Convention Present for My Roomie!

Jolene and I at the Close To My Heart 2011 Convention in Disneyland, CA 

It's time for CTMH's 2013 Convention in Disneyworld, FL! Two years ago in Disneyland we wore Minnie Ears and that inspired my roomie gift this year. In January I saw this polka dot scarf and I immediately though how adorable it would look with the Minnie Ears! So then I decided to make a layout that could be used to showcase photos we take at convention wearing our Minnie Ears and polka dot scarf!

This layout pattern is "Now You See It" from the How-To Book Magic (retired). The color palette is Cranberry, Honey, and Black. I used Black cardstock and Black Glitter Paper. I embellished the layout with Dimensional Elements Stars, Dimensional Elements Awards, and Sparkles Black Flourishes. I used A Typeface stamp set for CTMH and Convention. The numbers for 2013 is from a retired stamp set. Minnie, Mickey, and Disney was cut from the Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge. the "@" was cut with CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge! Then I added some "stictches" on elements with a black journaling pen and "dots" with a white pen. 

Me Right Now, But Really Yesterday!

I like the idea of doing a scrapbook page on your birthday to document what is happening. My nephew played photographer for me yesterday and caught similar poses to my page last year "Turning 40". This year I used Photoshop Elements and started with Cathy Zielske's Story Guide No. 05B Layered Template. I love how this template includes a series of questions to help you to journal. I can see using this throughout the coming year on each of my family members too! The Pattern Paper, Solid Cardstock and Flowers are part of the "My Favorite Things Collection" from Harper Finch Designs.

A Birthday Card for Me!

I love making cards, and it's awesome when I give someone a card and they say "You made this?!" Today I'm on the receiving end of that. It's my birthday and this lovely card arrived in the mail from my dear friend Jolene. I love the candles but I'm really glad she didn't make one for each year I am or that would be a really big card!

Walk with Flowers Layout

Close To My Heart's Studio J online digital design software is by far the best way to put a digital layout together. (In my opinion.) However, I have been "sitting on" Adobe Photoshop Elements software and quite a collection of digital paper and elements. Many I've collected as freebies! I never took the time to learn about scrapbooking with PSE until the past week. Which I really don't have time to be doing since I'm leaving for Close To My Heart's convention in a week!

Here is my first layout using PSE and a PSE template I bought here. The background paper is from the Floral Surprise Paper Pack from Fred She Said. I also layered Fred She Said daises from the Cardinal and Daisies Colored Set. The "cardstock" colors were part of the template and I picked color from flowers so it coordinates. This was fun and I can see so much more in the future. I'm lucky enough to have a printer at home to print digital layouts. Studio J also has a pattern "No Limits" and I believe I could upload this page and order it to be printed out that way too.

A Father's Day Card

Up until a day or two ago I believed father's Day was next weekend! So I needed a quick card and gift. This card has an envelope on the front that holds a gift card. Problem solved! The one thing I'm not happy with is the embossing of "open, surprise inside". I added that stamping and embossing after the card was put together so it was a bit tricky!

Supplies are from Simon Says Stamp Card Kits and the stamp I used for the embossing is Papertrey Ink.