It’s Gardening Time

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

It's time for SOME gardening.  In our area of the US, they say not to plant anything above ground until Mother's Day.  That's our rule of "green" thumb in these parts.

But it's NOT too early to clean off the dead from the flower gardens left behind from the winter and make room for the floral growth we're seeing.  We may still see some harsh weather.  There's always that chance of the "Easter" storm as my parents and grandparents so often reminded us.

I've got a Cut Leaf Japanese Maple in my flower garden and it's in sore need of pruning.  I really don't know how to go about this nor WHEN to do it, so I googled and found this neat little video that I thought I'd share with anyone who might want to see it.  I thought I was going to prune my maple NOW, but alas, the site says not until mid to late summer.  So I'll have to look at it overtaking a few of my other plants one more season.

So, this'll just take a few minutes and I found it very interesting.  I hope you enjoy it as well.

 

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My Memories Saturday

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Happy St. Patrick's Day Scrap Your Lifers!!

There's an exciting buzz going around at My Memories!

If you're a digital scrapper and haven't investigated My Memories  and the Software Suite yet, AND if you're a paper scrapper and wanting to experiment with digital scrapping, now would be a great time to try it out!  As you saw from the ad, come April, there will be a great opportunity for you to get a 5×5 album for FREE! 

Use Coupon Code STMMMS24253 to get $10 OFF the Software AND you'll also receive a $10 Coupon with your purchase good on kits and templates!
Not a bad deal at all, huh??  Why not hope on over to My Memories and see what you think.  It never costs anything to look!  Oh!  And while you're there, you can see what's available in my store there as well.

AND……to help you along the way, there are now videos available for using the My Memories Software on You Tube.  What are you waiting for?  Grab your favorite beverage, sit back and do some window shopping today!!  Have fun!!

And NOW, if you've stuck with me this far, I've got a St. Patty's Day gift for all of you to help scrap your memories of today!  You can download this Quick Page by clicking on the link under "Downloads" in the righthand sidebar.  Enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by!

EDITING to add this video tutorial I just got!

 

 

 

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Where in the world is Cheryl?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Where have I been?  Well…..grab a cuppa joe or your favorite beverage and I'll tell you what has been happening in my world.

I'll start with the month of February.  My Mother-in-law passed away on February 23rd.  We had to make a fast trip to our hometown and help with the final arrangements as my husband's brother was in the hospital at the time of her passing.  Quite a hectic week to say the least.  AND my Aunt on my Father's side had surgery and they weren't sure if she'd make it through.  She has a pacemaker and only 20% of her heart is working.  The GOOD news is that she did make it through the back surgery and is now in rehab learning to walk again.

Now, onto other news, exciting news for me and you too I hope.  As you all probably know, I sell my products at The Nifty Boutique and DigiZines Studio.  I also sell at My Memories and we're gearing up there for a HUGE promo.  They've teamed up with Lifetime channel and will be featured sometime in April (I'll announce a specific date when it becomes available).  During that promotional period, everyone will be able to get a 5×5 photobook for FREE!  In coordination with that, I'll be having a giveaway here at Scrap Your Life for a copy of their Software Suite!  You don't want to miss that!  I've been busy this month creating templates in their software and they're so incredibly easy to use.  In the meantime, you can check it all out by clicking on my My Memories ad banner there in the righthand column and familiarize yourself with the site.

Another bit of news is that I will be leaving DigiZines Studio in April.  Beginning tomorrow, all my products there will be 60% OFF until the 20th of this month.  So if there's something you've been wanting to grab, now would be the time to do so.  Teri is going to go it alone and I KNOW she'll be very successful.  Although it's hard saying goodbye, Teri and I will keep in touch.  We chat on Yahoo Messenger on a daily basis, so we won't be far from one another.  The GOOD news about this is………I now have my own store!  I decided it was a good time to open the Scrap Your Life Shop in conjunction with my blog here.

And yet ANOTHER bit of news, and if I may toot my own horn, I am the Designer of the Month in the Papers and Pixels online magazine this month!  It's full of crafty things for digital and paper scrapbookers alike.  You might want to pick up a copy and get your fill of inspiration, tutorials on various projects, and so much more!  Oh, and that's my layout on the front cover created with my new "Beckoning Nature" kit, available in my new Store.

