tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47455931133308838352024-03-07T17:41:11.924-05:00Neith's Crafty CreationsI was formerly a Food For Craft Independent Crafter! This meant that I was authorized to take your orders for Club Scrap products and am available for you to have banquets in your home (or other location) as well as teach workshops. Life got in the way and I was too busy to remain an FFCer, but I do still have a large inventory and love teaching or sharing my papercrafting abilities!<p>Please contact me if you wish to learn more!</p>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-7090189050609497402014-05-13T09:11:00.000-05:002014-05-13T09:11:35.650-05:00Updates Coming Soon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Updates are coming soon! I had to take a break when I became ill (I'm on much better heart medication now and doing so much better) and then when I began to mend my children's activities took a change of direction, we moved, and all of my crafting supplies and inventory went into storage then many were available for purchase inside my parents' store. <br />
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But my parents are getting ready to retire, so now I'm working on going through it all, finding crafting space in my new home and storage shelving for the items for sale! Soon I will have a list of the goodies I have for sale and keep it in a permanent page on this blog but also will begin to offer them for sale on Ebay or Etsy, I believe. I'm up on the Northshore in Massachusetts now and still have some kits in large enough quantities for workshops in your home as well as plenty of page-kits in different themes but using the same cutting diagrams/layouts as well as the ability to create book projects in different themes but the same dimensions/instructions!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Club Scrap: Sonoma 3/10 - Metallic Grape; Apothecary 8/09 - Dark Grey, Light Grey, Wine; Musical Interlude 12/05 - Borders & Backgrounds UM Stamps, Club Stamp UM Stamps; Retreat 2008 All The World's a Stage - Digital Kit Stamps; India Ink Pad;<br />Ranger: Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Caramel, Copper Mixative, Cranberry, Latte, Mushroom, Raisin, Wild Plum; Polished Stone Technique;<br />Krylon: Metallic Leafing Pen - Red, Silver;<br />Offray: Ribbon;<br />Cropadile;<br />Glossy Cardstock;<br />
<br />It's hard to see in the scan but the alcohol inked front panels are stamped with the Musical Interlude sheet music as is the gray insert... the interior panel with all of the info was inked up, then printed with both the text and a background digistamp showing a theatre seating chart.</span></i><br />
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The big thing that's been occupying our time is that my twins have become actresses! They've each performed roles in 4-5 professional theatre productions (North Shore Music Theatre's Gypsy and The King & I, American Repertory Theater's Wild Swans, Salem Theatre Company & Marblehead Little Theatre's Ragtime, Huntington Theatre Company's A Future Perfect, and Underground Railway Theatre & Central Square Theatre's Brundibar & But the Giraffe!) and have been venturing into film and commercial work! They played supporting roles as best friends of the main character children in Infinitely Polar Bear which was one of the highest, if not highest, selling films at this year's Sundance Film Festival! And Uatchet is currently appearing on television in Connecticut in an advertisement for Greenwich Hospital! You can follow their acting careers at their official acting pages <a href="http://facebook.com/UatchetJ" target="links">http://facebook.com/UatchetJ</a> & <a href="http://facebook.com/NekhebetJ" target="links">http://facebook.com/NekhebetJ</a>!</div>
Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-61650876915053122002009-07-30T18:49:00.004-05:002009-07-30T18:57:37.939-05:008 Layouts using 10 of Spades ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/10SpadesLayouts.jpg" border="0" width="0" height="0" alt="ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2, 10 of Spades layouts by Neith Juch" />Here is another multiple layout set, this time using the 10 of Spades card from the ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2! Each pair of layouts uses only 4 sheets of 12x12 paper plus 1 sheet of 8.5x11 paper (or three photo mattes)!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="VT Cows 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/VTCow.jpg" /></center><br /><br />Vermont Cows - 10 of Spades Left by Neith Juch<br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (left); Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Robin's Egg, Light Celery, Dark Celery; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;<br />Dollar Tree - Foam Alphabet Stickers;<br /><br />When we visited the Ben & Jerry's factory, in Vermont, the kids couldn't get enough of the cows that were grazing past the flavor graveyard! Luckily we managed to remind them that the fence might be electric before they got too close!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="Smart Car 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/SmartCar.jpg" /></center><br /><br />Smart Car - 10 of Spades Right by Neith Juch<br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (right); Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Robin's Egg, Light Celery, Dark Celery, Dark Celery Print; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;<br />Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic 5/08 - Thickers Velvet in Cream;<br /><br />My son loves spotting cool cars everywhere that we go... yet somehow it took a trip to Montreal to see our first Smart Car on the road! Of course, it was in his favorite color, lime green!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="Recycled Wallets 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/RecycledWallets.jpg" /></center><br /><br />Recycled Creations - 10 of Spades Left by Neith Juch<br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (left); Bistro - Tangerine; Science - Topaz Foil Print; Stratosphere - Green; Wheel & Sprocket - Green; Palette Hybrid Ink - Noir Black;<br />Scrapbook Takeout - Alphabet Stickers;<br /><br />No, sadly we didn't make these wallets, but we took phoos since we loved them and want to create some! But first we have to start getting paper cartons of milk and juice! These very cool wallets are available to buy in the gift shop at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.<br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="A Perfect Day 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_CousinsPlayground.jpg" /><img border="0" alt="A Perfect Day 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_CousinsPlaygroundR.jpg" /><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="A Perfect Day 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/CousinsPlayground.jpg" /><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="A Perfect Day 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/CousinsPlaygroundR.jpg" /></center><br /><br />A Perfect Day - 10 of Spades by Neith Juch<br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades; Artifacts 2/09 - Paprika Print, Paprika Plain, Dark Aqua Print, Dark Aqua Plain, Light Aqua Plain, Stickers; Palette Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;<br /><br />My cousins had a blast showing one of their local playgrounds off to my children! We laughed, we swam, we climbed, and we even hunted in the marsh for cattails!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="Bridging to Juniors 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_BridgeJRL.jpg" /><img border="0" alt="Bridging to Juniors 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_BridgeJrR.jpg" /><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="Bridging to Juniors 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/BridgeJRL.jpg" /><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="Bridging to Juniors 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/BridgeJrR.jpg" /></center><br /><br />Bridging to Juniors ALSB Vol2 10 of Spades by Neith Juch<br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades; Mirror Mirror 11/09 - Robin's Egg Blue, Light Celery, UM Stamps;<br />Ranger: Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad - Espresso;<br />K & Co: Brownie Scrap Pad; Marcella by K - File Folder;<br /><br />We had such a beautiful bridging ceremony for our troop as the girls progressed to Juniors! They each drew pictures of a favorite Brownie memory and these images, plus photos of the artist during brownie events, were in a slide show right before we called them up to cross them all over! For this layout, I paired up Club Scrap's Mirror Mirror kit with one reversible official Girl Scout print and made just a few extra cuts to help frame the artwork... And added in the printed folder that wasn't part of the Girl Scout line, but matched beautifully! (I've got tiny reprints of the girls' bridging certificates to tuck into the file folder on this layout!)<br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="Easter 2009 10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 digital layout by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/Easter0910S.jpg" /></center><br /><br />Easter 2009 Digital Layout by Neith Juch<br />Club Scrap Digital: Memoirs 7/09 - Plain2, Tag01, Tag03, BBFStamp7; Perfect Ten 6/09 - DBG4; Inked Edges Volume 1 - 4x5, 4x6c, 8x10a, 12x2, 12x12a, 12x12c;<br />PSE: Altered Hues/Saturation, Layer Blending Modes, Opacity;<br /><br />This layout is indeed digital, but, by using transparent papers you can create a similar layout! I loved the quiet colors in the main photo and wanted to really set it off, so I took it a step further by creating three layers of the same photograph and desaturated a top layer of the photo, then used the <i>Screen</i> layer blending mode on that layer... then I used the <i>Multiply</i> layer blending mode on the middle layer and adjusted the top two layers' opacity and color until I was satisfied. Then I applied the same effects to the smaller images that share one matte.