you two

you two | sorriso by paislee press + hello love by paislee press

smile | papers, tape and frame by paislee press + other elements by kitschy digitals

I've been hoarding Paislee Press digital kits for a while. Whenever she releases a kit, I sometimes cannot resist picking up the kit for the subscriber-only price. But with all that is going in my life, I often let the kit gather proverbial dust on my hard-drive. So I dusted off a couple of her kits and went to work...using some photos taken for my Family Joy class.

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!

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!

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

Two Peas in A Bucket projects

My Two Peas in a Bucket projects for the past few weeks include lots of digi layouts and a few hybrid cards. Thanks for taking a peek at my work!

Smile


I've been loving all the new kits by Vinnie Pearce in the store! Love the Grunge Page Dividers - they add a pretty but grungy look to the page. I changed the color (LAYER > LAYER STYLE > COLOR OVERLAY) by sampling a color from my photo. Hearts are from Vinnie's Cute and Wild Elements. The Smile circle tag is from Shimelle's Write It Down Cute Circles. Cream paper from Wilna's Fly Away kit.

Sweet Joy


I love the birds in Wilna's kit Fly Away - available at Two Peas in a Bucket! One of Erica Hernandez's template in her template pack included a graphic that looked like branch. So I combined the kits in this page.

sweet zara

I used Vinnie Pearce's Sakura Sanctuary Papers (love the soft colors) and a few of her Brads for this digi page. I wove some strips of the paper on the top right corner.

what defines me

On my paper pages, I love to add decorative edges with my paper edge punches. They are addictive! I have about 5 punches so far. So I was so happy to see Laina Lamb's Borderlines in the Two Peas in a Bucket store. Love the variety. They are meant for cutting machines like the Silhouette (which I just got!) but I will definitely be using them a lot on my all-digital pages as well. Here I used them to cut various papers from Michelle Underwood's Sunday Kind of Love SOLIDS kit. All elements are from Michelle Underwood's Sunday Kind of Love kit and Beautiful Ending kit. EXCEPT the photo frame which is by Kitschy Digitals.

zara's love list

i love making lists because sometime choosing a topic for a generic photo of your baby is difficult. Especially if you scrap as much as I do. So this is Zara's Love List for this month because at this age it changes every month, right? I used Erica Hernandez's Template because I love her graphic style and what better way to capture it then used one of her templates? Instead of using a lot of patterned paper (except for the pink gingham one by Betsy Tuma) I sampled colors using the EYE DROPPER tool from the photo and the brads (by Vinnie Pearce) and used my Paint Bucket tool to fill in the layers of the template. Which brings me to those brads by Vinnie Pearce. I love them! You get such a wide variety of shapes and colors in one kit! So I wanted to use as many as I could so I arranged them in the shape of heart.

cupcake love

My favorite thing to scrap after my daughter is cupcakes! LOL. I love the pink and brown in Vinnie Pearce's Cute and Wild Papers and Elements at Two Peas in a Bucket. I used a journaling tag from Vinnie's Bloom kit to cut the shape of the photo and pink paper. The cupcake doodle is from Sprinkles by Jen Allyson also at Two Peas. TFL!

love "s" card

I've been making little cards for Sofia. She needs a little extra love because her little sis get most of my attention. I used Shimelle Laine's Write it Down - Cute Circles to make a mini card. I overlapped them slightly in Photoshop before printing so that it would make a card. I also printed out a brad from Vinnie's BRADS kit. They make cute flower centers. TFL!


love u card

I love the heart I made using Vinnie Pearce's BRADS kit for an earlier digital layout so much I printed it out and popped it onto a card for my daughter. TFL!

changing before my eyes

This is for Nicole's Use Your Peas challenge to use three photos and three frames. I used Scrap Original Stamped Frames available at Two Peas in a Bucket. I love that you she gives you the mask, frame and stamp for each design. I changed the color of the stamped frames. On the black and white photo I just used the mask. The gorgeous graphics on the bottom are from the Boundless kit. Again I changed the colors.

