 'El?!?

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:27:57 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Happy Saturday, DD'ers! Not that I need an excuse to stay indoors all day and scrap, but it's rainy and cold here right now--a great excuse for spending the day in front of the computer! :) So, I'm still plugging away on scrapping photos from a trip my best beloved and I took to Chicago last August. What a positively wonderful city! One aspect of Chicago that delighted me to no end was the elevated train system, or The El as the Chicagoans affectionately call it. (Am I forgiven for my bad page title pun? :) No?) It was just so cool to be perched above the streets and moving between the buildings at the level of a one-story building. Such a unique perspective! While I've scrapped most of the pics from that trip using multi-photo templates, there are some shots I want on their own pages, and this shot I got of an El train is such a one. Okay, tough choice ahead of me: should I bother taking a shower, or should I just stay in my jammies for the day, knowing that a nap is in my immediate future? :) Journaling reads: Looking down Adams St. from the Art Institute Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14221]Adventures in Outlines Words: Traveler[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10281]City Maps Paper Pack No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12888]Scratchy Masks Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8540]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5429]Spot Dots Brushes and Stamps No. 04[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12888]Scratchy Masks Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11783]Taped Together Overlays No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12261]Traveler Photo Masks No. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Font: Before the Rain Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

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Flutterby (Throwdown)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:30:45 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Well, this is not where I expected to end up, but here we are. :) No story behind this page at all; I just wanted to play tonight, and since we don't get snow where I live, I had to come up with some other way to use those cute wintery goodies in the freebie pack. Katie, thanks for a fun challenge! Not sure if we were to use all three papers in the freebie pack, but I did, although you'll have to hunt for the third. I masked it with the glitter snowflakes freebie and then blended it. Okay, off to bed. 6:00 a.m. will be here before I know it. Sigh. Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3606]Laying It All Out No. 04: Extractions with Dimension[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet Throwdown Freebie Jan 22, 2013 [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13299]Banner Labels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Thanks for stopping by!

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Gotcha!

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:57:44 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Ugh! Shaky hands! Sweaty brow! Irregular heart beat! ********** Okay, after putting my head between my knees I'm feeling much better. :) Off to check out everyone's pages. Back soon with the credits... Oh, and in case you can't read the journaling, here it is... "For the whole of Christmas Eve, J and K were doing their best to avoid my camera--throwing their hands up in front of their faces, pulling their Santa hats down, turning away at the last moment. Um, did they really think that would work?!? It is as though they�d never met me! Sis, this is what happens if you don�t pose for photos when I ask you to. I will get the shot but you might not like it!"

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10 Valentines to My Sweetie

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:33:04 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: So, it's not that I go out of my way, exactly, to hide from Mr. Squeak how much I spend on my scrapbooking addition--er, hobby--but I don't go out of my way to advertise it, either. Today, however, he happened to be in the office when I was putting together the credits for this page. He noticed me copying and pasting the credits from Lynnie's [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/showthread.php?t=12914]Store Product Link Excel Spread Sheet[/url][/b][/u] and asked what that was. (Lynn, he thinks this is the coolest thing ever and commends your dedication to making this! Me, too! Thanks so much!) THEN he noticed how long the credit list was... Him: "Wait! Does this mean you actually bought all of these things?!?" <sound of crickets chirping> Me, slowly, knowing this cannot end well: "Um, yes." Him, incredulous: "Do you actually use all of the things that you buy?" Me, sidestepping: "Well, yes. For this page I just finished, I used all of these things I'm listing." Him: "I'm sure that's not what I meant, and I'm sure you know that." Me: "Sweetie, would it enhance your life in any way to know how much disk space my digital scrapbooking supplies use up?" <sound of crickets chirping> Him: "Good point! Finish up and then let's watch the series finale of 'Fringe.'" This page is inspired by Amy M's [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/showthread.php?t=29475]Lots of Love challenge #1[/url][/b][/u]. The challenge is to make a page based on a cute Valentine's card saying. Amy's been collecting a whole bunch of these sayings in the challenge thread, and I thought it might be fun to take some of those sayings and put them all on the same page, 'cause you know, with the exception of watching the series finale of 'Fringe' and Kathleen's 30MM Masterpiece challenge, I had nothing else scheduled today. Seriously, what better way to spend a fine, sunny, warmish (mercifully, the cold snap out here seems to be abating) January Saturday than indoors doing digital scrapping? :) The page design was inspired by all ya'll that are doing Project Life, as well as some things I've seen at Pinterest (seriously, how much do you looooove Pinterest!) and a page I saw at Gallery Standouts about a year ago. ETA: in case you can't read what's written on the note the doggie is holding, here it is: "Valentine, Life would be 'ruff' without you!" Credits Designer Digitals Lots of Love Freebie No 1 (bow on doggie) Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4484]Breezy Flowers: Fancy[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4723]Breezy Hearts[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11427]Forever Mine Mini Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9056]Hint at it: Love[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14228]Summer Bursts Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9166]Drawn Hearts Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (recolored) Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3580]Laying It All Out No. 03: Custom Stickers and Clever Layering[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6832]How�d They Do That? No. 18: Weaving Words[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14339]Call The Doctor! Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14771]Cardstock Cuties: Hay Ride[/url][/b][/u] (altered mouse) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12248]Coffee Klatch Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6082]Cozy Crochet[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3080]Double Dutch Ribbons and Bows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9636]DIY Laundry Line[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6992]Felt Board Friends: Barnyard Buddies[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3809]Felt Board Friends: BeeAutiful Blooms[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5457]Felt Board Friends: Something Fishy[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13401]Sanded Chip Hearts[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12560]Teacher�s Pet Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14206]Under the Sea Elements[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7576]Colbie Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13701]Finer Things No. 01 Rose Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10788]Patterned Palette Super Pack No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11390]Samma Kit[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13575]Bakers Twine Assortment No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15270]DoodleDo Arrows Brushes and Stamps No. 3[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9282]Drawn Blossoms No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6622]Game Cards: Love[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14961]Graphed Notebook December Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12795]Haunted Woodlands Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11369]Heart Pebbles No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3080]Double Dutch Ribbons and Bows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14465]Lesson Book Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14875]Little Woodsy Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8160]Mixed Bag Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8043]Notebook Journalers[/url][/b][/u][u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13369]Pocket Pages Layered Templates No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13880]Pocketing Envelopes Layered Template No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14637]Spooktacular Kit[/url][/b][/u] Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3721]Little Creepers Stickers[/url][/b][/u] (tree branch) Fonts: a whole bunch. :) PM me if you're interested in a specific one. Thanks for stopping by!

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U R Just My Type!

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:45:08 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Hey, Gang! Half way through January; have you broken any New Year's resolutions yet? I make it easy on myself--I just don't make any. :) Well, actually, that's not entirely true. I have resolved to do more scrapping this year (um, truthfully I have resolved to [i][b]try[/b][/i] to do more scrapping this year, which is not quite the same thing, but hey, baby steps, right? Right?) In that spirit of trying to scrap more, I thought I'd give the latest [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/blog/designer-digitals-challenge-lots-of-love-1/]challenge[/url][/b][/u] a go. The only trick was trying to work a mouse into a challenge about cute Valentine's Day sayings, but come to think of it, I never seem to have a problem working a mouse into a page. :) Credits Designer Digitals Lots of Love Freebie Pack No.1 Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13471]Hint at it: Love No. 02[/url][/b][/u] Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9166]Drawn Hearts Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3580]Laying It All Out No. 03: Custom Stickers and Clever Layering[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14652]It�s A Science Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13401]Sanded Chip Hearts[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12533]Edge Overlays No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12646]In Words Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13968]Krafty Lace Paper Pack No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8043]Notebook Journalers[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7799]Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14280]Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 04[/url][/b][/u] Font: Problem Secretary Thanks for stopping by!

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Just Like That

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:22:18 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers and Happy Boxing Day! Okay, we don't really celebrate that holiday here in the States. I suppose where I live today would be more accurately named "Happy Gift Return and Post-Christmas Sales Day!" :) Anyone braving the lines at the stores today? Not me! This is the first day in many, many weeks that I don't have to do, well, anything, so I'm not. How much fun is that?!? It's ~11:00 a.m. PST and I am still in my jammies, a cup of hot mulled apple cider next to me, the rain pouring buckets outside. So, the story behind this page...I guess for the most part it speaks for itself. There is this tremendous build-up to Christmas Day--the cards and the presents and the shopping and the music and the tree and the...well, you get the idea. Over the years I've tried to simply my Christmas preparations so as not to stress too much, but even with simplifying I still take the whole month between Thanksgiving and Christmas to get ready. However, at 12:01 a.m. on December 26th it is as though someone throws a switch and Christmas (okay, the commercial aspect of it) comes to an abrupt and screeching halt. Everything just...stops. All of the radio stations that were playing 24-hour Christmas music now go back to their regular broadcasts. Stores take down their Christmas displays and replace them with Valentine's Day stuff. My neighbors have begun taking down their holiday lights, and one of my sisters has already put away all of her Christmas decorations, including her tree. It is only December 26th but it is as though Christmas never happened! Doesn't it seem like we should be able to say good-bye to Christmas in a more gradual way? Oh well, if I keep Christmas in my heart then I never have to say good-bye to it, right? Right? Okay, New Year's resolution--I'll work on that! In the meantime I have a couple of days off work, so I hope to be spending a bit more time here. Hope those that celebrated had a very Merry Christmas, and hope everyone has a happy and prosperous New Year. Credits Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14616]All White Now Paper Pack No. 02[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11016]Felt Board Friends: Jingle Bell Felts No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/15183]Artisan Trees No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Font: CK_Journaling Thanks for stopping by!

