Layouts for challenges

I had a little extra time on my hands, so I made a couple of layouts for challenges.

This challenge is at Divine Digital. The first Quote Challenge for 2009 and Ronda of Kiss This Designs is the new host for it. Here is the gift we will receive for playing along.



If you would like to play along, here is where you can find the challenge.

My layout is of my Granddaughter, Elizabeth. She has Ausberger's Syndrome, which is a type of Autism. I bought this kit last year and use it occasionally for my grandkids' layouts. The kit is called For the Love of Makayla and it is made by quite a number of designers. I had to go to the Autism Awareness web pages to purchase it. It was actually a donation by all the designers.

This is a photo from Christmas.



Here you can see it in the gallery and see the credits.

Next we have a challenge that is also from DD. This one is a daily challenge, hosted by Laura White [Princess Lala Designs]
& Royanna Fritschmann [Studio RA Designs] and each day they give you prompts to journal and and layout challenges.



You can find it here if you would like to check it out. The nice thing is you don't have to do all of it. And if you do five challenges in a week you get a gift. You don't even have to have them done in the first week (which helps me
since I started on the 7th day lol.)

So I started with day one. The challenge for the layout was to have a thought bubble and two photos and use the sketch to go by.



Since I am working on 365 both in photos and in this challenge, I started a new album to put this layout in. If you want to know about the credits you can find them there. I just love doing vignette to my photos! Of course, I used the process on these.

That is it for now. I will post my photos for days 8-10 later. I haven't yet uploaded them!

TTFN, Tess

Days 5-7

Day 5



I had to take my dh to the VA for a surgical procedure. On the way I snapped this photo of ice flowing down from a pipe running across the Dolores River. The pipe used to carry water to an abandoned house at mile marker 99 on the Scenic By-Way. I will be scrapping a page with this photo to add to the book I am making about Hi-Way 141.

Day 6



This photo was taken of the VA as I was getting ready to go to the motel. My DH didn't come out of the anesthesia too well so they kept him for observation. I was getting into the truck when I noticed my camera and realized I had not yet taken a photo, thus this photo. I have been going to snap a few and make a scrap page of it to put in his scrapbook anyway.

Day 7


Here we have a photo of my new down comforter. It arrived two days early. Although the duvet cover did not arrive with it. But now the comforter will have a chance to fluff up. According to the UPS site, the cover is on it's way to Montrose. Which usually means it will arrive the next day. (Did you know; in Germany the down beds and comforters are hung over the window sill to fluff and air out? I was there in the early 70's.) I can't do that with my windows but I can hang it out on the laundry line.

See you tomorrow.

Tess

Day 4 photo

I am going to school online. Tomorrow it is time to hit the books again. Today's photo is of the login page.

TTFN. Tess

ASDR4 & Hummies World

I am so excited!!! I wanted to sign up for the ASdR4 (Amazing Scrap Digital Race year 4), but I procrastinated and was too late, so I decided to play along anyway. The first challenge is up. It is at Hummies World and the challenge is to scrap a photo that has been ripped/torn at least three times. Oh my gosh, I have never done that. She gives tutorials and a link to download pre-made tears. She has also talked to Atomic Cupcake and gotten them to give out a free action to make the edges torn. That is what I used.
So I took the photo from the other day of the deer and scrapped it. It really shows up those deer and I cleaned the photo up anyway. What do you think?


A little background: The reason it states this is not hiway 141; I am building a scrapbook to donate to the local museum. I live close to the SW corner of Colorado and HiWay 141 is a Scenic Byway. The route is quite beautiful. There are also some historic places along the route. I live 100 miles from the nearest city, so I am making the book about that section of the route. You can find more pages here: Hi Way 141

So I couldn't go to bed until I got it finished and posted it. Too exciting! I love to learn new techniques! I will have to do a few layouts using this technique so I don't forget how.

TTFN! Tess

New Sheets and a new layout

When I went to Seattle, one of the things I did was to go to Linens n Things, to look for some flannel sheets for John's bed. I wanted to get them on sale before the store closed down. I figured I would save the money it would cost for shipping. So Tonya, Ronni and I stopped in there while we were out buying clothes and new shoes for them. The sheets have snowmen/women on them. So today, I put them on his bed. (He got them for Christmas.)
When I put him to bed just now, he said he might not sleep too well, knowing all those snowmen were watching him. He can be so funny!

The second photo I took was of the pillowcase. You see the pink? I bought those flannel sheets a couple of months ago for him. I told him I hoped it wouldn't bother him too much being pink. He told me he was thankful for the warmth of the sheets. He didn't care what color they were! So now, I will put the pink ones on my bed. (I didn't tell him I am awaiting a package with a down comforter and pink and white duvet cover that I found at Overstock.com for really cheap! But it came out of my paycheck so he can't say anything!)


I made this layout today. I went to scraporchard and found a challenge I wanted to do. It is the Fruit Salad Challenge. They tell you what number of papers, elements, fonts, etc. you have to use and it is up to you to make a layout using those items only. This month it is 1 paper, 2 paper strips, 9 flowers, 3 elements of your choice, 2 leaves, 2 ribbons, one font and one alpha. All but the background paper are from the Winter Wonderland Blog Train and the background is from the Christmas Around the World Blog Train. You can click on the photo to go to the layout page for the credits!

That's it for today. I have to get back into schoolwork tomorrow, so not sure if I will post again before next weekend.

Thanks for looking!

Tess

Recent Layouts

I made this layout with Sara Ellis' Happy Blue Year kit that can be found at Gotta Pixel. I had signed up at DST to be a one kit CT and she asked me. I was so thrilled!

Here is a layout I did for a challenge. I forgot where the challenge was at. I didn't get it uploaded at the time I made it, and I have been to a number of sites lately, and unfortunately the computer had an auto update so I lost the site. This challenge was to use wings. It was for last month so it is too late now.
It is a layout of my dh's great-grandson. His family has a hard time thinking of me as grandma, I am just Tess, which is fine. His grandson said I am NOT his grandma, nor will I ever be! lol Anyway, this was last summer, when Gage and I were playing.

The kit comes from LouCeeCreations and is called eu naturelle. I found it on her blog.

Enough for now, way past bedtime!

Tess

Day 2 - Project 365

Here are my day one photos.

I got John up just before midnight so he could celebrate the ringing in of 2009! His robe is too lightweight so he put mine on! ... lol I set up my camera on the corner of the TV Credenza. I decided I wanted to get a little closer a photo... so I zoomed in and took the following photo!

OOPS! A little too close! Cut our heads off! So I missed the midnight hour! If at first you don't succeed try, try, and tried again!

Got it! (Sorry, I didn't Photoshop them!)

...and on to day two...

I went to Paradox today, to the library where my girlfriend works. That library is only about the size of a master bedroom.

On the way home I came across this sign. It is there for unsuspecting individuals.

Unfortunately, it takes a tragedy to get the D.O.T. to do
something. And yesterday someone ran into a cow.
I hope they didn't get hurt too bad.

Not more than a quarter of a mile up the road I had to wait for some deer to cross.

And along the road in a number of places in the next 16 miles were the cattle.