<br /><br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="10 of Spades ALSB Volume 2 Layouts by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/10Spades.jpg" /></center><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-84158101052185796102009-07-27T08:38:00.003-05:002009-07-27T08:56:12.741-05:0010 Layouts Polynesian Crafter Classics<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">There are so many wonderful Crafter Classics from Club Scrap! The designers take the original artwork from an amazing older kit and rearrange everything, adding new artwork and text, then pair it up with a mix of solid cardstock from different Club Scrap kits to create a brand new twist on old favorites! The Polynesian Kit was way before my time and I only have odds and ends from the original, but thanks to the Crafter Classics, I have the full new kit plus the coordinating Remix Unmounted Stamp Sheet with all new coordinating images!<br /><br />Here are the 10 ALSB pages that you can make with the free instructions for this kit! I've just added inked edges, rotated a layout or two, and added one stamped sentiment to the butterfly page... everything other than the ink and stamp are part of the kit!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly1.jpg" border="0" alt="Snow Surfing on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 1 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly2.jpg" border="0" alt="Snow Surfing on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 2 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly3.jpg" border="0" alt="Hula Hooping on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 3 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly4.jpg" border="0" alt="Goofy Girls at the Hawaiian Weekend on the Mountain on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 4 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly5.jpg" border="0" alt="Monkeying Around at Franklin Park Zoo on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 5 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly6.jpg" border="0" alt="Surfs Up Video Game at PEM on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 6 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly7.jpg" border="0" alt="Fishing on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 7 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly8.jpg" border="0" alt="Goofy Foot Lesson at PEM on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 8 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly9.jpg" border="0" alt="Chopper the Friendly Iquana on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 9 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/FFC%20Exclusive/Poly10.jpg" border="0" alt="Julia in the Butterfly Tent at Franklin Park Zoo on Polynesian FFC Crafter Classic ALSB 10 by Neith Juch"></center><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-38639806423215703022009-07-20T08:42:00.004-05:002009-07-20T09:12:58.888-05:00Museum Visits, 1 Paper and 3 Digital Layouts<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">We usually keep very busy during the Summer with museum, zoo, and park visits . . . But this year we're been busy tending to sick children each week! Here's hoping that this new trend is over! Who would expect the flu and bronchitis during the Summer! Right now everyone seems on the mend and I even managed to find a little time to scrap during <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/news/summercamp" target="links">Club Scrap's PSL Summer Camp</a> (Pro Scrapping League, where teams compete to score points by creating paper layouts, cards, or digital creations and earn prizes and discounts each week)!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/PerfectTen8Alt.jpg" border="0" alt="See You Layout by Neith Juch" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Perfect Ten - ALSB #8 (I used the same base cardstock, but with prints from the original kits instead of the Perfect Ten prints); Private Eye 10/08 - Green Print, Stencil; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Bisque Print, Dark Maize;<br />Ranger: Distress Ink Pad - Brushed Corduroy; Ink Applicator Tool;<br /><br />Uatchet really enjoyed scoping out the artifacts at the Boston Museum of Science with the magnifying glasses! I loved the look of this layout in the Perfect Ten Special Edition Kit, but couldn't bear to give up the prints, quite yet! Instead, I created the layout using the same ALSB instructions and the same colors of cardstock, but with their original kits' prints instead of the new Perfect Ten designs. I have a few more layouts coming that were approached in a similar manner!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Jump.jpg" border="0" alt="Jump digital layout by Neith Juch" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle Digital Kit 6/09 - Template6, CSJRStencil1, EMBFiber8, EMBTag31, EMBTag32, EMBTag38, EMBTag40, EMBTag42, Sticker16; Perfect Ten Special Edition Digital Kit 6/09 - DigitalBackground1;<br /><br />We took a few friends with us to the Boston Children's Museum on a Friday night and had a blast! I still can't believe that Nekhebet did a slam dunk!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Amber.jpg" border="0" alt="I Spy... digital layout by Neith Juch" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Private Eye 10/08 Digital - Stencil Xtras12, CS_Paper5, CS_Paper6, Paper1, Paper3, Paper5, Stamp08; PSL Summer Camp Prize - Week4_1a_1a;<br /><br />Sebek and Nekhebet teamed up to examine the insects embedded in amber at the Harvard Museum of Natural History!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/IMAGINATION.jpg" border="0" alt="Imagination digital layout by Neith Juch" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Memoirs Digital Kit 7/09 - EMBFiber03, DigitalBackground3, Print2, Print5; Concrete Jungle Digital Kit 6/09 - Font; Artifacts Digital Kit 2/09 - Template4;<br /><br />After taking a free watercolor and chalk workshop at the Peabody Essex Museum, Sebek immediately needed new supplies for the week away from home! White the girls played, met new friends, and learned new things, Sebek kept sneaking off to create!</div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-44083922813350184512009-07-05T12:42:00.006-05:002009-07-05T13:52:06.820-05:009 More Layouts, 1 Formula, 3 of Clubs<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/3ClubsLayouts.jpg" border="0" width="0" height="0">What else can you get when you combine 4 sheets of paper, 2 mattes/another sheet of paper, and one ALSB Idea Deck Card? Plenty more great layouts, of course! Here are 9 layouts that I created using the 3 of Clubs card from the ALSB Idea Deck Vol. 2! (Check out the ALSB, Assembly Line ScrapBooking, definition to the right!)<br /><br /><center><img src="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_MontrealMallL.jpg" border="0" alt="Montreal Mall 3 of Clubs Left by Neith Juch"><img src="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_MontrealMallR.jpg" border="0" alt="Montreal Mall 3 of Clubs Right by Neith Juch"><br><br><img src="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/MontrealMallL.jpg" border="0" alt="Montreal Mall 3 of Clubs Left by Neith Juch"><br><br><img src="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/MontrealMallR.jpg" border="0" alt="Montreal Mall 3 of Clubs Right by Neith Juch"></center><br><br>Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Matrix - Red Print; Cruisin' - Black; Science - Topaz Foil Print; Artifacts - Sky Blue;<br />Scrapbook Takeout - Red Felt Thickers;<br><br>We're still not quite sure what these people-cutouts, 80s themed workout photos, and cell phones have to do with one another, but the girls had a blast playing in the cutouts at the Montreal mall! The original ALSB design sandwiches 3 small mattes and thin strips together, but I like the thin strips to spread out a bit and to leave the three adjacent mattes uncut, for now!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/CrPrBags.jpg" alt="Crochet Produce Bags, 3 of Clubs right by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs (right); Common Threads 3/09 - Teal; Avant Garde 3/08 - Green; Fizzin' Blue 2008 - Green Print; Stratosphere 4/07 - Dark Blue Print, Stickers;<br />Scrapbook Takeout: Wonderland 3/09 - Fancy Pants Felt Shapes, KI Memories Chipboard Shapes, Punchinella Ribbon;<br /><br />I have fallen head over heels for this <a href="http://www.knitomatic.com/crochet_grocery_bag.html" target="links">Crochet Grocery Bag Pattern By Haley Waxberg</a>! It's a simple combination of single crochet, chain, and slip stitches to create a wonderfully stretchy netted produce/shopping bag. I altered the pattern, just a little, in between the increasing rows, I did one less row than called for and did 12-14 of the ch5 rows as the main body.. also, I thickened my straps a little and used 100% cotton by Lily and by Bernat.<br /><br />I combined the photo with some coordinating papers, earthy embellishments, and the fun punchinella ribbon, that reminds me of the bag's open pattern. I love drawing my color scheme from my photographs and really enjoy mixing and matching papers from different kits to do so! Having a handmade swatch ring of my Club Scrap cardstock is invaluable for this style of scrapping!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/3CLMGarg.jpg" alt="Montreal Gargoyles, 3 of Clubs Left Digital Layout by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs Left; A Study in Red Digital Kit 1/08; Milestones 12/09 Digital Kit; Digital Inked Edges Vol 1;<br /><br />One of the great things about digital scrapbooking is that you can easily create 12" wide panoramic photographs without any extra expenses! Another great thing is that when you adore the rich texture of a Club Scrap paper you can go ahead and zoom in on it to really emphasize the pattern in your digital layouts!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_Childrens03L.jpg" alt="Boston Childrens Museum 2003, 3 of Clubs by Neith Juch"><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/th_Childrens03R.jpg" alt="Boston Childrens Museum 2003, 3 of Clubs by Neith Juch"><br><br><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/Childrens03L.jpg" alt="Boston Childrens Museum 2003, 3 of Clubs by Neith Juch"><br><br><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/Childrens03R.jpg" alt="Boston Childrens Museum 2003, 3 of Clubs by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs; Great Outdoors 10/07 - Mushroom, Green Text Weight Print, Light Green, Dark Green, Dark Green Print, Light Green Tags; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;<br /><br />Adding a lightly inked edge really helps distinguish one piece of paper from another and helps maintain the illusion of 12" long strips hiding under an overlapping matte. Just remember not to ink the edge that is hidden under or alongside the matte!