Snow Cave 2009

Abigail and Carl slept in this snow cave on December 30, 2009.

Taggart Lake

These pictures are all from a hike we took in GTNP a few weeks ago. We went to Jackson Hole for the weekend to spend some time with my dad who was working there at the time. My mom came along as a surprise for my dad. They hadn't seen each other for two weeks.

Everything on these pages came from a kit by Jady Day Studio, originally called "My Favorite Things", but which is now called "National Park Fun" (or something like that), available for purchase from http://scraporchard.com/market/product.php?productid=18499&cat=0&page=2

P.S. Does anybody know how to put a link on here? I tried and it didn't work. What I want is for the blog to say "Scrap Orchard" with those words as a clickable link.

Jady Day Studio Totally Loving You Challenge-Sisters

It's been so long since Heather's wedding, I had totally forgotten that I didn't take any pictures there. So I pulled this one off of Facebook. Not my finest looking picture, since I was goofing off with my belly, but I really does bring out how I tend to be goofy with my sisters. Even though I look ridiculous, I still love this picture.

Jady Day Totally Loving You Challenge-Bryant

This one is of Bryant, obviously. I also used his birthday pictures for this one, which worked out really well, since he was wearing blue and brown, with a hint of green in his shorts. The colors matched the kit pretty well. I only had to deepen the blue felt strip to match his clothes better. I really love how this one turned out, with the classic look to it. It reminds me of formal dining rooms, where the color below the chair rail is often different than the color above, while still coordinating with each other. You usually don't see buttons in place of a chair rail though, but still, that was my inspiration for the design.

Jady Day Studio Totally Loving You Challenge-Abigail

I made this layout for a contest from Jady Day Studio. All the elements and papers come from a kit called "Totally Loving You". Not necessarily my favorite colors (okay, not by a long shot), but they ended up working great for these pictures of Abigail. I did tweak some of the colors of things so they would work better for me. I'm not an expert at color changes yet, but I'm sure working on it. I hope you like it!

Abigail's Faces

I was just trying to get her to smile, and this is what I get instead. She is so silly. By the way, I made the "sad" flair myself, trying to copy the other ones. It isn't quite right, but it was close enough. And it was fun to do.

Artists

The pictures are probably familiar from the Mother's Day layouts, but I wanted to do another post that focused more on their creativity. So here it is. I figured out a way to do a two-page spread. Just make a new project with a canvas size of 24 inches wide and 12 inches tall, at a resolution of 300 ppi. Pretty simple. Then put the paper (or papers) that you want to use on that blank canvas, side by side. Duh. Why I didn't think of it sooner, I don't know, but I'm glad I did. By the way, a lot of these papers and elements I'm using are coming from a design competition on digiscrapaddicts.com. All you have to do is register for their forum (it's free) and then download all the kits that you want from the competition (which are also free). Oh, and If you get any from Jady Day Studio (Yajaira/Yari Mower) send her lots of love. She is awesome, and I hope she makes it far in the competition. Oh, and if you need to find it, look for "So You Think You Can Design" or "SYTYCD". Happy scrapping!