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Simply Thankful

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:31:26 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers! For those of us here in the States, we are nearing the end of our 4-day Thanksgiving weekend, and I am soooo thankful that it is not yet Monday! :) Here is my entry for the final Gratitude challenge, [u][b][url=http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/gratitude-challenge-simply-thankful/]Simply Thankful[/url][/b][/u]. The problem I had in making this page is not that I have so little to be thankful for, it's that I have so much--good health, good friends, loving family, a good job that I adore, a digital scrapbooking site that is as much a home to me as my brick and mortar one. I hope and pray that I do not take any of this for granted, but in trying to scrap even a portion of this I got stumped--not sure why. So, I decided to go a slightly different way and I focused on one occurrence on Thanksgiving Day when I was able to slip away from the noise and the laughter and the crowd and just sit by myself for a short while. In those few moments, eyes closed, letting the spirit of the day wash over me, I thought about a few of the smaller things in life for which I am grateful. They're simple things that give me great joy, but fair warning that I finished off my musings with gratitude for what I like to think was a triumph of perseverance born out of desperation (I hope the page journaling will make clear just what the heck I'm talking about here, but roll with me for a bit...). The story is this: there are two things that I must absolutely bring to Thanksgiving dinner; the first is pumpkin spice cookies (I did a [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=116164&nocache=1]two-page layout[/url][/b][/u] about this a few years ago, one of the first set of pages I made here at DD. Um, "layout?" More like "lameout!" Ugh! So much I didn't know then, and still haven't learned, but I digress...). The second is amaretto pie, which I make with a ginger snap/graham cracker crust. Fortunately I was able to make both the pie and the cookies this year, for which I am exceedingly grateful! :) Journaling reads: "November 22, 2012. The days leading up to Thanksgiving this year were filled with the usual mix of crazy and crazier--life seems to get busier every year. On Thanksgiving Day I was grateful to be able to slip away and just...sit...and reflect on some of life�s small moments for which I am so very thankful--the sound of my niece�s laughter, the gentle purr of a contented cat, a warm mug of cider drunk by a fire on a foggy fall day. Oh, and getting the last box of ginger snaps on the planet after hitting up five different stores so that I could make my famous amaretto pie for Thanksgiving Day dessert!" Credits Designer Digitals Simply Thankful Freebie Pack 11-18-2012 (I used the cluster and Cathy's template, but I shrunk the template and merged the photo blocks) Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3606]Laying It All Out No. 04: Extractions with Dimension[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6082]Cozy Crochet[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10891]Festive Fall Kit[/url][/b][/u] (paper) Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13700]Finer Things No. 01 Slate Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8243]Alandia Noces Collection[/url][/b][/u] (paper) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13299]Banner Labels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14426]Carte Post Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14798]Color Study: Brown Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14788]Fall Photo Masks No. 02 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14759]Flourishing Leaves No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7498]From My Bookshelf Solids Paper Pack No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (blended this with Naturally Krafty No. 8) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9370]Gardener's Delight Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6511]Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13034]Messy Stitched Squares: White No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9288]Naturally Krafty No. 08 Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10219]Photo Clusters No. 31[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10916]Simply Patterned Value Paper Pack No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12832]Vintage Flashcards: Fall[/url][/b][/u] Studio Double-D [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12959]Gratitude Element Clusters No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Fonts: Ariel, CK_Ali's Hand Photo: iStock (Can you believe it? I've been making this pie for [b][i]years[/i][/b] and I don't have a photo of it!!! So, I chose a photo that makes me think of autumn and all that I love about it.) Thanks for stopping by!

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Gratitude with Attitude

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:07:25 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: I tried to go with the collage theme of Uma's [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/general-digital-talk/29056-layer-gratitude-chat-challenge.html]Layers of Gratitude[/url][/b][/u] chat--truly I did--but my headstrong and unruly muse (hence the alliterative page title) had other ideas, and so here we are. Sigh. Katie and Randy, I can't begin to tell you how much this site means to me, but please let me try...in no particular order, here is a list of some of the things at DD for which I am grateful... Katie Randy Friendship Encouragement Support Love The Forums 30 Minute Masterpiece Saturday Scraplift Freebies Love Days of December Thrifty Thursday Photoshop Tips Love The Designers Quarterly Sales Template Challenge The Products The Web Site The People Community Love 3 Kits 3 Ways Inspiration Laughter Creativity Joy Love Credits DD Layers of Gratitude Freebies, Nov. 17, 2012 Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9304]Silly Billy Alphabet[/url][/b][/u] (seriously recolored) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14228]Summer Bursts Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6832]How�d They Do That? No. 18: Weaving Words[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2959]Brad Bonanza No. 01: Digital Fasteners[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7843]Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8377]Yarn Swirls No. 03: Neutrals[/url][/b][/u] Font: CK_Jot Thanks for stopping by!

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It's Even Bigger Than It Looks!

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:38:24 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: I've been giving some thought to how on earth I'm going to scrap the thousands and thousands of photos we took on our month-long road trip this past fall (I have so far avoided thinking about sorting all of those photos--ugh!), and I think what makes the most sense is to use multi-photo templates for the vast majority of them, but make the occasional special page to highlight something that really stood out to me. Our hike to the Corona Arch is such an event. Located near Moab, Utah, the Corona Arch is not officially part of Arches National Park; it isn't even on the same road as the national park, and perhaps for this reason it did not have nearly as many people visiting it. Oftentimes we were the only two people on the trail, and for a short while we even had the entire arch to ourselves. The first part of the hike is a rather steep climb, but then the trail for the most part is fairly level. Most of the trail is over slickrock, which means there is no trail as such. Your path is marked by the presence of "ducks" (also known as cairn), man-made piles of rocks that mark the way. I have a slight fear of heights (well, not so much a fear of heights as a fear of falling...actually, not so much a fear of falling as a fear of smashing into the ground and dying a painful death...but I digress...), so when we got to the last part of the hike--a vertical climb up a slickrock face, aided by footholds and a cable--I was not thrilled. Still, I'd come that far and was determined to complete the hike and sit under the arch, so I made the climb. You can't see the expression on my face, but as I neared the top of this climb, Peter called out to me so he could take my photo. The look in my eyes is not one of fear but one of murder; I was so intent on the climb that when he called my name I started and nearly lost my grip. We had a loooooong talk after that, about when it might be appropriate to ask me to pose for a photo and when it would be best to wait... :) (In fact, it is this conversation that led to [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=184281&ppuser=40949]this[/url][/b][/u], but I digress again...) Anyway, I finished the climb, only to be confronted with another slightly less vertical climb, and this time there were no footholds or cable. Sigh. I didn't look particularly dignified crawling up this last bit practically on my hands and knees (and no, Peter didn't take a picture of this!), but I made it, and I'm so glad I did! The Corona Arch is such a spectacular sight to see up close and personal! Journaling under the photos reads: "Peter reminds me that �two rocks do not a duck make,� but I think there are three rocks here!" "It doesn�t look so big from here, but we�re still at least half a mile away. See that speck in the large photo? That�s me!" "This part of the trail was scary for me--a vertical climb aided by footholds and a metal cable. Coming down was even more fun!" Credits Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11631]Date Boxes No. 01[/url][/b][/u] The Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7950]Sun Burn Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7947]Absolutely Acrylic: Arrows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2959]Brad Bonanza No. 01: Digital Fasteners[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12222]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Splattered Summer[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5157]Staple Its![/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14763]Cut Ups: Great Outdoors[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14982]Clustering Bookshelf Brushes and Stamps No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14103]Fragments: Chevrons[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7843]Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12441]Instamatic Frames No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13329]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14719]Watery Chevrons No. 03 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Fonts: Serial Publication (title), CK_Journaling Thanks for stopping by!

