Dog Sisters

I've always thought it would be cool to have a pair of dogs, one white and one black, called Salt and Pepper; unfortunately German Pinschers don't come in white. But they do come in red. I'm so glad that our new red puppy gets along so well with our adult girl. They constantly play together and they are both gorgeous. They are just like cinnamon and pepper!

Sisters Together
With Love by Key of D Designs
I Know my ABCs by Key of D Designs

It's coffee time! Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee! Cappuccino, java, YES!

Caramel Cappuccino
Secret Indulgences {Mini} by Brine Design;
Fonts: VT Portable Remington, Marcelle Script

A friend used to constantly say"It's coffee time! Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee! Cappuccino, java, YES. It's apparently a quote from a movie, Dante's Inferno.  I love coffee; we have a wonderful super-automatic espresso machine that I love. Brine Design has a blog hop freebie, that is perfect for scrappin' about my machine. The link above takes you to her blog.

We are Family

It's iNSD weekend, people! Zig Zag Scrap has put out their Lines, a set of coordinating products by all the designers. And course, they are on sale this weekend.

 The Zig Zag Scrap designers are also giving away a coordinating freebie on Quality DigiScrap Freebies.  See the preview here:

You can find the freebie here: link
It's hard to see in the freebie, but it is chock full of goodness!

Here are some layouts I made with Brine Design's part of the lines, We are Family!

Snapshot of Us
We Are Family {Paper Pack 1} by Brine Design;
We Are Family {Sentiments Brushes} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Stone Sans ITC TT-Bold, VNI-Thufap2

Gather Together
We Are Family {Paper Pack 1} by Brine Design;
We Are Family {Paper Frames} by Brine Design;
We Are Family {Sentiments Brushes} by Brine Design;
We Are Family {4 x 6 tags} by Brine Design;
Fonts: LBSharpy

And I made this page with the freebie sampler:

Glendale
May Zig Zag Lines Sampler by the Zig Zag Designers
Font: Ostrich Sans Bold

 

 

Titles Made Easy by Unforgettable Moments

One of my weaknesses in scrapbooking is title work. I suck at it. Sometimes I leave the titles off all together! Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck has a new product out today that makes title work simple! These are layered templates. Clip your papers to the layers, add shadows; and voila! Your title is done. These titles coordinate with the May Buffet at Gingerscraps.

Match Made in Heaven: Layered Title Templates by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck

Here is the layout I made using the pre-made titles. I also used an adorable kit by Key of D Designs called Love in Bloom. I just love that background paper.

My Heart
Love in Bloom by Key of D Designs;
Match Made in Heaven: Layered Title Templates by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck

Reasons To Love Dogs

I snapped this photo of my dog, Rudy, this morning as he napped in bed next to me. He's so freakin' adorable. He's actually from a shelter. He was found half-starved, living on the streets. How anybody could abandon this guy is beyond me.

Reasons to Love Dogs No. 72
Love in Bloom by Key of D Designs;
Acrylic Indexing Tags by Key of D Designs;
Fonts: Throw My Hands Up in the Air, Stamp Act

The P52 April Collection by Brine Design

I love the colors in the April Collection by Brine Design. They were perfect for this photo my husband took as he wandered around Las Vegas. I used some of the journaling cards to make a quick and easy mat for the photo. I think this is this first non-Project 52 layout that I've made with this collection.

The Luxor
Project 52{April Paper Pack} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {April Journal Pack} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Rockwell, Zapfino

Digital Collage

I took an art journaling class by Tangie Baxter recently and it inspired me to try digital collage. I made this layout featuring me cuddling on the couch with my 13 year old dog. I had him since he was 4 months old and watching him get older is hard. Strangely enough our new puppy, Mia, reminds me of Blue a great deal. He even likes her. He's only ever liked one puppy before Mia; a foster we had years and years ago when he was 1 1/2 years old.

