Well, another layout for January. I had so much fun with this layout. Not because I am scraping my favorite subject but it’s because I finally got to use the element set from Jovia Devoe. Isn’t she awesome? They look so realistic (look at the butterflies and wings). There are a few other items I want to get but I want to only get them when I need them or when I’m going to use them. I’m not going to hoard on the digital stuff since I can reuse the ones I already have over and over again. I’ll just get those that I really need then.

So here are the rest of the credits:
Ronna Penner Express Yourself Word Art
Jofia Devoe Ephemerals II
Weeds and Flowers Gina Huff
Shabby Princess Sun Porch

Journaling:

I know that you just can’t wait to grow up and be a big girl. You can’t wait to go to the big girl school, you can’t wait to wear mommy’s high heel shoes, you can’t wait to get your own diamond ring. Yes, you want to be a big girl, ”just like mommy”, you’d say. But no matter how quick you want to grow-up please always remember to be that girl we love so much. The one who loves to giggle and thinks that everyday will be a great day. The one who always smile, even after a fall. You are the joy and love of our lives and we want you to always cherish every moment of your life. Every day is a special day and every day something new will come your way if you open your eyes.

For this layout I played around with a lot of the filters settings using the filter gallery. Using the gallery gives me the option to layer the filters. Try it out. I’m not sure if PSE has it but Photoshop does, I know CS-CS3 has this feature. Now, for this, I didn’t write anything down. I should. So next time I’ll share what type of filter settings I used. This way you can try it out too.

Have a great day!

Wow, after being home a week and a half, it was a bit tough going back to work. It took me a little bit to get back into work mode yesterday and on top of that I was quite sleepy. I’ve been up so late on my holiday break that it was hard going to bed “early”. So I ended up laying in bed for a little bit that first night.

This month is going to be super busy for me. I have a 4-year-old birthday party to prepare for. I need to make six cute little invites and find + create things that have any scent of a little girl dress-up party. That’s what she wants and with with her big eyes and puckered up lips she said, “pleeeeease, can I have a dress-up party at the house?” How could I say no? I initially had the idea of having a little something at her school like last year but on her own she wanted a party. So a party we will have. If any of you have ANY idea on what I should serve, get, do, please let me know. Besides the what to wear, I am so clueless on the rest of the stuff! In a week classes starts too so I need to make sure my two online courses are good to go between now and then. I’ll be out of the blog more often than in, even if I do I’ll just a small post from work or a little card to share.

Here’s what I did last night and finished up today. I did a page for the brat. I love her to death, can’t you tell She is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me. I love my husband but I think nothing compares to your own child. She’s so polite, so sweet, so caring, so smart, so clever and she loves me oh so much too. Just an amazing little thing — maybe I should have change the title, huh?

Anyway… what did I do with this page? I used the following material:

Paper: Shabby Princess Harvest Spice and Weeds and Wildflowers by Gina Huff Cherishing Every Moment
Elements: Weeds and WildFlowers by Gina Huff: Being Me Elements; Shabby Princess: Harvest Spice, Vintage Floral, and Festival; Kim Liddiard: Fantaisie D’Aile, and the brad’s by me.
Font: Marydale, Abadi MT Condense, Dakota Handwriting, London Between, Georgia, LondonMM, Plantagenet Cherokee, News Gothic MT. Source from either dafont.com, scapvillage.com or preinstall by Apple.

I did a lot of color changes. Some of the elements for off white, very green, red, etc and I adjusted them, mostly using Hue and Saturation (I’m all about quick and easy — ok, I’m lazy). I used the Filter Gallery to edit Emma’s picture. Not sure if you notice but only her face is clear and the rest quite grainy/blurry. For the paper, there are actually two pieces of paper on top of each other. I put the textured one in the back of my patterned paper. With a rough eraser brush (and I adjusted it more in the brush properties) I removed the left top and bottom right corner so that it looks somewhat more grundgy, torn, etc. You might notice too that I did the brad on this one, just like the last layout, I did the corner piece and the brad. Well, I know how to make more things but brads are so quick and easy that it’s quicker for me to make a brad than to dig one out of my different folders. I did organize my computer but I still have no clue where anything’s at in regards to the little pieces of digital elements.

That’s it. I spent $0 per my Splitcoast challege agreement {::SMILES} Tomorrow I am hoping to participate in the Creating Keepsakes weekend crop but we’ll see. The hubby needs attention. I’ve been on this thing too much scrapbooking or making cards. I do hope my Nestabilities show up tomorrow or Saturday. I can’t wait!! great January.