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/BridgeApril07.jpg" alt="Bridge, 3 of Clubs Right by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs Right; Bridges Digital Kit 2/08 - CS03; Great Outdoors 10/07 - CS01, CS02, CS08; Refresh Digital Kit 2/07 - PLtBlue1; Farmer's Market Digital Kit 10/06 - CSBrown;<br /><br />When working with digital scrapbooking, never be afraid to alter the hue of your elements to make them coordinate with your layout! For this layout, I loved the printed wooden bridge from the Refresh kit, but the color would have completely clashed with my layout... so I used Ctrl-U to alter the hue, saturation, and brightness of the print until it blended perfectly with my layout!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/3CLSculpture.jpg" alt="Peabody Essex Museum Owl Sculpting, 3 of Clubs Left by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs; Let Me Count the Ways Digital - Paper; Mirror Mirror Digital - Paper, Transparencies, Digital Font;<br /><br />I took full advantage of digital scrapbooking in order to copy random stripes from the transparency overlay image to create borders for my photographs and "paper" strips. With the outline nature of the Mirror Mirror font images, it was easy to cut and paste some of the digital cardstock into the text to help continue the style. I also just loved how the patterns on these two prints combined in both pattern and color scheme.<br /><br /><center><img border="0" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/3ClubsRBG2.jpg" alt="Montreal Botanical Garden, 3 of Clubs Right by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs Right; Pure & Simple 4/09 - Digital Kit; Digi Inked Edges Vol 1;<br /><br />With digital kits you can always play with the transparency levels of your different layrs and use any color of paper as an overlay to retint a patterned paper that is underneath it. For this layout I took a nearly grayscale background paper and tinted the lighter areas green by layering up a green cardstock image over it with the overlay style. I also retinted some of the paper from lime green into a deep purple to coordinate with the flowers to try to maintain the color scheme of the photograph.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/3Clubs-1.jpg" border="0" alt="3 of Clubs, ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2"></center><br /><br />Of course, I couldn't leave you without a quick glance at the basic design for this layout formula! When you create your page, never fear to move your elements around and alter the cuts slightly to fit your needs!<br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-31832028785613939542009-07-04T15:09:00.005-05:002009-07-04T16:57:15.350-05:009 Layouts, 1 Formula, 3 of Spades<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/3SpadesLayouts.jpg" border="0" width="0" height="0">What can you get when you combine 4 sheets of paper and one ALSB Idea Deck Card? Tons of great layouts, of course! Here are 9 layouts that I created using the 3 of Spades card from the ALSB Idea Deck Vol. 2! (Check out the ALSB, Assembly Line ScrapBooking, definition to the left!)<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/Sparklers.jpg" alt="Sparkle, 3 of Spades Left by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Artifacts 2/09 - Paprika Print, Sky Blue; Matrix 7/08 - Red Print; Sparkle & Shine 12/06 - UM; Palette Hybrid - Noir Black;<br /><br />I just loved using the sunburst print from Artifacts with photos of sparklers! Even though we didn't capture a great image of the burst of sparks, it was a fun moment and the print, plus the stamped title, give a picture of what was taking place!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/ZoomZoom.jpg" alt="Zoom Zoom, 3 of Spades Right by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Artifacts 2/09 - Paprika Print, Sky Blue; Matrix 7/08 - Red Print; Sparkle & Shine 12/06 - UM; Palette Hybrid - Noir Black;<br />Unknown Alphabet Stickers;<br /><br />I have no clue was was so exciting about this kiddie ride, but the girls really adored it! All those little joys in life, eh?<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/Scooters.jpg" alt="Scooter Play, 3 of Spades Right by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (right); Stratosphere 4/07 - Green, Blue Print, Green Frames; Fizz 1/07 - Dark Pink; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;<br /><br />When you've got brand new wheels, what better place to go than Lynch Park? Did I mention that we're so lucky to have all three kids' birthdays within a 3 week timeframe? We can give them all coordinating gifts, like scooters, in between the birthday hooplah and have everyone playing at once!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/PiercedEars.jpg" alt="Pierced Ears, 3 of Spades Left by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (left); Crusin' 8/08 - Black, Ribbon, Stickers; Fizz 1/07 - Dark Pink, Light Pink; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;<br /><br />When the girls were ready to get their ears pierced they picked out their most fabulous dress up outfits, put on some fancy shoes, and strutted their stuff through Walmart! We set up our appointment with the nicest lady on staff and she had lollipops for them plus certificates that she'd printed at home and it was quite the event!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/BenJerrys.jpg" alt="Ben and Jerrys, 3 of Spades Left by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (left); Matrix 7/08 - Red, Blue, Gold; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;<br />Unknown Alphabet Stickers;<br /><br />Not only did the kids love the ice cream and factory tour at Ben & Jerry's, but the girls were also so proud to use their own money on souvenirs!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/3sldino.jpg" alt="Dinosaur, 3 of Spades Left Digital Layout by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Great Outdoors 10/07 - Digital Kit;<br />Font: Concrete Shoes;<br /><br />With the size of this dinosaur, he just needed to be a big and tall photo! This time I happened to scrap the layout digitally, but there's no reason why you can't spread one photo across multiple mattes on a physical layout!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/ChildrensCousin.jpg" alt="Childrens Museum 2009, 3 of Spades Right by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (right); Matrix 7/08 - Red, Blue; Stratosphere 4/07 - Fuchsia Print; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;<br /><br />I really do love when my kids get to "help" out with a younger child on an outing! They loved looking after their little cousin at Boston's Children's Museum this Spring!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/MarshHunt.jpg" alt="Marsh Hunt, 3 of Spades Left by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (left); Common Threads 3/09 - Teal, Green, Lilac Print; Hybrid Ink Pad - Sapphire;<br /><br />Of course, they also have fun with cousins who are the same age and a little older than they are! This time, my cousins were sharing their neighborhood park to my children before they moved away! :(<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/higher.jpg" alt="Highest, 3 of Spades Left Digital Layout by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap Digital: Common Threads 3/09 - Print10, Stamp03, QDDL6; Body & Soul 5/08 - DP03, DP04, DP11, DP14, Fbr02;<br />ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2 - 3 of Spades Left;<br /><br />On this digital layout, I layered up elements from the Body & Soul and Common Threads kits to get my own backgrounds and overlays for the layout. Just another day at the park with everyone trying to outswing one another!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/3Spades.jpg" alt="3 of Spades formula, ALSB Idea Deck Vol. 2" border="1" /></center><br /><br />Thought I'd throw in a little peek at the basic design of the 3 of Spades card so that you can see where I rearranged things and added more to it!<br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-81475082406466065282009-06-29T10:09:00.002-05:002009-06-29T11:02:56.978-05:0010 Cards Using Herringbone and the ALCM Idea Deck<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">Club Scrap has tons of great ideas to help you with card making! Every month the Club Stamp Rap (full color newsletter that comes with the monthly Club Stamp membership kit) includes images of 15 great cards that are often created by members, using that month's kit. There are often tips and techniques scattered throughout the Sr, Jr, Club Stamp, and Digital Raps that either deal directly with cards or translate easily to them. There is also a full set of free instructions available to members to help them make 15 cards using the optional monthly Greeting to Go side order. And then there are countless videos in the Cinema with more ideas... And finally, the awesome ALCM (Assembly line Card Making) Idea Deck which has 52 idea cards with full cutting instructions so that you can transform a few sheets of 12x12 and/or 8.5x11 papers into a set of coordinating cards! A <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/images/tutorials/PSLCards.pdf" target="links">sampling</a> of these cards were given away for free during the last PSL (Pro Scrapping League, a multi-week challenge to work as teams to create layouts and/or cards, competing for prizes and discounts... a brand new <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/news/summercamp" target="links">Summer Camp PSL</a> is opening up on July 6th)!<br /><br />Today, I'm going to share 2 new cards that I made using the Herringbone Technique that was just featured in a recent CS Cinema episode and some cards that I made during the last PSL using the 5 of Hearts card from the ALCM deck and papers from the <a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2007/09/20-vintage-alsb-layouts.html">Vintage Choice Collection</a>! Enjoy!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/HBBdayWings.jpg" alt="Happy Birthday Card, Wings with Herringbone by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Birthday CSt WM Stamp; Milestones 12/08 - Plain Paper in Soft White; Wings 7/05 - Plain Paper in Apricot, Brown, Dark Blue, Light Blue, and Mustard; Hybrid Ink Pad in Earth; Herringbone Technique;<br />Carpet Tape;<br /><br />The Herringbone Technique was features in the Henna 5/09 Club Stamp Rap and there is also a great <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/cinema?task=videodirectlink&id=159" target="links">video</a> up in Club Scrap's cinema that teaches the technique! Basically you take thin scraps of cardstock and adhere them to carpet tape (from the hardware store) or another equally sticky surface, and lay them out in a Herringbone-like pattern then trim away! very simple and lovely! Use plain cardstock, printed papers, or stamp all over them before cutting... use left over scraps or cut up some extra paper, anything goes! It's a really great way to use up tiny scrap from your projects! I wound up diving into my ziplock baggies with old scraps in them and trimmed the strips to some skinnier pieces!