Staying Busy with New Scrap Layouts

Most of the scrappers I know like to get as many pages done at one time as they can.  Close to My Heart has wonderful books that I like to describe as a "Scrapbooking for Dummies" series. No I don't think scrappers are dummies but the patterns offered in the books make scrapbooking so easy.

So since I had a few free days, I decided to take out my books and see if I could come up with a template or two for cutting paper and making multiple pages.  Well, I have worked up several templates and I made these 16 pages using one CTMH Level 2 paper pack and a few extra sheets of cardstock for bases.  I took out one of my favorite papers (Whoops-a-Daisy) and I got busy.  I really love the look of this paper and I'm so glad that I was able to get so many pages from it since it's now retired.

Yay!  Now I have to get out some pictures of my grand-girls and my nieces so that I add them.

Merry Christmas

This year has been tough -- not just for me but for many. I get myself through every day by counting my blessing and making myself stay focused on the good things I have.  Although this year has been tough financially for us, we are starting to adjust to our self-imposed cut-backs and we are making the best of things. 

Although Christmas will be smaller than years past, we have lots of wonderful things - we are relatively healthy, we laugh a lot, and we are employed.  I hope everyone else is able to count their blessings too.

Another Copic Challenge

I saw a Copic video that just really made me think "outside the box".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiS_V2Ph13Y&feature=related

This was a perfect challenge for me. I had to really blend since I didn't have most of the colors shown in the video. I couldn't get the blue sky to really work for me so I did a nice sunny yellow sky. (I felt warmer just making the sunny sky.) I am including pictures of my card and a close up of my chair just to let you see more detail.

Alternate ideas ----
I loved making a background and I loved coloring in a stamp on top of the background I made. My challenge is more of a 'create a scene/background with Copics' -- I'm sure not everyone wants to go to the beach ... {LOL} A sunset background would also be a good for this challenge. So would a night sky or dusky sky maybe with a silhouette of a tree or grass in the foreground. Just bust out the Copics and blend, blend, blend!


Bo Trommer
Copic Junkies Design Team Member

(Stamps: chair > TAC and sandcastle > Clear Dollar Stamps)
Copic colors used:
Water: BG32, BG10
Beach: E00, E11, E33
Chair: E25, E08, E33
Sky: Y11, Y02
Y17 for the flag on the sandcastle


Suggestions for blue sky colors (from the DT members):
B0000/B000 combo or BG0000/BG000 combo
B0000 – pale Celestine and BG0000 – snow green