Load Day 5, 6 and 7

Well I didn't get around to distressing anything - digital worked out much better for me. I did have some time to play and prepare today though so I was happy about that. Here are the layouts I submitted for the last few days.

Day 5

Journaling reads: It’s been over a year now since we lost Ralph. I think about him a lot - our Sunday night dinners with mom and dad, his high raised hand and hand shake greeting, his too big cowboy boots, his traffic vest and his regular questions about our family. I learned a lot about Ralph at his funeral. A lot I wished I’d known earlier. About how he’d gotten to know my dad and the number of people he had affected in our city. I knew he knew a lot of people but it was so touching to see SO many people at his funeral. I learned a lot about my dad too. About his relationship with his own brother and how Ralph filled a bit of that void that I never realized was there. About how truly gracious he is and what a role model he can be - for working with people with special needs and touching people’s lives in amazing ways.
Dad performed the funeral and in summary noted the following:
Ralph lived a life of faith & hope. He was always ready to tell his story. He always asked for prayer (often at inappropriate times – but really is there ANY inappropriate time?). He was always so thankful for what people did for him (to the point of embarrassment). He still had a goal to live on his own (totally) and he still wanted to get married.
Thank you Ralph for your testimony and your presence in our lives. We miss you! Thank you dad for your role model and for your grace. You have and continue to touch lives.
“Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!"
Hebrews 13:1-2

Sources:

QP template danielle_moy@yahoo.com danimoy designs
font - Comic Sans MS
photos #1 - 08 09 07; #2 - 07 12 25; #3 - 09 01 05

Day 6:

Source: Delicious Scraps QP

Day 7

Sources: 09 05 19 Cierra 19th bday p1The daily Digital birthday template
papers and embellishments - klund oh happy day kit

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Load Day 5 - D is for Distressing

It's 10:30am and I have some me time (with Mitchell in the wrap). The question today is about distressing. I like to ink my edges, sometimes add some paint too but generally I think I like to keep it pretty simple and clean. I find it a bit of a nuisance to get all of the suppleis out to just "play" and since I tend to scraplift more often then not - I'm less liekly to just play and actually like the results. It tends to take me too long to get other people's results and that isn't worth my limited time for now. I ahve clipped lots of layouts that oneday I might try to lift...

As for today? I'm going to play it safe and do a quick digital layout and then if time permits? I'd like to push th envelope a little and play. I'll let you know about the results!

Back later!

Load Day 3 and 4

Day 3's layout

Sources:


Templatesbykate
Paper - GM designs
Ribbon - ami collifello - round with ribbon (Pixel gypsy design)
font - CK leisurely

Day 4 Challenge: "Create a layout with cardstock only, no patterned paper, no embellishments, no doo-dads. You can use letter stickers or stamps or letter rub-ons and a pen and ONE other thing (but not patterned paper)".

I pretty much did followed this challenge - before even reading the prompt. Yey me! It's a daily adventure to see how I'm going to use the VERY limited time I have to actually scrapbook. On the surface it would seem I have a lot of free time - I am at the laptop it seems all day long. However I also have this little one attached to me - literally - most of the time. Scrapbooking doesn't seem to be lending itself to one finger typing. I did have Drew load Photo shop on to the laptop but I haven't been able to coordinate all of the flash drives and photo CD's and all that to actually use it yet. Maybe one day soon?

Anyway, enough of that - I did manage to finish this layout with only a few comments from Drew - yes I had to come back twice (11:30 to put the stickers on and scan and then 12:00 to upload) after thinking I had Mitchell down for a little bit. But no. Mitchell has this thing with not wanting to sleep in the evening (any time after 5pm?) and also with major power feeding. He also won't stay with Drew for any extended length of time. What can I say - I know he loves me and only I can provide for him right now? I know that all too soon this will change and he'll "love" other people too. Somehow that doesn't quite sound right...

Here is Day 4 - Simply irresistible

I think I'm going to go back and see if I can move the letter stickers. I couldn't space them out as much as the original design once I got going but now I'm thinking....

Sources: Bazzill Basics paper, letter stickers unknown and chipboard letters? dollarstore.
Scraplifted from scrapbooks etc July 2007 p 104

And to answer the other Cardstock questions:

1. In terms of base coloured cardstock - I tend to match the photos but my favourites tend to be neutrals 9 black, white and tan of some sort.

2. Yes I try to match some elements of the photo with the cardstock.

3. Sometimes I mat sometimes I don't. I'd say more often I do.

4. I'm an 8.5 x 11 more often if I want to print out the journaling on the paper or run something through the computer. I'll often put the 8.5x11 on a 12x12 background after I've printed. If I have more photos I tend to be a 12x12.

5. If I had to choose one colour cardstock - I'm ALWAYS using white. For journaling, for matting for background. That would have to be it.

There you have it!

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May LOAD "Just so you know"...

So I love that my husband reads my posts. And then I forget that my husband reads my posts. He came downstairs yesterday and asked if I was insane? And I didn't have a clue what he was talking about. And then, Oh yeah.

So, why did I join LOAD with a newborn? Well first off I joined over a month ago when the registration fee was discounted and I didn't have a newborn. And I thought I could do anything. And I had forgotten what it was like to have a newborn. But now the time is here and hey, I'm still going to give it a try. Why?

Because I like to scrapbook. I like to preserve memories. I'm enjoying getting into the digital layout and trust me - some of them are VERY fast. Am I going to totally hold myself to the Layout a day challenge? I hope not. Some days are difficult. But I also find this relaxing. I enjoy being creative. Will I try to do it mostly during the day? Yes. Do I want it to negatively effect our lives? Of course not. Lately it just seems if I don't have the "push" to do it, it doesn't get done. And I miss it. LOAD reminds me that I can do a little bit each day and be happy with the results. I can let go of some of my perfectionism and just "do it".

And remember - I like simple, I like sketches and I like scraplifting.... It is still our photos and our memories. Still might think of a better "s"...

May 2010 LOAD!!!

Yes I'm insane. I am going to make another go of it and try to do a layout a day for the next 31 days. With a 5 week old infant. Crazy. At least it felt like it yesterday when the little guy got no more then 10 minutes sleep at a time between 5 pm and midnight. Ahhh! It does make working on the computer a little difficult. Thank goodness for digital quick pages and templates. They will be my saving grace.

The format has changed this time around and involves looking at a blog rather then daily emails (that is if you want to follow the prompts - I don't usually as I often have something else in mind). I'd like to try to answer the questions though - it may lead to inspiration for another day.

Today, we are "to pick three adjectives to describe your scrapbooking, or what you’d like your scrapbooking to mean, represent, or include. Create a page with these adjectives as titles or journaling, or just incorporated into the creation of the page".

My immediate thoughts are "simple" and "sketches" as I don't like to get to busy on a page and I can't seem to create much on my own - I am a definite scraplifter - hey maybe that should be my 3rd word (and it goes with the "s" theme lol!) I'll continue to think about that.

Here are my pages for yesterday and today.

Day 1

Source: Katie Pertiet, Friends designerdigitals.com

Day 2:

Source: DAGI (http://dagiblog.blogspot.com/)

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