 

So you see, I haven't forgotten any of you nor Scrap Your Life.  Things WILL get back to normal around here just as soon as I do some catching up from February and get myself organized with a bit of a different schedule since there's been some changes.  I've had so much design work to do, I feel like a Yo Yo!  But it's a great feeling to be doing what I love and I hope you're enjoying being along for the ride with me.  So for now,

 

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Guest Designer – March 2012

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Our Guest Designer for this month is Laura Burger.  I've known Laura for several years through the digital community.  She's a very talented designer and I've always admired the variety of products she creates.  I'm sure you're going to enjoy getting to know a bit more about her this month.

She's created a beautiful Quick Page as a gift to you, but FIRST, we're going to learn a little about Laura and her personality through some FUN questions we came up with for our guest designers that will make this entire interview much more interesting than the same old question and answer session.  So let's get to it and then we'll see what Laura has created as a gift for my readers.

1. If you could have a personal chef for a day, what would you have them make for you?

Laura:  Sushi – all the way.  I love and my hubby hates it so I rarely get any.

2. If your pet could talk, what single question would you ask it and why?

Laura : I would ask the her why she insists on screaming at me at 5 a.m.

3. Have you ever cried at the movie theater and if so, what was the movie and why?

Laura: I can't really answer as I rarely see movies and too old to remember 20 years ago.  LOL

4. What are your favorite pjs?

Laura:  My Victoria Secrets satin ones.

5. What is in your purse right now?

Laura: Wallet, keys, makeup bag, check book and a ton of receipts I seem to collect and not remove.

6. What is the most annoying thing that your husband/fiance/other half does that absolutely drives you crazy?

Laura: Constantly talks about his boat and fishing. Drives me crazy!

7. If you crank up the music and rock out when nobody is looking, what song would be playing?

Laura: Annie Lennnox – Little Bird

8. What color of M&Ms do you pick out of the bag to eat first?

Laura:  Red

9. If you were a stick of candy, what flavor would you be and why?

Laura: Mint anything – I am addicted to it for sure.

10. When you place a roll of toilet paper on the holder, do you place it so it pulls over the top? Or underneath?

Laura: I cheat.  I do not even put in the roll.

Now onto the previews and your gift for March from the talented Laura Burger.

Laura has created a Quick Page that coordinates with her Winter Parade kit, available at GOTTA PIXEL and PICKLEBERRY POP.  You can also find Laura on Facebook HERE.             

And here is the GORGEOUS Quick Page (png) she has created as a FREE gift for all my readers!  Thank you Laura!!  You can download the Quick Page in the right hand sidebar under "Downloads" until the end of March.

April's Guest Designer will be Idgie's Heartsong, so be sure to check back for a sneak peak of what she'll have in store for you and we'll have another FUN interview with her too.

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Guest Designer – March 2012

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

I wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know that the Guest Designer post will be posted next week.  We were called out of town on family matters and should be returning this weekend.

Thanks for your understanding,

 

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Layout A Day – 3 Layouts

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Here I am, posting more of my February layouts……doing one for each day this month.

The first is an 8-1/2×11 for the Move More Eat Well class at Big Picture Classes with Cathy Z.  I probably should post this one on My Journal blog but at the same time, I want all my February layouts here at Scrap Your Life.

I struggled badly in January with MMEW, so today I made a list of healthy foods that I KNOW I'll eat and went to the grocery store.

The second is a photo of Boss from yesterday "getting his morning suntan".  I used the "Spiced" kit from Cottage Arts.  Fonts are: Arial, CK Alis Hand

And the last, but not least, is Aiden and Caleb going trick-or-treating this past Halloween.  I used my own "Happy Haunting" kit.  Font is Arial Narrow.

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2 Layouts – Layout A Day

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

I've got 2 layouts to share today, bringing me up to 7 layouts for February.  YAY!!  The first is about something I found this morning and the second is a dark, depressing feeling and is art journaling.  I've decided to make my art journaling layouts in 8.5×11 so I can have them printed and put into an album.  The reason I chose this size is so I can begin creating mixed media art journaling pages as well.  So far, I've got about 4 small tubes of paint, gesso, and brushes.  I'm in the market for some of those really cool looking ink sprays too.  I feel my inner artist coming alive! 

Now onto my shares.

Layout 1, supplies used: My "Tranquility Mini Kit" and the Date Stamp is from my January collection of "Scrap Twenty Twelve".  I almost forgot too that the photo was taken on my phone and edited in Lightroom.

