NOTES FROM THE HOLLER

Sometimes when the kids send me pictures but I was not actually there, I don't know exactly "why this pic?". Such is the case with the photos that my son Matthew took when he went to visit his brother Nicholas whom was in the Navy and stationed in California, way back in 2000.   So I just 'made up' something and scrapped three different pages that I thought would be perfect for them!  As you can tell, I am having a lot of fun with this mixed media type of layouts! I used elements from a variety of older kits in my scrapooking stash: Urban Funk, Trashed and Between The Headlines by Captivated Visions, Celeste Add On and Breaking Point from Studio Captivated Visions, DARE to Rest on Wings of Butterflies by Angie Young, ScrapArt Studio Facebook Fan Freebie y Cilenia Curtis, Designer Stash 28 Brushes from designs by Wendy Page, & Watercolor Spills by Misty Cato. Fonts:  1942 Report, 4990810 and Idolwild HAVE A GREAT WEEK END!

I have always shied away from attempting altered art layouts.  The main reason is because I still have not taken the time to learn Photoshop but I love the look on all the layouts I am seeing in the galleries, and with all the new kits by the designers at Scrapbook Graphics , I decided it was time to jump on the bandwagon! For my first attempt, I decided to add further embellishments to a quick page I had been wanting to use from my stash for years:  Guy Things QP 10 by Catherine Designs.  Additional elements added are Unique elements by Studio Rosey Posey, Comic Hero Kit by Kristen Rice, Old Clipped Frames Freebie by Amy Stoffel, Lucky One shamrock by CathyK Designs, cat by Christine Honsinger’s Fiddlette Designs and kite by Kasia designs.  It turned into quite an 'incredible' page for my Grandson's photo book. Next, I used song lyrics from one of my all-time favorite movies on a page with the adorable photo of  my youngest son's kiddos. Musical: Gypsy Song:

What is Scrap Stacks? Scrap Stacks is the premier gallery for sharing all of your scrapbook layouts, projects, tutorials, and products! "Use Scrap Stacks to keep your complete scrapbooking gallery, create wishlists, learn, and share with others! To get started, request an invite. Scrap Stacks is the place for all scrapbookers (paper and digital) to share THEIR OWN layouts, projects and more! Add your scraps to a category and create your own Scrap Stacks! ReStack, comment, and like the items posted by other Scrap Stack members." I just recently discovered Scrap Stacks and I am WOWED by all the great inspiration I am seeing.  I have two scrap stacks on my profile thus far:  My Layouts and Inspiration.  I plan on doing much more and utilizing this site often!!   Come join me!

Top of the morning to you!!  Cathy Krenek has just released a fun, happy kit to celebrate St. Patrick's Day or just good luck:  CathyK Designs LUCKY ONE by Cathy Krenek . You'll find 12 papers, shabby wood frame, canvas frame, rainbow, shamrock vine, butterfly, 2 clovers, leafy stem, 2 crocheted shamrocks, 5 glittered flowers, burlap flower, folded flower, curly ribbon, stapled ribbon, chevron ribbon, 2 string, crochet trim, paint stamp, star scatter, 3 flair, 3 chipboard circle elements, 3 tiled words, lucky one card, playing card, 2 journal cards, and a knotted bow. SFH/SFO Friendly. Created at 300 ppi for superior quality printing. I had the perfect pictures just laying on my hard-drive for this fun kit, and if you follow all along to the end, you may find a freebie too ;)   CathyK Designs LUCKY ONE by Cathy Krenek as all new Scrapbook Elements releases is on sale Sunday and Monday!      MARCH MADNESS SALE every Monday in March, almost everyt

"Quick pages are an easy way to create digital scrapbook pages. A quick page is a pre-designed digital scrapbook page with photo cut outs for inserting your own pictures. Rather than assembling papers and decorative elements to create a scrapbook page from scratch, you need only plop your own photos into the design. "  Throughout the digital scrapbooking community, designers are most generous with their quick-page gifts and they can be a fast yet satisfying way to help you get those memories scrapped.   Here is a layout I finished recently using a quick-page Kabra made with Cathy K Designs Autumn Days kit I have an album in my Facebook photos with some of the quick page designer gifts I have finished recently that you may want to check out.  An easy tutorial can be found here to help you get started with quick-pages http://graphicssoft.about.com/ od/digitalscrapbooking/ss/ howtoquickpage.htm  I hope to be more loyal to my blog in the coming we