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Autumn Infused Color Challenge

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:50:21 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: So, for the most recent [u][b][url=http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/color-spots-challenge-autumn-infused/]color challenge[/url][/b][/u], Melissa said there are no rules and just go where the title (Autumn Infused) takes you. Well, here is where I ended up, and in the words of Jerry Garcia, while he was still alive and performing with the Grateful Dead, what a long, strange trip it's been! :) I initially tried sticking with the suggested color palette, but my unruly muse soon took control and so here is my take on the color challenge: a celebration of a few of my favorite autumnal things. In no particular order they are: Fall food treats! Pumpkin pie! Candy corn! Caramel apples! Harvest Festivals. Halloween! Everything about it! The decorating! The candy! The joyful laughter of costumed children as they run from house to house. Colorful leaves rustling in the wind. The way the kitchen smells on Thanksgiving Day. The way the kitchen sounds on Thanksgiving Day. The crisp chill of a moonlit fall night. Snuggling under a blanket in front of a cracking fire with my best beloved. Puttin� on my favorite fall sweater. The way shadows get longer, as though they stretch from fall into winter. And now if you'll excuse me. I have to make an appointment to see my doctor. I think I have repetitive stress syndrome from typing up all of the credits for this page! :) Credits Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14548]Handdrawn Arrows Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6039]Harvest Cardstock + Patterns[/url][/b][/u] Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13974]Garden Mystery Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7567]Splattered Blooms[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3498]Summer Breeze Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3887]Fall Flowers[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8269]Fall Festival Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13313]Stormy Weather Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9303]Vintage Youngsters[/url][/b][/u] The Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7248]Happy Place Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7104]Meadow Glow Kit[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7947]Absolutely Acrylic: Arrows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9636]DIY Laundry Line[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8584]Felt Board Friends: Thanksgiving[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3599]Felt Board Friends: Autumn Days[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5822]Felt Board Friends: Feels Like Fall[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10947]Preserved Memories: Autumn[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3724]Something to Crow About[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12745]Pick of the Patch Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12560]Teacher�s Pet Kit[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14349]Columba Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6324]Frostproof Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14823]Just Linens Paper Pack No. 47[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8364]Layered Memories No. 078[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7002]Manchester Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6939]Olan Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12913]Winifred Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet Cut Ups: Thankful Collection (retired?) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12422]Artistry de Sol Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14989][/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6015]Boo Edgers Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10857]Cut Ups: Gratitude[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12972]From My Bookshelf Paper Pieces: Fall No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9682]Garden Stakes: Words[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12942]Googly Eyed Halloween Stickers[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/1115]Little Bits Alphabet[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3739]Little Paper Leaves Curled and Flat[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14981]Little Pilgrims Mini Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8208]Digitally Pressed Petals No. 07[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12499]Messy Stitched Borders: White No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5323]Grassy Edgers Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14674]Pocket Cards: Autumn No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4013]Simple Harvest Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Studio Double-D [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14890]Layer Works No. 249[/url][/b][/u] (used a bunch of elements from this template) Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8342]Everyday Basics Paper Pack: Orange[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3721]Little Creepers Stickers[/url][/b][/u] Andrea Victoria [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12800]Salamat Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (recolored) Fonts: Serial Publication, CK_Ali's Hand, CK_Journaling, Cut It Out Photos: mine Thanks for stopping by!

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The Photographer (Throwdown)

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 02:57:45 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Whew! I think I finished on time! :) Off to check out everyone's entries for this challenge. The gallery looks amazing! Back later with the credits... ********** ...and we are back. It took a while to track down all of the credits for this page; I was simply and wildly grabbing things out of my stash, trying to beat the posting deadline. :) This is yet another photo of Peter perched on a ledge overlooking the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. That place has a lot of ledges and I took a lot of pictures! :) I've posted three pages from our month-long road trip, and I have over 7000 pictures from that trip. 6997 to go! :) Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14650]Feeling like Fall Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10111]Staple Its!: Clusters[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13595]Bessa Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7036]Lolly Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7877]Assorted Tapes No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7404]Chunky Chipboard Alphabet: Orange[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14321]Collageable Notions No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8537]Collageables No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8872]Date Tags No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/1115]Little Bits Alphabet[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14517]Play Outside Add-on Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14719]Watery Chevrons No. 03 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] 4th Quarterly Sale Throwdown Freebies, Nov. 11, 2012 Studio Double-D [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14326]Layer Works No. 214[/url][/b][/u] (used chevron shapes and clipped paper to them) Thanks for stopping by!

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So Here's The Story...(Mix It Up Readymade Challenge)

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:32:03 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers! Gosh, before yesterday's chats it feels like forever since I'd posted! My life is the usual mix of crazy and crazier, so I was very pleased I was able to participate in the 4th Quarterly Sales chats. My scrapping skills are a bit rusty (and we don't even want to talk about what it's like to be out of scrappin' practice and have to scrap under a time limit--ahem, Wendy and Lynn!--but boy does it ever feel good to fire up Photoshop again! :) So, one reason I've been absent is that Mr. Squeak and I were able to do some traveling this past summer and early fall. We haven't been on a vacation in two years--long overdue--and then in the past few months we've taken not one but two vacations. In August we took a week-long trip to Chicago. No sooner were we back and unpacked from that trip when we left for a ~4-week road trip. Long story short: we both had a ton of use-it-or-lose-it vacation hours. My boss was a bit freaked about me being gone for an entire month, so I spent the weeks preceding the trip getting the lab ready for my absence. Aaaaaanyway, for our month off we decided to do a good, old-fashioned road trip. No specific plans about what to see or where to go. We just packed a suitcase, downloaded some maps to Peter's smart phone and off we went. The general plan was to drive around the Southwest, stopping at as many cities and national parks and roadside oddities as we could cram into 4 weeks. The basic route: start in Nevada, then up to Utah, over to Colorado, down to New Mexico, over to Arizona and then head for home. Between the two of us we took >7000 photos; I will be scrapping this trip for years to come! For Lynn's Scraplift Live challenge yesterday I posted the following [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=184237&ppuser=40949]page[/url][/b][/u]: [url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104066168088979090142/albums/5809804231815630561][img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8m1F5EHl314/UKCSKwfKfMI/AAAAAAAAAl0/TrfAAjL4Ic0/s443-p-k/GetAGrip.jpg[/img][/url] and left a rather cryptic remark in the photo details section. Today I'm back to tell the tale of the photo on that page. (ETA: I decided to post that page here so you could see it before reading the story. The story will make more sense...well, maybe it will, maybe it won't...I do tend to go on... :) ) The photo was taken at an overlook at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The story itself is long and windy (not 'windy' like blowing wind, but 'windy' like twisty turns, although come to think of it, both pronunciations work! :) ), but bear with me. I wanted to tell both the story of how we got to the photo location and then tell the story of the photo itself. Remember, I did say it was a long story! :) Journaling reads: After nearly a month of traveling, today was our last real day of vacation. We had about two days of driving ahead of us, so before we started the long trek home we were determined to get in one last adventure. On our hike yesterday Peter had seen signs for Point Sublime, a [b][i]seriously[/i][/b]-off-the-beaten-path overlook, something we could drive to on our way out of the park. After conferring with Ranger Ron at the ranger station located near the lodge, we decided we had to do it. �We have a 4-wheel drive,� said Peter. �Will we have any problems with the road?� �Um, �road� is perhaps not an accurate description of what you'll be be driving on, but sure, with a 4-wheel drive you should be fine. It�s only 18 miles from the main road to Point Sublime; you should be able to drive it in a little under 90 minutes.� �What?� said I. �90 minutes to drive 18 miles?!?� �And that�s only because they�ve recently fixed some of the problems,� said Ranger Ron. Well, we wanted a last adventure, so off we went, and we soon discovered what he meant. The gravel road that branched off from the main road quickly gave way to something barely recognizable as a path, full of kidney-jarring potholes, piles of boulders that we had to drive [b][i]over[/i][/b], and dust so thick in places we feared we�d get stuck. It was glorious! When we finally reached the overlook, we immediately saw why it was named �Point Sublime.� The way here no doubt keeps many people from visiting this incredible place, which was all the better for us, as we had it all to ourselves. Like the other parts of the Grand Canyon we�d seen, this place was so, so big, so all-encompassing that we found it hard to photograph, but of course that did not stop us from trying. Peter was able to take some great panoramic photos with his smart phone. While he was busy photographing, I decided to have a bit of fun with him. Exploring the very edge of the point, I noticed a small recessed ledge that was all but hidden from view. I climbed down to this ledge and when I was in position I began calling for help. Peter rushed over when he heard me, but before reaching for my hand to pull me up he stopped and took my picture! I was so flabbergasted that I let go my grip, and then, of course, it was glaringly obvious that I was standing on something. He later told me that he�d seen me climb down onto the ledge and get into position, so he decided to have fun with me in turn. At the time, though, I was righteously angry that he hadn�t dropped everything and rushed to my aid. When I took him to task about this, he innocently replied, �Hey, haven�t you always told me to get the shot first?� Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11663]Date Buttons[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14650]Feeling like Fall Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Scraplift Live freebie Nov. 10, 2012 Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5598]Things That Go!: Felt[/url][/b][/u] Melanie Grimes for Studio Double-D [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10236]DoubleD Doodles: School No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13299]Banner Labels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14843]Color Study Flair: Red No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14783]Cut Outs: Great Outdoors[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6511]Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5070]Messed Up Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5070]Messed Up Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12647]Striped Mix: Sunshine Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Studio Double-D Mix-It-Up Readymades freebie Fonts: Serial Publication (title), VT Portable Remington (journaling) Thanks for stopping by!

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Note to Self...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:19:02 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: There's a long story here...

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Annual Pumpkin Carving (30MM Challenge)

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:50:38 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Did I make it? Excuse me while I go breathe into a paper bag! :) Back in a while with the credits... ********** ...and we are back. Wendy, thanks for a fun challenge! Nothing like a bit of adrenaline early on a Saturday morning! :) Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3623]All Tricked Out Overlays[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7264]Farm Fresh Collection[/url][/b][/u] (background paper) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14725]Happy Halloween Clusters Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12827]Tricked Out Blendables No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7947]Absolutely Acrylic: Arrows[/url][/b][/u] "Eeek!" Kit (retired) Font: Subway Novella Thanks for stopping by!

