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

Happy DSD Day!

Hello and happy DSD day!  Amy Peck of Unforgettable Moments and Valarie Olstrom have gotten together to make a wonderful grab bag to celebrate this digital scrapbooking holiday. It's adorable. Take my word for it. Or take a look at my layout.

Pooh
Honey Love by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck;
White paint dots from How I Feel by Valarie Ostrom;
Honey Love Word Art by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck;
Fonts: Joy Like Sunshine Through My Window pane

Here is a sneak peak of the grab bag:

Strength. Courage. Awareness.

Amy of Unforgettable Moments has made a template pack in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Strength. Courage. Awareness. Template Pack by Unforgettable Moments

I used the template pack to make this layout. While on our farm vacation we spent a wonderful afternoon in Jefferson City, which is the captial of Missouri. My husband's entire family calls it "Jeff City" though.

Jeff City
Mommy's Little Monster by Unforgettable Moments;
Strength. Courage. Awareness. Template Pack by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck;
Fonts: Baskerville-Bold, Baskerville

I also used a different template in the pack to make this layout about the original barn on the family farm. I made the layout and my husband provided the journaling. After all, I am scrappin' our life.

Barn
Strength. Courage. Awareness. Template Pack by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck;
An Autumn Afternoon by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck;
String (recolored) from Brave Little Patient by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck;
Fonts: CK Broad Pen, CK Easy Goin
Photo Action: Very Vintage by Jenny

On the square photo, I used a photo action that I found on Deviant Art. If you are interested, it can be found here.

Backyard Blog Party at Unforgettable Moments!!

Hello! Today a backyard blog party starts on Unforgettable Moments blog. Head on over to Amy's blog to grab freebies, play games and have a lot of fun. During the days of September 16 through September 28 you will find many awesome "party favors," on Amy's blog. The "party favors" are freebies created by Amy's CT using her products.  Whenever a party favor is offered there will also be a coupon code to pick up the corresponding kit for 50% off. And on some of the days during the blog party you will be offered a piece of a full kit that hasn't been released yet called An Autumn Afternoon. Head on over to Amy's blog and check it out!

GingerScraps September Buffet

Today is September first and you know what that means, it is time for a fresh buffet at GingerScraps. Every month the GingerScraps Designers release a slew of coordinating products; such as mini-kits, templates, paper and element kits, etc. with a common theme and color palette. And on the first day of each month, all of these buffet items are on sale for a dollar each. However, this month, it is GingerScraps third birthday and in honor of that the buffet items will be $1 each for the first week of September. The theme for this month is birthdays.


I combined two of the buffet items to make this layout, a template by Unforgettable Moments and a mini-kit by Pixels by Jen:

Made with Love

It's My Birthday Template half-pack by Unforgettable Moments; 

It's My Birthday by Pixels by Jen;  

Fonts: Chalkboard, AYummyApology, CKJournaling

And here are the product previews:

It's My Birthday by Pixels by Jen

It's My Birthday Template Half-Pack by Unforgettable Moments

Continuing the 4th Vacation and Grab bag at GingerScraps

I am continuing to scrap my way through our Fourth of July Vacation layouts.  One of our very stops in DC was the Natural History Museum to see the Hope Diamond. The Hope Diamond has been removed from its traditional setting and placed in a more modern setting to celebrate its 50 year anniversary of being on display at the Smithsonian.  While we were there we took in the rest of the mineral and gem collection which includes:

The Logan Sapphire, which at 423 carats is the second largest known faceted blue sapphire.

A gold butterfly set with 333 fancy-colored Montana Sapphires.

A platinum flower brooch made of tanzanites surrounded by diamonds.

A natural sandstone formation from Fontainebleau, France. 

The Portuguese Diamond, the largest cut diamond in the collection at the National Museum of Natural History.

A veritable rainbow of minerals.

An ore specimen from Bayard, New Mexico of Chalcopyrite. The large brassy crystals of chalcopyrite were covered with black sphalerite and white dolomite.

And a gold nugget from the Maxwell Land Grant in Colfax County, NM. 

All of these can be found in my layout below.

