On the Team Again!

The DET Contest at DSP has ended and I made it on the team one more time. It  is an honor to be able to create for the amazing DSP Designer for 6 more months. Here are my Round 4 layouts. The tasks was to use the same kits provided and the same pictures for two different layout but with different rules:

 This layout uses all the elements "as is", withot changing anything.

This one uses the same photos and kits, but there are no restrictions on blending cropping, recoloring, etc.

Credits:

Artifacts by Elizabeth Weaver
Dramatically Different Quick Bit Masks by Robyn Gough
Mood Swings Title Stamps by Elizabeth Weaver

Digital LO - Silly Little One

It's 6th birthday celebration over at DSP. Which means there are many new challenges this week. Since my DET Contest layouts are done (results should be revealed tonight), I have decided to do a few challenges. Here are some layouts as a result of it:

Credits:
Silly Little One Quick Click by Nicole Young
Beyond the Moon 2 by Nicole Young
Falling Slowly 2 Kit by Nicole Young
Alizarin Moments 2 Kit by Christine Gundersen
Heureux Kit by Suzanne (freebie - http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com...p?photo=322379)

Credits:

Wings of Hope Quick Click (blog freebie)
Antiquated Dreams Kit by Nicole Young
Repose 2 Kit by Nicole Young
The Fairest Part 2 Page Kit by Nicole Young

 Credits:

Confetti Plopper by Kim (chat freebie)
Brad circle from Ostentatious by Lauren from Club Digital November 2009 by DSP Designers
Overlay from A Christmas to Remember VC by Lauren Bavin
Flower from Touch of Gold Kit by Lauren Bavin
Ribbon from Tranquil Forrest VC by Lauren Bavin
Bead from Rustic Touch by Lauren Bavin

 Credits:

Six Stapled Photos QC by Carole (chat freebie)
paper from Vintage Time by Nicole (available on Club Digital March 2010 by DSP Designers)
Green Grunge Alpha by Heidi (also available on Club Digital March 2010 by DSP Designers)
Overlay from About a Butterfly by Carole Harden
Stapled journaling labels from Beat the Blahs Page Kit by Christine Gundersen
Ribbon from Dolci II Large VC by Kim Liddiard
Flower (recolored) from Little Lucy 2 Page Kit by Christine Gundersen

 Made with the Freebie Quick Click and some elements from the Floral Medley Kit by Erica

DET Contest - Round 3 Entry

I made it to the 3rd round of the Digital Elite Contest at DigitalScrapbookplace. And here is my entry for this fantasy round:

Credits:
Little Moon Dreamer by DSP Designers
Chasing the Wind 2 by Nicole Young

DET Contest - Round 2 Entry

I am trying for another term in the Digital Elite Contest at Digital Scrapbook Place. Since I am a current member of the team, I got to skip Round one. But here is my entry for the second round:

Credits:

Boldly Sparkling Page Kit by Lauren Bavin

Digital LO - Inspiration for March Mix'n'Match Challenge

This layout was made as an inspirational layout for the current Mix'n'Match Challenge at DSP. The goal of the challenge is to combine various backgrounds and elements from at least 5 different kits you already own. This month the featured color is brown:

Credits:
Brown background from Intensity by Tina Chambers
LightBrown background from Nature's Ephemera Kit by Christine Gundersen
Sludgy canvas background (and dark ink splatters) from Rocky Road by Erica Belton
Bursting and Splattered brown paper from Antiquated Dreams Kit by Nicole Young
(All of these backgrounds are blended in various ways to achieve the effect)
Always element is from Very by Elizabeth Weaver
Brushed Stamp is from Distant Memory by Marcee Duggar
Diamonds from Wings Of Hope 2 Page Kit by Nicole Young
Petals from Love Falls Kit by Nicole Young

Digital LO - My boy

Here is my boy about a year ago. It's great to have a kit with boyish things.

