Scraplift #36 is Angela Powers and is OH SO SWEET!! UPDATED

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this layout of Angela's!! I saw it's thumbnail in the gallery and I had to see what it was all about. The picture makes it tremendous, but just the sweet little journaling and the angled torn papers turn this from a good layout to a great one!! I especially like the doodle swirls that look like it could be ribbons or it could be a doodle and the little flowers and the ribbon! I am going to have a lot of fun doing this one and I hope you join me!

You can leave Angela some lovin' here:

Sweet Baby Kisses

I read further in Angela's description and saw that it was a lift of Melissa's sweet little layout too!! I can't wait to see what other interpretations come out of this and Melissa's!

Here's the original layout:




you can leave her some love too here:

Silliness

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On to the lifts!!!! I was so happy to see so many of you do the lift with me!!!

Here's mine:


I went really bold with this one - and Shabby Princess's Studio Chic is the perfect Kit for bold yet still so beautiful!!!

This is a layout for my sister in law Ann Marie. She has three boys and she has had a really rough life. I just wanted to let her know how much she's loved and admired for her strength in raising her boys in such a tumultuous life...

My FIL was here and let me download some pictures of the family and these were in his bunch!

Credits:
Shabby Princess, Studio Chic
Lucy Marino, Stitches
fonts: mail stamp and backtalk
tears by Atomic Cupcake

This sweet layout is by Rachel.



I have to admit I had a little tear in my eye when I saw her little baby boy sick! She did a great job making the layout just great!! I love how she framed the picture area with a big messy stitched frame! The colors are bold and fun and journaling so touching! Great layout on such a hard subject!

Credits: Journaling reads: Poor little dude! You have been so sick since you started going to daycare. It makes me feel awful, but you love going anyway! Pink eye was particularly bad because you couldn't open your eyes in the morning and really got scared.

Credits: Back in Black- Fun by Amanda Rockwell, Distressed Alpha by Christine Smith
Font: KGD Holly

This one by PrincessJoyce is so wonderful!!!


The soft muted colors work perfectly with the black and white photo. What I love most about this layout is the beautifully delicate lacy flowers!! They just make this layout so sweet and feminine! Im also in love with her stitching!!! Great job!!!!!!!

Credits:
Papers & Elements from Make a Wish by Sausan Designs available at Scrapbookgraphics.
Flower stamp from Mindy Terasawa.
Tags & button by Misty Mareda.
Cream flower by Michelle Coleman.
Round white stitches from Karen Hunt.
White ribbon by Ashley olson.
Brown paper tear by Kimberly Giarrusso.
Hand drawn stitching by Donna Doherty.
Cross stitching by Jana.

This fun layout comes from Lisa.



I think that picture is so adorable and you can tell they are having so much fun! What I really like about this layout is the jewels and the rope of flowers around the background. There is so much visual interest on this layout - makes it look like I want to reach out and touch it!! Great job Lisa!!!

Credits: Title: Callum and Grandma...
Layout created with Michelle Colemans Gypsy Rose Kit

This one is from Jen Caputo!



This one made me smile when I saw it - I think that picture is just in my top 10 delightful pictures of Moms and babies!

The colors are so bright and bold and I love the stitching! It really makes the layout so textural. I think I love most the tiny touches that she put in - the tiny "BLESSED" circle, the tab, the hat pin, the eyelets!!

She says this about her layout: I took this pic of my best friend and her baby this past week and when I saw the layout Susan had chosen for the digi lift this week I had to play along!!!

Credits
Everything is from Holly McCaig's A Colorful Fall kit available at PDW except the alpha and paint brushes which are by Michelle Coleman and the swirly shape brushes which are by Shawna Clingerman.

This sweet layout comes from Mary.


I really love that picture and how sweet they both look! My favorite part of this layout is the element cluster - the way she used different pieces and pasted them on a journaling badge and then tying it with the hat pin. Very sweet colors! Great Job Mary!

My ds and dd he has a heart of gold, sometimes. LOL

Credits:
Cozy Kit by Carrie Stephens
Michelle Pearson-Tinted Sepia Action
Vera Lim-Not your Oridanary Christmas-Word Art, Pin and Pinned tags
Joy to the world "White Tag" by Ashley Olsen

This wonderful layout comes from shamz17.



I really adore this little face!!! Such a cute picture! I really like the element cluster with all those wonderful bows and I think what I like the most about it is the way she did the title and how all the swirlies just tie everything in together!!

