No longer MIA....

..... at least for a little bit!!! I was looking through some of my old pictures, that have yet to be scrapbooked, and found these. They are kind of random, but I had a lot of fun making them.

Merry Christmas Digi Moms!

Merry Christmas to all of my LDS Digi Scraping Ladies!

from Kristy

Last two!!

Now I can start on the actual calendar instead of the pictures. That's the worst part...filling in birthdays and anniversaries. I still have to come up with a cover, but I'll spare you.

This one is from a kit named "In God We Trust" by Simply Sarah.

This one is from Peppermint Creative. The kit is "Little Bug."

I should have done black and white and saved on colored ink! ;) It's going to seem weird to go back to 8 x 8 inch pages after making them 10.5 x 8 inches!

Last one (tonight!)

Three in one day. That's got to be a record for me. Now I only have 2 pages left. Too bad there aren't just 10 months in a year.

This kit is from Nana's Attic. It's called "Girly Things."

help

I tried again to upload, but the colors still turn out strange on the internet. may I bring them to someone and have them put them up from their computer?
kathy

What happened...

...to Arlyn?

I was wondering the same thing. I finally got back to the computer.


This kit is "Falling for Fall" by Calico's Designs.



This kit is "One Night in Bethlehem" from JanniScraps Designs.

Merry Christmas!

Here is some of what I have been working on.

A story that my grandfather wrote 30 yrs ago that I put in a Shutterfly book. I used photoshop to scrapbook each page and my mom and dad an husband drew the pictures for it.

My Grandparents Loved it.

A 51 page scrapbook for my moms coworker. I had about a month to complete it and I ordered it the 2nd week of December and it arrived within a week! It was hard to scrapbook someone I didn't know but now I can use those pages again with my own children. I love Digital Scrapbooking for that reason! Here are some photos of it.

I have been working on a birthday calendar also. I didn't have time this year to make my cards though! I may have to start in June next year to get everything done in time for Christmas!

We havent had any challenges for a while... so show me what you have been making for christmas!

On the downhill

I'm now over half done with calendar pages. If you're getting sick of me showing off, just say so. I'm just keeping you all awake!

I'm taking over this blog! :)

Here's another one!

Do you want to mess up your mind? Try doing a Halloween page during the Christmas season!

One more today

This is using an add on from Ann's Scraps to Simply Sarah's "Lazy Summer Afternoon." (Both are free downloads.) I actually experimented with a brush this time. I need to try more things like that.

My kids sure find interesting ways to sleep. I'm just glad I had a camera close by. Can you believe that one of Nathan? Who goes to sleep under a laundry basket covered with a blanket? And then there's Daniel in his seat in the van with slimey gummy bears coming out of his mouth. I am totally prepared to show classic pictures to their dates! ;)

Guess which month this one is for!

With this page, I have done 1/3 of a year of pages. That feels like a lot until I think that I have 2/3 to go!

This kit is (a seasonal sampler) "Amore" from Shabby Princess.

Colors are way off

I don't understand why the colors are uploading so bad.

if you want any of htese elements in hte true colors, call me KJ

Calendar Page

That's why it's rectangular. Kit is WinterWonderland from Nana's Attic. Alphas are a metal gel from Marie Stones at freedigitalscrapbooking.com.

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Before you think I'm managing my time so well, you should know that I bounced and tortured Joseph for the past 20 minutes to get this thing finished!

DON'T MISS THIS!!!

Free Christmas downloads...more than you'll ever want.

http://christmasaroundtheworldkit.blogspot.com/

Christmas 83

I got the photos from one album scanned! I only have 7 more albums to go. :( I made this page from a couple of old Christmas pics. As far as the challenge goes.. If I only count layout time it fit the challenge. But I made the gingerbread man and paper and ornement first. the frosting boarder didn't take long. KJ

Merry Christmas!!

Here's the picture we're putting in our Christmas cards!

Holiday Inspiration

I thought I would give you some holiday inspiration. Here are some of the Christmas layouts I have been doing.

January

All those wanting to join this RS Group or have joined and dont know where to start....
We will have a question and answer get together after the 1st of the year.
As for now, there may be little going on with this blog until then. Since we are all in the Fast Moving, Christmas Shopping, Candy Making, Crafting, Christmas Holiday Season!
HAPPY HOLIDAY'S LDS DIGI MOMS!

You're Invited

I'm glad I can reach a handful of you this way! I'm going to be handing these out but I'm afraid of missing some people who would really want to know. If you could help spread the word, I would be really grateful!

