Mask Appeal Challenge

Happy Friday!  I am over on the Designer Digitals Blog today with the Mask Appeal Challenge.  I hope you head on over, read the details, grab the freebie pack and start creating.   This is the page that I created using the mask from the great freebie pack.

All products are from Designer Digitals.

Have a great weekend!

Spring

Spring has FINALLY arrived in Minnesota and we couldn't be more thrilled!  It has been a crazy busy couple of weeks and my blog has certainly taken a backseat.  Quinn and I were both sick with strept throat for a week and that really set me back.  Thankfully Jeff and the girls did not get it.  My new class started on Monday and we are off to a great start.  

I thought I would just share some photos from this spring...

Ellie and I spent an overnight with the girl scouts at a convention center.  My motto was "survival" headed into it and it actually turned out to be fun.

We are in the thick of spring sports...t-ball, softball, baseball and soccer.

The city is redoing all of the roads in our area and I'm pretty sure that Quinn is the only one in our city that is excited about this.  He sits in the middle of our now "dirt" cul de sac and races his remote control car for hours at a time.  I think when they eventually come to put tar down, he will be laying in the middle of the cul de sac in protest.

A new par 3 went in last summer near us and we got a family membership.  I'll just say that I'm loving the time on the course.

  Life is certainly moving full speed ahead and I'm trying to find balance.  I hope you are all doing well.

Creating Keepsakes November/December 2013 DIGITAL Scrapbooking Submission Call

See your work published in an upcoming issue.

The holidays will be here before you know it and we want to show digital scrapbookers the fun and flexibility that digital scrapbooking offers. So settle in with your cup of cocoa and jot down your creative ideas for this special submission call. Below is the information for themes and projects we're looking for in the Digital Scrapbooking bonus insert for the November/December 2013 issue of Creating Keepsakes. If you have any problems with the submission section of our web site, email Stacy Croninger at scroninger@creativecraftsgroup.com for troubleshooting.

Checking it Twice

Lists may help your world stay organized throughout the year, but come the holidays lists are actually fun! Think of it - the Thanksgiving Day menu, letters to Santa, the shopping list for family gifts, the list of lists goes on and on. And instead of checking it twice and tossing it, put your lists to good use this year by finding fun ways to incorporate them on your digital layouts! How do you add lists to your layouts - do you scan in handwritten notes from your kids, or do you re-create your own handwriting using various fonts? Does a photographed list make its way onto your page or do you find ways to work the lists into your journaling? Maybe you use a list as an actual pattern/background element on your page. Whatever method you use, we want to see the clever ways you use lists to create your digital holiday layouts. Priority will be given to never before seen, 2-page, multi-photo layouts. Submissions Due May 20, 2013, at midnight MDT. Submissions received after this time won't be considered. What to Provide Please provide a digital image of your layout. If you're submitting a two-page spread, please submit each page of the spread as a separate image. In addition to your image(s), please include a detailed supply list and any information on techniques or items to note about your layout. How to Submit Upload your projects by clicking "Reader Submissions" from the Magazines tab at www.creatingkeepsakes.com or click here for a direct link. If you have any problems with the submission section of our web site, email Stacy Croninger at scroninger@creativecraftsgroup.com for troubleshooting.

Digital Scrapbooking: Easier than Ever!

Are you ready to show the world how fun (and approachable) digital scrapbooking is? We want to see your approach to making digital scrapbooking easy using tips and tricks that you've discovered through your own digital scrapbooking. Whether that means using certain brushes to achieve a special subway art effect, a shortcut to creating gifts made from digital designs, an organization trick that you use to keep all your digital elements in order, simple ways to add realistic drop shadows, fun ways to use digital stamping, or adding curves to premade shapes. Showcase these and other fabulous techniques as focal points on your layout and provide steps to achieving the look (feel free to provide screenshots to help show your process). Send us your layouts and projects and make sure to include your tips and teaching points in the instructions. Priority will be given to never before seen, 2-page, multi-photo layouts. Submissions Due May 20, 2013, at midnight MDT. Submissions received after this time won't be considered. What to Provide Please provide a digital image of your layout. If you're submitting a two-page spread, please submit each page of the spread as a separate image. In addition to your image(s), please include a detailed supply list and any information on techniques or items to note about your layout. How to Submit Upload your projects by clicking "Reader Submissions" from the Magazines tab at www.creatingkeepsakes.com or click here for a direct link. If you have any problems with the submission section of our web site, email Stacy Croninger at scroninger@creativecraftsgroup.com for troubleshooting. Getting Started: Tantalizing Titles A layout's title is an eye-catching focal point that helps tell your story, and with all the digital capabilities, titles have never been more fun. We're looking for your creative take on digital titles, including layering, stacking fonts, clipping photos inside letters, creating words from digital embellishments, using different brushes, manipulating your title's color, and more. We want to know all the tricks and techniques that went into creating your layout title, so please provide steps (and even screenshots) to help showcase your amazing title. Since it's a holiday issue, we'd love to see titles that tell the story of the season, whether it's related to snow, Christmas, Hanukkah, or winter family traditions. Priority will be given to never before seen, 2-page, multi-photo layouts. Submissions Due May 20, 2013, at midnight MDT. Submissions received after this time won't be considered. What to Provide Please provide a digital image of your layout. If you're submitting a two-page spread, please submit each page of the spread as a separate image. In addition to your image(s), please include a detailed supply list and any information on techniques or items to note about your layout. How to Submit Upload your projects by clicking "Reader Submissions" from the Magazines tab at www.creatingkeepsakes.com or click here for a direct link. If you have any problems with the submission section of our web site, email Stacy Croninger at scroninger@creativecraftsgroup.com for troubleshooting. Important Information on Submitting As a friendly reminder, please keep the following in mind when submitting your work: Please only submit one layout/project per submission form. You may submit multiple images; however, none of your images can exceed 500px/300KB or they will not upload. The submission tool closes at midnight MDT on May 20. Submissions sent after that time will not go through. We'll notify you no later than May 24 if your submission has been accepted. Projects that have been previously published in print, either in a magazine or a catalog, will not be considered. If you have any problems with the submission section of our web site, email Stacy Croninger at scroninger@creativecraftsgroup.com for troubleshooting. Submissions due Midnight (MDT) on May 20, 2013 ***Please direct any questions you have about this issue to Natalie McConnell at NMcConnell@creatingkeepsakes.com.