Thankful Thursday Design Team Post--Oh Boy!

Oh Boy!  It's Thankful Thursday!

Here is the current project for the Design Team and I really like the patterns I used, even though I deviated from my typical style!  The challenge this week was to create something with a man/boy.    I have been feeling like I have been "neglecting" my scrapbooking because I have gotten into more home decor and cards lately, and I really love my layouts.  I decided today was a day to return to the the layout!  I am a chronological scrapbooker, and I don't like to go too far past the current set of pictures because I am always certain I will miss out and forget a great set of photos.  So, I picked up my next envelope of photos and realized it was Christmas....What is a Design Team Member to do?

Be creative!

Do you remember the days when Christmas morning seemed to never come?  Do you remember walking (sprinting) up to the tree to see your presents all wrapped and wondering who had that huge box in the corner?  The photos I scrapped today reminded me of the excitement kids have for this special morning!  The "OH BOY!" look is apparent on each of my children's faces in this bright layout.  

OH BOY!  

This was a great layout to do, even though it's just one page!  (I have even more Christmas morning photos, but those will be saved for another day, another layout!)  I used 3 sheets of paper:  1 solid green cardstock (background), 1 checkered white and black (top and bottom stripe) and a snowman patterned paper (Kangaroo and Joey brand).  I folded over the top left and bottom right corner of the checkered paper for some contrast and then used a set of Creative Imaginations  (Studio Basics 101--Jolly Elements) cardstock stickers.  (See the penguin, the green file tab, the red and green stripes and the green washer?  Those are all stickers!)

I cut the title using Sweet Treats at about 2 inches tall.  I wanted to continue the black and white theme but it needed a little something, so I added a piece of red and white polka dot ribbon.  (TRICK:  I don't like the bulk of knots sometimes so I simple thread the ribbon around the letter, then carefully twist UNDER the letter so that the top of the ribbon shows on both sides.  I then use my ATG gun to stick down the ribbon and I have a cute accent without the bulk of a knot!)

I needed a little accent block, so I matted a penguin onto red paper and then matted that in white.  I slipped a sticker (green) file folder tab to the edge and used the ribbon in the same way! 

Thanks for looking and I love comments!

We have an awesome prize this month, it's a Post-it prize pack!! Don't forget to head over to Crazy About Cricut at http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com%20and/  and enter your family project!

Snow Storm 2008

I know, I know, 2008???? But I am getting caught up slowly but surely!  Here's a layout with 13 pictures, with 7 being 4x6!  My friend Toni and I laugh that we're masters at cramming photos on pages!  Take a look!

I used a light blue background paper and decided not to mat my photos due to the large amount of them and how "busy" the layout was. 

Left side:  I used three 4x6 photos down the left hand side, leaving a small blue border.  I then cropped three 2" square photos and a couple other photos to create the photo block.  Then I used Simply Treats and typed out Snow Storm minus the o's.  I had a wonderful package of glittered chipboard snowflakes that already had adhesive!  I used 2 small ones for the o's and added one to the upper left corner.

The right side was really easy!  I grouped five 4x6 photos, overlapping as needed to get a perfect square.  I then adhered a few more chipboard snowflakes and was done.

NOW ON TO A PROBLEM I WAS HAVING!

I would crop and fix my photos in Picassa and then upload them to Blogger.  Somewhere between Picassa and the upload to Blogger, they rotated.  Not every time, just sometimes!  It was making me crazy!  In Picassa they were the correct way, but then, voila!, they were rotated!  Luckily, I found a solution on the internet!  Here it is for all of you experiencing the same problem: 

Open up Picasa and select the photograph that uploaded incorrectly. On the top right above the picture there is a button to edit the photo - click on it and Picnik opens. Rotate the photo in this web based editing software and when you click save to my album choose to replace. Then go back to Blogger, choose to upload from Picasa, and select the photo from there. It may still look wrong in the thumbnail preview, but once it is placed on the Blogger page it should be correct.   From:  Firedrops at http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=3dadabf526cdd529&hl=en