Here We Are at # 40!!!! UPDATED

Our lift of the week is by Gerada, Nevache on the digishoptalk boards.



I was drawn into the layout by the fabulous autumn colors and beautiful pictures of her dog. I was sad to read the subject matter of the layout - but it's really a great layout and I know we can have fun lifting it!

I really love the cardboard wrapped around by those beautiful ribbons and the wonderful colors. It is simple but conveys the feeling of the layout and the colors of the season it's portraying.

Go ahead and leave her some praise here: Extended Time and then join me in lifting this layout!

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Wow - what fun - we had a lot of you ladies joining me for this one - the last lift of 2006!!


I had so much fun doing this layout - it's not my normal style, so it was hard to do all the rick racks and embellishments - but I love the way it came out!!! I have been wanting to use Shabby Princess's Winter XL kit, and these pictures and layout were perfect for it!!!

I used Shabby Princess's AWESOME Winter XL Mega Kit, available at http://www.theshabbyshoppe.com and Gina Cabrera's Cardboard, available at http://www.digitaldesignessentials.com



This adorable lift is from Lindsay Lou!!!! I got a total giggle feeling inside when I saw this one - the pictures are just too adorable and I love the pink and brown theme!!

CREDITS:
Pink Lady by Karah Fredericks
-Available at www.blueflombingo.com
Hand Stamped Alpha by Michelle Coleman
-Available at her blog, http://second-mile-freebies.blogspot.com/
Font: Century Gothic



Lori's entry is this adorable layout of her new doggie!! I love all the snowflakes and the reds and the way she used one paper tear instead of the cardboards!!!

Credits: Victoria Feemster- Royal Flakes at One of a Kind Scrapz, Atomic Cupcake wild tear action



This elegant layout is from Bunster!!! I really love the rick colors in the layout and the stringed circles with the gold snowflake she used to tie down the photo!! I also like the way she used one picture and just tiled them over eachother and made the cardboard mimic the shape of the tree!! Awesome, inventive lift!!!

Layout created with Tara Dunstans Christmas Jingles Mini Kit, Snowflake, ribbon, holly and stitched circle elements by Michelle Coleman



This sweet little one is by Sunshine06. I love the bar code tags and the fun little way she made those pictures shine! I especially love all the buttons!!! These are of Some older pictures of my son learning to stand

CREDITS: Background Paper: Sunday B. Tags: Miss Mint. Buttons: Lisa Whitney. Stamped Alpha: Michelle Coleman. Font: Century Gothic.


This fun layout is by Immaculeah. I'm glad I'm not the only one who transports my kid to take pictures in front of big things!! LOL!!! I love the colors and the fun way she showcased it all. I especially like the way she used the safety pin with all the fun bling on it!!!!! 

She says, "Sorry my girls' faces did not appear to be clear as I wanted to capture the giant toys. Thanks for taking a peek!"

Credits:
Pink paper by ksharonk from her Holiday Romance freebie kit
Red paper by Kimberly Giarrusso
Doodle trims by Gina Miller
Hearts by Tyting
Beaded Safety Pin by Traci Sims
Holly by Blythe Evans from North Pole freebie kit


How cute is this?? There's something about a baby learning to get around that is just so adorable!!!! I love the bold paper choices and the alpha for the title! The doodles are adorable too!!

Credits:
Almost everything from Back In Black: Fun by Amanda Rockwell.
Staples from Wishing You kit by ksharonk.
Black chipboard alpha by Christy Sturm.
Drop shadows by Tracy Murphy.
Font is Herbert.


and Last, but certainly not least, is Amanda's lift! I got really teary eyed reading the journaling! It's so hard to say goodbye to people and it just reminded me how lucky I am to have my Mom 10 minutes away from me! I love the little clump of elements she used, and those forget me nots are a perfect touch!

This is Vanessa's entry - gosh is it TOOO adorable!!! Credits:

Sara Carling cupcake kit
twine glass, flowers from sun washed hide away all Sara's too
Pastel Twills ribbon, ric rac, Flea Market Buttons Shabby Miss Jenn's
Andrea burns garden gems, alpha Michelle Coleman's

Our Lift #39 Really "sends" me...Updated!

Get it ... it's a postcard...sends me?? Hahahahaha!! Sorry, it's really late and I'm a bit punchy - but I have made a commitment to you all to get a new lift up every Sunday NO FAIL!!

When I saw this layout by Vanessa a few days ago, I put it in my favorites to comment on and never got back to it until tonight! EEEKS!! Well, I commented on the layout and realized that it was also going to be the scraplift this week. I really want to choose layouts that stretch me - that make me go out of my clean and simple comfort zone and do things I would not ever think of on my own.