Credits:
Miss Mint Candy Fairway ricrac/bow,
Miss Mint Blue Lavender edge,
TSIMS stitches/twill,
Christine Nash Daydream brad/swirly,
MCO mini tag,
DebF white flower
WA So Thankful-recolored by Heather Ann Designs.Fonts: Angelina & Ribbon Happy.

I love Sunshine06's (sorry, don't know your name :-() take on the lift.



The colors are absolutely pefect and that picture is just so precious!!!!! I really love how she kept this relatively simple to let that picture speak for itself!!! The buttons are really cute too!!! You done good girl!!! :-)

Credits:

Paper tear by Steph, foam stamp action by Atomic Cupcake, buttons from Lisa Whitney, everything else from Miss Mint's Cinnamon Tea kit.

This layout by Karen is SOOO much fun!



Like Lisa's there is SOOO much visual interest and wonderful things to look at!!! I especially like the ribbon flowers and how everywhere you look there's another beautiful flower. The picture is awesome as always and the colors just perfect! Brava Karen!!!!!

Credits: *~ PAPERS and ELEMENTS from Nostalgia No. 4 by Jen Wilson *~
Other items from:
Flourished Stamps by Jen Wilson (part of 29 & Co. element bundle)
Lil Flowers by Jen Wilson (part of 29 & Co. element bundle)
Jewel from Meaning 2 by Jen Wilson
Screw from Scrap Street Hardware Store by Jen Wilson
Pressed Flower by Sausan Designs
Classic Beauty Flowers, Ribbon Flowers and Loopy Lace by Amy Martin
Ribbon Circle by Becky Vosburg
Sheer Ribbon by Ronna Penner
Zig Zag Stitching by Gina Miller
Font = Porcelain

This one is from Lori:



I really love the bold colors of this layout - and the picture of her son Noah is just priceless!!! I especially love that flower and the cute title!!!

Lori says: "My son Noah, who thought that wearing a hamster ball and sunglasses looked pretty cool... LOL!

Sunshiny Day kit by Saskia Bokkers, Alpha and stitching by Miss Mint, Drop shadow Actions by Traci Murphy and wild tear action by Atomic Cupcake"

I Can't Believe we're on #35 already!!! UPDATED

It should be closer to 48, but I missed a few weeks this past year! Oh the search for a lift to do is getting harder and harder because there are some truly incredible layout artists out there!!!! One layout really stood out to me this week and here it is:



You can see it ot DigiShopTalk.com here:

About a Boy

The layout I picked comes from Kim, user name tnkbuzan at DST...and this is what she says about her layout:

I've had a heck of a time making layouts for my son lately...he's eleven..right at that in between stage of little boy and teenager...

Paper are from AUTUMN PORTRAIT KIT, Jackie Eckles
Word art by Jackie from GREENLY KIT
Drop shadow actions by Katie Pertiet
www.desginerdigitals.com

Journaling: I sound so much like a mom when I say this....It sounds so cliché, but it’s oh-so true. Time goes by too fast and you notice it at the most ordinary,unexpected little moments. I watched you walk out of the room the other night and it hit me that you’re not a little boy anymore. It’s not just that you’re taller , it’s how you carry yourself...how you handle yourself when you’re around other people. You’re a confident, respectful and responsible boy. I’m glad you still have a few years of childhood ahead of you, and I’m proud of the adult that I’m beginning to see glimpses of!

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I was drawn to Kim's layout because of it's clean lines and absolutely stunning picture. She combined it with heartfelt journaling and sparse but effective papers. I find it distinctive that she didn't use a plain white background to create negative space - instead she used a slightly textured and colored paper.

Join me in lifting Kim's wonderfully clean layout!!

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As always, if you've done a lift and I've missed it somehow, please add it to the comments section here or email me a link to where it resides and I'll get it right up!

And here are the layouts and the ladies that jointed me in this challenge!!!



This first one is mine. I am SOOO happy with the way this one came out. Oh man is this new camera fun!! This is one of the first ones off the press!! It's wonderful to not have to spend an hour in photoshop getting a good picture!!! I really wanted to scrap right away with some of my Rebel XTi shots and this one was PERFECT for Gina Cabrera's new "Falling for you" Kit, available at digital design essentials! Falling For You

Fonts Teen and Jenn Olson



Next up is Sharon's Tri-Athelete Layout. She always has just the right touch to make the layout shine - like the idea of putting a white stroke around the papers - to mimic the photo edges!! Great job Sharon - and I really love your repetition of TRI!!! :-) Sharon says this: I am a big fan of Kim’s (tnkbuzan) … we met on a photography site, and I tempted her over to the dark side of digital scrapping, lol, and she is sooooo good. I love this layout because it has clean classic lines, great for the boys or men in your life. Great page, Kim! And thanks for the challenge, Susan!