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/HBBdayColl.jpg" alt="Birthday Card, Collections and Herringbone Technique by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Birthday CSt WM Stamp; Collections 6/06 - Plain Paper in Red, Saddle Brown, Tan, and Teal;<br />Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Stream;<br />Carpet Tape;<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/5HDIYRhapXtra.jpg" alt="5 of Hearts ALCM Cards using Vintage Choice DIY papers by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Idea Deck Assembly Line Card Making - 5 of Hearts; Vintage Choice Kit: DIY Green Block Print, DIY Light Tan; Extra Extra 6/04 - UM; Rhapsody 3/07 - UM; Refresh 2/07 - UM;<br />Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pads - Latte, Starfish Green, Meadow; Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain;<br /><br />What do two sheets of 12x12 paper do when thrown into a PSL final challenge? Why, pair up with the Assembly Line Cardmaking Idea Deck's <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/images/tutorials/PSLCards.pdf" target="links">5 of Hearts</a> and become a quick set of 4 cards, of course! And I love this recipe since it creates cards which fit into standard invitation sized envelopes while also working quite easily with printed papers and stamps! Or toss some simple embellishments onto the smaller rectangle to finish out the cards!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/5HDIYTS.jpg" alt="5 of Hearts ALCM Cards using Vintage Choice DIY papers by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Idea Deck Assembly Line Card Making - 5 of Hearts; Vintage Choice Kit: DIY Purple Print, Time & Space Mauve Dust; Ivory Elegance - UM; Chapter One UM; Unknown Flowers and Brads; FFC Ways of Stamping - UM; Palette Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;<br />Colorbox: Unknown Purple Ink;<br /><br />Stay tuned for some more ALCM Idea Deck cards, coming soon!<br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-58759207693410235692009-06-25T09:44:00.004-05:002009-06-25T09:53:36.940-05:00Trash Menagerie at PEM with 2 Digital Layouts<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">The Peabody Essex Museum has a new and wonderful exhibit called Trash Menagerie which features an array of animal sculptures made from recycled and reclaimed materials! They have a few themed special events still coming up and the exhibit will be on display until May 1, 2010! Below are just a few pieces from the installation! <a href="http://pem.org/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=83" target="links">http://pem.org/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=83</a><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/TrashButterfly.jpg" alt="Sulphur Blue Smeck digital layout by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - QDDL3; Digital Inked Edges Vol 1 - 4x4, 12x12c;<br /><br />I layered up a border by inverting the color on the Quick Drop Digital Layout and added back the original color by pasting it over the brown version and using Ctrl-G after laying inked borders over the background.<br /><br />Sulphur Blue Smeck, 2005, Michelle Stitzlein, mixed junk, 62x84x11 inches.<br /><br />"Recycling is not only one of the most creative arts but it also needs some imagination and lots of skills to perfect. Michelle Stitzlein is an artist who has both these creative skills along with tons of patience. Michelle has created a dazzling “Moth” series of recycled artwork made from items including car license plates, car parts, piano keys, broken china ware, tin cans, electric wire and bottle caps among other stuff that might just be rusting in your garage." <a href="http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-arts-michelle-stitzlein-s-recycled-moth-sculptures/" target="links">http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-arts-michelle-stitzlein-s-recycled-moth-sculptures/</a><br /><br /><center><img alt="Plastiquarium digital layout by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Plastiquarium.jpg" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Template3; Perfect Ten 2009 - Plain5, Print8, Print10, Tag22;<br />Font: Santana Black;<br /><br />Raggedtailed Dragon Fish, 2007, David Edgar, 30 x 64 x 9 inches, mixed recycled plastic. (I still need to get the title of the larger piece.)<br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-51152292830347475402009-06-23T15:46:00.008-05:002009-06-23T18:08:12.146-05:008 Layouts of my Son<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/layouts/SebekCollage.jpg" border="0" alt="Sebek Collage" border="0" width="0" height="0"><br />In honor of his birthday, I'm posting 8 recent layouts of my son, over the years! Please forgive me for the photos of layouts, I took them quickly when I had just made them and planned to scan them in, but I want to get them posted today! Half are paper and the other half are digital layouts, enjoy!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/layouts/Cent6Tattoo.jpg" alt="Tattoo by Neith Juch" border="0"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Centennial - Classic ALSB #6;<br />Scrapbook Takeout - Antique Autumn 11/08 - Chipboard Stickers; Pot Pourri 7/08 - Thickers Glitter Chipboard Alphabet Roller Rink Tangerine Gold; Eclectica 6/08 - Maya Road Stitched Ribbon;<br /><br />These first three layouts are from the waiting period before his little sisters were born, when he got to take a visit to my parent's house to hang out, get tattooed, and take a night visit to the beach!<br /><br /><center><img alt="Whats Up by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/layouts/Ret06WhatsUpbk.jpg" border="0"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Retreat 2006 - Let Me Count the Way Design Classic ALSB;<br />Scrapbook Takeout: Antique Autumn 11/08 - Felt Bird Shapes, Basic Grey Designer Rub Ons; Eclectica 6/08 - American Crafts Vinyl Stickers in Orange Sprinkles;<br />Ranger: Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap;<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/layouts/TSSbkNight7399.jpg" alt="Stargazing July 3 1999 by Neith Juch" border="0"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Time & Space ALSB;<br />Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic 5/08 - Thickers Velvet in Cream; Ribbon;<br />Basic Grey: Distressing Kit (used on photo edges to file away some of the image);<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/layouts/Bugs12SbkCake.jpg" alt="Birthday Cake for Sebek by Neith Juch" border="0"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Bugs Remix 08 - ALSB #12 (includes Generations, Interior Designs, Retreat Cream, plus Bugs artwork);<br /><br />Sebek and his friends were busy checking out his birthday cake complete with a painted on puzzle scene and handmade chocolate critters on top! You've got to love his shushing while they sang to him!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/MDaySbk06.jpg" alt="Mothers Day Speech 2006 by Neith Juch" border="0"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap Digital Kits: Common Threads 3/09 - Print1, EMBXtra1, EMBXtra2, EMBXtra3; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Template2, EMBFiber09; Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Plain4; Serengeti 11/07 - CS06, CS08; PSL 09 Prize - 4b;<br /><br />It was such an unexpected treat to hear Sebek read his essay about me in front of his entire class!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/9HLArret2.jpg" alt="Arret by Neith Juch" border="0"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Academy 8/07 Digital Kit; Digital Inked Edges Vol. 1; Assembly Line Scrapbooking Idea Deck Vol. 2 - 9 of Hearts Left;<br /><br />Not only was Montreal's Botanical Gardens filled with lovely plants and butterflies, but there was a small school playset in the middle of the greenhouse and Sebek had a blast in it!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/UrbanLegendMontreal.jpg" alt="Urban Legend by Neith Juch" border="0"></center><br /><br />Gimme a Ring Template; Inked Edges Vol 1, Artifacts BBF;<br /><br />On out last trip to Montreal we were surprised by an array of street art stenciled onto the sidewalks and crosswalks! Since Sebek is named after the Egyptian crocodile god, I had to scrap this photo right away! I used the photograph of the title as my background "paper" and added the crocodile back in, creeping over the frame from the Gimme a Ring digital template!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/FloatingPClips.jpg" alt="Floating Paperclips by Neith Juch" border="0"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap Digital: Avant Garde 3/08 - DPaper11, DPaper12, Tag63, Tag80, Tag87, Xtra74; Be Still 9/07 - Xtra02;<br />Font: Clingy;<br /><br />On our last visit to the Boston Museum of Science, we got to perform experiments! Here's one shot where Sebek and Jay successfully floated a paperclip on top of a glass of water!<br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-15956459964515236922009-06-22T12:54:00.006-05:002009-06-22T13:58:52.481-05:005 Layouts From my Childhood and my Children's<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">Here are a few layouts that I completed earlier, some digital, some physical! You may notice that I create 8.5"x11" layouts for my life before kids... I just love being able to work in different sizes without having to create mini books all the time. So, years ago I decided to scrap in 12"x12" for my main albums and 8.5"x11" as my "Book of Me" and have never regretted it! Plus, for those older photos, I'll often only have one image per event or just smaller photographs!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/LocalBirthday.jpg" alt="My 10th Birthday with Local Friends by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Bridges 2/08 - Dark Brown Plain; Academy 8/07 - Tan 8.5x11 Print; Autumn Splendor 10/04 - Dark Brown Plain;<br />Scrapbook Takeout: Journal - Scenic Route Save the Date Chipboard Circles;<br />Cuttlebug: Funky Circle Frames;<br />Ranger: Adirondack Ink Pad - Espresso; Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain;<br />Zig: Memory Writer - Chocolate;<br /><br />When I saw the "Save the Date" and "Good Times" chipboard shapes, I just had to break out those "funky circle" die cuts and get playing! The slightly brown tinted photograph worked well with an assortment of brown cardstock, inks, and embellishments for a fun layout!