3/28/2007

Today is my BIRTHDAY!

If you live not so far from where I do, in celebration of my 38th BIRTHDAY today, my local scrapbook store, Scrapbook Mania, is offering 38% OFF any one item in the store (except the Clip It Up or AMM totes) but anything else! All you have to do is take in a card or note for me wishing me a Happy Birthday. :) That discount is valid today and tomorrow!

I'll be in the dentist chair today and recovering from goofy numbness this afternoon but will let you know what I get from the store myself.

And by the way, 38 IS GREAT! I feel like I'm just the best I've ever been and getting better. Have a great day everyone!

3/27/2007

New article!

There's a new issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine out and on page 17, is my recent article on Doodling!!! They did a beautiful job with the design of it. Very pretty! If you have trouble locating the actual issue, they also have it available as a PDF on their website- Scrapbook & Cards Today Looks like a great issue all around. Take a look!

3/23/2007

More font fun...

Ok. I'm going nuts with those Doodlebat fonts at ScrapNfonts.com. See that amazingly cute flourish on this layout? That is a FONT!!!! I printed them out and filled them with color to coordinate with the paper (chatterbox). The flourish font is called Fancy Flourishes and the other font I used is called LDJ Sneezes. I also printed out some of those pretty flourishes and colored them in with watercolor pencil and then used a watered-down brush on it. I'll take a pic next time I have my camera out. It's a neat look I'm going to have to play with some more.

I used black Pigma Microns for the wavy lines around the edges and ribbon (from Prima I think?) and ricrac and a button. Colored pencils for borders around the journaling. Oh, white craft paint around the edges, and orange photo corners by American Crafts.

Click on the image for a full version.

Anyone else scrapping?

Have a great weekend everyone.

3/19/2007

A little something for the wall.

Several months ago for a challenge on EBBCreations.com I altered a papier mache letter "C".with pretty papers and rub-ons from Frances Meyer. I had purchased the "R-E-A-T-E" at the same time but only got to them a month ago.

But finally, after a little art room organizing, I have hung them from the wall and taken a photo. I used different papers and pretty bright (but not too bright) bold colors to alter them along with organic rub-ons and doodling with a few Primas sprinkled upon them for good measure.

I'm liking how they turned out and hoping they'll continue to inspire me to CREATE things I enjoy and things I love to look at.

3/03/2007

Yummy new doodle fonts!!! Woohoo!

Anyone like fonts? Anyone LOVE fonts? I know I do. Well, if you're familiar with Scrap'NFonts.com then you already know about the cool fonts they have.

But they just released a new line called DOODLEBATS. They're all doodles instead of letters! And if you know me at all, you know I love doodling and doodles of all sorts. Check out this layout and card I made with the new fonts. (Click on images for larger versions.) For a closeup of the flowers, just click here!

All the flowers, the brackets, and the baby-related doodles all came from the Doodlebats line. The title letters are one of their fonts called LDJ Whimsy Outlines I think.

The Doodlebats are kind of like dingbats. They're all black and white doodles so you can customize them any way you want. On my projects here I printed them and cut them out and colored them in with Glaze pens. I also fiddled with them in Photoshop and was able to fill them with color digitally too. Pretty cool.

Flowers are from the Flower Power Doodlebat. Brackets from Cutsie Doodles. All the doodles on the card are from Baby Of Mine.

Here's the cool part. They're all on sale right now (at least they are right now!) for $1.50 each. Better yet, I have acquired a discount code for 20% off your total at scrapnfonts.com. YAY!

When checking out, just use the code "doodlebook1" to get the 20% off.

I just noticed they've added a few more!!! for Spring and Easter. I'd love to see how you use these in your layouts. Please send me your creations so I can post them here on my blog! I'm feeling a new addiction coming on. hee hee hee.

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