This one is from Rachel, and I have to say it really made me choke up to read her journaling. I cannot IMAGINE having to be apart from my hubby as much as it sounds like she has to. I really adore her paper choices and the picture is just so full of fun and love!! She says, "I'm so thankful that my husband has come home to see us so often while he's been working out of town!

Credits: That Fall Smell by Heather Roselli
Fonts: Courier New, Anthony, 2Peas Fiddle Sticks




Finally - one of my all time favorite layouts of Karen's! Her journaling is so sweet and so true and that picture is just the cutest!!! Karen says, "My youngest daughter just climbing a chair in the hotel during our past short vacation. Nothing too dangerous, but I’ve been wanting to journal a little about the mixed signals I’m sending my laughing and taking pictures one moment and then the next I’m scolding lol.


Journaling = Being your mother, everything you do is cute and I always want to take a picture of it. And after I think I’ve gotten at least one good photo, I lightly scold you and get you out from whatever mess you were in. When I tell you to “look at mommy” while I’m snapping away on the camera, you must think you’ve really done something to be proud of and then in the next instance I’m whisking you off whatever obstacle you’ve managed to climb. Well…I guess some sacrifices will have to be made for the sake of preserving the moment.


Funky by Amanda Rockwell at Sweet Shoppe Designs
(part of the Back in Black Collection)
Atomic Cupcake Actions
font = Century, ReBucked

Scraplift #34 is the Fabulous Kay Miller & Mary Fran!!! UPDATED

I was groggily surfing the galleries this past week and my eye perked up when I saw this adorable little snowman...and then it hit me: CHRISTMAS SEASON IS REALLY HERE!!!! I absolutely adore this time of year, so when I saw this, I got so very happy. Then I read further on and it's one of my favorite designers - kay Miller who did the layout. The topper was when I found out who designed this kit: Mary Fran!!! I really adore her layouts and I was so freaking excited to see that she was designing kits now.

Go look at her fun stuff: Nitwit Collections

Anyways, back to this layout. I love that Kay used 3 pictures and I loved the way she turned them sepia and made them white on the edges. Then those super sweet papers and elements!! I really love the placement of everything and the soft muted tones of this layout. I am not good at soft and muted - so we'll see how I lift this one!!

This is what Kay says about her layout: Oh I do love how this layout turned out! But how could you possibly go wrong with a cute kit like this!! This kit is SO me!! I love everything about it!! Anyway these are some picture I took of Kaylea last year in the little bit of snow we had. I turned them semi sepia to better match those cute little snow guys!!!


Credits: Frost 'n Flakes by Mary Fran at NitWit Collections. ( A must have kit in my opinion!)

I hope you join me in lifting this wonderful Kay Miller/Mary Fran Creation!!!

Snow Fun!!

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So here are the amazing layouts!!! Thank you for joining me ladies!!!!

Here's mine!
I tried a little photo shoot outside looking to get the Christmas photo for our Christmas Card - and while I think they're adorable - I don't think we've found it yet...I'll keep trying.

Meanwhile, I fell in absolute LOVE with this kit by Mary Fran, Holly Days - and I didn't even know she was designing!!! It's available at http://www.nitwitcollections.com - along with some other great kits that I will soon own!!!

I couldn't replicate the soft sepia type photos and the way this blended so well together - but I took the layout design and lifted that.

I need to master soft!!! LOL!

This adorable layout is by Marlies. I adore this pic and the cute polka dots!! Mary says: my dd making her own wish {shrug} only she knows.
Credits:
Candy Fairway Kit by MissMint of peppermint creative
Alphas by Michelle Coleman
How sweet is this one?? Amanda Jane really captured the muted look that kay made in her layout - bravo!

Credits:
all papers, frame and alpha by Tracy Ann (Shabby Set)
big quirky stitches by Jackie Eckles
metal studs and tag by Jen Wilson
ribbon by Shabby Princess
anchor and beads by Saxon Holt
font: CK script

Scraplift #33 Is Jodi!! UPDATE

Our new scraplift is by Jodi and when I saw this layout it went IMMEDIATELY into my favorites. Upon reading further I realized that this was a scraplift of Tali B - one of the first ladies we lifted here - so it was fitting that I was attracted to it!! LOL!!

Tali's layout is here:

Tali's Original Layout

Jodi says this about her layout:

I've loved this LO of Tali's forever, and finally scraplifted it. Thanks so much for the inspiration Tali!!