A work in progress

A very good friend of mine gave me some album pages for a baby gift. They are super cute and I've decided to make a book with them. I'm going to make it like a counting book 1-10. So far, I have pages 1 and 5 done. Other ideas are toes for the 10 page and his little eyes cracked open for the 2 page. Maybe I'll take a picture during one of the nighttime feedings and use it for the 3 or 4 (AM) page. I plan to have some pages of comments people have made and leave some blank pages for others to jot down a message. I'm motivated to see this project finished because it is looking so cute!

30 Minute Challenge...plus 10 minutes

I got hung up on the shading for the text, so I went overtime a bit. This is my first time using Christmas papers! The kit is "Joy to the World" from Simply Sarah.

Announcing...

Here he is!

We're already learning his likes and dislikes.

He LIKES to eat.

He LIKES to be held.

He HATES having his diaper changed.

He sure looks like a Collett.

BABY BOY!

CONGRATULATIONS ARLYN!!! and family!
On your new baby boy!!!

love ya, Kristy

Challenge Layout

Here is my challenge layout finally! Shacone where are you?!

I getting paid to scrapbook! My mom's coworker is having me do her scrapbooks for christmas! I was going to paper scrap them but I just like digital better and couldnt get in the groove. So here are some of the layouts I have done.

sphere

I first made this black and white so I could then colorize it any color later. I also made beads the same way. Again I'm havign more fun makeing elements than doing layouts, but my computer at home where my pictures are is still broken. Kristy, I found my photo shop disks. Big relief.

K.J.

Here's my challenge.....

This one actually only took me 15 minutes to do. It's not my favorite, but it will work!

CHALLENGE!

OK, WERE ARE YOU??? I guess we need a challenge to get us all moving.

CHALLENGE!! 30 Minutes Layouts!

I want to see what you can do in 30 minutes. Get your photos picked out and then start a timmer! I know you can do it. I hope to see lots of layouts.

Kristy

Happy Halloween!!

The Pirate VS the Angel!

Here is a photo of the kids before our anual trip to Melaleuca's Trick or Treat throught their offices on the 30th. What cute kids!

Hurry!! Fast!! Check it out!!!

If you haven't checked out http://digifree.blogspot.com/ today you MUST!!

Now!! Hurry!! You will be blown away!

She's My Star

OK I finally got my groove back! Mike was gone last night and the TV is out, so I scrapbooked some more!

Another one for the challenge!

This is my favorite photo from our trip to Mexico this year. Of course we didnt get any good ones of the two of us together. I will have to do some major editing!

Kristy's Challenge DONE!

Ok I am finally done with it! You inspired me Arlyn!

Companion to Challenge Page

I couldn't leave it alone. I knew I had this picture that was almost like a 2nd part of the first picture. It only took me about 10 minutes because I made it to match the first and used the same stuff on it. If Rebekah sees this picture, she's going to argue with me that it's her. I lost the same argument over the dandelion picture!

My Challenge Page

Hey! I beat all of you! I wasn't feeling very inspired when I made this page. Hopefully, I'll still like it in a couple of months. It's made from a mixture of odds and ends so I'm not crediting anyone for the papers or embellishments. Just know that I didn't create any of them.

Rebekah's Blessing

Here is Rebekah's blessing day, nearly 2 years ago. She sure has changed!

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This is Whisper Softly from Nana's Attic.

CHALLENGE!

Time for another CHALLENGE!

Use a photograph as the background for all or part of your page. You can try blending the photo over another background color with Soft Light or Overlay blending mode.

Heather has used this one before, in her cinderella page.

If anyone else wants to post challenges please feel free.

A Great New Site....

I just ran across a great new site with some kit freebies. She's just started putting her designs out on her blog for free. I think they are great and she includes a template along with them. Anyway, if you need some more kits :) go check it out. http://baubles-n-scraps.blogspot.com
Heather

And yet another....

I have been having way too much fun with these old photographs!!! I have done a total of five now, I won't bore you with all of them, but if you'd like to see them, the others are on my blog. I just had a really fun time with this one. The second kid from the left is my grandpa.



Now, I guess I better get going, or I'm going to flunk out of school!!!! :)

Just another page...

Here is another Quick Page.

And another....

I had so much fun with my last one, I thought I would do a page of my dad's parents. I never was able to meet my grandpa, so it was kind of fun to look through the pictures!

Drum roll please......

...... Here's my challenge! Finally. These are my mom's parents, who my kids call Grandma and Grandpa Eliot.

Muscle Man

I made this template for a freebie on my site and then I made this to show it used. Do you like. I love this kit you cen get it here www.atexaschickie.blogspot.com/

Challenge Done!!

I finally did it. I had to find the photo and then My grandpa's info for the page. It took me a while but I DID IT!! YEA! Thanks for the push. ;0)