Combining Layers - Template Tutorial

I've had a few of you ask me how to place one photo on multiple photo layers on a template. So I thought it was about time for another video tutorial. I also posted some written instructions below and a few sample pages. I hope this will help you try something new with your digital scrapbook pages.

Combining Photo Layers

Here's the page by Lenka that I used in my video.

Label Templates by Scrapping with Liz
Today Makes Me Happy by Captivated Visions

Here's another page by Lenka. She combined some of the triangle layers together so she could easily clip one paper to make a pattern.

Santa's Little Helper Papers by Kristin Aagard Designs
Santa's Little Helper Elements by Kristin Aagard Designs
SO November Challenge Template by Scrapping with Liz

And here's a page by me. I combined three photo layers her. This photo worked perfectly in these three spots.

Using Fancy Templates
and Beauty from Within by Megan Turnidge

-Liz

My October Pages

What a whirlwind of a month! We've been enjoying our first month with our newest little girl. Plus we took a quick trip to Florida for a family wedding. As you can imagine I have LOTS of photos to scrap. I did manage to get a little scrapping in between all the memory making, but I'm definitely not caught up on my 2012 goals. That's okay because I did get a few really meaningful pages scrapped.

I'll go ahead and get to it and show you what I scrapped. I started with some pages about our adoption journey. This one is about the changes we saw in Lydia in just one week.

I used Art and Soul Bundle by Tracie Stroud
You'll be seeing this page made into a template very soon. Look for it in November!

This was our second day with Lydia. See that cute little smirk on her face? It's like she knew she officially belonged to us!

Up Close and Personal Templates
and Perfect to Me by Bella Gypsy

A China page.

Up Close and Personal Templates
and Leavin' On a Jet Plane by Laura Banasiak and Jenn Barrette
and Great Escape by WMSquared.

 Here's a page about the BEST part of our whole 19-month long adoption process. Being home. Together.

Art and Soul Bundle by Tracie Stroud (I LOVE this kit!)

I'm including this page for you all. My 10 year old scrapped this one just a week after we were home. She also took the photos!

Art and Soul Bundle by Tracie Stroud
and you'll also be seeing this template soon!

 Here's a page I scrapped of the girls playing in our backyard. They were enjoying all the fallen leaves.

Using Roots and Leaves by the Scrap Orchard Designers
This template is included in the kit!

Here's one from my daughter's 10th birthday.She wanted to go bowling with her friends. I got some cute poses of her.

This template is an oldie but a goodie. I revised it a little and it'll be FREE as part of my November Template Challenge on my blog! So keep your eyes out for that.
Using Lucky Lanes by Ziggle Designs

Here are a few pages from the wedding we went to in Florida. I had a lot of fun scrapping these pictures I took.

Using Fancy Templates
and Beauty from Within by Megan Turnidge

Here's a bunch of pictures that my sister-in-law took. We discovered them as we were looking at our pictures after the wedding. We thought it was funny that there were so many with me in the background snapping photos.

Using Miscellaneous Templates II
Click by Scrap Orchard Designers
Beauty from Within by Megan Turnidge

And finally, here's a beach page I scrapped this weekend. It's one of my faves!

Using Recyclables 4
and Encinitas by mle Card, Tracie Stroud and Krystal Hartley

That's it for this month. I'm pretty happy with the variety of pages I scrapped. What did you scrap?

-Liz

That's So Me!

The family and I went to Florida this past weekend for a beach side wedding. Thus no sneak peek, giveaway or new products this coming week. Don't worry though, next week I'll have some brand new stuff for you! 

Two of my girls were flower girls in the wedding. It was beautiful.  Needless to say I got a bunch of photos that I can't wait to scrap.  My SIL and I were browsing our photos from the day and she came across these:

Using Miscellaneous Templates II
Click by Scrap Orchard Designers
Beauty from Within by Megan Turnidge

There were a few, (okay, a bunch!) of me in the background snapping away. We both laughed. It was too funny not to scrap. It totally shows who I am and why you can hardly ever find me in a photo.

-Liz

Announcing......

Using Other Side of Crazy and This Side of Crazy by Amanda Heimann
Fonts used: Josephina Slab, Lobster 2 and Caviar Dreams
I edited the original announcement for this blog post.

I made an announcement for our newest addition. I thought I would share it with you since you all played a big roll in helping us fund our adoption. I have a little confession to make. As I sat down to write this blog post I was editing the original to leave off some personal info and I realized I completely made a huge typo. It was too late. I had already ordered my prints, addressed the envelopes, put stamps on them and put them in the mailbox. Oh well, I'm sure it's something that Lydia and I will laugh over in the years to come.

I ordered 4x6 prints on pearl cardstock from Persnickety Prints. With the 4x6 card package, you also get envelopes. Perfect!

I also turned this into a  little template FREEBIE for you. Just click the image to download the 4x6 announcement template in .psd, .tiff, .png and; .page file (for SBC+3, SBC 4.0 and Artisan Software). You can easily replace the China mask with an element or photo.

And I thought I would share a few pages that I made about our adoption journey and Lydia. The journaling on these took me a while because I had a hard time not crying as I was typing. 

Art and Soul Bundle by Tracie Stroud

Art and Soul Bundle by Tracie Stroud
I'll be turning these into templates soon!
I was so inspired by Tracie's kit that I wanted to start with a blank slate.

So far life is good with 4 little girls....a little busier but definitely good.

-Liz

Travel Journal - Finished!

Remember the travel journal I made before I left for China?

I thought I would show you my finished book now that we are back.

You can see that I filled up the pockets with lots of memorabilia.

The only problem is that one of the little tabs broke because I opened and closed it so often. I'll need to figure out something to keep it closed.

I have a little confession to make. I glued on some of the extra elements once we got home. I took a glue stick with me but lost it somewhere along the way!

But as you can see I did a lot of journaling. Some days I journaled a lot and some days I just  wrote down the basics of what we did. I figure either way it will give me some good starting points for future digital scrapbook pages.

There you have it! I loved carrying my little book around in my purse and adding to it as I wanted to and with the pockets, it was so easy to add the memorabilia that I wanted to keep. I know I will cherish it for years to come and I know it will be a priceless gift for my daughter one day.

-Liz