Layout 2 is my dark depressing art journal page.  But ya know something?  It feels good to get it on paper, letting my feelings out. 

Supplies used:  Tangie Baxter's Journey12_papers, Journey12_elements3, Fonts: Ebrima, P22 Allyson, trashed

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Layout A Day and Junk Journal

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Yay!!  5 days of layouts so far and I'm loving it!  Today's layout is what we had for dinner while watching the Super Bowl.  Congratulations to the New York Giants.  I used my February collection of Scrap Twenty Twelve.

And NOW…………I'm so excited to share this with you.  This is the first thing I've created that wasn't digital in a very long time and I loved getting down and dirty with paper!  I watched a series of videos on You Tube by Tangie Baxter and made my own Junk Journal, although you can see I entitled mine Treasure.  LOL  I've added our Christmas cards from 2011 with a clip and tied ribbons to it.  I'll use this Junk Journal to keep momentos I've collected and probably do some doodling in it as well.  I'm thinking of making more for to-do lists, maybe one for collecting things from magazines, ideas for redecorating, etc.  You could use one of these fun projects for just about anything.

I started out with a 97 cent composition notebook from WalMart along with a couple ink pads that were 97 cents apiece.  I had TONS of leftover scrapbook paper from days of old (finally found a use for them now that I'm digital), and I've got a small clear tote FULL of all kinds of ribbon.  I've got leftover stickers, metal embellishments, just all kinds of things that I've had packed away and I'm thrilled to be getting it out again and putting it to use.  You just simply HAVE to make one of these.

Okay, to get on with it, here's my Junk Journal.  The cover is actually covered with tape, just like shipping tape but decorated.  I found it at WalMart for $1.50.

You can see in this second photo how some of the pages are wrinkled and crinkled.  That's part of the fun and makes it a FAT Junk Journal!  Some of the pages are crinkled and some are covered with your stash of scrapbook paper to help make the journal more sturdy. 

You can see in this third photo where I crinkled the paper on the left and covered the paper on the right with scrapbook paper and I've clipped our Christmas cards to the page.

Now you can see how I've used an ink pad to ink up the paper by just swiping it back and forth on the paper.  It dries really quickly.  And I've stuck a cute little smiley clippy to the other page.

In this next photo, I used a couple really cheap stamps to just randomly stamp onto my already inked pages.  I'll include momentos on the inked pages as well as the paper-covered pages or I may doodle on some of the inked pages.

Watch for yourself how Tangie puts her Junk Journal together.  Enjoy!  If you decide to make one, please come back and leave a comment in this thread so I can see yours too!! 

 

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Layout A Day – Ice and Art

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

I've got 2 layouts to share today to cover the 3rd and 4th.  I actually didn't get a layout done yesterday but made up for it today.  That should still count, right? 

The first was actually a surprise.  I didn't have a clue it was supposed to snow today but when I saw it, I decided to take the camera outside and capture some of it and then I got another surprise as there were buds on the Lilac tree being covered with ice and snow.  Boooooo!  Now don't forget, I love the snow but I love my Lilacs too.  I'm sure they'll revive…..that's nature.

I used my "Rose Quartz" kit on the "Ice" layout.  Fonts are: Ma Sexy and Arial Narrow.

I'm taking a journey into Digital Art Journaling and I believe it's going to be something I adore!!  I used Tangie Baxter's papers and elements on this one: AJC12_parcel05, AJC11_parcel35, journey12_elements3 and the font is: Palatino Linotype

 

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Layout-a-Day

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

I couldn't quite swing the extra bucks to participate in Lain's Layout A Day this month but I've participated before and it's such a wonderful way to get layouts completed.  So I decided to commit on my own to creating a layout every day this month.  I don't have the prompts to follow but I do have folders full of precious photos that need scrapped.

Today I'm sharing the layout I did on the 1st and today's layout as well.

I just thought this zip list app was THE coolest thing!  I leaned my own phone up against the monitor to take the photo.  I used Kim Broedelet's "Rejuvination" kit and Font is VT Portable R.

These are photos from May of 2011 that needed scrapped.  Credits:Katie Pertiet – Letter Box Simplicity Paper No. 1, Splatters 2
Lynn Grieveson – Hint-at-it 5 brushes
Fonts: Amienne and Arial

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