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So THIS Is What Fall Looks Like!

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:05:24 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers! It's been a bit over a month since I last posted a page. Not coincidentally I've been on a wonderfully long ~month-long vacation with my best beloved. Got back at oh-dark-thirty last Sunday morning, just in time to re-pack and head out for a conference for my job. Ugh! Home now, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but you have no idea how good it feel to be finally home doing laundry and sorting through mail. :) Thought I'd use Katie's throwdown challenge to get back into scrapping, but when one remembers at 6:47 p.m. that the throwdown started at 6:00 p.m., well, let's just say it's a good thing I wasn't doing this for the gift certificate prize! :) For our month-long vacation, Peter and I were on a road trip all around the southwestern United States: Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona. We didn't see everything those wonderful states have to offer, but we saw enough. I will be scrapping this trip for years to come, mainly because I'm still scrapping our Chicago vacation from August, our Maui vacation from a couple of years ago, but I digress... Because of where we live in California, we don't get to see the leaves change color. Everything here is green for half the year and then brown. We really don't have seasons; autumn is simply a designation on a calendar. We timed our road trip just right, though, as we saw the most breathtaking fall colors, even though it was still a bit early in the season. The picture on this page was taken on the road that leads to Point Sublime, an overlook at the north rim of the Grand Canyon. (Has anyone here ever driven that road and seen Point Sublime? At only 18 miles off the main paved road, you'd think it would be a short drive, but I use the word "road" loosely to describe what we had to drive to get there! Took us an hour to drive it! Thank heavens we have a four-wheel drive suv, but I digress again...) The overlook itself is magnificent, but driving back to the main road, we turned a corner and stopped dead in our 4-wheeled tracks when we saw the road ahead of us was lined with aspens, all dressed up in their fall finery, the wind blowing through the leaves as if to show them off to us. So, this is what people in the Northern Hemisphere mean when they talk about the leaves changing color in the fall! I could live in a place like this and be very happy! Well, at least until the first snow hit, and then I'd be miserable! :) Katie, thanks for a fun challenge! Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2959]Brad Bonanza No. 01: Digital Fasteners[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5822]Felt Board Friends: Feels Like Fall[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet Oct. 14 Throwdown Freebies [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6016]Letter Box Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] Thanks for stopping by!

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The Old Neighborhood

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:52:25 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Whew! My hands are shaking! :) Back in a moment with the credits. This is a photo of the neighborhood where I used to live in Chicago. ********** ...and we are back. Geeze, I love the 30MM Challenge, but I'm such a wreck afterwords! :) Kathleen, thanks for a fun morning! The page story is this... Peter and I took a week-long trip to Chicago at the beginning of August, just to see what there is to see. It's quite a wonderful place! I lived there for a year, more years ago than I care to say, so one of our excursions was a visit to my old neighborhood. The old neighborhood is now called Lakeview, although there is no view of the lake from my old street, N. Paulina Ave., about two blocks from the Lincoln and Addison El stop. I was pleased to see that some things have stayed the same--there is the Dunkin' Doughnuts shop, here is the old church--but my old street has undergone some changes. The three-story apartment building where I used to live is now a three-story single family home, the neighborhood grocery store is now a condo, and the corner bar is now a day care center! :) The changes are actually quite lovely, but they are not at all what I expected to see, so as we were catching the El back to downtown, I happened to glance down Lincoln Ave. and was so gratified to see that even if the businesses occupying the store fronts are now different than they were, the view from the train platform still looks like it does in my memory. Credits 30MM Challenge Sept2012 Freebie (background paper, photo cluster, splatters) Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13373]Bakers Twine Assortment No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6016]Letter Box Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10292]Worth Repeating Brushes and Stamps No. 10[/url][/b][/u] Font: Trajan Pro Thanks for stopping by!

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Mabe the Cover? Maybe Not!

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:15:47 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Back nearly a week from our vacation to Chicago, and I'm still trying to figure out how to scrap all of my photos. I think it's safe to say that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. :) This page started out as a way to experiment with [u][b][url=http://katiepertiet.typepad.com/designerdigitals_weblog/in-the-studio/]Katie's latest painting tutorial[/url][/b][/u], and then things quickly degenerated from there. It's a very busy page, but Chicago is a very busy city--very colorful and alive. Not sure where I'll use this in my album--cover page? First page? Scrap heap? :) So many choices! Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3580]Laying It All Out No. 03: Custom Stickers and Clever Layering[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13802]Blendable Photo Cards No. 04[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8540]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6020]Destination aFar Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13760]Dictionary Blendables: Everyday No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6662]Dirty Linens Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12674]Splatters Brushes and Stamps No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13957]Twisted Dots No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Font: Vacation Postcard NF Thanks for stopping by!

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My Kind of Town

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:31:32 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers! Hope you are all doing well. Me, I'm just back from a week-long vacation in Chicago, the Windy City. What a marvelous town! My feet are sooo sore, as we walked and walked all over that town, sampling good food, gawking at great architecture, swooning over breathtaking art, delighting in the people. Peter is rolling his eyes even as I type, 'cause we haven't even fully unpacked or started the laundry or gotten dinner ready, but I just had to get a page posted! :) (I really do need a 12x12 step program, but I digress...) The photo on this page is one that was stitched together from several shots taken of the skyline at night from the Shed Aquarium. We were sitting on the grass just outside the aquarium, eating a lovely buffet dinner and waiting for the start of the Wednesday night fireworks that are set off from Navy Pier. The lights from the city just took my breath completely away, so I decided my first page for this book should be a simple one of that magnificent, colorful skyline. Have a great week, everyone! Credits Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12357]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Fireworks[/url][/b][/u] (recolored) Font: Before the Rain Thanks for stopping by!

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"You are Soooo Weird!"

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:02:45 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/contests-events/28201-final-challenge-summer-spectacular-its-color-challenge.html]Summer Spectacular 2012: Bring On the Color Challenge[/url][/b][/u] This is my page for the Summer Spectacular 2012 Color Challenge. The whole summer event has been wonderful! I'm sad that it is drawing to a close. I had quite a bit of fun playing with the colors for this page, choosing to emphasize the brighter colors of the palette to go with the page story and the story is this... Among my family and friends, I enjoy a certain, um, reputation for my love of goofy holiday fashion. I'm the one with a different Christmas sweater for nearly every day of December, and don't get me started on my Halloween shirts and earrings. People know this about me and so I am often the recipiant of gifts that are more often than not given as a joke, as in: no one in their right mind would ever really wear that! Well, to that I say: have we met? :) My niece does much eye-rolling when she sees me in a Christmas hat that looks like it came right out of a Dr. Seuss book, complete with twirlygigs and froomboombles and spang-spangles, and yet she, too, feeds into this by giving me things that she thinks will result in a good laugh but then will be put aside. The sunglasses I'm wearing in the photo on this page? They were a birthday gift from her last year. I screamed with delight when I saw them and wore them for the rest of the day. As she and her parents were leaving, she gave me a big hug and said, "I love you but you are sooooo weird!" High praise from a teenager! :) Journaling reads: "So says my niece each time she sees me in an elf hat for Christmas or a turkey sweater for Thanksgiving or colorful sunglasses for my birthday. Well, Sweetie, be thankful that I confine these little fashion eccentricities mainly to holidays and that I wear them mainly at home. After all, I could be showing up to to your softball games dressed as a fielder�s mitt carrying a big sign that says, �Go, Niece!� on it! Hey! What a GREAT idea!" Credits Designer Digitals Summer Spectacular 2012 Bring on the Color Freebie Pack Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14040]Carlie Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13364]Edge Overlays No. 04[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6568]Little Snips Alphabet[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5626]Simple Classics No. 06 Kit[/url][/b][/u] (tag) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12569]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12376]Whimsy Wings Kit[/url][/b][/u] Studio DD [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12085]Layer Works No. 058[/url][/b][/u] Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12356]Bright Day Mini Kit[/url][/b][/u] Font: Traveling Typewriter Thanks for stopping by!

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Hi, Five!

