Day 18 - Got it done Early today!!

Well, the challenge today was to 'go hybrid' and I have been holding on
to this quick page by Marshmella Designs for a while now so I thought
I would go ahead and use it. Now the hybrid part kicks in once this
beauty finishes printing on the HP wide format printer and I can use
a Sharpie pen to journal around the edges on the line! So, all done
for today! Hip Hip Hooray!! Now I'm off to clean the house and
finish some laundry -can't have anyone going to school or work
in their birthday suits. : )

See you later!
xoxox
Csmoferret

LOAD Day 17 & 16 revisited...

Okay, I said yesterday that I didn't really like the layout I put together
and I knew I would be rearranging it before too long. I just didn't expect
it to happen at 3 am! LOL! I moved the photos around and then this
afternoon I found a journal box sticker that worked better than some
of the other things I tried. I also added some more crystals to the top
of the page and now it feels done.

Then I spent part of the day helping both twins finalize their diorama
designs and stuck around to make sure I was available for help if they
got stuck (they didn't need my help after all!) and by the time I realized
I needed to make a layout for today I was kind of crafted out. So I just
grabbed the extra photos from the group I printed out yesterday and
the extra branches I fussy cut from the flower paper yesterday and
created this layout...


It could use some more of the yellow crystals across the top like the
layout from yesterday but I don't have anymore...maybe one of these
days I'll find some and add them. I also don't have any journaling on
this page because I am going to create a pocket on the back and have
a tab that pulls up from the top so the journaling is hidden but still
available. But it's done and that's really all that matters.

See you tomorrow!
xoxox
Csmoferret

LOAD Day 16...

Today's challenge was to put everything we done so far to good use.
I don't think I managed that but here is my layout for today.

This is part of an old Scrap Jammies layout kit but I modified it and
added some stuff, etc. I am not real thrilled with the photo layout
and I had a journal tag above the small photos but I didn't like it
there and ripped it off before uploading my layout to the Flickr
group for LOAD. I know I'll figure something out that will work
better but I'm going to bed -maybe I'll come up with a better
design tomorrow.

Good Night!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Day 15

The challenge today was to mix up your theme papers and use them for
photos/stories that are not related to the themes. I wound up creating
a July 4th themed layout because the photo I chose was taken on July 4th
when the twins were 10 months old. I think I would have been more
likely to use other papers if I had changed the photo to black and white
but I don't mind that I didn't meet this challenge -maybe next time.

I do know that all of the papers and embellishments on this layout
are OLD. I just finished going through my patriotic themed stash
and weeded out the stuff I didn't want or wouldn't be using any
time soon and these were some of the things I kept. So glad to
finally be using them.

See you tomorrow for Day 16!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Days 13 and 14...

LOAD marches on...

Day 13=> Challenge -chose some colors that make you feel good and
help to tell the story. Well, I don't know how much they help to tell the
story but I really love the colors I chose. I used pan pastels to create the
background and the flowers, added the photo of the family doing something
outside and the quote and done!
This layout is actually in one of my art journals- it is, in fact, the first
page of that particular journal. It makes me smile every time I open
the cover.

Day 14 => Challenge- use old supplies from your stash to create a layout.

Stash diving led me to the huge chipboard flower, the pinked ledger paper, and the purple-ish acrylic letter pebbles ('me'). I used my new pan pastels on the chipboard and sprayed it with fixatif and then glued it down. The list is just random things that came to mind as I was putting this together- I really had no idea where I was going to go with this huge flower and this patterned paper! LOL! No photo but a revelation - I write too much! (see?)

Okay, more tomorrow.
Good night!
x0x0x
Csmoferret

LOAD 10/10 Day 12...

Okay, the challenge today was to use something from our stash
that we really loved. Well, there are tons of things in my stash
that I really love but I had to narrow it down a bit...

I looked through my photos and found the picture of Punkin
after a very active nap and then went hunting for the perfect
materials from my stash. Since I am in the middle of a huge
purge of stuff I knew exactly where to look for little girl
themed materials and immediately found this
overlay/background set, I also had this flower stem
from Prima that I really love and everything just fell into
place. I did write out the story about how she took her
clothes off and didn't get them back on right (both
legs are through one inside-out pant leg) and she
looks completely worn out trying to get redressed.
It was just too cute to pass up with a camera.
The gel pen I used just hasn't dried enough for me
to add it to the layout so I went ahead and uploaded
the picture without it to the Flickr group.
Here, see for yourself! LOL!




Off to bed. See you tomorrow for Day 13.
xoxox
Csmoferret

Day 11...

The challenge for today was to really think about all of the
embellishments we are using on our layout today and make
sure they really enhance the story rather than just making
the page pretty.

I had a hard time with this challenge because I kept removing stuff
and changing the photos around and fixing this and fixing that until
I fixed everything but the cardstock and the title right off the page! LOL!
I think the photos are the most important part of the page and anything
I added to this layout just drew the viewer's attention away from them.
I do need to add the date somewhere on the page but that's no big
deal.

See you tomorrow for Day 12!
xoxox
Csmoferret