Journaling reads:
Lydia, you are a pretty happy go lucky little girl that laughs easily and gives a smile with no problem. But now that you are learning about telling jokes and making people laugh, you are so silly! Knock-knock jokes are a great trick for getting you to smile a ‘real’ smile when I’m trying to take your picture, and the other day you told me your first real joke: “Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate 9!” I love to hear your laugh and I love the little jokes you tell! Keep smiling, keep laughing, and keep being Happy!


Credits - Everything from Designer Digitals:
Tiki Beach Boy kit
Plainly Negative Brushes & Stamps
Quote freebie by Katie Pertiet
DoodleDo Frames
Tie Fastners
White Digital Stitches
Simply Sealed
Sunroom Flowers
Beachy Flowers
flower brad from Sunroom Kit

I just love this layout. The colors are so striking - the pictures perfect and the embellishments are just right. Jodi is one of my favorite artists...and I have SO MANY of hers in my favorites!! I hope you join me and lift this wonderful layout - and go give her some lovin'!!!!

Laugh As Much

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Oh wasn't this a fun one??? I really loved playing with this one - in fact, it took me until FRIDAY to get it done. I just kept changing papers, then pics, then elements. FINALLY it came together and I'm quite proud of it!!!



My credits: I used Sara Carling's In The Rough elements
Holly Jolly Kit from The digichchick for the yellow background
Lucy Marino - Photo corner Stitches from digiscrapshak

Next is this gorgeous layout made by Brown Eyed Girl, with Lisa Whitney's "A Beautiful Mess". The pictures are just so engaging and the colors are so beautiful!! Credits: Used A Beautiful Mess Kit by Lisa Whitney (LOVE THIS KIT!!)
Stitches by Gina Miller
Doodle Frame by Gina Cabrera
Flower Fastener by Corina Neilsen
Magno Words by Traci Sims
Film Frames by Holly McCaig


Quote is: I am unwritten, the pen is in my hand, ending unplanned - Natasha Beddingfield.

Next is this adorable layout by Lila. I love the fun pictures and the beautiful flower!!! Credits: Kit: AmsDigiScraps "The Gazebo"
Font: Artistik


Just some photos of DD2 brushing her teeth. Warning – you may see even more pictures of her w/her toothbrush….I just think she’s too cute and I took plenty of photos lol.


This layout by Karen made me totally giggle - babies with toothbrushes are SOOOO cute!! The soft colors are great too!!! Credits:
Scraplift Blog Challenge: justmp’s (Jodi) “Laugh as Much as You Want” LO, which was a SL of TaliB’s “By Your Side” LO
Pop Rocks Photo Action by Michelle Pearson
Alpha Brushes by Katie Pertiet
Swirl outline from Yeah Baby by Fee Jardine at theDigiChick
PAPERS and ELEMENTS from Dreamer by Vera Lim
Atomic Cupcake Actions
Font = Barbara Hand


Finally we have Princess Joyce's wonderful take on the layout. The journaling is so touching!!!! Credits: Papers & elements by Michelle Coleman.
Stitches from SA_Celebration kit.
Negative by MissMint.
Fonts: Carbonated Gothic & AnkeCalligraph.


Journaling:
You both came to our
lives unexpectedly. We
weren't ready to have you
but the moment we saw your
faces we knew that you were
blessings from up above.
We couldn't even imagine
our lives without you.
If we'll have to choose
we wouldn't have it any
other way. You gave up
immeasurable happiness
that no one can ever
give us. You continue
to shower us love
everyday single day.
We continue to thank
God because you are
part of our lives.


Love,
Mom & Dad

THis cute layout is from Amanda Jane: credits:

Papers and 'dance' word by Tracy Ann (random color)
frame freebie by Eve Recinella
Ribbons by Amy Martin
negative frame and flowers by Holly McCaig (Goodbye to Summer)
inking from DDK by Nancie Rowe Janitz
font: pea Lyndal

DOn't you just want to squeeze these little toes???? Poster: Manda says: Well - this is a lift of a lift! TaliB did a LO here: http://www.designerdigitals.com/ddgallery/showphoto.php?photo=5907&cat=500&ppuser=169 and then JodiPerry lifted it and it was featured on the Digiscraplift Blog!!! Here is Jodie's rendition: http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24556


Credits:
Background Paper - Kristi Nerness - Whhoo Do You Love kit
Stripe Paper and star, flower, doodle, and cardboard piece - Holly McCaig - SupahStar kit
Sequin elements - Amy Martin
Polaroids - MandaBean!
Fresh Barcode and the tie fasteners - Katie Pertiet - DD