Saying Goodbye by Brine Design;
Fonts: Pea Darlin'Deb

Project 52: Weeks 10 and 11

I'm still working on my Project 52. It seems like I get within a few weeks of "catching up" and then life intervenes.  Here are weeks 10 & 11; which means I am only 6 weeks behind! Both layouts are made with templates from Brine Designs P52 Collections. I have to say that her collections are making almost staying caught up so much easier. And some of them are more than templates. All that clustering on Week 11 came with the template.

Cirque du Soleil
Project 52 {March Template Pack} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {March Collection} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {January Collection} by Brine Design;
Fonts: SS SimpleSlab, Myriad Pro, SketchBlock

This Week
Project 52 {April Templates} by Brine Design;
Project 52{April Paper Pack} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {April Sticker Pack} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Myriad Pro, Century Gothic, Lobster 1.3

Mia and More Mia (Week 9)

The new puppy, Mia is very photogenic. Week 9 of my project 52 is all about Mia again. Week 9 was the first day of puppy class; unfortunately I was using a camera phone and the puppies were moving fast, so the photos are blurry.

Puppy School
Project 52 {February Template Pack} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {Date Stamps} by Brine Design;
Project 52 (February Papers) by Brine Design;
Project 52 {ribbons & flowers: January, February & March} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {March Journal Pack} by Brine Design;
Fonts: PortagoITC TT, SketchBlock, Tekton Pro

In early March, Mia was running around the yard looking gorgeous; so I pulled out the ultra-zoom. Here's more Mia.

Mia, March 6, 2012
Zoey by Amy Wolff;
Fonts: Old-Script

P52–Weeks 6, 7 & 8

I'm continuing to catch up on my Project 52. Here are weeks 6, 7 & 8.
Here is Week 6 of my P52 Project:

Hanford B Reactor
Project 52 {March Collection} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {Date Stamps} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {February Journal Pack} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Teen, Lucida Sans, Sketch Block

And Week 7: Preparing for puppy

Preparing for Puppy
Project 52 {February Overlays} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {February Papers} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Snell Roundhand, Sketch Block

The journaling reads:
Saturday, February 11, 2012
I spent the day cleaning and rearranging the dog room. I've been meaning to do this for a while; we bought the new rug months ago and I've been wanting to be able to use the Wii. We had two 500 vari-kennels underneath the bed and a 450 and a 36 inch Commander in the middle of the room. The room was so crowded with crates that it was unusable. The dogs hardly ever use the crates, so I had decided we didn't need one for each dog set up in the room.  Then Lyn called and offered us Mia. She's gorgeous and square; how could we say no? Mia is coming on Wednesday, so I had to clean up the dog room. Even though a new dog is coming, I decided to go with the plan and bring down the number of crates in the room. I cleaned all the crates and washed all the bedding; threw away the old rug, cleaned the floor and put in the new rug. I nested all the 500s and made one bed and placed the Commander and 450 under the bed. Now we are all ready for the new puppy. We even shampooed the rugs in the living room and kitchen. 

And of course, week 8 is all about the new puppy. She got a double layout because I thought the two sets of photos, outdoors and on the armchair were too disparate. 

Querida Mia
Project 52 {March Collection} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Teen, Outlaw, Sketch Block

And close ups of the two halves:

The Plaza in Mesilla, New Mexico

New Mexico is full of old towns and plazas. The most famous are probably those in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, however my favorite plaza has always been the one in Mesilla. We were able to visit the plaza in Mesilla earlier this winter. I got lots of great photos of the dogs while we were there; enough for a double page layout!

Dogs at Mesilla
Project 52 {January Collection} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Monaco

Dogs at Mesilla-right
Project 52 {January Collection} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Adobe Garamond Pro

Project 52 Date Stamps by Brine Design

Brine Design has released this great package of date stamps in her P52 line. I'm sure these will come in handy as I work on my P52 layouts this year. Here's a layout featuring photos of 3 of my 5 dogs taken throughout the month of February. I better take photos of the other two next month!

