Seasons Greetings Fellow Crafters,
Wishing everyone a blessed Christmas and a happy, fruitful 2010!
After Christmas, I'll be busy preparing Crop Candy for all the good things coming in January. Stay tuned for a new look, new stuff from the Spring 2010 Close to My Heart Idea Book, new videos, and much more!
Enjoy your holidays!
Yesterday I was able to work on some layouts for a few hours. Then my next door neighbors came over for dinner. We had chicken parmigiana, red wine, homemade fudge and I made some tasty blue raspberry martinis. Good times!
Anyway, back to the layouts!
About a year ago, I bought the Aspen paper packet so that I could practice making layouts using the Reflections scrapbook patterns program. Aspen has a wintry feel to it and reminds me of snow. I didn't think I'd ever use it for a real layout because it doesn't snow too much around here. To me, it was perfect to practice with and show my customers how to make a complete album using the Reflections system. I finished the eight-page sample album and stored it away.
(You can actually make a 10-page album from one paper packet, but I stopped at eight. I think it's because I got distracted by other projects which happens to me quite often).
Notice the bling I added to the snowflakes as well as the dotted line I drew to make it seem like they're floating.
Layout pattern: Sidebar - Main Frame (p. 36)
Layout pattern: Sidebar - Triple (3c) rotated (p. 42)
I used a Twilight Jingle brad to match the Twilight-colored snowflake.
I still have a few more layouts to do and I'll put them in the gallery when I'm done. As I mentioned, I did the layouts in advance. This is typically how I work. I like to get the basic structure of the pages done (the layout pattern and pictures). Then I go back and add the titles, journaling and embellishments.
As you can see from the shot below, half of the work is done. I don't know if this is the best method of working, I just know it's worked for me for quite some time.
I will most likely work on them tomorrow since I found out the Federal Government is closed Monday and my company follows what the government does. Whoo hoo!
Here are some Reflections layout samples for you to try (PDF):
Have you done any layouts of the snow? Share your layouts by e-mailing a sample to me and I'll post them here, or leave a link to your layouts in the comments section below.
The D.C. area has been hit with the worst storm since who can remember. It rarely snows in December around here and it's caught us Washingtonians off guard. It's not supposed to stop until Sunday morning and by the time we're done, we'll have 20-24"!
I ventured out around 10:30 a.m. So much for going out the front door...
It was snowing so hard I could barely open my eyes. Dig my fashion eyelashes!
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow (or however it goes)...
The neighborhood looks so pretty...
...but there are white-out conditions.
Don't know when we'll see this guy on the side streets. They keep going back and forth over the main roads.
Monday will be interesting. I will be surprised if we are able to dig out by then. As I said, we're not used to this kind o' stuff.
I just peeked out the window and the snowfall has picked up again. Brian had cleared a path in the driveway. Now I can't even see the pavement anymore.
Funny, it's not even officially winter yet.
Well, now's a good time to scrapbook some of these pics. Layouts forthcoming...
What's it looking like in your "neck of the woods?"
I'm a Web producer by day and a scrapbooker by heart.
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