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:36:42 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/contests-events/28176-fifth-summer-spectacular-challenge-summer-yesteryear.html]Summer spectacular 2012: Summer of Yesteryear[/url][/b][/u] I have written before of the boxes and boxes of memorabilia my mom left me when she passed. I continue to go through those boxes as time permits, and I continue to find some real treasures. The picture on this page is such a one. Although my mom took pictures of me and my sisters while we were growing up, there are no real scrapbooks of us, just photos in those old boxes, so it was a delight to find this photo of me, taken at one of my birthday parties. I had completely forgotten about this day until I saw this pic; isn't it amazing how looking at a photo can bring old memories right back into sharp focus? The little gap-toothed monkey second from your right? That's me. No date on the photo, but I'm guessing from who else is in the photo that it was probably my 5th birthday (hence the bad pun page title). And how does any of this tie in to the Summer of Yesteryear theme? I'm getting to that. :) My birthday is in August (Ah ha! The tie-in! :) ), so although I have many of the usual memories of summer that a child raised in the northern hemisphere might have--no school, long bike rides, swimming in the neighbor's pool--my favorite memories are of the summertime birthday parties my mom would organize for me. She'd bake a cake and invite all of the neighborhood kids in for games and food. Those were some fun days. Although I quit celebrating birthdays when I got to the 16th anniversary of my 29th birthday, I still remember those early birthdays with pleasure. Journaling reads: "My fondest memories of childhood summers are those of my birthday parties. With an August birthday, the late summer was always a time of celebration. Mom would bake my favorite cake (Mmmm! Angel Food!) and I�d invite all of the neighborhood kids to attend. School would be starting in just a few weeks, and with it the end of a freedom that only summer vacation can bring, but all of that seemed so far away as I celebrated the day of my birth in the warm summer sun with family and friends." Credits Designer Digitals Summer Spectacular 2012 Summer of Yesteryear Freebies Art Warehouse [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12017]Blue Eternity Papers and Rub-Ons[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6905]Eternity Pink Paper and Clock Faces[/url][/b][/u] Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12656]Summer Sunset Distressed Add-on Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12598]Summer Sunset Kit[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6832]How�d They Do That? No. 18: Weaving Words[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13837]Rainbow Chevrons Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9726]Tie Em Up Ribbons[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12317]Jelly Alphabet No. 23[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10361]Sealife Memories Kit[/url][/b][/u] (rope threaded through alpha) Studio DD [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12526]Birthday Clusters No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13711]Layer Works No. 169[/url][/b][/u] Font: Pea Heather's Handwriting Thanks for stopping by!

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In Your Face!

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:01:37 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/contests-events/28159-fourth-summer-spectacular-challenge-biggest-splash.html]Summer Spectacular 2012: Biggest Splash Challenge[/url][/b][/u] It is sometimes hard for me to believe that I actually pay money to get the life scared out of me when I travel--zip lining, canyoneering, parasailing, white water rafting. My life at home is fairly sedentary, so maybe that's why I do these things...Seriously, white water rafting is quite fun, but when I'm hurtling headlong into a wall of water, a wall of water that masks a set of class V rapids that could very well throw me from the flimsy rubber raft onto big, pointy rocks, "This is sooo fun!" are not usually the words that I'm saying right at that time, if you know what I mean. :) This photo was taken during our last trip to Costa Rica (yes, still not done with that book...sigh...I tried making a rule for myself--I can't travel until I scrap the pics from the last trip--but with my lack of time management skills, such a rule would mean that I'd never travel again...ever...but I digress...). Along with the guide in our raft, there was a guide in a kayak running ahead of our raft, looking for the best (note that I am not using the word "safest!") route down the river. It rains so often in Costa Rica that the river paths can change almost daily, so this lone guy in his kayak was necessary. He'd often get far enough ahead of us that he could hang out and take photos of us as we made our way down the river. Yup, that's me sitting to Peter's right; you can just make out my helmet and my paddle! :) Great challenge, Kathie! Credits Designer Digitals Summer Spectacular 2012 Big Splash Challenge Freebie Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9812]Lars Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8540]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7799]Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Font: CK_Ali's Hand Thanks for stopping by!

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Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:56:07 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: I think I need to [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=178253&ppuser=40949]take a break[/url][/b][/u] from scrapping more often. I've been more productive since I decided to stop scrapping for a while than I've been in a long time! I've finished up two projects in my "Clean Up" folder and now I'm starting on a third! This is my page for Connie's (scullen2) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/contests-events/28135-summer-spectacular-2012-summer-celebration.html]Summer Celebration[/url][/b][/u] challenge for DD's Summer Spectacular 2012, and the story is this... We have a group of friends that we've known for years. We've been with them through marriage, divorce, children, new jobs, new homes. They come over to our place for summer barbecues and Christmas tree-trimming parties; we go to their homes for Bad Movie Nights and birthday parties. About three years ago (yes, I am that far behind in my scrapping...sigh...) we all met for a picnic in a local park. Along with the usual assortment of picnic paraphernalia, one of the guys brought some squirt guns and a toy rocket launcher (it launched nerf rockets, so nothing too dangerous). When Peter found the rocket launcher, he whispered to himself, "Ooohhh!" and I knew the kids would never see it again. :) Journaling reads: "Peter discovers the rocket launcher. No good can come from this!" ...and the ant is thinking, "Be afraid! Be very afraid!" Thanks for a fun challenge, Connie! Credits Designer Digitals Summer Celebration Freebie (Good Times ticket) Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3026]Frayed Knots[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12010]Never Stop Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12184]A to Zoo Word Tiles Value Pack[/url][/b][/u] (ant extraction) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12390]BBQ Bash Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12357]Shimmer Me Tidbits: Fireworks[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5157]Staple Its![/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14226]Capped: Rainbow[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8540]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4536]Cut Ups: Everyday[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5853]Doodledo Whimsy No. 02 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13674]Pocket Cards: Ledger No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10959]Postage Strip Journalers No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11623]Slide Reels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12569]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13957]Twisted Dots No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10292]Worth Repeating Brushes and Stamps No. 10[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9596]Annino Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Font: CK_Journaling Thanks for stopping by!

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Superstar Right You Are

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:50:55 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/contests-events/28118-second-summer-event-challenge-get-game-challenge.html]Second Summer Event Challenge: Get in the Game[/url][/b][/u] Wow, I don't think I've done a page this simple in...well, I don't know if I've ever done a page this simple! I'd love to be able to tell you there was some purposeful thought behind what I did here, but truth to tell I was just...stuck. I knew I wanted to scrap some photos of my niece; she's been playing league softball since she was 5, and she's in high school now, so I have, um, a few pictures of her taken during her games. :) I was going to go in a completely different direction for this challenge, but couldn't quite get where I thought I wanted to go. In a fit of pique, I angrily removed everything from the page except for the two things you see, and when I looked at the simplified page, I kinda went, "Huh. That maybe doesn't suck." and so here I am. Thanks, Steph, for a fun challenge! Credits Designer Digitals Summer Spectacular Get In The Game Freebie Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3606]Laying It All Out No. 04: Extractions with Dimension[/url][/b][/u] MapleBrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7902]Neiva Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Thanks for stopping by!

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Happy Camper?!? I Think Not!

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:29:49 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/contests-events/28098-first-summer-event-challenge-trailblazer-challenge.html]Summer Spectacular Trailblazers Challenge[/url][/b][/u] Greetings, DD'ers and Happy Saturday! I have to go into work for a few hours this evening, but before I do so I thought I'd post the page I made for the Trailblazers Challenge. I hate to post and run, so no time to write about the page story, but I think the journaling is self-explanatory... Journaling: "Camping has a certain romantic appeal to me: getting away from the stress of urban life, getting back to nature, sleeping under the stars, eating food you�ve cooked over an open fire, telling ghost stories �round the campfire, falling asleep to the sound of crickets and night birds. In my younger days I quite liked the whole experience. I still very much enjoy hiking and other outdoor activities--skiing and horseback riding are but two that come to mind--but nowadays, if there�s a place in the great outdoors that I�d like to see, it had better be a place I can hike out to and back from in 12 hours or less or the only way I�m likely to see it is in a travel magazine or on my �Places I�d Like To Visit� board on Pinterest. So what happened? It�s not that I don�t like getting dirty and I certainly don�t consider myself a city girl, although city living also has a certain romantic appeal to me--the life and the noise and the culture and the energy and the restaurants and the theater and the sights. I�ve always thought it would be so cool to live in a loft in Manhattan or an apartment in Paris or a flat in London. Not forever, mind you, but for a few months in each place perhaps, just long enough for me to start to get bored and restless and tired of traffic and crowds and high prices and no parking spaces. No, my aversion to camping has more to do with an acquired appreciation of certain creature comforts as I�ve grown older: the pleasure of going to sleep in a bed, a real bed, one with a mattress and box springs and clean sheets, of being able to get a cup of caffeine first thing in the morning right after taking a shower with soap and hot water, of having a place to plug in my hair dryer. So, although I believe that nature is beautiful and that we should all experience it as much as possible, when I�m camping I often find myself thinking that the simple beauty of time spent outside sometimes cannot compare with the utter joy and relief of having a roll of toilet paper handy when you really need it." Credits Designer Digitals Trailblazers Freebie Pack 2012 Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13558]Pamela Kit[/url][/b][/u] The Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8095]Urban Energy Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12248]Coffee Klatch Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7701]Felt Board Friends: In The Woods - Gear[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9667]Felt Board Friends: Potty Like a Rock Star[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9774]On the Go Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9775]On the Go Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12569]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4728]It's a Girl Thing: Purses[/url][/b][/u] Fonts: CK_Ali's Hand, Ariel, Little Princess (a free dingbat font--used this to make the hair dryer) Thanks for stopping by and Happy Camping! :)

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Hey, Carol! Here It Is! :)

