and then there was one*

With my new Etsy shop and business coming together, I realized that I would have to cut down on other commitments, namely my creative team with JessicaSprague.com. I loved being a team member there for the past year and a half. They have so many great designers there! Kitschy Digitals, Queen of Quirk, In the Making, Cosmo Cricket and Echo Park to name a few of my faves. But, Sofia has started school again and Zara will be in a one-day a week toddler class. I see a lot of playdates, homework, school events and extracurricular activities in my future. So I stepped down from the team yesterday. My gallery is still up at the site if you want to take a peek at my  pages.

I still hope to scrapbook both with paper and pixels. I'm thinking of adding a scrapbooking-for-hire component to my business. Just not sure how yet. Until then, I will scrapbook when the mood strikes. Like last night. I broke out a kit that bought weeks ago, but never used: Hello, Love by Paislee Press.

hello, love | Paislee Press' hello love digi kit

*p.s. I am still designing for Kitschy Digitals. Love her stuff!

digital layout : turning two

I have a new layout to share using Echo Park's Country Drive line - so cute and up my alley in terms of colors and uber-cuteness. I also used Kitschy Digitals and Creativity by Crystal - all available at JessicaSprague.com (please full credits below). The background paper I used was already in the grid design -- I just added borders horizontally and vertically to emphasize the four squares of patterned paper. I used two journaling spots, breaking up my journaling. And clustered my embellishments together, tucking in a few smaller photos of Zara (taken on the same day).

Thanks for taking a peek!

turning two | *Echo Park* Patterned paper: Country Drive Paper Pack
Borders + Journal Cards: Country Drive Element Pack #1
Bird and word art: Country Drive Element Pack #2
Green z: Country Drive Alpha

*Kitschy Digitals*
Yellow button: Thrift Store Grab Bag
Pink gingham flower: Fresh Blooms Kit
Round red stick pin: NSD 2010 Freebie[/url]

*Creativity by Crystal*
Tons of Scallops Template Kit

Featured: Creative Spraguemates

I am honored to be one of the two creative spraguemates featured in the inaugural spotlight of creative team members at JessicaSprague.com. If you're coming here from Jessica Sprague's blog, welcome to my little blog :)

I didn't mention it in my bio, but Jessica is the one who introduced me to hybrid scrapbooking through her Photoshop Fridays back in 2006 as well as her idea books on digi scrapbooking. I love how she scrapbooks about everyday life and how clever she is in her title and journaling and photographic choices. So I am beyond honored to be on her creative team today!

For fun, I wanted to share one of my early pages using a Jessica Sprague digital kit freebie back in 2006! How long ago that seems. I only had one daughter then and was just beginning to get the hang of Photoshop CS2 (the same version I use now!)

7/14/06: "I used Jessica Sprague's digital freebie kit she had on her blog{this was back in 2006}. Thanks Jessica! Credits: Everything by Jessica Sprague's Digital Freebie Kit Font: Dymo downloaded form dafont dot com"

 And a page using a Jessica Sprague kit in 2009 when my 2nd daughter was born:


brand new sisters | Jessica Sprague EZ PZ Template 1, mini kit


And my most recent digital layout using the mini kits from the birthday bloghop:

zara and sofia | 4ever bloghop cluster by cathy pascual (using elements by queen of quirk, in the making, echo park, kitschy digitals, carina gardner) + blue paper by queen of quirk + glitter spill by kari holt + bar code tag + starlets by liv.edesigns

It's amazing to me to see how my style has changed (more layering, drop shadows and design sense) yet stayed the same (still focused on the everyday, photos of family, relatively clean design).
If you want to see more of work, you can check out my gallery at Jessica Sprague. I also have a gallery here (which has a lot of my early, early work including just paper layouts).

Thanks for stopping by!

in the scraproom: Jessica Sprague CT layouts

Today, I have a couple of digital layouts to share for my CT work at JessicaSprague.com. Of course, I scrapped about my daughters....again. They are just so scrap-able! If you want direct links to the products I used in each layout, please click on the caption below each image to take you to the JS gallery. I have included links there. Thanks for stopping by!

my girls | Splendid Fiin's Tween Add-on Papers + Teen Add-on Elements + Hand drawn Bookplates Set 2 @ jessicasprague.com

sing out loud | template tuesday 6/28/2011 by mindy pitcher + Splendid Fiins' Evidence Arrows 2 + Feedsack Papers + Feedsack Element Pack 2 + Echo Park's Summer Days Alphas @ jessicasprague.com

Welcome to stop #17 of Jessica's Sprague's Birthday Bloghop!

Welcome to my little paper and digi crafting blog! I'm Cathy (aka cayla73), creative team member for JessicaSprague.com and this is stop number 17 of Jessica Sprague's Birthday Bloghop! I hope you're enjoying all the freebies, fun and festivities so far!  (Note: If you came here first or got lost along the way, click on the image below to take you back to the start of the bloghop!)

Today, I have a super-cute cluster to share with you. If you are not familiar with what a cluster is, well, I'll tell you! A cluster is a grouping of digital elements (usually a .png file) pre-designed for you that can be used on any of your digital (or hybrid) projects. You can add it to a scrapbook page. Resize it. Add photos. Add journaling. Add extra elements. Layer it. Even print it out for a hybrid project. Something like a quickpage but a little more versatile because you can change it up to suit your needs.

{CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO DOWNLOAD} Sorry, the blog hop has ended. The link has been disabled.

I hope you like it! And here's a page that I made using my own cluster. As you can see, I layered the cluster on blue paper, added an extra glitter element, journaling in a column, and an extra tag with mini stars. (All the "extra" elements and paper I added are from other birthday bloghop freebies.)

zara and sofia | 4ever bloghop cluster by cathy pascual (using elements by queen of quirk, in the making, echo park, kitschy digitals, carina gardner) + blue paper by queen of quirk + glitter spill by kari holt + bar code tag + starlets by liv.edesigns

If you make a page or project with my cluster, I'd really, really love to see it! Please leave a comment with a link or you can e-mail me at cayla73@yahoo.com. And, of course, I'd love if you visit me again at my little blog.

And, now on with the bloghop. The next stop is the uber-talented, Chrissy!

Jessica Sprague Digital CT Projects for February

This month I stuck with all 12 x 12 layouts: two digital and two hybrids. I loved working with Elle's Studio this month, especially since I found out that one of my hybrid albums created last year will be published in a Scrapbook Trends publication! I also used some of the new Echo Park collections: Little Girl and For the Record. I love that this company releases digital versions of their brand-new paper collections! Thanks for looking! And another favorite designer you will see on two of the pages: Queen of Quirk. I love her style.



so sweet together | Echo Park's Little Girl Collection @ jessicsprague.com



play clay | Echo Park's For the Record papers + Elle's Studio's Monograms + XL Journaling Tags + Queen of Quirk's Old Boris digi kit @ JessicaSprague.com + Creativity by Crystal's Template

making of a Valentine gift | Elle Studio's XL Journaling Tags @ JessicSprague.com + Studio Calico kit (Candy Shoppe)

I love that rainbow paper!

I've been trying more 3D paper techniques like pleating and making dimensional flowers. Adds so much to otherwise flat hybrid pages.

my little elf | Queen of Quirk's Reindeer Games digi kits + Creativity by Crystal IBSW Template @ JessicaSprague.com

I added some "traditional" supplies from my stash: gems, stickers, paper, die-cut butterfly.

I used a paper punch for the border, alpha stickers and a date stamp.

Thanks again for stopping by!

Mr. Campy is now digital!

I never bought Cosmo Cricket's Mr. Campy collection in paper form, even though it was super-cute. Luckily I can now play with its digital form at JessicaSprague.com. I love the fall-ish colors and of course the cute characters and icons. The papers include several wood patterns in different colors, which I also love. I made two hybrid pages using this latest Cosmo Cricket digi release. Today, I'll share layout #1.

Once again, I planned my layouts in Photoshop then printed the pieces out and added cardstock trims, buttons, lace and gems.

This first page was inspired by one of the journal cards "birds of a feather." I found photos of Sofia and Zara playing together side by side. The colors happened to match the color scheme of Mr. Campy. The green of the turtle sandbox and the red of the Ikea table and wagon fit coordinated well the autumnal shades of the papers. I also used some photo actions to make them even more "golden".

birds of a feather | Cosmo Cricket's Mr. Campy Journal Stack + Borders + Paper Pack + Elements

I punched hearts out of printed digital paper from the collection, added a gem and drew white stitching with a gel pen on the center heart.

I changed the color of my text to match the colors in the collection. I lifted up the journaling on foam adhesive and added some pom pom trim along the bottom.

I'm a little obsessed with making banners. Who isn't? LOL. I trimmed some digital ribbon/border into triangles then added lace and a strip of folded paper.


 

 Tomorrow I'll share my second hybrid layout using Mr. Campy. Thanks for stopping by!

jessicasprague.com projects

I went a little hybrid-happy this month! I think I'm happiest when I can mix the digital with the paper. I also did a couple more hybrids (both two-pagers!) but I have to keep under wraps until next week. Until then, here are my Creative Team layouts for August. (For complete credits, please click on the title of each layout.)

zara almost 14 months (hybrid) | crystal wilkerson's papers + artisan label templates + various american crafts/dear lizzy traditional embellishments + martha stewart punch + making memories alphas

hello dahlia | crystal wilkerson sweet summer quick page

let's walk | echo park hybrid's walk in the park borders and cards  + life is good elements

hello dolly | kitschy digitals calico dream

busy monday *Kenner Road and JessicaSprague.com projects**

It's been a busy Monday morning!

First up: Kenner Road.
It's my turn at Kenner Road's blog to post some digi goodness. I made a hybrid mini using several of Kenner Road's digi kits and a few more bits from the Garden Party add-on (it's the kit that keeps on giving!).




Please stop by the kR blog for instructions on how I made it and full credits.


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Next up: Jessica Sprague

I posted my first two digi layouts as a CT member for JessicaSprague.com
using new products by Kitschy Digitals and Crystal Wilkerson.

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And I found out last night that I won one of these adorable bookmarks from Lisa at ohmygoodknits! I am going to surprise Sofi with it. (I'm getting the purple one! ;)