Rocks (click for larger)

Block Party Template by Unforgettable Moments from the GingerScraps Free With Purchase grab bag; 

Smile For the Camera by Unforgettable Moments from the GingerScraps Free With Purchase grab bag;  

Fonts: CenturyGothic, CKPirateHand

And close ups of the two sides:

I had photos cross the half-way point in this layout, which I have never done before. I guess I'll find out if it was a good idea after it gets printed!

I used the new September "Free with 10 dollar Purchase" for this layout. It's by Unforgettable Moments with Amy Peck and it is free with a 10 dollar purchase throughout the Month of September. Here is the product preview.

And here are detailed previews of what's inside! (Click for larger images)

Another Template Challenge at GS

There is another template challenge at GingerScraps. This one is hosted by Unforgettable Moments. I love working with templates in general.  I always feel that as a non-artistic person, page design is one of my weaknesses and while I've been trying to learn it doesn't come naturally to me. I'm always repeating a random series of phrases in my head as I scrap. It goes something like "Visual triangle. Don't fill in the triangle. Use an odd number, 3 or 5 or 1. Find a line and make it stronger.  Make a pattern and then break it." So when one someone else has taken the page design out of my hands, it is somewhat of a relief. The template for this challenge is wonderful. It has that split layered page design that I see so often in the galleries. And every time I see one of those layouts. I think "That looks great! I'm going to make a page like that someday", but I never seem to remember to actually do so. (Probably because it is not in my silent mantra.)

I used the template to make a layout about one of the dogs. I know, you are shocked that I am scrappin' about dogs. This layout is for my husband. He's always asking me to get a photo of the German Pinschers with their lips curled. They do this because my husband is trained to give them food when they curl their lips. Unfortunately, most of time I miss the photo. This time I actually got the photo of the lip curl. Unfortunately, I was on the wrong side of the dog. But if you look carefully you can see that his left lip is curled up.  The journaling reads: Blue loves going to the vet because they have those special treats that taste like super-delicious heartworm pills in all the exam rooms. And we always give him some while we wait for the doctor. On this day, Blue was doing the "Ly lip curl". Ly always curls up one side of her lip when she wants food and Richard adores it. And he usually gives her food in response, so Blue has begun doing it too. Anyone that believes that dogs can't train people has never lived with a German Pinscher. 

July 22, 2011

Lip Curl

Template by Unforgettable Memories (GS August 15-31 Template Challenge)

Mommy's Little Monster by Unforgettable Moments

Stitches from Urban Daze by Wyld Web Designs

Ric Rac from Thoughts of You by Unforgettable Moments, and from Because {I love U} by Pretty in Green

Fonts: VNI Thufap2, Twelve Ton Sushi, You Are Loved

Hurt doggie

Two weeks ago, I got out of the shower late in the morning. Ollie yelped in pain as Ly rushed passed him, so I picked him up and was horrified to see that his ear leather was almost cut in half! I yelled for dear husband and he took him off to the vet.  The air conditioning men had been over the day before putting in our new furnace and AC and I have no idea if he was somehow injured by nosing around their things or if Ly is responsible. Poor baby. He hates his cone.  He is truly miserable. The good news is that his stitches come out and his cone comes off today. 

Miserable Ollie

Brave Little Patient by Unforgettable Moments

Frame from Brave Little Patient Add On by Unforgettable Moments

Font: Adler

Isn't that little blue frame adorable? It's from a add-on kit that Unforgettable Moments is giving away on her blog. Here are some close-up photos showing his sad, sad face and his poor, poor ear.

Ollie

Brave Little Patient by Unforgettable Moments

Fonts: Rough Typewriter and Rubber Stamp

I used this great new kit by Unforgettable Moments to make these pages. Here is the kit preview for Brave Little Patient:

Brave Little Patient by Unforgettable Moments

The kit comes with this word art package:

And Unforgettable Moments is giving away a free mini kit on her blog:

Lil' Bandits

When I saw this new mini-kit from Unforgettable Moments, the first thought that popped into my mind was "vintage". Lately, I've been trying to scan old photos when I visit my parents. (And what I should be doing is placing the originals into some sort of archival album instead of replacing them in those horrible magnetic album, but that's a whole 'nother subject. ) 

These are photos of my brother and myself playing with pop guns that our older brother, Albert, bought for us. Albert is 12 years older than Adrian and 16 years older than me and he spoiled us rotten. These photos aren't dated, but have to be from sometime between 1974-1976. 

