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.:| Elle's Studio |:.: NSD Winners + My Week In The Life. What an amazing and creative weekend we had – loved celebrating National Scrapbooking Day(weekend) with all of you. Thank you so much for all your sweet comments! You are all so kind We have four winners to announce from this post. BIG congrats to…….Banner Kit: Stacey Newton Legg via Facebook Adhesives: Shelleycee at May 2, 2010 8:02 am Stamps: Kelly at May 2, 2010 3:49 PMLeslie Gore Owens via Facebook Please contact us asap with your shipping address and we’ll get those goodies out asap! I also finished up my “Week In The Life” project, so I wanted to share it with you today! I used our “This Week” note tags to make a mini book! I journaled on the tags as the days went by, and then printed out my photos all at the same time, and cut them down to the same size as the “This Week” tag.

After decorating the cover with some alphabet stickers, I turned over the “cover” tag and glued Sunday’s photo to the back. Worked great! Here are some close ups: Lots of fun and it’s like a little treasure! .:| Elle's Studio |:. A Blog by Amy Atlas: DIY Vellum Mobiles - (Current Session: Andr. How amazing is this diy vellum mobile created by Jordan Ferney of Oh Happy Day? This vellum mobile can be created in any color palette and can be a real show stopper at your party. Fill your party room with it, hang it over your dessert bar or buffet area, or create a chuppah out of this gorgeous mobile. The best part of this project...it can be made for less than $25 with just vellum paper, fishing weights, an exacto knife, artist tape, and a sewing machine.

Jordan shares the step-by-step directions to create this colorful mobile here on Project Wedding. Love it...thanks Jordan! Modern Colorful Mobiles - Project Wedding - (Current Sessio. This bright and modern mobile project is perfect for a daytime wedding reception or shower and can be done in any color scheme. It will transform the room and make a big impact! The best part is this whole project can be made on the cheap--for under $25! Let's get started: Materials:Vellum paper (we used 14 shades) 56 sheets of paper total $17A sewing machine Fishing weights (not pictured) $5An exacto knife and straight edge (or a stack cutter)Artist tape (for hanging) Step one.

Step two. Step three. Step four. Step five. Step six. Furniture and Linens provided by Bay Area Rental Company: Abbey Party Rents. Vellum Mobiles - (Current Session: Android Market-2010-05-03) Printed Paper Garlands - Project Wedding - (Current Session. Create a vintage library feel with easy DIY garlands evoking a papered past.

This gently tattered look can be used for photo booth backgrounds, hanging mobiles, or simple wall and aisle decorations. Materials: Twine Used book, preferably a vintage journal or old sheets of music Scissors Tape Optional: circle cutters Pinwheels: Tear or cut the book pages into narrow strips, where the thicker the strip, the larger the pinwheel. Flags/Pennants: Cut out isosceles triangles of equal size. Circle "Confetti": Use a hole puncher or larger circle cutter to create the paper confetti. Other paper garland ideas: Fine strips creating paper fringe 2D shapes, like birds, leaves, flowers, hearts, rectangles 3D origami shapes, like butterflies, cranes.

Making a Lemon Leaf Garland - Making a Lemon Leaf Garland - Proj. After a whirlwind long weekend, another Bridal Fashion Week has come and gone. Want to see all the new dresses? Head right here. More concerned with catching up on the highlights? No problem—scroll down for the gowns that kept us talking long after the models exited the catwalk. 1. Best Boho Look Gown by Watters Feels a little like something out of a Free People catalog, don't ya think? 2. Gown by Angel Sanchez Architectural, interesting, and unique. . . but not just for uniqueness's sake. 3.

Gown by Isabelle Armstrong Formal on top, playful on bottom—this ostrich feather sheath is everything we want in a fun, flirty LWD. 4. Gown by Amsale Sometimes, the simplest statements are the loudest. 5. Gown by Naeem Khan This award could actually go to Khan's entire collection. 6. Gown by Nicole Miller We return to Nicole Miller time and time again for easy, comfortable gowns that maintain a sense of glamour. 7. Gown By Elizabeth Fillmore Presenting "Degas" by Elizabeth Fillmore. 8.

Gown by Reem Acra 9. Blog Archive » Fonts Don’t Float - (Current Session: Blogs 2) If you look at the layout above very closely, you will see that the fonts and paints follow the texture of the paper. Have you ever looked at a layout with a great textured paper and on top of that is a font that looks like it’s floating? It doesn’t take on the paper texture at all. Suzy is going to teach us the greatest trick to fix that!! I have used blending modes on layers before, but could never really get them to look the way I wanted, until Suzy shared this trick. Suzy is a 28-year-old SAHM to a super rambunctious 2-year-old and wife my sweetheart for 4 years.

I am SO excited to be contributing tutorials to The Daily Digi. 2. We'll be manipulating arrows in the "Blend If" section of the box that pops up. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. I love using this when my text is on a folded tag or heavily textured paper, so that my text becomes more life-like — as if a pen was actually rubbing across a surface. For PSE users: Unfortunately, Blending Options are not an option in PSE.

Be Different...Act Normal - (Current Session: Blogs 2) Teri's Thing-O-My-Jigs - (Current Session: Blogs 2) How Does She... - (Current Session: Blogs 2) Birthday_both.pdf (application/pdf Object) - (Current Session: B. Shabby Princess - (Current Session: Android Market-2010-05-03) Happy february (almost) :o) we have a new desktop for you...and i hope you love it as much as i do! This is one of my favorite color combinations...and i think works perfectly for valentine's! As always, we have it for you in two sizes...1024x768 and 1280x800...so here ya go: CLICK HERE to download the 1024x768 desktop CLICK HERE to download the 1280x800 desktop also, we will be releasing our new valentine's products sometime soon...and thought i'd share a little sneak peek... we are working on it now...and hope to have it ready this weekend!

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and find some time to scrap :o) P.S. the fonts i worked with on this post are WENDY and LD HONEYDUKES (free february desktop)...and on my example desktop - SUNNYDALE, LD CUTE CURLS and LD HONEYDUKES :o) Weeds and Wildflowers Design » Blog Archive » All Things Seem Po. Eva Kipler Designs » May Desktop! - (Current Session: Android Ma. Pro - How to Make Recent Instructables - (Current Session: Andro. Leelou Blogs.