CASTLE

It was my turn for another Master's Monday over at the Trixie Scraps blog.

You can read my most recent tutorial on Adding Peek Through Shapes To A Layout...

If you're not interested in reading the tut, you can look below for the layout. It's not exactly what I envisioned in my head, but it's okay...

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KIT: Rise To It by Trixie Scraps

FONTS: Rough Typewriter (wordstrips), AGaramond LT Titling (Castle Title)

Father's Day Tribute Video Titles

For my Father-In-Law's Father's Day gift I decided to give him a video of pictures of him and each of my kids as they were growing. The video ended up being about a half hour in length, but I was able to share some awesome pictures with him that we probably all forgot about.

Knowing I was doing a video, I wanted to have transition title images for each segment in the video. I did this by creating a scrapbook layout and then switching out just a few things for each segment. That way the video had the same feel to it, but it was changed depending on which segment was playing.

These are the layouts for each segment:

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Template: Scraplifted cover image of Creating Keepsakes July/August 2013 Issue

Kit: My Hero by Crazy 4 Monograms

Fonts: Mom's Typewriter, Throw My Hands Up In The Air and Lindsey (Tabs)

So OVER It!

Today at ScrabookBytes, Trixie Scraps has a great new kit going for Grab-A-Byte. You can get all 6 pieces of this awesome kit for only $1 a piece. That means if you get each part of the kit, it's only $6. But that's only until June 16th.

So do you wanna know what the kit is? It is called Bratitude and it's seriously awesome. It's perfect for all the fun times that come with pre-teen and teenage daughters or other girls that are in your life. I love all the colors in this kit and how much glittery embellishments there are.

Here's the page I made with the kit and I'm sure I'll use this kit for more layouts in the future...

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KIT - Bratitude by Trixie Scraps Designs
FONT - Teen

My Indoor Garden

I don't garden. I can't keep anything alive. We've had a garden area since we bought our home about 7 years ago and we've YET to keep anything alive in it, it just becomes a weed garden.

However, I have this weird love of garden gnomes. It's kind of funny, but it's true. We've bought a few throughout the years, but they always end up broken.

Then a couple months ago my husband brought home a gift. He knew I had had a rough day and wanted to do something to cheer me up and make my day a little brighter. This was the gift:

I didn't want to put the cute little guy outside because our garden was a weed garden and I'm also afraid of him breaking. So he's been kept inside since I got him.

When I went to Wood Connection around Mother's Day, I knew I needed to get something to keep this little guy company and to make an 'indoor garden' of sorts. I decided to go with the letters to spell the word 'GNOME'.

I also happened to run across a trio of ladybugs. Ladybugs have been huge in my life FOREVER. My parents nicknamed me 'Bug' and always associated it with ladybugs, so I kind of have a love of ladybugs as well.

It took me almost a month, but I finally got around to finishing up my projects.

Here's a look at GNOME:

A look at the ladybug trio:

And now, here's a look at my 'indoor garden'... It's on the highest shelf of our armoire thing so that the kids don't mess with pieces and break any thing.

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GNOME LETTER SET 

Letters - Found at Wood Connection

G - Paper: The Paper Studio - Chevron Pink/White, Paint: Delta Ceramcoat: Fuchsia

N - Paper: The Paper Studio - Texture Orange, Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Tangerine

O - Paper: The Paper Studio - Hibiscus Flowers, Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Black

M - Paper: The Paper Studio - Tiny Polka Turquoise Tonal, Paint: Delta Ceramcoat: North Sea

E - Paper: The Paper Studio - Chevron Mini Lime/White, Paint: Delta Ceramcoat: Gecko

Green Ribbon - The Ribbon Boutique - Organza #277483

Purple Ribbon - The Ribbon Boutique - Organza Plum

Blue Ribbon - The Ribbon Boutique - Organza #284125

LADYBUG TRIO

Ladybugs - Found at Wood Connection

Body - Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Black

Wings - Paint: Anita's Acrylic Craft Paint: Dark Red

Large Wings - Paper: The Paper Studio - Textured Polka Red/Cream

Medium Wings - Paper: The Paper Studio - Red W/Black Polka Dots

Small Wings - Paper: The Paper Studio - Red Gingham

Wire - Found at Wood Connection

Dot Stickers - Mix of The Paper Studio Gemstones: Monochromatic Black and The Paper Studio Gemstones: Jeweltones Mosaic Random Assorted Stickers