Digi: In Deep - Templates #2

We had to design another Template for our Course this week. I really do love creating the Templates. I find them easier than LO because you don't have to think about Colours, Papers, Titles or Journalling. I'm going to be signing up for another course next week called Type+Writer, so hopefully I'll feel differntly about Titles and Journalling pretty soon.

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We had to use a special Shadow effect on out Template which makes the corners look like they are curling up.

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Here's the LO I created with my Template. I know it's pretty plain but then again I like Pretty Plain.
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Supplies Used:
Template by Jeannette
Papers by Jeannette (That's Me! They're Mine! Woo Hoo!)
Hearts Brush from Jason Gaylor's Valentastic Brush Set
MCO Topper (From NWR Week 4)
Fonts are CK Little Al and CK Stacatto

Some More LO's.

Here's some more LO's I did. I just love these photo's of Ethan with his big blue eyes. I used a Kit that we got on our course from Oscraps called Moonrise Over Waikiki the Fonts are Pea Anderson and LD Phat.

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This next LO started as the Bottom one and then I made a change to it, but now I can't decide which one I like the most. I'm kind of leaning towards this first one but still not sure.
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I used a Template by Amanda from TaylorMade Designs Calleds Trilogy. I really like the look of it, nice and plain. I made some changes to suit my photo's and moved things down a bit. The Backing paper is my own (Woo Hoo) with the photo overlay.

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Digi: In Deep - Templates

For our course we had to design and create a Template. I thoroughly enjoyed doing this and I learnt so much. While mine is slightly boring and simplistic, I Love it!

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If you would like this Freebie Template Click Here to download it. Please leave a comment to this post if you do.

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Here's the Page I created using my very own Template! How great is that to be able to create from your own creation. I think the ultimate satisfaction will be creating a LO from ALL your own items, Template, Papers and embellishments.

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Supplies Used:

Kit: Ship Mates by Manda Bean & Kay Miller from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Fonts: Scrap Kids and LD Pirate.

Digi: In Deep - Assignment 2A

Well it's another week in our Digi Course but at the same time it's another week closer to the end. I'm learning so much on this course. This week we made our own brush and backing paper, how cool is that? It's the paper used for the Star. Isn't it fab?

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Supplies Used:
SP Lima background papers: From Monoblendz Paperie - Lima paper pack by Anna Aspnes
Rounded corner square die cut: from Border Templates pack by Katie Pertiet
Striped patterned paper: from Bohemian Garden kit by Mindy Terasawa
Dirty Journaler Label: from Dirty Journalers set by Katie Pertiet
Grunged Up Photo Block: from Grunged Up Photo Blocks No. 2 set by Katie Pertiet
Staples by Katie Pertiet

Fonts:

Alfredo Heavy at Fontage.com
Amerika at Dafont.com
Anarchy at Dafont.com

Digi: In Deep - Assignment 1B

I sooo enjoyed doing this. It seems like it took ages to do, but in reality once I had stopped playing with everything and decided what I wanted to do, it all just fell into place. I'm really proud of this one as it's the first LO I've done on my own from scratch, no instructions, no templates, just me and some inspiration from Jessica and Misty.

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The fabulous papers are from Misty Cato's Starlight Whimsey kit, the "Ethan" text is One Fell Swoop from DaFont.com. I used layer masks for the ribbon and beads, a semi-transparent journalling box, the stars at the top of the page and the star flourishes are overlayed. I recoloured the Star buttons and the Star on the Beads. "Ethan" is text that I masked with paper.

Aint He Gorgeous?

Another photo to share, this was taken Pre-Photography course with my Sony Cybershot. I did brighten it up a bit in Photoshop and this fab frame is from Misty Cato's Starlight Whimsy kit. I'm working on a LO at the moment using this kit and should be able to post it tomorrow.

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My Favourite Photo

Just thought I'd share this. It's one of my favourite of the many photo's I've taken of Ethan over the last few weeks. It was taken completely in Manual and SOOC (Straight out of camera) with the exception of the frame that I added. This makes it a bit more special to me as I never would have thought that I'd be able to take photo's like this.

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10 Months old and already such a little charmer.

Digi: In Deep - Lesson 1

I signed up for another Digi Course over at JessicaSparague.com. Here's my LO for Lesson 1. I so enjoyed doing this. I can't believe you can learn so much in just one lesson.