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/Disney88.jpg" alt="Disney World, 1988 by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br />Club Scrap: Chapter One 6/07 - Blue Print, Blue Plain, Stencil;<br />Scrapbook Takeout: Tell Your Story 3/08 - Jenni Bowlin Printed Tickets; 7 Gypsies 97% Complete Stickers Inspiration, Heidi Swapp Journaling Spots Mini Stars and Moons;<br />Making Memories - Transparency;<br /><br />I just loved taking this photo and layering up a frame for it, starting with a transparency and cardstock, then overlapping stickers and embellishments, and text printed and painted onto the background paper! And I worked to pick up the main colors from the photo, blues, pink, white, and grey<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ALSB/FishBait.jpg" alt="Fish Bait ALSB Layout by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - Jack of Spades (left); Cruisin' 8/08 - Translucent Print, Light Coral, Black, Stickers;<br /><br />Forgive me for the quality of this photo, but it really helps to show off the sparkles in the papers from the Cruisin' 8/08 kit! All but the translucent paper have the full sparkles when you look at them in real life... but using them for fishing photos wasn't what I expected! However I think it worked out great! I moved the photos just a little from the plan on the ALSB recipe card and added some skinny scrap strips to echo the strips in my daughters' jackets and love how it all fell into place! And the girls always have a blast at the Cub Scout Fishing Derby, never afraid to get their hands dirty!<br /><br /><center><img alt="Hula Hooping Digital Layout by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Hula.jpg" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap Digital Kits: Common Threads 3/09 - Plain1, Template4; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Print6; Cruisin' 8/08 - DP05; Fizz 1/07 - Trans22; Wheel & Sprocket 8/06 - Trans25; Let Me Count the Way Digi Demo - Paper04; Digi Inked Edges Vol. 1 - 12x12b;<br /><br />The template from the Common Threads 3/09 Digital Kit is SO FUN! You can alter the style of each layer and cut all kinds of papers and colors to fill them, move things all around to your heart's content! It just screamed out Hula Hoops to me! With our vibrant photos of the Hawaiian themed weekend on the ski slopes with the Girl Scouts, I just had to go bright and load on the colors! I grabbed the shadow from another photo of my daughter hula-hooping and added it in turquoise to the background, then added a few digital stamps from some favorite past kits and digitally inked edges to finish off the layout.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Quack.jpg" alt="Quack! Are we having fun now! Digital Layout by Neith Juch" border="0" /></center><br /><br />Club Scrap Digital: Artifacts 2/09 - Plain5; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Plain2; Bistro 7/07 - CS07, CS08; Surf's Up! 7/06 - Trans17, Trans22; Oh Baby - Trans09, Trans24; Inked Edges Vol 1 - 12x12c;<br /><br />For this layout, I was inspired by Kim B's layouts in the 3/09 DigiRaps with all of the great vertical lines and small photos with embellishments sharing on vertical strip! And with the cartoony duck photo prop, I had to get a little cartoony on my layout! I switched the photo to black and white and upped the contrast, then gave it a bold black border stroke. I found the great dotted frame from Surf's Up and selected the border for the frame, stroked it in a new layer, and moved it to the side! When I grabbed the dotted line and text images, I also applied a heavy border stroke to them in black, but chose to ink the edges of the paper strips. I grabbed the great duck stamp and "colored" it in with the background yellow paper as the final touch!<br /><br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-44795738494384503712009-06-20T20:13:00.004-05:002009-06-20T20:23:56.862-05:00Sumi Painting ATC Cards and Display<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ATCs/ATCDisplay.jpg" border="0" alt="Pure and Simple Sumi Painting ATCs and Display Stand by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />When the April 2009 Pure & Simple SR Kit came out it included a Sumi paintbrush and some instructions, in the Scrap Rap, to help you learn a few different traditional Sumi designs! I tried my hand at a few of them, and some others, and some came out great, while others were OK ;) It'll take some getting used to, but it's such a fun thing to try and the black watercolor paint is incredible for very solid abstract patterns that remind me of the Zentangles that we did at the 2008 Main Retreat! And, since the Club Stamp kit included an awesome ATC Art Display (complete with an easel and a tacky mount to stick ATCs on and off of the display whenever you feel like it), I just had to put it together! I think that I'll add a few small mirrored tiles/rhinestones to the display, but I'm loving solid black with the rich texture for now!<br /><br />Now, I'm anxiously waiting for my shipment of the two brand new Crafter Classics, Nature's Wonders in vibrant fucshia, lime, and lavendar... plus Color in Black & White in bold primaries (and b&w, of course)!<br /><br />Club Scrap - Pure & Simple 4/09: Niji Black Watercolor Tube, Sumi Paintbrush, SR Scrap Rap painting instructions, Borders & Backgrounds UM Stamps, CSt UM Stamps, CSt Project ATC Art Display, Spring Green, Black, Grey, and White Papers;<br />Ranger - Nick Bantock Collection: Chartreuse Leaf; Adirondack Dye Ink: Citrus, Lettuce; Adirondack Pigment Ink: Pitch Black;<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/ATCs/PSATCs.jpg" border="0" alt="Pure and Simple Sumi Painting ATCs by Neith Juch"></center></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-70199704917220193182009-06-03T07:06:00.004-05:002009-06-03T07:21:29.754-05:00The ICA Boston Art Lab on Concrete Jungle Digital<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/ICAArtLab.jpg" border="0" alt="The ICA Boston Art Lab on Concrete Jungle Digital by Neith Juch"></center><br />The ICA Boston Art Lab<br />No trip to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston could be complete without some time in the Art Lab! On this visit we got to experiment with family and self portraits while being inspired by the creativity of other visitors! This month's kit had the perfect designs and colors to complement our photos, from bold pop icons to vibrant color schemes, and a slightly subdued digital print created the perfect backdrop!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.icaboston.org" target="links">http://www.icaboston.org</a> 4/25/09<br /><br />Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 Digital Sr Kit - DigiBG1, Font13, FontA2, FontC, FontI2, Font02, Print6, Sticker04, WMCS; Inked Edges Vol 1 - 12x12b;<br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-23257956918365708912009-05-19T10:47:00.030-05:002014-04-22T11:53:24.811-05:00Current FFC Kits (as of 9/10/09)<div style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">
Update: Two brand new Crafter Classics are out! Color in Black & White and Nature's Wonders! Check out a sneak preview on <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/New-FFC-Collections--Enabler-Alert-.html" target="links">Karen's Club Scrap Blog</a>!<br />
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I'm sorry that I don't yet have images loaded for each of these, but I'm working on it! For those that aren't already on my blog, I've linked to the Club Scrap Gallerias and blog posts of the kits wherever it is possible! If you need to see anything else, <a href="mailto:neithj@gmail.com">contact me</a> because I may have some in progress, subpar, images that I can send! I'll be trying to get each of these kits up on my blog as soon as I can!<br />
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Current FFC Exclusive 6 Page ALSB Kits:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Celebrating-our-Birthiversary...html" target="links">Amber Waves</a></li>
<li>Bonsai Garden</li>
<li>Chapter One</li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Desert-Rose-FFC-Pages.html" target="links">Desert Rose</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=168" target="links">Dream in Indigo</a> (low stock)</li>
<li>Extra! Extra! (low stock)</li>
<li>Grape Jelly (low stock)</li>
<li>Musical (aka Red Holiday)</li>
<li>Phone a Friend</li>
<li>Plum & Vine (aka Sugar Plum Holiday)</li>
<li>Tropical Paradise (low stock)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Happy-Fathers-Day...-well-soon-.html" target="links">Workbench</a></li>
</ul>
Current FFC Crafter Classics Kits:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=164" target="links">Chocolate Shoppe Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/New-FFC-Collections--Enabler-Alert-.html" target="links">Color in Black & White Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/New-FFC-Collections--Enabler-Alert-.html" target="links">Nature's Wonders Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=162" target="links">Orient Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2009/07/10-layouts-polynesian-crafter-classics.html">Polynesian Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=165" target="links">Refresh Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=166" target="links">Road Trip Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=167" target="links">Tuscany Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/07/beaded-and-wired-mini-book-by-seashore.html">Unmounted </a><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/07/beaded-and-wired-mini-book-by-seashore.html">Borders & Background </a><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/07/beaded-and-wired-mini-book-by-seashore.html">By The Seashore Remix</a></li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Chocolate Shoppe</li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Color in Black & White</li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Nature's Wonders</li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Orient Remix</li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Polynesian Remix</li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounes Refresh</li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounes Road Trip</li>
<li>Unmounted Borders & Backgrounds Tuscany Remix</li>
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Additional Current FFC Exclusives:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=117" target="links">Hometown Design Classics 10 Page ALSB Kit</a> (low stock)</li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/04/serengeti-design-classic-kit-12-great.html">Serengeti Sampler 12 Page ALSB Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=102" target="links">Cruisin' 8/08 Greetings to Go 15 Greeting Card Kit</a></li>