you are magical

Another gorgeous kit by ScrapOriginals called ***THIS YEAR*** available at Two Peas in a Bucket. I love the details and the variety of elements from the layered tag to the stamped images to the chunky vintage frame. Everything is from the kit.

her happiness

Have you seen Pamela Funk-Parr's Boundless kit in the Two Peas in a Bucket store? So elegant and gorgeous. I used the "happiness" element as a stamp for Erica's digi challenge. Stamping on the white paper.

love makes a house a home

A housewarming card for a friend. I used Vinnie Pearce's HOMELIFE Word Art available at Two Peas in a Bucket. Lovely sentiments for cards, layouts or home dec pieces.

splish splash

I love Jen Martakis' whimsical new kit Rain Drops. Perfect for a seattle girl like me. But I used it for this fun page about my baby taking a bath. This layout is also doing double-duty. I lifted a paper page for the LIFT THIS challenge and also for this week's digital challenge. TFL! (Buttons are from various Michelle Underwood kits and stitching is by ScrapOriginals).


so tweet

We went to look at the cherry blossom trees at the University of Washington. I couldn't wait to scrap this photo! I used a sweet little digital doodle by Kathy Martin at Two Peas in a Bucket.


sofia's first ride

I really love the rainbow colors of Vinnie's kit Toy Box Elements and Toy Box Solid Papers - at Two Peas in a Bucket. Perfect for these photos of Sofia riding a bicycle she received from our neighbor.

just cheeky

One thing that people comment about Zara is her chubby cheeks! I used ScrapOriginals super-cute kit Welcome Home Girl for this page. The flowers are from her Boundless Collection. Both kits available at Two Peas in a Bucket.

imagine that

I fell in love with Vinnie Pearce's new kits Toy Box Elements available at Two Peas in a Bucket! The banner is adorable! I happened to get a spring dress for Zara that had some of the same colors in this kit. I paired the Elements with Vinnie Pearce's Toy Box Solids (black paper).

up in the air

I don't often make two-page digital spreads but I wanted the photos here to take center-stage. I used Betsy Tuma's new kit That's Life available at Two Peas in a Bucket. Love the bright primary colors and the vintage illustrations reminded me of a Monopoly game. To make the "apron lace" strip I used Laina Lamb's Bordelines Set #1.

Two Peas in A Bucket digi pages

I'm getting in the groove with the pages I'm creating for Two Peas digital creative team. So many fun kits to work with every week! I'm a little behind in posting my pages here on my blog but here are my pages for the last two weeks. And I have more coming before the month is up.

For each page, I will link to the page at Two Peas if you'd like to comment there (always appreciated :) or want direct links to the digital kits.

why i adore you: I love Shimelle Laine's Write it Down :: Top Ten Lists, available at Two Peas in a Bucket. They are an easy way to add journaling to any page and look great on the page. I re-colored mine - in two colors that matched my patterned paper. I also used Jen Martakis' February kit - also available at Two Peas in a Bucket. Fonts: Two Peas Stop Sign and AL Flighty and CK Circles and Swirls.

just another monday (one of my fave pages EVER): Loving Jen Martakis' new FEBRUARY kit available at Two Peas in A Bucket. Who can resist those doodled heart paper! I had to showcase it on this page about my DD. Her yellow shirt was perfect for this colorway in the kit! Everything from Jen's Kit. Other: Two Peas font - Stop Sign journaling: Sometimes Mondays can be tough for Sofi because Jamie goes back to work. Today, we sat on the bed and read books and took photos. Fun times.1/26/10

baby zara @ 7 months: I love Michelle Underwood's soft and vintage and pretty kit, Sunday Kind of Love - available at Two Peas in a Bucket. What's not to love? Butterflies, birdcages, vintage frames? It was perfect for a baby page of my 7-months old. I also used Jen Martakis' Journal Bundle- available at Two Peas - to journal in a circle around the white frame. I love using this text path because it gave me extra room for my journaling. And to add an extra distressed but subtle look, I used Erica Hernandez' paper overlay (also new at Two Peas in a Bucket). I see using this again and again. It's very subtle and understated. I used it on the cream paper.