Credits:
Little Mr. Mischief Page Kit by Nicole Young
Font: Can can de bois

Thirty-nine

Yes, I know my birthday was exactly a month ago, but I completely forgot to post something about it. It's the last one with a 3 as the first digit - my, where has the time gone? But I am loving every minute of it! I think this is the best age to be - mature (hopefully) enough to have a realistic outlook on life, but still healthy and young enough to enjoy it! This year will also be 18 years that I am a wife and 17 years that I am a mother. I am thankful for a wonderful husband, great children, a warm and large enough home, all our basic needs covered. It's great to have both teenagers and little children - kind of the best of both! OK, so my birthday? I got a wonderful orchid from my dear husband that I cherish (and hopefully can keep for a while - since I do not have a green thumb).

I also got some money that I used to buy an external harddisk, because I was constantly running out of space on my computer, LOL. That's what I needed most at the moment and couldn't afford otherwise. It's so much easier to work now and all our family photo archives are at my fingertips now.

As I participated that month in a Self-portrait a Day challenge at DSP, I had quite a bit pictures that I took and was able to scrap some of them. Here is an example:

Fabric boxes and pin-cushions

I wanted to try sewing some fabric boxes for quite a while now. But I didn't know how to make them stand up nicely. But recently a friend sent me some very stiff sew-in interfacing, so I decided to give them a try. I loosely followed instructions from this tutorial, but made a few changes. I also put in some recycled batting from an old comforter to make them softer. Then I made a matching pin-cushion with the free pattern from Heather Bailey. I had it printed for quite some while, but never got to try it.

I also finally made myself a wrist pin-cushion, because I was forever loosing my pin-cushion when sewing. I would leave it at the cutting table and then didn't have it at the machine and vice versa. I sewed the little band first, attached velcro to it. The top of the pin-cushion is a fabric circle that has been stithced around the perimeter, stuffed with some recycled batting and sewn close. The bottom is actually a baby jar metal lid that I covered with fabric, which I had previously sewn to the band. Then I glued the top part into the lid and hand-sewed around it to make sure it doesn't get unglued. It's so much easier to work with pins now!

Digital LO - Precious Newborn

It seems like it happens just recently and Abi is already so big and almost potty-trained =). But recently I got a chance to scrap her newborn photo:

 

This picture was taken just after we came home from the hospital. The gentle colors of Marcee's kit and all the great masks helped me make this layout. I used one large mask for the harlequin background and then one reduced in size for the photo.

Credits:
Delanee VC by Marcee Duggar
Maskee Page Size Clipping Masks Set 6 by Marcee Duggar
Font: Susie's Hand

February Sewing

It seems I am much behind on blogging, but on the other hand that is a good sign that I am busy in real life =). Before most of March has passed, I better put up my February sewing log.
These are the new things I made last month:
~ the 7 pocket diapers I already wrote about here
~ a striped Vogue 8151 that I am still not happy with and am working on fitting it better with another fabric

~ a while simple shirt for Mimi based on an altered Jalie pattern

~ a pair of pajamas for Tabita with a puple knit top based on the same pattern above and flannel pants that I drafted myself based on a Diana knit loungewear pattern:

~ I also made two bibs for Abi from leftover PUL and some fold-over elastic:

I also refashioned some more things:
~ a blue pleated skirt and an oversized striped blue top for Miriam shown here
~ a blue knit top that I made out of two tops from the same fabric. I had made these two tops 5 years ago and they were my favorite every-day tops. But both got very short and one of them had the decorative elastic damaged. So, instead of throwing both out (they were unwearable as they were), I replaced the elastic on both neckline and sleeves and added a piece that I cut from the other top. So, out of two unwearable tops, here is one wearable (at least for a few more weeks, LOL):


Besides that I managed to mend several things (waiting long in the mending basket), shorten and hem a pair of pants for hubby, alter another pair at the waist, sew in a new zipper in a skirt that has waited a long time for it....
All, in all not a bad sewing month =). I mentioned last month that my goal was to sew 50 new things this year. So far for the first two months, I had counted 16 (including diapers and bibs =), so I am on well on the way.