<li>Basic Cardmaking Collection (low stock)</li>
<li>Brights Cardmaking Collection</li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2007/02/march-10th-hand-stitched-journal-class.html">Paper Bag Book (the current version uses the 8.5x11 Kraft print from Chapter One Sr 6/07, but I also have them in other designs)</a></li>
<li>Unmounted You're Invited Stamps</li>
</ul>
Other Available Past and/or Exclusive Kits:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=146" target="links">A Very Groovy Christmas Bright 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=146" target="links">A Very Groovy Christmas Classic 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Bright-Colors-Fun-Pages-.html" target="links">Beach Party 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Braggin-rights....html" target="links">Blue Lagoon 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/07/carnival-alsb-kit-6-fun-summertime.html">Carnival 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a> (comes with County Fair Stencil)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Cherries-Jubilee-FFC-Pages.html" target="links">Cherries Jubilee</a></li>
<li>Coral Reef 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/05/ffc-exclusive-alsb-kits-salsa-spicy-and.html">Dancin' With the Stars 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a> (comes with Time & Space Stencil)</li>
<li>Daisy Fields 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</li>
<li>Focus on the Arts #1 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</li>
<li>Focus on the Arts #2 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/04/cub-scout-layouts-with-friendship-ffc.html">Friendship I 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Its-a-charmed-life...-1772.html" target="links">Hip to be Square 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/05/love-is-in-air-cards-envelopes-ffc-alsb.html">Love 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a> (comes with free Glimmer Mist)</li>
<li>Musical Interlude 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/main-blogs/Whats-Black-and-White-with-Red-all-over-Red-Hot--1909.html" target="links">Red Hot! 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</a> </li>
<li>Royal Court 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</li>
<li>Wings 6 Page FFC ALSB Kit</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=157" style="text-decoration: none;" target="links">Architecture FFC Crafter Classic Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-crafter-classics.html">By The Seashore 2 Remix Crafter Classic Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/gallery?func=viewcategory&catid=158" target="links">Literary FFC Crafter Classic Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/09/safari-classics-meet-recycling.html">Safari FFC Crafter Classic Kit</a></li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2008/04/serengeti-design-classic-kit-12-great.html">Serengeti FFC Design Classics</a></li>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2007/10/overflowing-centennial-kit.html">Centennial Collection</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2007/07/12-layouts-using-down-to-earth-405-kit.html">Down to Earth Sr 4/05 Anniversary ALSB</a></li>
<li>Extra! Extra! CSt UM Stamps</li>
<li>Farmer's Market JR</li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2007/09/20-vintage-alsb-layouts.html">Vintage Choice Collection</a></li>
<li>Workbench Sr 8/05 Anniversary ALSB</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2007/09/butterflies-and-swirls-when-handmade.html">Bistro 7/07 CSt Album Purse</a></li>
<li>Cutest Little Canvas in Town Kits in To You With Love and Fossils themes</li>
<li><a href="http://neithj.blogspot.com/2007/07/army-tribute-gate-fold-flag-book.html">Gatefold Flag Book Kits in Asian Artisan, Evergreen, Friendship, Poetic, and To You With Love themes</a></li>
<li>Perpetual Calendar Project (in assorted designs)</li>
</ul>
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Updated 9/10/09</div>
Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-78744857559334326622009-05-09T00:06:00.005-05:002009-05-19T14:12:42.179-05:00Help Kids Help Kids Charity Bazaar<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><br><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Kid%20Creations/KB3_4.jpg" border="0" alt="Beaded Charm Bracelets by Uatchet, Nekhebet, and Neith Juch"></center><br><br /><br>On Saturday, May 9th, my girls and I will be at the Help Kids Help Kids Charity Bazaar in the Framingham Circle Furniture from 10AM until 1PM! The store is at 235 Worcester Road (Rt 9W) in Framingham, MA and there will be mutliple groups of children selling their handmade items to raise money for charities of their choice! It's a wonderful way to pick up a last minute Mother's Day gift, to treat your kids to something in the midst of the Mother's Day weekend, and so much more!<br><br>Our table will feature a few dozen handmade beaded charm bracelets (mostly using acrylic, metal, and fimo beads/charms instead of glass and stone), marine life earrings and pendants, and some yummy baked goods! Maybe even a little more! My daughters and their friends designed each of the bracelets and I've been working hard to finish assembling them!<br><br><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Kid%20Creations/KB1_2.jpg" border="0" alt="Beaded Charm Bracelets by Uatchet, Nekhebet, and Neith Juch"></center><br><br /><br>100% of the sales at our table will go to The Lowell Wish Project <a target="_links" href="http://www.thewishproject.org"></a> which is a wonderful charity that helps provide new and used goods for many other charities, homeless shelters, emergency items in the event of fires and illnesses, families transitioning to apartments from the shelters, and so much more! We felt that it was really important to try and help families that are suffering during these ever-shifting economical times and we've seen families that have benefited directly from this organization, so we knew that we had to raise money for them!<br><br>We'd love to see some of you there, or learn about the projects that you are doing in your own family to help make a difference! Thanks!<br><br /><br><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Kid%20Creations/KB5_6.jpg" border="0" alt="Beaded Charm Bracelets by Uatchet, Nekhebet, and Neith Juch"></center><br></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-60041893300085335522009-03-10T09:58:00.009-05:002009-05-19T14:14:40.068-05:00Card Donation Drive for Soldiers to Use<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><br><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/MissYouMirrorMirror.jpg" border="0" alt="Way to Go Card by Neith Juch/"></center><br>Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror - Greetings to Go, UM Stamps; Ranger: Adirondack Inks - Espresso, Stonewashed, Pesto; Seashells Inks - Starfish Green; Glossy Paper; <br /><br />My daughters and I are working on a bunch of packages to send overseas to soldiers serving the Army in Iraq! We've got three wonderful guys who are currently serving there and have promised to distribute all of our goodies to as many fellow soldiers as they can and to be sure and share with those who don't get many care packages from home. But beyond the regular treats, we thought of something else that they could really use! We're sending them unused handmade cards that they can in turn send home to their loved ones, and they don't have to pay postage, the military does!<br /><br />We're looking for more people who would love to send us cards for them... Very good themes include I Miss You, ILove You, Happy Birthday, ThankYou, blank cards, etc. We'd also love a few Father's Day cards to send this month! Everything is welcome, but maybe refrain from 20 glittering pink butterflies in a row as most of the people sending these will be men who may shy away from picking those cards in front of their platoon! :) But plenty have little girls at home, still!<br /><br />If we have more than these guys can handle, I'm talking to them about trying to maybe set up a basketful at their post office with a freebie sign so that everyone there can scoop them up! And we'll get the girls' Brownie troop more involved in collecting additional cards, stationary, and soldiers to help distribute in Iraq & Afghanistan! I already have a huge thank you to DanaM, Cheryl M, and Pam G for already helping!<br /><br />Just send me an email at neithj@gmail.com and I'll send you out our mailing address!<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Neith<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/ThinkingOYPaisley.jpg" border="0" alt="Thinking of You card by Neith Juch"></center><br>Club Scrap: Paisley 3/06 - papers; FFC You're Invited - UM; Club Scrap Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth; Assembly Line Cardmaking - 9 of Spades;<br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-51752311903297978522009-02-02T18:53:00.003-05:002009-05-19T14:14:50.692-05:00Artifacts Digital Layouts<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><br><center><img border="0" alt="Happy Memories Digital Layout by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/HappyMemoriesAtMOS.jpg"><br>Club Scrap: Artifacts 2/09 Digital - BBF07, Print2, Print3, Tag02, Xtra02;<br><br><img border="0" alt="Happy Memories Digital Layout by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/HappyMMOSDeconstructed.jpg"></center><br><br>Do you have any photos of a fun subject in motion, but the photo is just a tad bit dull? Pump it up in PSE by layering the photo on top of itself and using Blending Style >> Multiply on it a few times. Your colors and shadows will become more vivid and give that photo some kick! You can also apply the same tricks to the great frame style Xtra from this kit (I used Xtra02 to frame my photo) and even the prints! You can even capitalize on the art's style by applying Effects >> Drop Shadows >> Fill/Outline to a die cut section of print and text for a fun shadow!<br><br><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Millipede.jpg" border="0" alt="Millipede Digital Layout by Neith Juch"><br>Club Scrap: Artifacts 2/09 Digital - Plain5, Print1, Tag07, Xtra01, Xtra04-10, Xtra12, BBFont; My own inked edges;</center><br><br /><br>The little framed Xtras in this month's kit are incredibly handy! Use them as backdrops for your text, layer them up with various blending styles to tone down and pump up one another, and even supersize them for incredible watercolor-style borders for your page and page elements! By using the blending modes of Multiply or Overlay, you'll wind up not only with incredible borders, but it will also help you create a more even toned layout, and let you have some fun while you are at it!