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:23:03 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Yeah, yeah, I'm supposed to be taking time off from scrapping because of my insane work schedule and so that I can plan some upcoming vacations, and yet here I am, scrapping. I think what I did was take a break from scrapping things I felt I [i]had[/i] to scrap and now I'm scrapping things I [i]want[/i] to scrap. <sound of crickets chirping> Yeah, okay, I know how that sounds...the human mind is so great at rationalizing, n'est-ce pas? What am I up to now--my [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=178328&ppuser=40949]third farewell tour[/url][/b][/u]? :) Aaaaaaaanyway, here's a page that is long overdue. This past January, Carol (DD's very own oldbag165) sent me a photo she'd taken on a recent trip to Switzerland. For once, the story is actually on the page, so I don't need to add much more here. However, I do want to say how very cool it is that Carol saw this little guy gobbling up a big ol' hunk of cheese and she thought of me. Carol, I was so very touched by the gift of your photo! I hope you like the page I made for it! Oh, and the page design was inspired by Jana Morton. The title of her most recent 'Jana's JumpStarts' at the Creative Passions blog is 'Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.' Thought I'd try repeating repeating repeating a photo on a page, and so here we are... Journaling reads: "Carol, an online friend of mine from Designer Digitals, recently took a trip to Switzerland with her husband. While walking around the town of Schaffhausen one evening, intent on photographing interesting doors and shop signs, she turned a corner and came upon this little guy outside a wine and cheese shop. Knowing my, um, predilection (soooo much nicer word than �obsession,� don�t you think?) for mice, she stopped to take his photo. Her husband thought she was nuts--taking a photo of mouse? When she was surrounded by so many colorfully painted buildings? She was so excited about getting this shot that she completely forgot to photograph the store sign, which has been her original intent, although she assured me she did get hundreds of photos of the surrounding buildings. Upon her return to the States she promptly sent me this photo. Bummer that she didn�t get the photo of the store sign, but how cool is this photo? And how very cool is it that she took it just because she knows I collect mice? Thank you, Carol, thanks from the bottom of my mouse-loving heart! You�re awesome!" Credits Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9415]Remember Slides[/url][/b][/u] The Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7248]Happy Place Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7947]Absolutely Acrylic: Arrows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13738]Absolutely Acrylic Chevrons[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11679]Whirlygigs[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6099]Alandia Paix Collection[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13373]Bakers Twine Assortment No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13299]Banner Labels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12974]Banner Safety Tags No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11884]Basic Tags No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14184]Clean Stitched Banners: Charcoal No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4536]Cut Ups: Everyday[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13617]Cut Ups: Photography[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8075]Digital Date Stamps Vol. 15[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3687]DoodleDo Frames No. 02 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13921]DoodleDo Frames No. 09 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8334]Letters Home Elements and Brushes[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13951]Roughed Up Pocket Cards: Pear Perfection[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studios [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7777]Carissa Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (paper for one of the banners) Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9203]New Spring Kit[/url][/b][/u] Font: Akbar Thanks for stopping by!

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Caterwauling

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:28:41 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: So, you know those bands that say they are going to quit performing and then they go on a farewell tour? And then a couple of years later they go on another farewell tour? And then a couple of years after that they go on...well, you get the idea. Yesterday I posted a [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=178253&ppuser=40949]page[/url][/b][/u] and I said in the commentary that I was going to be too busy to scrap for a while and that you wouldn't be seeing me around the gallery for the next few weeks. Well, um, this is my second farewell tour, and I suspect there will be more! :) Truth be told it is very difficult for me to stay away from scrapping. I like to think that it is therapeutic (and not at all addictive or a way for me to avoid getting my work done...but I digress...), and besides, I just had to scrap this conversation I had with my DH earlier today. Ah, marriage. For better for worse for better for worse for better for worse... :) Journaling reads: Me, all gooey: �Sweetie, I�m singing to Lucifer and he�s purring. How cute is that?!?� DH, matter-of-factly: �He thinks you�re hurt!� (For non-cat lovers out there, cats will purr not only when they are happy, but also when they are frightened or hurt or even to soothe a companion. You can decide for yourself why you think Lucifer was purring in this case! Oh, but wait--you should hear me sing first before making your choice...or maybe we'll just drop the whole thing... :) ) ETA: I'm getting some very nice comments about Lucifer's name, and I agree--it's a pretty cool name for a cat, but I should 'fess up that we didn't pick it for him. As it turns out our little neighbor boy chose it for him. The whole story of how he came to live with us and how he got his name can be found on [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=163187&ppuser=40949]this page[/url][/b][/u], if you're interested. Okay, back to the salt mines. Happy weekend, everyone! Credits Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11342]Remember This And That Paper Collection[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5268]Title + Journal 12x12 Transparent Overlay No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (altered) Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12459]Stamped Blocks No. 21 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Font: Ariel, CK_Ali's Hand Thanks for stopping by!

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Falling Off the Planet

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:46:04 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: "She fell off the planet." Another entry in my lexicon of pithy sayings. I use this expression, for example, when I've been trying without success to get in touch with someone--no returned phone calls, no returned emails, no in-person sightings--you get the idea. It couldn't possibly be that this person is avoiding me. No, no, what must be true is that she fell off the planet. Much more believable! :) Well, I'm getting ready to fall off the planet myself. Between my nutsy cuckoo work schedule and an upcoming vacation, the rest of the summer is crazy busy, so I'm not likely to be around here much. Sadness. :( I had actually started a page about this very idea last year, when I also got soooo busy that I had no time for scrapping or even gallery cruising, but I didn't like the direction the page design was going, so I put it aside. A page recently posted at GSO pushed me to try an art journal approach, and one thing and another and here we are. So, if you don't see me around here much over the next several weeks, it's not because I'm avoiding you, it's because I fell off the planet! :) See you when I land! Credits Art Warehouse [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2721]Imagination Brushes[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12178]Inspired Traveler Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7093]Light as a Feather[/url][/b][/u] The Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13142]Pavement Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (blended with snow melt paper) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13591]Run Run Run Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10481]Sidewalk Chalk Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8914]Snow Melt Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6598]Star Pieces Elements and Brushes No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3396]Fanciful Felt Ribbons and Trim: Cityscapes[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14185][/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14187]Childhood Blendables No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12468]Chronicles: Butterflies Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/14212]Destination NYC Blendables[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12655]Collageables No. 04[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13760]Dictionary Blendables: Everyday No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13578]Letter Box Blendables No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12569]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Thanks for stopping by!

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Lucifer

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:08:35 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Photoshop is a beautiful thing. I had some free time today (Hahahahahaha! I kill me sometimes! :) ), so I was playing around with various filter settings and blending modes to see if I could salvage a bad photo, a [i]really[/i] bad photo. My cat, Lucifer (see [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=163187&ppuser=40949]this page[/url][/b][/u] if you are interested in the origin of his name), loves to plop down right on my hands when I'm typing on my computer keyboard, and I've been trying for days to get a decent photo of him in that position. Trouble is, reaching for the camera and then trying to actually use it when your hands are pinned by the object of your photograph is a bit tricky, so I keep ending up with, um, less than stellar pics. Inspired by Katie's painting tutorial series on her blog, I picked the best of a bad lot and decided to try and make something of it. This is the original: [url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104066168088979090142/albums/5760324036241977489?hl=en][img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zAp8Fho4tR8/T_DIMTWcW3I/AAAAAAAAAlI/sttPgQVAqIw/w400-h300-k/P1210188.jpg[/img][/url] and this page is where I ended up. It doesn't show him lying on my hands, which was the original intent of the photo (maybe next time!), but it isn't horrible, right? Right? <sound of crickets chirping> Okay, don't all speak at once! :) Now, if only I could remember what settings I used... Credits Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13962]Shoreline Kit[/url][/b][/u] Font: Before the Rain Thanks for stopping by!

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Adventure Awaits the Motley Crew

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:28:35 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Well, anything worth doing is worth overdoing (my mouse collection and my waistline are different examples of how I live my life by this creed, but I digress...) Here is another layout from me in which I've used one of the painting tutorials Katie has on her blog. I just love how these tuts can be used to hide a multitude of photographic sins. The photo on this page was taken on a kayaking trip I took with some friends a few years ago. This is a shot of our kayaks all lined up on the Monterey Bay beach, just waiting for us to come and play. There was only one person taking photos that day and all he had was a little disposable camera; the photo is a bit out of focus and really washed out, but a little painting, a little blending and it doesn't look half bad. Just a quick note: the "Motley Crew" in the page title refers to earlier pages I've posted for this project. Credits Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8540]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12709]Letter Box Simplicity Paper Pack No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8460]Watery Photo Masks No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Font: Before the Rain (thanks, Janet1949, for sharing what font you've been using on your recent pages!) Have a great weekend, everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

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The Motley Crew Hits the Water

