I wanted to share with you the next double page spread I made with a digital kit by Jenn Barrette called “Love You More Than Ice Cream.” It was perfect to scrap all those photos I had from last year, going out to eat ice cream with my class. We definitely had a lot of fun back then, and creating this page was a lot of fun as well!
Here’s a fun little site I’d like to share with you that has both, inspiration for your digital projects as well as a fun little tutorial (plus the coordinating cutting files free for download) on how to create this beautiful card. Interested? Then why don’t you hop on over to The Heartistic Project to check out their site and what they have to offer?
Here’s what should never happen to you: receiving an urgent email telling you you can’t leave before July 15th when you just bought your plane ticket two days ago, booking a flight which leaves some time mid June. That’s bad news. But guess what. Exactly this is happening to me. Why? Because we just found out that our residential permits won’t allow us to leave any earlier. And well, I’m curious how we are going to get out of this mess. And I’m definitely curious when I’m going to be leaving for home this year!
It’s been a long while since I did a tutorial post (though I’ve got lots of stuff to talk about, I simply haven’t had the time to work on something). But today is a day on which I’d like to take you behind the scenes of one of my pages – the thoughts, the processes, what helped me put this page together. Take a look at the layout “Happy Little Moments” created with the kit “Super Mom” by Heather Roselli (Sweetshoppe Designs): In this post you will learn about: Mats – how to use them for contrast between patterned pages; The Visual Triangle – how to create a visual flow in your composition; Journal Strips – to set off your journaling. The kit comes with lots of gorgeously patterned papers, and I really wanted to use some of those patterns on my page. The problem with patterned papers is that they can quickly make a page come across too busy, or photos, elements and journaling might get lost in the mix …
The Kong Fu Restaurant (aka the Donkey Restaurant among my acquaintances) is a rather special place in town. It’s special because the food is considered good, the environment excellent (if you ignore the noise), and the way you get your tea served is … well … rather special. You see, usually, when you go to a restaurant you’ll have waiters who take care of all your needs. The Kong Fu restaurant isn’t any different in that regard, except that the waiters aren’t simple waiters actually, they are specialists in serving your tea Kong-Fu-style. You’re not quite sure what that’s all about? Well, let me enlighten you. Instead of a simple tea pot, they have a container with a very long hose, and instead of simply pouring your drink they’ll jump and roll and move around you like a real Kong Fu athlete, and all the while your cup is being filled. Maybe one day, once I have downloaded the video from my camera I can show you a little clip of what that looks like. …
I’m excited, because I bought my ticket home. Home for the summer, leaving behind a leaky-bathroom problem (unless they’ll fix it before I leave, which I’m at the point of doubting, seriously); home to spend the summer with family and friends again. I had a blast last year, and I’m looking forward to a summer less busy, but more with family and friends. Here are a few of the highlights from last year:
We all have things we use every day. Some things we desperately need (as in: can’t live without); other things we don’t really need, but they’re nice to have anyway. Take a look at today’s journaling prompts and reflect on what are the things you need on a daily basis? Of course, I put on my thinking cap as well and thought a bit about the things I use/need: Products used: You Should Know – Love You Wholly by Traci Reed & Meghan Layered Cards: Summer Vol. 2
The amount of inspiration I can get from paper scrappers seems endless. Just take a look at this page by Shannon Tidwell: I was intrigued by the ideas of using photos for a very messy background, and that is what I tried to recreate in my digital version of the page: Supplies used for this page: Girl Friday: Casual Hour by Traci Reed & Krystal Hartley
I’m excited because it’s time to begin sharing a new freebie kit. Summer is right around the corner, which means we’ll have plenty of opportunities to make memories of lots of lovely summer mornings. As usual, this kit is cram packed with goodies – from selected unique elements to the everyday flower, ribbon and button asset. You’ll get 25 patterned and solid papers as well as over 70 elements – all for free. And as always, we’ll begin with the alphas (of which there are four this time). As always, if you enjoy my designs, I would be really pleased if you could spread the word and point others this way, so more people can enjoy these freebies. Don’t forget, however, that my Terms of Use apply (no reselling, or re-destributing parts or all of any of my products, and sharing only by sending others to mistyhilltops.com), and that you may use my products only for your personal scrapping needs. And now that I’ve made myself clear, all I’m left to do is wish …
I had so much fun creating this hybrid page. I got the idea from scrapbook generation.com to use strips of paper and empty filmstrips. The kit “Through My Lens” by Traci Reed was perfect to scrap those everyday pics from sharing life with my friends in Germany for three weeks.
