Bridge - 365+1

Summer Dust - DDD Collab

It's nice to look back at a beautiful view on a beautiful day when it's pouring with rain and blowing a gale outside!  This photograph was taken on Drummond Hill looking down on Kenmore and the bridge over the River Tay.  As I had a little more time today I went looking for some inspiration and found it in Scrap 365 May 2012,  where I scrap-lifted a layout called Cherish by Morag Cutts.

Digital Catch up

I haven't had much time for crafting recently, digital layouts are quick and easy for me to do, so that is what I've been doing.  Here are a few:

These were all for challenges at Digtial Design Den.

A little light crafting

It's surprising how much crafting you can do when you don't have to go to work!  I've managed some time at my craft desk every day and although I don't have a huge amount to show for it, I have enjoyed what I've been able to do.

First I'll show you the card I made with the sketch from Kathy's Waffle Sketch File.  You won't find this paper in any craft shop, I punched it out of a magazine.  I love the retro style and bold colours.

As a mentioned in a previous post, I am taking part in a free online journalling class called 'In the Sun' you can find out more about it HERE .  It's a great class for anyone starting out as the prompts are short and don't make huge demands in terms of materials, you can pretty much do what you want with them.

For my journal I'm using an old poetry book that I bought a long time ago when I was a student working in Cornwall for the summer. 

Here is my introduction page, I am using a photograph of our field that I took earlier this week as a main theme.  Here is the photograph unadulterated,  I had to lie down in the grass to get the shot!  The summer meadow sums up summer for me.

Wings - Itkipulti; body, arms and legs - Maya de Groot, Hoity Toity; paper - Crate Paper Restoration Collection.

The second prompt is about creating a self-portrait.  I used the photograph in a slightly different way and journalled between the strips.  I had fun creating myself as a butterfly, I did that digitally, then printed and cut it out.

Paper - Coppercurls Designs, Denim Days; Frame- Coppercurls Designs, Funky Brights; Button - Julie Marie, Bailey; Fonts - Scrap Round, Showcard Gothic

I've been out with my camera quite a lot and have made some digital layouts for the Digital Design Den Virtual Photo Shoot.  The theme for the top one is 'Leading Lines'.  I couldn't believe that I got these pictures of the swans taking off, it was just amazing.

Paper - Coppercurls Designs, Funky Brights; Ribbon - Ellie Lash, Homemade Christmas; Leaf - DSD by Athena, Late Harvest; Font- SNF Sketch Black

I went out today to try to get some photos for the other themes and found this little pool at the edge of the stream with a great reflection of the leaves from the overhanging trees, ideal for the Reflections theme.

Digital Output

So it was InSD (International Scrapbook Day) but it lasted all weekend lol!  Lots of lovely sales in the digital world, so I snagged a few  new kits and also some wishes granted and other prizes for participation.  So here are a few layouts I made at the weekend.

Connie Prince - My Wish for you at Gingerscraps

Tulips - Connie Prince, My wish for you at Gingerscraps

Uh oh, it's those swallows again ;) This time for the Digital Design Den

My entry for the Den Virtual Photo Shoot May 2011 - Pair

Kits - Snickerdoodle Designs - Outside my Window;
Snickerdoodle Designs - The Artist in Me;
Golden Sun Enchanted Land; Maya de Groot - Hoity Toity; Noshay - Lavender.

Font - Papyrus

Photograph of Mr Serial Crafter against the window, converted to black and white.
Kits - DSD by Athena- Elegance & Basics
Frame - Designs by Mozz - converted to b&w

Happy International Scrapbooking Day

Blue & red paper, green flourish - Coppercurls Designs,Denim Days
Yellow paper - MDG, Snap
Stitches - Soval Eros collab from Digital Crea
Frame & Journalling spot - Sugarplum Paperie
Bow - Amanda Kay
Font - Vivaldi

 

 

 

 

Journalling reads: 

Tulips
Colours like a child's paint box
Scarlet red with sooty black stamens,
and blowsy, burst, butter yellow,
that's what I saw when
I looked down.

May Virtual Photo Shoot theme: Movement or Action
Kit - Funky Brights by Coppercurls Designs
Coppercurls Designs - Photo Masks Set 1
Font: LD Chaplin

 I thought I'd share a couple of digital layouts to celebrate International Scrapbooking Day.   There are lots of events and sales going on in the digital scrapbooking stores.

 It's Roxi's Birthday and she is having a 50% sale at the Digital Design Den,  click on the image to go to her store.

Noteworthy

Hearts

 

 

Nature Study

These two layouts are created from the 'Noteworthy' Kit from DSD by Athena, it has lots of lovely papers and journalling type elements.  It's available from Digital Design Den here.

Snickerdoodle Designs Tutorial

I've been doing a little bit of testing for Karen Schultz of Snickerdoodle Designs.  Karen has produced a great tutorial for loading Layer Styles to Photoshop Elements, available in the Digital Design Den Newsletter this week, and before posting it she asked for some volunteers to try it out.

I've looked at layer styles, I've even downloaded them, but when I got near the settings in PSE I always backed out.  This tutorial is super easy and there is a version for every operating system and many versions of PSE. 

Karen also has a freebie of some styles so you can try out the tutorial,  why not pop over to her blog and have a look?

Here is a tag I made using Karen's Outside my Window Styles:

Are you fed up of the wedding photos yet?

Another wedding layout using the Back to Basics Kit from DSD by Athena available at the Digital Design Den.  The photograph has been converted to a pencil sketch using instructions from the, sadly now defunct, Digital Scrapbooking Magazine.

Brand New Digital Forum - Digital Design Den!

I've joined a new Digital Forum, the DDD or Digital Design Den.  I haven't been digi-scrapping much recently but was invited to join by Traci who used to be part of the Digital Craft Cottage, which closed earlier this year.

There are some good challenges at the Den so I have been making some LOs.

This lovely Black & White Kit is 'Back to Basics' by Designs by Athena Gray and came as part of a great bargain Grab Bag. As soon as I saw it I knew it was perfect for the wedding photos of my B&W outfit.

This challenge was a historical one, to post an event that happened in  your country in July between 1600 and 1900.  I did a bit of Googling and found that Robert Burns died in July 1796.  The paper and elements are from 'Outside my Window' kit by Snickerdoodle Designs.

The last LO also uses the Outside my Window Kit and is a triple scraplift i.e. you had to take inspiration from three different LOs and use them to create a new layout.  Photo is from my holiday, including the cut tree.