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:15:50 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: A page for my latest project, a kayaking excursion I took with some friends a few years ago. When I'm scrapping an event I have the worst time sorting and choosing photos for my pages, so I inevitably end up with these overstuffed and hard to follow pages. I can't just show [i]one[/i] photo of us standing around listening to the guide explain how to put on the kayak skirt, I have to show [i]ALL[/i] of us standing around listening to the guide! It's not enough to show Jim Bob looking at the pretty star fish, I must also show Melodia and Ernestine and Fredrik looking at the pretty star fish! Sigh! I'm sure there's a class somewhere for how to do this better, but in the meantime, everyone who ever goes on a trip with me can rest assured (or live in dread?) that they will end up on my scrapbook pages! The page I'm posting is the left side of a two-page spread. Here is what the two pages look like together: [url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104066168088979090142/albums/5758779030682950929?hl=en][img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-My6dGfPFxFM/T-tLBKNrpdI/AAAAAAAAAkE/83THlPxs22I/w500-h250-k/KayakTwoPager.jpg][/img][/url] It was only a two-hour event, so I was able to get all of the photos I wanted to scrap on just these two pages! Unlike the Golden Gate bicycle trek, which lasted ~8 hours and went on for pages and pages and pages...here's Jim Bob renting his bike, here's Jim Bob on the way to the bridge, here's Jim Bob on the bridge...now repeat for Melodia, Ernestine and Fredrik! :) Journaling for this page reads: "Back in April of this year, I joined the xxxxx Lab. Until the end of the summer I�ll be working both in S�s lab and in J�s lab. The short story is that J�s cell biology grant was not renewed, so his lab is really strapped for cash. (Hopefully that won�t last long!) To help out I agreed to go to part-time status in his lab for a while. Turns out S needs some help right now and she was willing to take me on part-time, so between the two labs I�m working--and getting paid for--full-time. Whew! Okay, so what does any of this have to do with kayaking? I�m getting to that! S is a big believer in getting people out of the lab every now and then for an organized day of play. Today�s play date was a kayaking excursion on the Monterey Bay. Our adventure began early this morning, when we all met in back of Beckman and carpooled down to Monterey Bay Kayaks, the company that would be taking us on our guided kayaking tour. After being outfitted with wind breakers and life vests (mercifully, we are using the sit-inside kayaks and not the sit-on-top kind, so we don�t need to wear wet suits!) we headed for the beach, where we were given paddling lessons and instructions on how to put on and attach the �skirt� that would cover us while we were in the kayaks. We were all paired up in two-person kayaks (BB was my partner), and our kayaks were shoved into the water one at a time. At last we were off! Our guide took us on a great tour of the bay that lasted about two hours. We saw kelp beds, sea lions and tons of pelicans. On the way back, he took us next to a concrete wall in the boat marina where star fish and tiny shell fish attach themselves. Back on dry land, we walked along Fisherman�s Wharf and stopped in at a seafood shanty for some lunch. There was a candy store on the wharf and so a few of up picked up bags of salt water taffy for the road. Although the weather was not great--quite cloudy and cold, actually--It was a lovely day nonetheless." Journaling on companion page reads: "Some random thoughts...We all look awfully glum in those photos on the opposite page! I think we were just cold! The kayaks are a horrible shade of yellow, but I suppose that makes them easy to see on the water. The guide was very respectful of the star fish, showing us the correct way to hold it. He did put it back in the water. B was the only one who took photos today! I really like salt water taffy!" ETA: the page title here refers to an earlier page I posted for this project, [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=177766&ppuser=40949]The Motley Crew[/url][/b][/u]. Credits Ali Edwards [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9224]Life Mini Line Stacks Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5454]The Story Word Art + Hand Drawn Brushes[/url][/b][/u] Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9272]Kohi Kit[/url][/b][/u] (mesh netting) Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11444]Just Linens Paper Pack No. 18[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8243]Alandia Noces Collection[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11518]Ledger Grid Overlays No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6016]Letter Box Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11528]Loosely Labeled Dates No. 03[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9081]Photo Clusters No. 26[/url][/b][/u] (altered) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10361]Sealife Memories Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7447]Shells No. 02[/url][/b][/u] (on companion page) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13893]Yesteryear Kit[/url][/b][/u] ("remember" button on companion page) Font: CK_Journaling Thanks for stopping by!

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The Motley Crew

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:25:28 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Woot! I finished my Golden Gate bike trek project! Yay! Um, no, this is not a page for that project; I just wanted to tell someone that I'd finished the bike project! :) (I learned a really valuable lesson this past weekend: If you feel compelled to scrap umteen thousand photos for an event that lasted only a few hours, then multi-photo templates are your friends. Michelle Martin of Maplebrook Studios--I love you! :) I [i]really[/i] need to get better at sorting my photos before I attempt to scrap them, but I digress...) This is actually the first page for my next project, a kayaking excursion I went on with the same friends with whom I did the bike trek. The photo here was taken with one of those disposable cameras, so the quality was not great. Still, dress it up with a combination of Katie's [u][b][url=http://katiepertiet.typepad.com/designerdigitals_weblog/in-the-studio/]tut[/url][/b][/u], some techniques from one of Pattie's Digital Techniques for Art Journaling classes, and a bit of stealing--er, lifting--from [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showgallery.php?ppuser=38184&cat=500]Janet1949's[/url][/b][/u] latest pages, and it doesn't look half bad. Happy Monday, everyone! (Ugh! Where did the weekend go?!? Oh yea, that's right--I spent it scrapping! Did I tell you that the Golden Gate bike trek project is done? All done? :) ) Credits Maplebrook Studios [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11444]Just Linens Paper Pack No. 18[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6375]Alandia Noel Collection[/url][/b][/u] (sequin scatterings) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8540]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11518]Ledger Grid Overlays No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6016]Letter Box Overlays No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5431]Messy Stamped Alphabet No. 03 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10361]Sealife Memories Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13962]Shoreline Kit[/url][/b][/u] (mesh netting, recolored) Thanks for stopping by!

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No Melancholy Here!

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:48:58 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: How much do you love Katie's awesome [u][b][url=http://katiepertiet.typepad.com/designerdigitals_weblog/2012/06/in-the-studio-painting-a-picture.html]tutorial[/url][/b][/u] on how to add a painted look to your pages?!? So, so much! This is yet another page for my Golden Gate bike ride project. Details given on earlier pages, but as a quick recap, some friends and I biked across the Golden Gate bridge a few years ago. I'd paper scrapped a few pages for this project, but never really liked how they turned out, so I put the whole thing away, waiting for inspiration. Pattie's template chat during the last quarterly sale gave me an idea for how to scrap the [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=176150&ppuser=40949]title page[/url][/b][/u], and I've been on a roll ever since. I won't bore you by posting every page, but I've now re-scrapped nearly every page of this project, using DD templates for most of the photos. There are some photos that I want on their own separate pages, and this is one of those. It's a bit blurry--the photographer was ahead of the pack, and she turned back to face us and snapped the photo while she rode. I really like that she captured us as we rode toward her. (Nearly every other shot of us on our bikes was taken from behind.) We're on the Marin side of the bridge--the north side--riding along a bike trail heading toward the town of Tiburon, where we (mercifully! :) ) caught the ferry back to San Francisco. I knew I wanted to scrap this photo but wasn't sure what I was going to do, and then I saw a link to Katie's tutorial in the forums. Oh, and I'm in this photo, but you'll have to hunt to find me. You know that saying, "It's just like riding a bicycle?" People use this saying to imply that something is easy, that even if you haven't done it in a while you should be able to pick it up again just like that. <snaps fingers> Well, I'm here to tell you that you might remember [i]how[/i] to do something, but actually [i]doing[/i] it is another thing altogether! Before this excursion, I hadn't ridden a bike in years. I remembered how to do it all right--after all, it's not just like riding a bike, it [i]is[/i] riding a bike!!--but wow! Was I ever slow! And don't even get me started on biking up the hills! So where am I in this photo? Behind the two people walking, back farther along the path, around the curve, you'll see a speck. Did you find the speck? Okay, now go back farther, behind the speck. :) So, so glad we took the ferry back! ;) Credits Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13654]Classic Curled Photo Frames No. 04[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8614]From My Bookshelf Solids Paper Pack Add-on[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10209]Traveler Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] Font: Adobe Devanagari Quote: by James E. Starrs Thanks for stopping by.

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7 Random Things

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:30:13 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Here's my entry for the latest AAM challenge. If you haven't seen it, you simply must check out Julie DeGuia's [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/community/nsbr-chit-chat/27836-7-random-things-about-you-go.html]thread[/url][/b][/u] in the forum that started it all. Thank you, Steph, for turning it into this cool challenge! It's really late and I'm pooped, so I'll be back in the morning with the credits. G'night, everyone! ********** ...and we are back. It's amazing how refreshed I feel after 5 hours of sleep...NOT!!! :) Geeze but I really hate mornings! ETA: In case you can't read what Mr. Mousie is saying, here it is: "Seriously? You didn't think to mention the whole mouse thing?!?" Credits Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7151]Ally Oop Alphabet[/url][/b][/u] (the "7" in the title) Melanie Grimes for Studio Double-D [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10425]DoubleD Doodles: Critters No. 01 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6750]Wash Basin Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7947]Absolutely Acrylic: Arrows[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5853]Doodledo Whimsy No. 02 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6914]Drawn Journaling Lines Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] (on the paper the girl is holding) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10619]Paint Swirls No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11352]Scratchy Masks Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12195]Spot Dots Brushes and Stamps No. 08[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10490]Stick Together No. 01[/url][/b][/u] (altered, like, seriously :) ) Paper that girl is holding: web download that I altered. Fonts: CK_Journaling (for the list). 215000E, Boston Traffic, CK Summer Camp, CK Mapped Out (all of these were used in the title) Thanks for stopping by!

