Screw Glue! Scrap Scissorless!

Here's a layout I did today as part of my fabulous new (well, temp) gig as a guest artist for Digiscraps by Deb:

I love the expression on Serena's face in this one.  It's using a kit called Serendipitous Days, and there's the papers, the alpha and the elements.  I still need to add the date to this page, but otherwise, this is the first time there's no font to list. 

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For my pal Joy's birthday ... a page on NOT growing up :)

Kit is Earthen Vessel by Thao Cosgove from Scrapgirls
Quote type treatment is from ScrapNFonts Quote pack #26
Font is Franklin Gothic

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These are for a cousin of a friend -- her wedding was earlier this month and I'm making a scrapbook out of photos my friend took. I've been hanging onto these background papers for a while, waiting for a wedding to use them on. I'm really happy with it so far, they look especially nice with the stained glass kits from Lara Payton!  More pages to come ...

Details:
Kits are Stained Glass Alpha and Stained Glass Frames from Lara Payton
Background paper is from Katie Pertiet's Vintage Estate Paper Pack
Font is bickham script pro

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kit is Dinner Party from Shabby Princess and Sara C
Font is CK Handprint
Chalked edges action is Atomic Cupcakes
The Big Picture action from Adobe Action Library
The "Casa de Fruita" text is their actual sign, you'd have to ask them what font it is :)
http://www.shabbyprincess.com/DinnerParty.asp

Journaling reads:
If you’ve never driven from San Jose to Los Angeles, you’ve never seen the amazing mecca that is Casa De Fruita off the 152. When I was in college, my friend Ilona & I used to travel the hour or so south just to visit this place, and every time I went from S.J. to L.A.  or back, I had to stop here.  They are way more than just a fruit stand, with a casa de choo choo (train for the kiddies) and a restaurant and of course, a bathroom! Don’t you think it’s time to stop?

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My friend's Kammie & Adam recently got a beagle pup.  I snapped a couple of photos on one of their visits and couldn't resist scrapping these pics for a challenge at scrapbookersplayground. 

 My friend's new puppy came over for a visit shortly after he was flown in from his puppy farm. These are pics from his romp in the backyard.


The kit is Day with Dad by Jennifer Riggins, WGRU
The two little tags that say Play Time and Best Friend are from the Puppy Love kit at atomiccupcake
Fonts is It's Martini Time

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Kit is: (need to look this up, sorry!!)

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Just for fun, here's Panda Butt LOL

Journaling reads:
We waited in line for over an hour to see the pandas at the san diego zoo.

And this is what we saw.

Kit is Peas and Carrots by Taran Conyers, extra embellishments from Shabby Princess Faux Jewels
Fonts are Blackadder ITC for journaling and Boulder for headline

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So I found out today I made it onto Jennifer Riggins -- I got a kit from her today that I've already used to get a jump on the holidays.  Here's a page with some photos I took in the 70's of my dad and my brother and I playing tennis.  I love how crocked and off-center they were, I cropped most of them but left the biggest photo as-is.  Hey, I was only 7!

I posted this one all over the place, I think he'll like it a lot!

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Yay, got a new kit yesterday from Lara Payton (she rocks!) called Winsome, and was instantly inspired to scrap one of the "men" in my life.

 Posted it everywhere, got a few comments so far :)  What do y'all think?

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Scraplifted from Opeysmama's layout here:
http://digitalfreebies.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/5825/cat/500/ppuser/1184
Kit Name: Colores Vividos
Kit Designer: Taran Conyers
Fonts: Sharon and CK Long and Lanky

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For Maria's Weekly Challenge at digitalfreebies.com:

http://digitalfreebies.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/8926/cat/500/ppuser/1533

Main Kit used: Floral Serendipity by Jen Maceyunas
Embellishments: Tags are recolored (or should I say UNcolored) from Colores Vividos by Taran Conyers tkwhimsy.com
Fonts: Remember=CK Fill in, Tag text=CK Constitution, Things I can't=Rockwell Extra Bold

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http://digitalfreebies.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/8702/cat/500/ppuser/1533

Here's a layout with a photo from my grandmother's collection. She gave me this giant shoebox shortly before she died filled with photos of her and my grandfather and my mom. There was maybe one or two photos of me LOL. Though I'm sad that I don't know the stories of lots of these pictures (and in fact, I'm just guessing at the date) I loved my grandmother dearly and really want to create some pages to show how awesome she was to my daughter.


This photo seemed perfect for this kit, it's been sitting in my to-do pile near my scanner for a while, but this Design Team Challenge to really try and do my best brought out what I thought was my best photo, too. And darn it, wasn't my grandma cool?

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