<br><br>Plus, the swirls in so many of the kits elements seemed like the perfect match for this Giant African Millipede that we met recently!<br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-52889388823579060862009-01-22T21:49:00.006-05:002009-05-19T14:14:59.437-05:00Pro Scrapbookers League<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><center><img border="0" alt="228 Blogged PSL Layouts" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/228PostedPSL.jpg"><br><font size="1">These are "just" 228 of the layouts that I completed in last year's PSLs! These are the only ones I managed to blog about so far!</font></center><br><br>Visit <A href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/news/proscrapbookersleague">http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/news/proscrapbookersleague</A> to sign up for this season's <B>Club Scrap Pro Scrapbookers League</B>!<br><br><BLOCKQUOTE>"What is it?<br />Club Scrap's® Pro Scrapbookers League™ is a fun and exciting place where everyone's a winner! We developed the league in response to papercrafters all over the world who were hoarding their fabulous Club Scrap® materials. Through the utilization of Club Scrap's® own Assembly Line Scrapbooking™ and Cardmaking this league makes scrapbooking a sport by creating teams for camaraderie, presenting weekly crafting challenges for productivity, and offering exceptional discounts and prizes for participating. Don't miss out on this incredible experience at Club Scrap®!"</BLOCKQUOTE><br><br><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/jaccarney/pslblinkiegeneral.gif" border="0" hspace="3" vspace="3" align="right">Last time around, I made over 350 new layouts between two PSL sessions... some from scratch, some using previously assembled pages that needed photographs! It's a great way to inspire yourself to get to work, to sort your photos and print them, create cards, and so much more! You get to see tons of new layouts and cards each week created by so many different people... You'll get extra-credit challenges every week to help inspire you to create in new ways or just jump start your thought process. In the past there have been bonus page design guides given freely to all participants!<br><br>And... you can win discounts and free product! Or, sign up for the new non-competitive team to go at whatever pace your heart desires! There are also teams for traditional paper scrapping, digital scrapping, and card making!<br><br>I can't wait to see you there!<br><br><center><img border="0" alt="123 Un-Blogged PSL Layouts by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/123UnpostedPSL.jpg"><br><font size="1">These are another 123 layouts that I completed during last year's PSLs... many just have blurry photos and no scans yet!</font></center><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-47056502671299482962009-01-21T13:24:00.009-05:002009-05-19T14:15:12.588-05:00North Shore Music Theatre - Digital Layout, Freebie, & More!<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/HSM2_web.jpg" border="0" alt="High School Musical 2 at NWMT by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Club Stamp Digital Kit;<br />Adobe: PSE 7.0 Cookie Cutter Shapes, Layer Effects and Styles; Altered Hues;<br />Font: Honey Script;<br /><br />Thanks to my mother, my girls and their cousin were able to go to one of the last scheduled performances at the incredible <a href="http://nsmt.org" target="links">North Shore Music Theater</a>! After watching the High School Musical 2 show, the cast came out to request donations in a final attempt to keep the theater open and a large number of them walked around with donation buckets, while the leads gathered at a table to sign autographs and take photographs with their fans. The girls were thrilled to pose with Addi McDaniel, who played Gabriella!<br /><br />It was a magical performance that was so special to them and so trendy... but feeling like a part of the effort to keep the theater open is what will keep this particular musical dear to their hearts forever!<br /><br />About a week after the show, NSMT announced that they have one more performance scheduled for February 7th, 2009. It will be a stage production of <a href="http://www.nsmt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=653&Itemid=1" target="links"><i>Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day</i></a>! It may be just a hair young for us, but we can't miss it at only $10 and potentially being the final performance ever at this 55 year old not-for-profit theater in the round!<br /><br />Anyhow, if you've ever enjoyed a performance at this theater or want to support it, please go to their <a href="http://nsmt.org">website</a> and help out! There is hope that enough donation will keep it afloat while it continues to provide live theatre, concerts, and more to the North Shore community, provide teacher's guides and discounted or free admission to schools, and teach theater arts directly to our youth at their academy!<br /><br /><hr><br /><br />On another note... I enjoyed making this layout so much that I created a free digital template from it, a 2-layer Quick Drop Digital Layout for <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/swaps/details/70-digital-page-swap-january-6qx6q-demo-kit-csjacqueline" target="links">Club Scrap's 6x6 Page Swap</a> using their <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/shop/free-digi-demo" target="links">Free Digital Demo</a>, and another layout based on the swap page! <br /><br />I can't give out the layered QDDL here, since it uses Club Scrap's materials, even though they are freebies. Please grab yourself one of the kits and join the swap! Layouts are due by the end of the month! But here is a preview of it (the actual swap players will get it as two flat jpegs without a white box for a photo since I'm too anal to want to control anyone else's photo dimensions)! However, the free digital template that I've created matches this layout, but is 12x12 and saved in grayscale. Please download the full template at <a href="http://neithj.googlepages.com/NeithTemplateStarsSqr.zip" target="links">http://neithj.googlepages.com/NeithTemplateStarsSqr.zip</a>!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://neithj.googlepages.com/NeithTemplateStarsSqr.zip" target="links"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Templates/NeithStarsTemplateSample.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Digital Template by Neith Juch"></a> <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-community/swaps/details/70-digital-page-swap-january-6qx6q-demo-kit-csjacqueline" target="links"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Templates/NeithStarsQDDLSample.jpg" border="0" alt="Neith's 6x6 QDDL Sample Image for Club Scrap's 6x6 Digital Page Swap"></a></center><br /><br />And... here is that other layout... Unfortunately I did not use my own camera this Christmas and am still waiting for the high res copies of everyone else's photos, so I only have this grainy emailed photo for now! Rest assured, the photo will be replaced by the higher quality image as soon as I have it! This layout used my new template as well as the <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/shop/free-digi-demo" target="links">Club Scrap Free Digital Kit Let Me Count the Ways</a>!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/StarsXmas08.jpg" border="0" alt="Christmas 2008 on the Stairs"></center><br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-80897836576826123242009-01-17T11:28:00.007-05:002009-05-19T14:15:24.384-05:00Milestones Books with Rainbow Inks<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/RainbowInkBooks.jpg" border="0" alt="Milestones Rainbow Inked Books"></center><br /><br />To create these papers, we're going to use Ranger's Posh Impressions Rainbow Sponge Inks, but ditch the sponges! Instead we'll be monoprinting with a combination of the Rainbow Inks and the Perfect Ink Refresher and then using a brayer with the Rainbow Inks and water from a Mini Mister, we'll imitate the technique from <a href="http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/12/12-tags-of-c-10.html" target="links">Tag 11 of Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas 2008</a> but use the Rainbow Inks instead of Distress Ink Pads!<br /><br />All of the juicy details, plus some step-by-step photos, can be found as a tutorial in the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rangerinklink/" target="links">Ranger Ink Link Yahoo Group</a>'s files as a Guest Inkling for today! If you haven't joined yet, it's a great little group with tons of great designers, store owners, and crafters of all levels... plus tons of Ranger "experts" (including their signature artists) to help inspire you and answer any questions! Each month, I host a new challenge, sponsored by Ranger, with three random winners who get sent some awesome loot direct from Ranger! Every group member is welcome to play along and the challenges vary from product or technique to theme based challenges! And, every week, there is a new Inkling chock full of directions to create a new project or technique!<br /><br />Supplies Used<ul><li>Ranger: Posh Impressions Rainbow Sponge Ink Earthones in Eggplant & Butterscotch plus French Country in Kiwi; Perfect Ink Refresher; Non Stick Craft Mat; Brayer; Mini Mister; Adirondack Alcohol Inks in Denim, Eggplant, Lettuce, and Pearl; Ink Applicator Tool; Perfect Medium; Gold Embossing Powder; Heat Tool; Adirondack Dye Ink Pad in Eggplant;</li><li>Club Scrap: Milestones 12/08 Create Milsetones CSt UM Stamps, B&B UM Stamps, Digi Green Tea Print, and Boysenberry, Earl Grey, Green Tea, & Soft White Plain Cardstock;</li><li>Bind It All: 1/2" Black;</li><li>Glossy Paper;</li><li>Manila Tag;</li><li>Craft Iron;</li><br><li>Gloves (These are optional, but if you don't use them you will have TONS of ink all over your hands and deeply embedded in your fingernails.)</ul><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-14660683362188929462008-12-05T16:50:00.007-05:002009-05-19T14:15:48.633-05:00Gauntlet Gloves<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><center><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Gauntlets.jpg" border="0" alt="Gauntlets by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap Digital Demo Kit Let Me Count The Ways 2/06;<br /><br />To create this layout, I used the template from the and new <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/shop/free-digi-demo" target="links">Free Digital Demo Kit</a> and chose my own papers, altered the sizes and layer styles of each element, and added inked edges to the two main papers.