Month: September 2011

Treasure Sunday September 25th

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This week the galleries are bursting with beautiful gems, so I picked another seven for my treasure chest today. You are one Smartypants by kewl_jive I just love how she worked so well with the papers and embellishments. The brushes/rubons add depth to the composition, the colors are just beautiful, and of course I don’t need to mention how cute the photo is! Me and my head by caits I’m a sucker for everything doodled, so of course this page jumped right at me when I saw the cutsie flowers, hearts and other embellies. The composition is lovely, making great use of the white space, and I think this is a great example of a photoless layout. Daysleeper by Liahra What a simple, but beautiful page! I love the rustic feel it has with the wooden background, and all the little details she added to this layout. And of course, how can you not fall in love with that cute little sleeper in the photo? I love how she cropped it, too! Our garden princess …

P2D Inspiration: Everyday Moments

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I have another great Paper to Digi example for you today. I found this page by Elizabeth Carney over in the 2 Peas gallery: As soon as I saw this layout, I knew I had to try my hand at it digitally. I loved the various paper strips, the numbered filmstrip, and of course the photo strips, not to mention the pretty string wrapped all around the layout. So, I went ahead and created this page, inspired by these features, and here is how that turned out: I also got some inspiration from Ali Edward’s word-art collection, which I used for my title. Anyways, you might want to check out Elizabeth’s gallery for some fun inspiration. Here is another example: And my lift: Like this? Then maybe it’s your turn to find some inspiration in Elizabeth Carney’s gallery.

Saturday Feature: Umbrella Weather

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Finally: It’s umbrella weather again. After two weeks of straight raining, it’s finally time to get those umbrellas out for the most important reason. When I first came to China, one thing I learned about the lifestyle here is that an umbrella on a sunny day is almost more vital than an umbrella on a rainy day. The reason: White skin. Everyone here prefers pale skin as that is considered more beautiful here, so on a sunny day like this, people prefer to hide in the shadows – or … have their umbrellas handy. One more thing I still need to adapt myself to, I’m sure!

Freebie Friday: Wish

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I’ve been feeling rather crappy again yesterday and most of today, but since I got all those CT layouts that I need to do, I thought, I might as well get another template done. Sorry, I’m not in the mood for chatting much more today, just wish you all a happy Friday, as always! Note: Please do not re-distribute this template in any way (you may share the link to this post), and when you use this template, please make sure to credit it to Misty Hilltops Designs.

Fun with Chinglish: No Noising

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I looked through my photo folders, and found another couple “Chinglish” examples. This one was installed at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai advising people who were standing in line for one of the exhibitions to only use “Polite language and no noising!” Note: When posting anything in the Fun with Chinglish section, I don’t mean to show disrespect towards anything or anyone in any way. I’m simply sharing the fun we get to have with all those great signs & documents!

Hybrid Hub: Thank You Card No. 14

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I still have lots of hybrid projects to share with you in store (just finished another layout this morning, which I’ll be sharing with you some times soon), but today, I’m gonna show you another very simple card. This one was done with a collab by Traci Reed and MandaBean (retired SSD) “With or Without You,” and I used Darcy Baldwin’s Stamp Pad Alpha to “stamp” the sentiment. It’s so much fun, to turn a digital product into an actual hybrid project, and if you haven’t tried it yourself, it might be worth it giving it a shot!

Opening Ceremony for the New Students

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Tonight the Opening Ceremony will be held to welcome the new students at our university. Included in the event are a candle-light ceremony, lots of speeches, and of course the grand show performed mostly by the students from the artistic departments (music, dance, etc.). A full report will follow. Even though the freshman students have been here since the beginning of September, they’ve been involved in the military training so far, and no official welcome has taken place, so, tonight it’s time to say: Welcome Freshmen of 2011!

Inspire Me: Pencil Lines

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It’s the ancient fight between traditional and digital scrappers (or at least as old as the art of digiscrapping). I remember last year coming across a thread in the forum over at Scrapbook.com where some traditional scrappers were doing a pretty hateful campaign against the digital scrapbooking community. More than anything, I was stunned by the offensiveness of their comments as they were raging on about how digital scrapbooking is just a knock-off of the real thing, a poor imitation, and I kept thinking to myself: Traditional and digital scrapbooking are two completely different pairs of shoes, so why can’t we just exist peacefully next to each other, share the galleries, and respect and appreciate the different skills each branch of art requires? Well, today I’m going to make my contribution for tolerance, and provide you with some inspiration that comes from the side of traditional scrapbooking. Recently, I came across a website called “Pencil Lines” which provides sketches for scrapbooking, and some pretty awesome inspiration that comes with that. Ever since then I’ve scoured …