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All the frames, mats and masks were created from scratch. We even "wrapped" the string around the Ring shape ourselves, and we changed the colour of the buttons. For anyone thinking of doing any of these courses, I highly recommend them. I can't believe that nearly 2 month's ago I knew hardly anything about CS3, now I'm creating!

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PS. The photo's were all taken in Manual with my Olympus E400 D-SLR, all thanks to My Photography Lessons.

NWR Digi Course - Lesson 4

I've been so busy this last week, I thought I'd never get time to Craft or Scrap. I had a project that needed to be completed for work and was working 12 - 14 hour days since last Tuesday in order to meet the Deadline. Well that's done now so onto what I Love Best!

I can't believe this is the Last Week for the Course. This is my Layout for Lesson 4, it's a DOUBLE PAGER! I really enjoyed this one (mind you I've said that about them all, LOL). I find it really hard to come up with the Journaling for Pages. I think it might be because I want to get the page finished and then panic that it might not sound so good. I've started telling myself that I can always change it later if I really don't like it, so that kind of makes it easier.

NWR Digi Course - Lesson 3

Here's this weeks LO for Lesson 3. I can't believe that next week is our final week! I've learnt loads doing this course and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll definately be doing the next one "Digi In Deep" when it comes up. Our Digital Photography course with Candice Stringham started today and boy is this one well needed.

Digital is so versatile now, you can change paper colours and correct photo's and all sorts of things, but with the photography course I'm hoping I can save time by taking photo's correctly in the first place.

NWR Digi Course - Challenge Wednesday

Every Wednesday on our course we get a challenge to complete, I haven't had a chance to do Week 1's challenge yet but here's what Jessica gave us for week 2.

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The fun part is you can pick and choose from several items to challenge yourself with, but if you choose to accept the challenge, you MUST use at least 3 of the items listed on a single page. Ready? Go!

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Challenge #2:

• Use at least two patterned papers from our new Carnival kit (are there some you haven't used yet? I bet there are! :D)
• Include journaling strips
• Download the 100 in 10 challenge list we completed on my blog a few months back. That's here: 100 in 10 challenge list. Choose one of the items on the list to incorporate into your challenge, and make sure to post the number when you post your layout! :D
• Find another use for the circle template from Lesson 2 - perhaps put patterned paper in some of the pieces, or only use half of them.

Give it a try! I think you'll find a LOT of good ideas on the 100 in 10 challenge list.

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Here's my LO, I used the first 3 items in the list and completed No 66 on the 100 in 10 Challenge list. The backing papers are from the Carnival Kit by Sweet Shoppe Designs that was an exclusive to everyone on the course.

NWR Digi Course - Lesson 1

What a great start to a really great course. I have learnt so much in just one lesson and thoroughly enjoyed it. Roll on next week! Here is my Layout, I pretty much stuck to the lesson plan as it's my first one, but I'll be playing around when I get time to do my first Assignment.

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So what did I learn, let's see:

• How to change a photo to sepia and selectively colour one aspect of the photo.
• Create a clipping mask.
• Column Journaling.
• Custom Tagging and corner rounding.
• Using Brushes.

I'm really glad I joined this course and look forward to learning lots of new things in Photoshop.

First Scrap Page (Digital)

I've found a way of not blatantly subjecting everyone to Baby Photo's, so here is my very first digital scrap page. I'm very new to scrapping as you'll notice, and decided to leave this page slightly on the plain side, only because I don't know what I'm doing. Do busier pages come with time?

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For the layout I used Eline's Babies Bath and Bedtime Kit from Daisy Company.

Mum and Ethan Are Home

Now before anybody say's anything, I promise not to do this too often, or at least I promise to try not to, but going home for the first time is rather special. So here are two (small) pics of Ethan at home.

First Day at Home

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I've been rather distracted the last few day's (I can't think why, LOL) and not done as much Crafting as I would have liked to have done. So, tomorrow is going to be catch up day and believe me I've got loads to catch up on.

Welcome To The World!

It is my pleasure to Introduce to you my First Grandchild.
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Ethan Colin, Born 2nd October at 02:44 at Hope Hospital. He weighed in at 6Lbs 6oz. Mother and Baby both doing well, though Mum did have a hard time due to complications.

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First Photo

Ethan Nodding Off

Ethan, Daddy and Grandma (Me)