The very first think I love about is that she used it like a real post card. Alot of the cards that I see are working with the front, or use it as a backdrop. This looks like it's being used and it's meant to be there. The doodles in the corners are so fun and the fun colors are perfect for this layout. The lattice in the picture looks like it was totally planned along with the layout! The tip topper for me was that fabulous stamp!!! I love the holly and berries sprig that embellishes it!!

I am figuring out my picture now and I can't wait to dig in and try this one. I hope you find this one fun and challenging as well!!!!

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So, this week is really hard to get time to scrap...and the lifts show it. There was one so far who did this lift. If anyone more did - I didn't see it! :-( If you did - please post a link for me to get it up.

I loved this lift so much, but in doing it I realized just how intricate it is!!!

Here's Mine:



I used Taran Conyers Spring Doodles, Shabby Miss Jenn's bow, and Gina Cabrera's backgrounds. I wanted to make it like a post card but I just couldn't make it look as good as the original - so I kept the stamp idea, and made a calendar page with it!!!!



jennieb75 has done a really cute layout! I love this!! I really like the way she took the theme of the layout and went with it!! That's what scraplifting is all about - doing what it inspires you to do - whether it's a full on exact lift or the feeling the layout gives you!!!!!

Here's what she says about her layout: I've been checking out a few other member's letters and thought it would be fun to try it!! Had to give it a spin with the postcard style! lol

Credits:
kraft paper by Christine Smith
kit by Meredith Fenwick - peppermint bark mini
quote by JanHicks
fonts are Century gothic and Pea Jenny script
journal stamp by Katie Pertiet
notebook paper by ksharonk

holiday stamp by Michelle Coleman

Enjoy - and no lift ever closes, so if you want to do this one later - you're always welcome to!!!!!

It's Lift Number 38 Already!!! UPDATED

This layout by Kerry (Rocalisa) is just the CUUUUTEST!!!! It's a sketch plate by Anita Stergiou, and the subject matter just really made this layout shine extra bright for me. I love cute little stories about what our kidlets are doing. I think what attracted me most to this layout is that it is very simple, but yet it has a lot going on! If you look closely - she has fun little things happening with the title with chipboard and regular fots, the picture that totally tells a story without even having to read the journaling - and journaling that satisfies your curiousity when you read it!! The flowers are adorable and I like the way she laytered the papers and left the kraft paper like a mat in a framed piece of art!

Great job Kerry!!!

I hope you all want to join in and lift this sweet layout with me! As always, post it to me in this thread about it over at DST or email mea at digiscraplift at yahoo dot com


You can find her layout here: Escape Artist
Photo Details
Poster: rocalisa (see this users gallery)
Credits:
Journalling ~ 5th October, 2006
Leigh came to visit today and let you play with her car keys. After a little while I went to see what you were doing and this is what I found. You took your stool from the laundry to the front door, climbed up on it so that you were tall enough to reach the locks and tried using Leigh's keys on the door. I'm not sure if you thought you were locking or unlocking it, but you were very involved in what you were doing. I'm now very careful to make sure you can't get out that door any time as I don't want you to get onto the street. A little Houdini is something I really don't need.

Credits~
Sketch*PLATE 5 by Anita Stergiou, including stylised flowers; everything else from Winter Whites by Christy Lyle and Robin Carlton; fonts are Jeana and Mom's Typewriter


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Here are the layouts that arrived in my inbox and in the threads at DST. As always, if you've done the lift (or any other lift for that matter) and you don't see yours on the blog - please email me the link and I'll get it up right away!!!

I really had fun with this one. I have been waiting for a perfect layout for the journaling an dpicture I ha - and this really said that this was IT.!!

Here's mine: I have always loved the intent way that Melissa examines the world and when I saw this picture of her examining the leaves instead of playing in them, I knew I had a shot I wanted!

I used many different papers and elements:

Brown and off white Background is Shabby Princess Holiday Joy
Pink Panel background and tab are from Gina Cabrera 's Shabby Shack Mega Kit
Journaling block and leaves are Ronna Penner from her retired Autumn Magic kit
Staples by Me, Susan Pacillo
Fonts: Century Gothic, Carpenter and Mail Stamp


Next up is Karen's adorable layout! I really had to laugh outloud when I read her journaling because it's so darn honest and so true!! My daughter would have done exactly the same thing, and I would have felt the same way Karen did about getting up all night long to blow her nose!! LOL!! The alpha is wonderful and the photo, as always, is perfect!!!!
Journaling = You got a sick last Friday and that’s when you began waking us up several times during the night; one reason was because you wanted to blow your nose. So we decided to let you have a Kleenex box with you when you slept and we told you that you could just dump it on the floor after you are done because we didn’t want to we woken up just to retrieve a snotty tissue and we know that foreign things with you while you sleep easily bother you. We had no idea that there would be a mountain of tissues like this greeting us!

