Kaelyn's First 5 Years 04/2009 & 05/2009

Hi Everyone!  I just finished two more digital scrapbook pages for my Granddaughter's Shutterbug Book. 

The April Easter page was made using a Layout Template Set #70 by Cindy Schneider from Sweet Shoppe Designs.  I also used a paper kit from Sweet Shoppe Designs by Fee Jardine called Life is Good.

The May 4th Birthday page was made using a Layout Template Set #61 also by Cindy Schneider from Sweet Shoppe Designs.  The paper kit is from Sweet Shoppe Designs by Kristin Cronin-Barrow called Happy Go Lucky. 

I really love digital scrapbooking kits because all the items I need for my layouts are included in the kits and I can use them over and over again...isn't that great!  I have also been using the Layout Templates lately because I need to finish so many pages before the end of November.  I want to get this book printed before Christmas so I'm using any and all shortcuts I can find.  Layout Templates help me finish each page so much quicker than if I had to layout a page from scratch, a process which usually takes me a whole week for just one page...haha! 

So here you go, hope you like them... 2 more done with 12 to go...

April 2009 Layout



May 2009 Layout

Thanks for stopping by...

Hugs...Patti

Kaelyn's First 5 Years 02/2009 & 03/2009

Happy Wednesday! 

I'm on a roll today...I finished two more digital layouts for Kaelyn's Shutterbug Book.  I just bought the two Digital Kits that I used today from a web site called Nit Wit Collections.  You can find it HERE.

For the February layout I used Sunshine & Laughter by Mary Fran's and for the March layout I used Slice of Life also by Mary Fran's.  This is my first time trying something from Nit Wit Collections and now I am hooked...haha!  Of course I don't need any more digital paper kits but I just can't help myself...I think I'm a paper addict and I don't care if they are digital or the real thing...I just love paper, LOL!!! 

Soooo here's two more pages done and 14 more to go...

February 2009 Layout

March 2009 Layout

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs...Patti

Kaelyn's First 5 Years 01/2009

Good Morning Everyone!

Today I finished a second page for my Granddaughter Kaelyn's Shutterfly book.  Only sixteen more to go...

This layout is about our family vacation to Disney World in Orlando Florida.  Grandpa set up a special date for Kaelyn to be transformed into any Disney Princess she wanted.  She picked Bell from Beauty and the Beast.  She was so excited to have it done until the Disney lady started working on her.  See the top circle...that's her evil eye she was using the whole time!!!  She just didn't like that lady touching her at all but...she ended up having her nails, makeup and hair done and was very, very happy when it was all finished!  She looked sooooo cute, just like a Princess!

Enjoy...

My Digital Layout Recipe:
     I started with a Layers template by Darcy Baldwin at Sweet Shoppe Designs.  Then added papers and elements from the "These Days" collection by Kristin Barrow also from Sweet Shoppe Designs.
I added styles to the Princess Kaelyn and Quote box.  Drop Shadows were added to everything too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs...Patti

Kaelyn's First 5 Years 12/2008

Good Morning!  Today I am going to share something new...

For years, before I started stamping and making cards, I worked on Digital Scrapbooking. I found a web store called Scrap Girls (find here) and was hooked! They have the best tutorials and lots of fabulous papers, elements, fonts, styles...well you get the point!  Then I started finding more web stores for digital scrapbooking products, A Cherry on Top (find here), Sweet Shoppe Designs (find here), Shabby Princess (find here) and Scrapbook Elements (find here).  These were my favorite places to shop but there are so many more you can find now.  It became my passion for many years, yes I was obsessed and I now own thousands of digital products!  I learned how to use Adobe Photoshop for scrapbooking and the rest is history...haha

About two or maybe three years ago I started a Shutterfly (find here) book for my Granddaughter Kaelyn.  It was supposed to contain a scrapbook page for each month of her first five years!  Well I never finished it because I started making cards instead of spending time on Kaelyn's book...so today I decided to get back to work on it so I can give it to her for Christmas this year.  I have 18 pages to go to be finished.

 Here is the one I completed today.  The layout design is a pre-made design called Winter Cheer by Lliella Designs at Sweet Shoppe Designs. All I had to do to this one was add the photos, some text on the round tag, add a few more embellishments and some journaling. This was a super easy one to get me started again!

Enjoy!

My Digital Layout Recipe:
     Winter Cheer Quick Page Set by Lliella Designs at Sweet Shoppe Designs
     Fonts - Old English Text, LD Garbo and LD Flutter
     Additional Embellishments - White Frame, Buttons, Pink and Silver Flower, Present and Leaves
          which all came from the Digital Set also called Winter Cheer by Lliella Designs. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs...Patti