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Water-Lovin' Kitty

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:03:11 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers! Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. Sunday is winding down in my part of the world, and I should be gearing up for the long work week ahead, but I'm not quite ready to let go of the weekend yet. So, this page is for a "Digital U" challenge over at Creative Passion, the site where Jana Morton and Pattie Knox teach classes. The challenge was to use a template of Pattie's and make a page in 20 minutes, so it's sort of like Cassie's 30-Minute Masterpiece challenge, only, um, shorter! :) I am sure I did not follow the spirit of the challenge, although technically I did put this page together in just under 20 minutes. I knew about the challenge from their newsletter, so in truth I spent a couple of days thinking about what I wanted to do, and then when I sat down to do it, it was easy. Cheating? Hmmm... The photos here are of my cat, Lucifer. (Um, okay, his name--you can read about it [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=163187&ppuser=40949]here[/url][/b][/u], if you'd like...) Even as cats go, he is an odd duck. He is riveted by the sight and sound of running water, so much so that when we first got him it was not uncommon to find him with his head down the loo or to find him on the kitchen counter when we'd be washing dishes. (Peter wants me to be sure to tell you all how I went out of my way to photograph Luci in those locations before I'd actually shoo him away, but I had to patiently explain to him that of all the people on the planet who would not only understand but support my actions, it would be you guys! :) ) We finally bought Luci a small water fountain; he is pictured with that in the top photo. Unfortunately, he still like to revisit his old haunts from time to time! Sigh. Have a great week, everyone! Credits Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6602]Catnip Crew Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5214]Corner Its![/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5400]Speed Byte No. 111[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10111]Staple Its!: Clusters[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10063]Yankee Doodle Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8604]Classic Cardstock: Energy[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3439]Photo Wraps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7622]Stamped Blocks No. 12 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13958]Tightly Kerned Words: Candid[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13957]Twisted Dots No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Font: Aaaargh! (Seriously, how much do you love this name?!?) Thanks for stopping by!

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Start Packing!

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:00:14 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Sooooo many cool water color pages have been popping up in the gallery lately ([u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=176878&ppuser=38184]Janet1949[/url][/b][/u], you trend-setter, you! :) ); thought I'd try my hand at one, because, you know, I don't have any other projects I'm working on at the moment! :) There are a ton of different tutorials out there for making a photo look like a water color painting, but I was certain that I already had something in my stash o' tutorials, and I was right. Some time ago Pattie Knox offered a series of classes at Get It Scrapped called "Mad Digi Skills." The painting technique was taught in the "Even More Mad Digi Skills" class. Pattie's technique plus Katie's brush and voil�! Instant painting! The photo I used here was one taken by my mom way back in the 1950's (Wait! That can't be right! [i]HOW[/i] old am I, again?!?), when she and some of her friends from nursing school traveled to Bermuda and then stayed on for a year, finding employment at the local hospital. She spoke often and spoke fondly of her time there. I've had traveling on my mind for eons now; spending time lounging on a beach, feet up, umbrella in drink, with nary a lab bench in site, is my goal for this summer and Bermuda is on my list of places to visit, so this page practically made itself. Note to self: stop dreaming and start packing! :) Credits Grunge Source [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/6750]Wash Basin Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (blended with Aki Solids paper) Pattie Knox Even More Mad Digi Skills class Maplebrook Studios [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8053]Aki Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] (blended with Wash Basin paper) Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/8561]Chalked Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] Font: Papyrus Thanks for stopping by!

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We Rode on Blazing Saddles

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:34:47 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: Greetings, DD'ers and happy Monday! (Ugh! Did I really just say that? Monday means the weekend is over; what's happy about that? ...but I digress...) Here's another page for my Golden Gate bike ride project, a project I recently dug out of my "Clean Up" folder. I've posted the full story on earlier pages, but to recap: A few years ago a group of friends and I biked across the Golden Gate bridge. Although some in our merry little band had their own bikes, most of us rented a bike from a bike rental shop called Blazing Saddles. That name just completely cracks me up. I'm sure the company appropriated the name from the 1970's Mel Brookes movie of the same name. Every time I hear the words "blazing saddles" I can't help but start singing the theme song to that movie, the opening line of which is, "He rode a blazing saddle..." and this is where my page title comes from. (And speaking of appropriation, my page design here is another in a series of blatant rip-offs of--er, homages to--Janet's (Janet1949) recent pages. I really love what she's been doing!) Oh, and I know this is a family site, but I'm sure there is a double entendre in my page title. We were on those bikes for [i]hours![/i] Blazing saddles indeed! :) Credits Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7596]Going Away Collection[/url][/b][/u] (background paper) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11650]Musically Inclined Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12121]Katie's Roughly Outlined Font[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12828]Stamped Blocks No. 23 Brushes and Stamps[/url][/b][/u] (slightly altered) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12569]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13329]Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 02[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13957]Twisted Dots No. 01[/url][/b][/u] Photo: company brochure Thanks for stopping by!

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A Bicycle Built for Two--er, Twenty!

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:00:12 +0000

by: Squeak

Description}: [i]"Clean-up on Aisle 7! Clean-up on Aisle 7!"[/i] <sound of crickets chirping> Okay, that was obscure, even for me! :) I have a folder of unfinished projects; more often than not there is just a small handful of pages I need to make to finish them, but since I have the attention span of a two-year old, it takes me a while to actually [i]focus[/i] and do the work. And there it is...as soon as it feels like "work" I don't want to do it, and so these projects languish for eons before I finally get to them. Aaaaaaanyway, I call this folder my "Clean-Up" folder (hence the opening line, above ;) ) and this page is for one of the projects in that folder. The story is this... A few years ago, I was working part-time in another lab (long, boring story). One of the coolest things about that lab was how they'd take a day off work during the week (!!!) and just go play. This behavior was not only encouraged by le grande fromage--it was she who organized our play days! One such play day was a bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. I've paper scrapped a few pages for that project, but even at the time I made those pages I wasn't crazy mad about how they turned out, so I put everything away, waiting for inspiration to strike. Well, strike it did! I actually started cleaning up this particular project at the recent 2nd Quarterly Sale chat fest; I made a brand spankin' new [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/ideas/showphoto.php?photo=176150&nocache=1]title page[/url][/b][/u] using this way cool freebie template Pattie gave us during her chat. The template Linda selected for the latest template challenge gave me an idea for how to scrap a companion page for the title page, one on which I journal the story of the day. The two pages together look like: [url=https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104066168088979090142/albums/5749881334851992593?hl=en][img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kWLmGUtpWpQ/T8uunH9nI4I/AAAAAAAAAj0/OBG9LO_skyU/w500-h250-k/BikeRideTwoPager.jpg][/img][/url] I know they are stupefyingly busy, but this is where my muse led me, and these days when the muse strikes I just go along for the ride! Linda, thanks for the great challenge! Journaling reads: "August already! My time in the xxx Lab is flying by and will be over in a few weeks. One aspect of S�s lab I quite enjoy is her insistence that the whole lab should take a day off now and then during the week to go and play. I�ve only been in the lab since April of this year, but already we've been on two excursions! In June we went kayaking; today we biked across the Golden Gate Bridge. Our adventure began at oh-dark-thirty this morning, when we all met and then car pooled up to the city. Some of the gang brought their own bikes--S, for one (I was only mildly surprised when she showed up this morning outfitted in total biking gear from top to bottom)--but most of us rented a bike at the starting point of our actual ride, a bike rental shop called Blazing Saddles located on Hyde St. Once we all had our bikes, we were off! Our route took us down and along the shore and then up and over the bridge. On the Marin side we continued to Tiburon, where we stopped for lunch at a restaurant near the ferry. I enjoyed the bike ride over the bridge but was awfully glad we returned to San Francisco on the ferry! After we got back home, we ended the day with dessert, a cheesecake S brought in for us. Mmmmm! A tasty way to end a fun, fun day!" Oh, I should add that I made the bike helmets that the stick figures are wearing, and when I say I "made" the helmets, I did not draw them. (Ugh! I cannot free form draw to save my soul...) What I did was: found a pic of a helmet on the 'net, added a stroke to it, deleted the actual pic so that only the stroke was left (this makes the helmet look like a doodle) and then filled in the helmet outline with color using a brush that came with CS5. Credits Lynn Grieveson [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12010]Never Stop Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2793]Notable Blues[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13432]Pull Out Journaling[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/2405]Vintage Style Labels[/url][/b][/u] Cassie Jones [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4937]How�d They Do That? No. 13: Bending Shadows[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/3580]Laying It All Out No. 03: Custom Stickers and Clever Layering[/url][/b][/u] Pattie Knox [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/4263]Dipped Chip Buttons: Polka Dot Brights[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9111]Felt Board Friends: Oh Snap![/url][/b][/u] (staple on photo) [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12560]Teacher�s Pet Kit[/url][/b][/u] Maplebrook Studio [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/9274]Caesilia Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Katie Pertiet [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7596]Going Away Collection[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/7997]Little Shores Kit[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12680]Messy Stitched Banners: White No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/11623]Slide Reels No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/12157]Spot Dots Colors: Yellow Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/10490]Stick Together No. 01[/url][/b][/u] [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/13648]Vintage Charm Element Pack[/url][/b][/u] Mindy Terasawa [u][b][url=http://www.designerdigitals.com/digital-scrapbooking/supplies/product_info.php/products_id/5347]Sweet and Salty Solids Paper Pack[/url][/b][/u] Font: Ariel Thanks for stopping by!

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