Turkish Delight by Zoe Pearn at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Torn Inked Alpha by Laura Alpuche
Virtual Photographer
Atomic Cupcake Action
Font = AL Sandra, CK Marissa



This next one is from a newcomer to the blog, Immaculeah  and what a sweet layout it is!! I love the angle of the journaling and the wonderful heart at the top! A photo of my DD when she turned 4 last month. Journaling was found in the Soup.

Credits:
Compassionette by Ztampf
Alpha by Carolyn Bender
Font = Pea Kim



Here's Sunshine's layout!! I really empathize with her and the loudness factor of toddlers!!!! I adore the little stickers she used and how they don't look girly!! It's a great picture and wonderful title!

CREDITS: Papers & stickers from Jessica Sprague's "Echoes of Asia" kit. Overlay from Shabby Princess. Stitched tags from Gina Caberera (I altered the words). Fonts: Adler, Century Gothic.Finally, we have

Scraplift #37 is Michelley-Jelly!!

I was surfing the DST gallery for two hours trying to find a lift for today. It's amazing - there are SOOOO MANY wonderful layouts that I have been having an increasingly harder and harder time finding a layout that I find catches my eye! The amount of talent out there in the gallery world is simply amazing!!!


So what made me pick this one over all the other divine layouts I saw? Here are some reasons why I think this layout is so wonderful and why I think it should be lifted:

1. The pictures have a sweet luminescence to them - they just glow
2. I love the font work
3. The tasteful use of doodles
4. The rounded corners on the outside edges only
5. That ADORABLE dinosaur cartoon!!!
6. the star background that gives visual interest and texture but doesn't take it over!
7. Ok, this one's very subjective, but when I was growing up all I wanted to be was an archaeologist, so the subject matter captured my heart! LOL!!

Will you dig for buried treasure with me and lift this wonderful layout this week and let me share it next week? I can't wait to see what everyone does for this very versatile layout!!!

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Here we go with the lifts! This one is mine and I played around with this for nearly FIVE days trying to find the perfect papers and doodles! I am so happy with the way this one came out!! Credits: I used:
Shabby Princess:
Flower from Studio Chic
Backgrounds from Wishy Washy
Short Stitch from Island Chic
Doodles Corners from Susan McCormack at DDE

Fonts: Rosewood, Century Gothic, Verdana


This one is from Kim. I am always in awe of her awesome photography and simple clean layouts! This one is no different - awesome photo and wonderful elements!!

Credits: Background paper, Shabby Miss Jenn, SHABBYLICIOUS FALL KIT, Shabbymissjenndesigns.com
Blue Paper and Alphabet, Shabby Miss Jenn, POMEGRANATE STREET KIT, Shabbymissjenndesigns.com
Template, Shabby Miss Jenn, shabbymissjenndesigns.com
Cardboard, Catrine, SUBWAY KIT, catscrap.com
Letters on pin, Linda GB
Flower and lace, Shabby Princess, OLIVIA COLLECTION
Messy Stitching, Katie Pertiet, designerdigitals.com
Font is Times New Roman


How totally sweet are these pictures??? I was instantly drawn to this layout by Sunshine06. The main photo is so engaging and the sweet Christmas colors and the diagonal stripes give such fun bold color!!!

CREDITS: Sheila Nelson's "In The Spirit" kit. Fonts: Hootie, Century Gothic.


This one is by princessj0yce. She always has such cute photos - and this layout is no different. What I really like about this one is how she used such pretty and muted colors to let the bold reds show in her picture. I love the flower and the doodles are wonderful too!


This adorable layout is from Liza. The pictures are so cute!! I Love the way she tied in the tree and the snowflakes and the great color combinations!

Credits:Papers and stamp alpha by Michelle Coleman,Snow flakes and Felt tree by Shabby Princess

This super cute layout is by Karen. I really love her color sense and my favorite color combo lately is pink and browns, so I was drawn to this as well because of the colors. The journaling is so cute and I love the main photo of her "reading".

Credits:
Turkish Delight by Zoe Pearn at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Corner Stamp from Porcelain by Zoe Pearn at SSD
Atomic Cupcake Action
Font = Carpenter, Barbara Hand

Journaling = This children’s Bible is one of your favorite books. Because of that, you tend to refer to books as “Bible"


This is by Mandy. I really love those gorgeous photos of her daughter's eyes and the colors she chose for the layout was so perfect for showing off these pictures!!! I especially love the band of blue behind the two smaller pictures.
Credits:
Michelle Coleman's "Glow" kit & Flourish Frames (www.scrapartist.com)
Fonts: Pea Angedawn & Dirty Headline


This lift by AmandaJane is amazing!!!!!! I love the soft colors and the subject matter! Credits: This is a scraplift of one of Michelle Coleman's LOs for Susan's(pashimac) digi scrap-lift blog. Papers by Jen Wilson, flourish frame and tag by Michelle Coleman

fonts: artistamp medium, porcelain & pea XOXO from Karen