A Month of Puppies
Project 52 {Date Stamps} by Brine Design;
Project 52 {February Papers} by Brine Design;
Fonts: Santana-Black

Magic in the Air Alpha by Key of D

Key of D Designs is releasing this great acrylic alpha today:

RHUMBA
Every Cloud . . . by Key of D Designs;
Magic in the Air Alpha by Key of D Designs; 
Fonts: Tekton Pro

I used it to make a layout of Mickey and Minnie doing the rhumba!

Amy Wolff-Date Cutout

Amy Wolff is releasing a new product today at the LilyPad, Date Cutout:

Columbia River
Date cutouts by Amy Wolff;
Wintersong by Amy Wolff;
Fonts: PortagoITC TT

Here's a two-pager all about my dog's 13th birthday:

Happy Birthday, Blue
Date cutouts by Amy Wolff;
Ziggy by Amy Wolff;
Fonts: Prelude FLF, LB Sharpy

P52 Week 4 and 5

Here are my P52 Weeks 4 and 5 layouts. Both were made with templates from Brine Designs P52 Series and they are more than templates. The cluster in the week 4 layout was in the template. Isn't it gorgeous? These "templates" are real time savers.

Week 4: The Blue Window
Project 52 {February Collection} by Brine Design;
Date Buttons (English) by Beszteri;
Month Stamps 2012 by Beszteri; 

Week 5: Buffalo Thunder
Project 52 (February Papers) by Brine Design;
Project 52 {February Template Pack} by Brine Design;
Date Buttons (English) by Beszteri;
Month Stamps 2012 by Beszteri; 

Blues and Grays

I love blues and grays. Key of D has these this storm/cloud themed kit with the same color blue/gray color palette as her Vanity kit in her store.

This kit was just perfect for a photo of Black Mesa that I took on a cloudy day.

Black Mesa
Every Cloud by Key of D Designs;
Fonts: ck_maggiesjournal

Log Your Memory 2012-Wk 6

This Vanity kit in blues and grays is perfect for the Log Your Memory challenge 6 of 2012, which focuses on personal style such as haircuts and hairstyles.


 Here is my layout for this challenge.

Gray Hair is Gonna Clear Up
Vanity by Key of D Designs;
Fonts: ck_maggiesjournal,GillSans-UltraBold

Next week the LYM challenge is all about purses! I can hardly wait!

Project 52-Weeks 1-3

I started P365 in 2010 and utterly failed. My life just doesn't seem compatible with taking a photo a day. I can't have or use a camera at work so during a P365 project I can only take photos in the morning or evening on workdays. I took a lot of coffee and breakfast photos in the early days of 2010. This year I've decided to do a photo a week, or P52 project. It's mid-February now and I'm already behind. I have been working on it and here are my first three weeks. I'm lucky in that Brine Design is releasing a monthly Project52 Collection each month. Every month there is a set of 4 templates. I've used three of the January templates in the layouts below and I'm sure I'll use more. They are more than templates, though in that some of the clipping masks are actually paper so that you can leave them as is or clip in different papers. It's awesome. I'm also using the date buttons and month stamps that were given away by Beszteri on her blog late last year. They are still available as of this posting if you want to head on over to her blog and grab them for yourselves!

Week 1: We Love Trains
Project 52 (January Collection) by Brine Design;
Project 52 (January Stickers) by Brine Design;
Fonts: STALKER2, Sketch Block

Week 2: The Snow Falls in Santa Fe
Project 52 (January Collection) by Brine Design;
Font: Sketch Block, pastel

Week 3: Richard and Rudy
Kit used: Love & Romance (Kit) by Brine Design;
Month Stamps 2012 by Beszteri;
Date Buttons (English) by Beszteri;
Lace and paper from Practically Perfect by Julianna Kneip & Sahlin Studio;
Fonts: pastel, Sketch Block
Template from Project 52 {January Template Pack} by Brine Design

Love & Romance

Brine Design has a new kit releasing today, Love & Romance. It's a great Valentine's day kit. I love the blues and browns in combination with the traditional red.

Just Love Me
Love and Romance (kit) by Brine Design