Something New

I have a solution for when you have a sticker embellishment where the color just doesn't go but the shape is right.

I love the shape of these Snowflake stickers from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses line. The pattern was just too busy.

So I flipped the sticker sticky side up.

Sprinkled some embossing powder.

Shake off the excess.

Heat with a heat gun. And there you go. I snowflake all glitterey and white fit for any snowy day page!

Creative Christmas Chaos

So while making my December Daily journal inspired by Ali Edwards http://aliedwards.typepad.com/ I made quite the mess . My table was completely covered in Christmas craft supplies. After I finished my project and have another waiting I decided to take this time to organize. I put each individual company into a zip lock baggy.

Then complied it all together into a larger ziplock bag. So now I can set it aside and work on my next project or have it handy for when I feel like making a Christmas card or two! Plus my scrapbook table is clean and everything is all organized. Feels good after a week and a half over Creative Christmas Chaos!



Nice, clean, organized and user friendly!

Introducing myself

Lynette has been telling me to get on this blog and introduce myself...so...
I am Jen Louie.
I am a wife to Tim.
I am a mama to four boys, ranging in age from 18 months to almost 8, two of whom are already in bed for the night. Thank heavens.
I am a photographer.
I am a scrapbooker.
I am a Fort St. John-born-moved-away-for-four-years-and-came-back-again-kinda-girl.
I am delighted to be a new member on the design team here at Unforgettable. I have been coming to this store since it first opened, and I CLEARLY remember asking Lynette (7 years ago) "so, do you have any of those new 'EYELETS' I've been hearing about? They look really cool!!"
I am inspired by my family and friends - i believe everyone is creative.
I am seriously in love with this hobby. I love that the boys are old enough now to start reading all that journaling on all those pages.
I am looking forward to December.
I am still scrapbooking film photos. Don't gasp. It's true. And they aren't vintage. They're from three years ago.
I am a chronological scrapbooker, but I've been breaking out of my routine lately....I have FOUR kids. The chronological thing is starting to look like it might not happen.
I am trying to kick a Diet Coke habit.
I am officially introduced!!
(I am including a photo, because it just seems wrong to not have one.)

Upcoming Christmas Wreath class

This is a peek at the Christmas Star wreath I am making for a class here at Unforgettable Memories in early December. We will use My Little Yellow Bicycle 25 Days of Christmas paper, lots of ribbon and some other special touches. Stay posted for a finished look of this wreath as well as a date, and price. OH, It's beginning to feel like Christmas!

December Daily

So have you heard about the December Daily project over on Ali Edwards blog? If you have I hope you are very busy creating and compiling. If not check it out here http://aliedwards.typepad.com/. She talks about creating an artsy scrapbook that focuses on journaling and photos. You gather stuff you want to use, make a plan, put it together. And then when December 1st comes you start taking photos and journal each day. Here are some shot of mine...

These pictures show the side view. There is no rhyme or reason to the way or which pages I choose. I just wanted it to flow and flip nicely. This book is really full and I think it adds to the "fullness" of the holidays. I can't wait to get photos and journaling! The album is a Making Memories and I knew it would be perfect. The only problem was I couldn't grow to thick and I tried to manage that! I mostly used My Little Yellow Bycicle, some Making Memories and Basic Grey. I also tried to use bits and pieces from my stash!

Check out this video

One of the local photographers David Kolody had his pictures featured on the Discovery Chanel...
it's the November 2nd issue.
Check it out!

http://www.discoverychannel.ca/article.aspx?aid=20090

Congratulations David!

Lynette

Halloween layouts

My sister sent me some Halloween photos to scrap for her album. I love how this page turned out.

I started off with a sheet of white cardstock. I sprayed with green Maya Mist and my own orange mini mister over the big scrolly Tim Holtz mask.

Punches aren't just for paper. I used my new 'swiss cheese holey' punch on the photos. I've been waiting for Lynette to pick this Then I set a few orange eyelets into the medium sized holes; it's been ages since I used eyelets. I matted my photos on white cardstock. The edges are distressed and inked.

The photos are grounded with a couple of strips of Little Yellow Bicycle pp and a piece of MM green dotty tape.

Next I layered the 'One Spooky Night' transparency. It's 12 x 12 with bats up one side, grey scrolls & diamonds, and ric rac around the edges. Love it!

I layered the chunkier embellishments on top of the transparency; a couple of sticker tiles, some Prima flowers with star bling centers and lengths of MM's orange star trim. I wanted something more so I cut some thin(1/2 ") strips of black paper, folded them in half to cover the white backs and then folded them in scrolls around the star trim. I added a BoBunny green button with some black ribbon tied through and called my layout done.

Many Thanks to Tara from Just Like Gram's!

Tara from Just Like Gram's brought over these delicious cupcakes for us the other day. She decorated them beautifully and they were just as good to eat!

We were noticing on her blog that she does Christmas baking. What a great idea for all the busy people who just don't have the time to do it themselves. She does many different things and offers different packages depending on the amount that you need. Why not check her out and enjoy some of her delicious goodies.

Thanks again Tara!

Congratulations Jen!

Lynette has brought a new designer on board, Jen Louie. Congratulations to her, we are really happy to have her join us. Look for her exciting and beautiful designs here on the blog and in the store.

Adding text to your photos.

Adding journaling or a title right on your photo is easy to do. I added my journaling to this photo of Tikanii before I had it developed. I chose a fun font and made it white so it would stand out against the darker rocks.

You don't need a fancy program to do this. You can do it online for free at Picnik. It is so easy. And fun! I'll walk you through adding a caption to a photo.
Click here
Hit the 'Get Started' button and create your free account.
Once you've created an account, which takes all of a minute, you will be directed to your 'home'. Click on the Upload Photo button on the left side of the page and choose a photo from your computer.
Once your photo is uploaded click on the 'Create' tab. This is where you'll find all the special effects as well as the text tool.

Select the text you want by clicking on it. (it will highlight green)
Above the list of fonts is a window that says 'type here and click ADD to place text'. Type in your title or journaling here.

Hit the ADD button and the text will appear on your photo with a box around it. To the right of your photo the text editing options pop up.
You can now move your text to where you want it. You can change the colour and/or size of your font, as well as play with other options available.

Once your text and photo is as you want it, it's time to save it back to your memory stick or computer. Click on the 'Save & Share' tab. Make sure the 'save to computer' tab is selected (it's the default so you shouldn't need to change anything). Type in your file name in the box at the top. Then hit the green 'Save' button. Browse to the folder (or drive if you are saving it back to your memory stick), and hit save again.


So there you have it. Easy peasy.

Just remember; before you get your photo developed at the store tell Lynette that you've played with it digitally.