this is love: I love the coordinating solids to Michelle Underwood's Sunday Kind of Love - available at Two Peas in a Bucket. When I paper-scrap I tend to use a solid cardstock with pattern paper as accents so this suited my style well. I love how the accents pop against the darker solid paper. I also used Jen Martakis' Journal Shapes (heart) text paths for my journaling - all about my daughters' love for each other.

i love you: A simple layout about my family. I used Holly Jones' Romantic Love Frames (the bird on a branch) - available at Two Peas in A Bucket. I'm a sucker for birds so I couldn't resist. The original color didn't quite go with my photos so I changed the color. LAYER > LAYER STYLE > COLOR OVERLAY. Other Two Peas in a Bucket products used: Paper and scalloped border: Holiday Party by Brandy Buffington Brown ribbon: Cabanarama by Brandy Buffington Photo frames: Snapshot Flourish Frames by Rhonna Farrer Font: Two Peas Stopsign (title) Other: Rounded Birdie font by Audacious Designs

hybrid frames: I used Jen Martakis' Journal Shapes text paths available at Two Peas in a Bucket, to add some journaling to two 5x7 photos. Then I printed them out and put them in some Ikea "clip" frames and hung them in the hallway. Quick and easy hybrid projecT!

dare you: I used Erica Hernandez's Folded Paper Overlay to give the patterned paper - from Chelsea Parson's FREE kit, A Delightful Day - a folded/creased/distressed look. It adds a fun texture and can be used on any digital paper. I also used Jen Martakis' Journal Shapes text paths for the journaling. Fonts: Two Peas Stop Sign and AL Aunt Marie and Harting

lovebird: **This one was featured on the Two Peas Digi Newsletter :)
I loved Shimelle's Remember Page Template - new in the Two Peas in a Bucket shop this week - because it has room for multiple photos but still looks clean and uncluttered. Because it's a layered template, it was easy to alter the design slightly. I replaced the title with my own in a similar font. In two of the photo frames I added paper and some cute elements. Other products used (all from Two Peas in a Bucket): Heart and bird: Owl Always mini kit by Holly Brooke Jones' Background paper and blue paper: On Telly by Chelsea Parsons Grid paper: Grey Garden Spots by Chelsea Parsons Button: Baby It's Cold Outside by Michelle Underwood Font: Rockwell and CK Ali's Writing TFL!

Two Peas in A Bucket digi pages

There are new release at Two Peas every Tuesday at 10 AM so I get to play with at least one or two kits each week!

Here are my my pages for this week:

zara in 2009: katherine teagues's year in review template #4 (modified) and kitschy digitals' skyler kit, both at two peas in a bucket.

let's walk: jen martakis' Photo-a-Day Weekly Templates Set 1 and brandy buffington's holiday party (free kit!) at two peas in a bucket.

miserably sick? go make a banner!

i'm miserably sick.
sneezing.
stuffed up.
feverish.
yuk.
who gets sick at the end of summer?
maybe I caught something at the children's museum on friday or a friend who visited on saturday. or when i was at joann's. who knows. it's been getting worse all day.

so.
i.
can't.
sleep.

what's better to pass the time?

first we watched a few more episodes of carnivale on netflix.
then zara and jamie turned in. I was going to, too. but as soon as lay down, i knew i'd be miserable.

so why not check my e-mail and......create a new blog banner?

actually it started as a digi page. I just cropped it and added my URL.

11" x 8.5" digital layout

cropped banner

I had to use my new photos of zara and the headband I made on sunday. thanks again amber for the inspo!

All the digi goodness is by the uber-talented Nancy Kubo. You can find her stuff at Little Dreamer Designs. She also does paper designs for Prima and Bo Bunny.


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okay. so it's almost 1 am and i still don't want to go to bed.
so here's my latest wish list of scrappy and crafty goodness:

1. quickutz silhouette. it would make hybrid scrapping a lot easier!
2. this kit by zoe pearn
3. this kit by leora sanford
4. a corner chomper
5. this kit by kenner road
6. felt camera case
7. coffee bubble tea by elsie (because a mocha smoothie with coffee jelly is my favorite drink right now)
8. any of her felted creatures