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Harvest Scrapbook Kit ~ layout

ErinAnn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:33 +0000

I’ve done another layout using a Tootlebugz kit. This one is called Harvest Fresh. I used a few more of the pictures from the photo shoot I did in October. The layout has one other element as well, a brush overlay by The Scrappin’ Cop. I did color it pink (although not very well, but I didn’t feel like trying to figure it out, so if anyone has any helpful hints on how to recolor an overlay I would be more than pleased!).

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

Scrapbook Layout ~ age 7

ErinAnn — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:09:24 +0000

At the beginning of October, I took my daughter down to a nearby park and took some pictures of her. I am planning on using them as her yearly portraits instead of going to the “studio” and having them done. I was very pleased with how they turned out. This layout showcases just one of the pictures I took that day. I used Tootlebugz “Imagine” kit. You can buy it at Designs in Digital. Through Sunday, November 18th it will be on sale for 40% off!

I’ve also updated my blog for fall.. I’ve used another of Tootlebugz kits called Harvest Fresh.

Back to School Scrapbook Layout

ErinAnn — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:40:40 +0000

Welcome to Back to School time! Some of you may already have kids that have been back to school for a while. Caitryn just went back to school this week. I’ll have a photo story of it up soon. (My free trial of photoshop ran out, I have to wait a bit to have the money to buy it! So I’m on a digital layout hiatus.) Currently I have one Back to School premade scrapbook layout on my Etsy page. I’m hoping to get a few more made and up soon. Check out the pictures of it. There is only one… so when it’s gone, it’s gone!

Journal Block

Apple Embellishment

All the elements (except the brads and yellow paper) are from the Die Cuts With a View Grade School Stack.

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

State Fair 2009 ~ Photo story

ErinAnn — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:00:59 +0000

We went to the State Fair not too long ago. I took the day off work and we had a good time. We saw sea lions painting, a horse with his tongue stuck out, a deer in the petting zoo that was trying to eat everyone’s clothes. We rode lots of rides.. well, at least Caitryn and I did. Her favorite one was the “viking” ship. I think we went on it 5 times. And we had some yummy food.. how can you go wrong with elephant ears and cotton candy?! We always try to go on the ferris wheel.. or I think it’s called the gondola or something now… last and when it’s getting dark. This year is wasn’t actually dark yet, but the sun was going down… I got some neat shots of that ride.

State Fair 2009

Ferris Wheel, looking straight across

The side bars of Ferris Wheel

Looking down, behind the car

The Midway

Sunset

Let me know…..what is your favorite thing at the fair.. or what do you remember liking as a kid when you went to the fair?

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

Christmas Scrapbook Layout ~ Holiday Dresses

ErinAnn — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:59:06 +0000

I know, I know… it’s not time to be thinking of Holiday dresses quite yet, but I scrapbook chronologically and thus am always “behind” in my bookin’. Currently I’m working on December of 2006. I did this layout of my 4 favorite dresses that Caitryn wore that Winter. In the effort to save money and cropping time I’ve started putting pictures together in mini collages using Picasa (Google’s free photo editor). Usually it makes my pictures into neat little squares, but this time when I plugged my 4 pictures in, they ended up in 4 strips! I loved the look… it highlighted the dresses perfectly. I used some Die Cuts With a View Christmas Stack paper that I’ve had forever. I’m not too keen on the patterns any more, but I try to use it when I can. For the title I ran a piece of paper through my Cricut. The first time I made the letters 2.5 inches tall. *laughing* One of these days I’ll figure out how BIG 2.5 inches square really is! I always seem to make my titles way too big the first go around. I think for the layout they are 1 inch, maybe 1.5. I liked the little signs for the year in the corner. I decided to keep the centers of the zeros out because I didn’t want to fight with trying to get them just right in there. I ran all the letters through my little xyron sticker maker, then nearly threw away the “H”! When I peeled the top layer off the xyron paper, the “H” stuck to it and I didn’t notice until after I had already wadded it up! Luckily it didn’t rip or anything, so I was able to salvage it. I’m not a super perfectionist, so my letters aren’t perfectly straight.. but a lot of times in scrapbooking that’s okay. It’s a handmade item.. it doesn’t have to be perfect!

Enjoy this layout and Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

Friendship, baby cards and flowery scrapbook pages

ErinAnn — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:26:49 +0000

I have just listed some new things in my Etsy shop. A fun friendship card, a girlie baby card and 2 premade scrapbook pages. Check out my store!

Here is a picture of Caitryn from my grandpa’s 90th birthday party a few weeks ago. Enjoy and Happy Bookin’!

Stumble Upon…what’s that?!

ErinAnn — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:32:57 +0000

On my last blog entry I added a small logo, a green and blue circle with SU in the middle. That logo is for the Stumble Upon website. You may know this website, or you may be thinking to yourself, “stumble upon, what?” Well, let me tell you. Stumble Upon is a place for ahhh.. stumbling…upon.. *cough* other websites. According to their about me:

“StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of 8 million+ other websurfers with interests similar to you. Rating these sites you like () automatically shares them with like-minded people – and helps you discover great sites your friends recommend.”

So what you do is go to their website and create an account. You download the toolbar and you can stumble websites based on whatever preferences you have set. You click the thumbs up if you like the website or the thumbs down if you don’t… or do nothing if you don’t care either way. The more you rate, the better the tool bar “gets to know you” and your preferences and it can offer you websites you will like. It’s a great way to find some interesting things out there on the web that you would never have found otherwise! Another great thing about it is that you can “thumb up” websites you already go to. Just make sure you don’t just go through your entire bookmark list and thumb up everyone. The website will see it as spam. Do some stumbling and thumb up, then do a bookmark or 2. Do a little every day and you will be amazed at the interesting things that come up.

Don’t forget to add me as a friend! My user name there is Erinann921. That way we can share favorites and give suggestions! And please come back and thumb up any of my posts you find interesting!

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

Swimming Lesson Layout

ErinAnn — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:19:59 +0000

The Designer of the Collab team I’m on has been hard at work with another group effort… this one is at Brownie Scraps and is called Design Survivor.. similar to the T.V show. Well, her team made a fabulous Dr. Seuss themed fish kit. Check it out at Tootlebugz! While it may not still be free, you will be able to buy it soon. There are some SUPER cute things in this kit! In my layout I only used a very small amount of the items. But hopefully you can see from my layout what a great time you will have with it!

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

New Etsy Store!

ErinAnn — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:53:14 +0000

Well, I finally did it… I signed up for an Etsy store. So far I only have a few things, but in the coming weeks I will be adding more! I will let you know here on my blog or via Twitter. I’ll post my Etsy gallery here, but you can always find it on the sidebar.

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn

Back to School Blog Train

ErinAnn — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:43:54 +0000

I’m not part of the blog train, but the lady I CT for is…. it’s a huge megakit with over 100 designers who put together back to school mini kits for you. My daughter doesn’t start school (1st grade, gasp!) until September 8th, so I used pictures from last year in Kindergarten. Enjoy, and don’t forget to leave a comment on the blogs you download from! Oh yeah, and my page is from the Tootlebugz kit!

Here is the link for the list of all the blogs on the train: The Blog Train Blog

Happy Bookin’!

ErinAnn