Month: April 2013

The Birthday Cake And Other Pleasures

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I had myself a birthday cake today. Of course, it goes without saying that the birthday came along with it. And so, aside from eating strawberry chocolate cake, I had a lot of fun going for a walk on campus with one of my friends in the morning, playing table tennis with some other friends in the afternoon, and having a little celebration with some more friends at night, a celebration which even included a dancing performance a la “If I were a wealthy man” (as seen in the “The Fiddler on the Roof”), which my friends were kind enough to put on just for the sake of my amusement, and theirs along with it, of course!   And in case you need more convincing data that today, in fact, was actually a lot of fun, here you go:  

scrapbook layout, outdoor, weather

Behind the Scenes: Scrapping with Themed Kits

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Themed kits are great for scrapping a very specific topic. I have lots of themed kits in my scrap stash, ranging from sports and outdoors type topics to seasonal, games, hobbies, male/female, and whatever other topic you may think of. And of course, they are perfect to scrap on that very particular topic. But themed kits are useful for a lot more than that. Being part of the creative teams of quite a couple of designers, I frequently run into the problem that my designers whip up gorgeous products for which I have absolutely no photo to match, and while I could just opt for scrapping a photoless layout, I can just as well choose to ignore the fact that the kit is themed and use any photo I like to scrap a page that has nothing to do with the theme of the kit.   Tips to Help You Scrap Non-Themed Layouts with Themed Products Stay generic Only use those papers and elements that are just about included in every typical kit, esp. embellishments …

It’s That Time Again …

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… that time, which is called “midterm exam”. And while I really don’t like exams (despite the fact that I’m on the other end of it, meaning, I’m giving the exam, not taking it), there’s one thing I do like about exams. It’s the fact that I get to have an extra day off, and that again means, I’m still in the middle of the holiday season. So, taking into consideration this aspect of it, I do have to say that may I do like exams, and even if it’s just a little …

Feasting Chinese Style

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Undoubtedly, you will know many ways of how to conduct a real feast. We for our part have discovered a great way of feasting ourselves in recent months. Instead of going to a restaurant together, we’ve started taking out food from the various restaurants around campus, and I can guarantee you: there’s always loads to eat when we come together this way, and every bit of it is delicious. Or almost every bit, because I have not yet found the courage to try the chicken hearts some of my colleagues are very fond of. But fortunately, there’s usually such a great assortment of noodle and other dishes, that I’ll gladly leave the chicken hearts to my friends!  

scrapbook layout, spring

P2D: Spring

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Got you another fun page that was inspired by some traditional scrapbooking page. Take a look at this layout by geekgalz over at Studio Calico’s gallery: I thought that this looked like a fun page with all the layers and the paint splats etc. So, of course I had to try my hand at lifting it (but not without giving it my own little personal twist, of course):   It’s spring after all. Anyhow. If you’re looking for some inspiration to scraplift a traditional page, you might want to take a little peek at geekgalz’ gallery. She’s got tons of fun layouts that you could use as a jumping board for one of your own designs.