Lil' Bandits
Summer Cottage Mini by Unforgettable Moments
Summer Cottage Alpha by Unforgettable Moments
Font: VT Portable Remington

The products I used for this layout are a part of the GingerScraps Buffet. Every month the GingerScraps Designers release a bunch of coordinating alphas, minis, papers, elements, etc with a common theme and color palette. And on the first of each month, all of these buffet items are on sale for a dollar each. Head on over to GingerScraps to check it out.

Here are the product previews for the buffet items I used in the above layout. I love that crocheted flower. (Previews are linked to the product in the store.)

Unforgettable Moments-Midsummer Sunset

Unforgettable Moments is releasing this stunning mini-kit today at GingerScraps. I really love that distressed and textured white paper and the orange lily. I hate lilies in real life because I think they smell really bad, but this one doesn't smell at all!

Midsummer Sunset

I used this kit to make a layout about our Angel Fire Fun Day that we had in February. My husband and I like to go up to Angel Fire Ski Resort every winter and go inner-tubing, and this winter my brother and his family came with us.  The Polar Coaster layout in my last post was also all about Angel Fire Fun Day.  My niece had no interest in inner-tubing as she is a snowboarding manic. I was able to get a couple of nice action shots of her snowboarding, but the best photo in that series is this one, when she screeched to a halt in front of us and then sat down laughing at our feet.  As a matter of fact I replaced an actual action shot of her in this layout with a close up of her laughing face, because I thought it was better.

Zoey
Template: Spending Time with you by Unforgettable Moments
Kit: Midsummer Sunset by Unforgettable Moments

Do you remember when I blogged about the cliche challenge at GingerScraps?  Well, Unforgettable Moments is hosting the challenge and the Midsummer Sunset Mini kit is the participation prize! Hurry over there; you have till the end of this weekend to complete the challenge and win this kit.

The Welcome Wagon at GingerScraps & the Inspiration Challenge

Are you familiar with the Welcome Wagon at GingerScraps?  It's a part of the forum, opened to registered users only, where the GingerScraps Designers give away free mini-kits.  I picked up this kit from Unforgettable Moments this weekend:

Available in the GingerScraps forum!

I used it to make this layout for the Inspiration challenge at GingerScraps this month, which is being hosted by Unforgettable Moments. The challenge was to be inspired by a cliche.  I chose "the Bee's Knees", which means the absolute best, the height of excellence, the cat's pajamas.  I focused it on my adorable husband, of course:

Remember the Moment by Unforgettable Moments (the Welcome Wagon freebie)
Individual elements:
Flat ribbons from Thoughts of You by Unforgettable Moments
String from Coffee shop with Friends by Unforgettable Moments (the newsletter freebie)

I had to throw in some string and ribbons from other kits, well... because, I needed strings and ribbons. The string came from a newsletter freebie that Unforgettable Moments sent out last week.  Isn't she awesome?

While we are talking about how awesome Unforgettable Moments is, I should mention that the participation prize for the Inspiration Challenge this month is a free mini-kit that hasn't even been released yet!  How awesome it that? Here's a sneak peek:

The challenge ends on the last day of this month; you have a little over a week to complete it.  So, run on over to GingerScraps, register in the forum and participate in the challenge.  There are a million good cliches, I'm sure you can think of something! As a matter of fact, I had an entire series of cliches that I was considering using with pictures of their literal meaning such as:

• Airing dirty laundry–I'm sure I have or could get a picture of dirty laundry
• All that glitters is not gold–I love platinum and silver jewelry and just took photos of the Hope Diamond in it's temporary platinum setting
• The whole enchilada–my favorite food
• As easy as falling off a log–recently got great photos of my dogs crossing a log on a hike
• It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog–We have a 4.5 pound chihuahua, need I say more?