<br /><br />We've been working hard on donations for the church fair! I coordinated and ran projects with the youth group to create a number of items to sell, made more goodies on my own, and worked with my kids to create even more! These <i>gauntlet</i> style gloves were inspired by both Selena Gomez's character in Wizards of Waverly Place and the clearance children's knitting machine that we found and have made tons of knit tubes from! (Note that the gloves will actually sell in matched pairs, but I needed to take a sample photo to display!) The kids probably cranked out about half of the gloves and I stitched thumb holes into them... we're also donating some cards, gift bags, crochet produce bags, and amigurumi catnip treats! Wish us luck with the sales tomorrow!<br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-54757188411280696212008-12-01T16:46:00.008-05:002009-05-19T14:15:57.452-05:00Nature's Bounty and Beauty - 3 Digital Layouts<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/TopsfieldFair.jpg" border="0" alt="Topsfield Fair 2008 by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Milestones 12/08 CS DigiKit;<br /><br />Really get the colors to pop on your prints by layering on another copy of the same print (or a solid) and applying the Layer Style of Overlay to it! Be sure to grab colors from your page to use for your fonts.<br /><br />Sometimes a crisp and clean color block treatment is just what you need for a layout! To create a perfect color block in PSE, Click on View: Grid and use Edit: Preferences to adjust the spacing of your grid lines. You'll want to check off View: Snap To: Grid. You can resize elements to fit within the gridlines and also use the rectangular marquee tool in order to cut away anything that falls outside of the grid lines that you want to use.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/ThoreauLake.jpg" border="0" alt="Thoreau's Lake by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Refresh 2/07 DigiGoodies; Scan of my own inked edge paper;<br /><br />There are times when a photo speaks for itself and very little else is needed... and other times when you just want to add an image to a favorite quote.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/OceanMeetsSky.jpg" border="0" alt=" by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Body and Soul 5/08 DigiGoodies;<br /><br />I know that I have more photos of Lynch Park than I can count... but I have spent so much time there between my own childhood and sharing it with my children. I think that this is the only very low tide photo that I've scrapped though!<br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-14901886683826113252008-11-25T12:43:00.009-05:002009-05-19T14:16:05.065-05:00Embed Morse Code, Etc Into Your Layouts<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">Are you looking for more creative ways to title your layouts? Have you thought about using a code? You could try converting your message to <a target="links" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_system">binary code</a> (like my husband did with my birthday candles last night!), <a target="links" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code">morse code</a>, <a target="links" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille">braille</a> or anything you dream up! In this layout, the knotted rope spells out "ROPE" to go along with a photo where I was learning and practicing rope coiling, but had also learned morse code, knot typing, and a whole lot more at our extended field trip to <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/" target="links">Mystic Seaport</a>!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/LearningTheRopes.jpg" border="0" alt="Learning the Ropes"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Academy 8/07 - B&B UM Stamps; Interior Designs 11/06 - Brown Plain; Retreat 2006 - Translucent Print; Wild Wild West 10/05 - Brick Plain; Scrapbook Takeout: Adventures in Altering 8/07 - Heidi Swapp Raw Chipboard Alphabet Lemonade Stand; Zig: Memory Writer - Pure Chocolate; Packing Cord (titled with a morse code pattern);<br /><br />If you don't want to incorporate it into the title, what about using it for a background pattern? There are so many ways to hide messages in your art! Another cool idea is to include your message in a pattern for knitting or crocheting! Knitty Gritty had Adina Klein in <a href="http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_dkng/episode/0,2046,DIY_18180_43406,00.html" target="links">Episode DKNG-410</a> with her Fibonacci Knitting designs. Uncommon Threads featured Barry Klein and Fayla Reiss demonstrating how they use dates, converted to numbers, to create crochet plaid patterns in episode <a href="http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_needle_arts/article/0,2025,DIY_13768_5526636,00.html" target="links">DUCT-242</a>.<br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-52152283563961146192008-11-21T18:47:00.009-05:002009-05-19T14:16:20.484-05:00Mirror Mirror Kit - 2 Cards and 1 DigiLayout<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">I really adore the color combination in the newest Club Scrap kit! I've always been a big fan of greens and browns for scrapbooking... Lately, it seems my kids are always dressed in shades of browns, greens, and blues! So the colors worked wonderfully for the book that I just posted, but they also work great for all kinds of other things! Here are a few examples!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/JoyCard.jpg" border="0" alt="Christmas Joy Card by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: 11/08 Mirror Mirror Light Celery, Dark Celery, Brown, B&B UM Stamps; 2008 Old World Christmas: Greetings UM Stamps; 2008 Holiday Projects: Holiday Collection Stencil; 6/2000 Heritage: Journaling Stencil; Club Scrap Earth Hybrid Ink Pad; ColorBox Stylus Tool; <a href="http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/component/seyret/?task=videodirectlink&id=13" target="links">Holiday Ornament Stencil Tutorial Video</a>;Ranger - Distress Stickles: Walnut Stain;<br /><br />Club Scrap has been filling its new Cinema with loads of wonderful project and technique videos to help you create! They even have a gorgeous video to help with techniques for using the holiday ornament stencil that I used on this card! I added some Distress Stickles to the ornaments and the torn edge on my card, added lines inked through the journaling stencil, and more using the great stripes stamp from the Mirror Mirror kit, both straight on and as a second generation of stamping for the distressed background.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/DayAndNightCardFront.jpg" border="0" alt="Day and Night Card by Neith Juch, front"></center><br /><br />This cute little day and night card combines the papers from this month's Club Scrap kit with some patterned paper and stamps from Scrapbook Takeout. When you open the card, you have a little night scene off in the corner!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/cards/DayAndNightCardInside.jpg" border="0" alt="Day and Night Card by Neith Juch, inside"></center><br /><br />Scrapbook Takeout: June 08 Eclectica: Unmounted Stamps; July 08 Potpourri - Unmounted Stamps; Dream Street Cafe Chic Lounge and Fashionista Paper; <br />Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Paper in Robins Egg Blue, Dark Celery, Light Celery, Brown, and White; <br />Ranger: Archival Ink Pad in Coffee;<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Digital/Barista.jpg" border="0" alt="Barista by Neith Juch"></center><br /><br />You'd think that he was a movie star to see my children react to their cousin serving them at Starbucks! So, it seemed only proper to give him the star treatment in this layout! The Expanded Art overlay provided a wonderful, yet masculine, glam for the page! I used the magic wand to select all of the black and gray in the overlay and then used the Adjust Hue/Saturation enhancement to colorize it and turn it to a dark green. To create a colorful custom title, I cut small pieces of the printed tags to fit inside of the font!<br /><br />Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror CSt Digital Kit; <br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-30854968754017089252008-11-20T12:36:00.009-05:002009-05-19T14:16:28.727-05:00Travelogue Wired Book<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/TravelogueSpine.jpg"></center><br /><br />A great way to commemorate a special trip is to create a small coffee table album! To simplify things and to unify the album, pick one color palette for your papers, embellishments, and inks or paints. Choose a small selection of stamps and use them to create accents, borders, decorative strips, etc. In no time you'll have a gorgeous little album to keep or give to whomever shared the journey with you!<br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/TravelogueCoverOpen.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/TravelogueInsideOpen.jpg"></center><br /><br />I created this originally for a challenge with a specific set of embellishments and stamps to draw from, just added the inks, paints, paper, and binding! I plan to bring it with me to Thanksgiving and have my mom, grandma, and the girls add the journaling since they were all there, but I wasn't!<br /><br />Supplies Used:<br /><ul><li>Scrapbook Takeout: April 08 Graffiti Artist - Heidie Swapp Mini Chipboard Variety Set; June 08 Eclectica: Unmounted Stamps, American Crafts Treehouse Chipboard Shapes, Hambly Brocade Overlay; July 08 Potpourri Works: Unmounted Stamps; August 08 Summer Splash: Maya Road Sheer Journaling Card; Prima Flowers; October 08 Scrap Harvest: My Minds Eye Everyday Journaling Card, My Minds Eye Happy Journaling Card, My Minds Eye Scroll Die Cut, My Minds Eye Happy Graph Transparency, My Minds Eye Coastal "Celebrate" Chipboard Accessories, My Minds Eye Mellow "Happy" Assortment Tags, Kaiser Craft Wooden Button Flowers; Kaiser Craft Rhinestones, Bazzill Crochet Blossom, Dream Street Cafe Chic Lounge and Venti Latte Paper;</li><li>Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Beads and Paper in Robins Egg Blue, Dark Celery, Light Celery, and Brown; Wired Book Design; Waxed Linen Thread;</li><li>Ranger: Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Aqua and Lettuce; Adirondack Dye Ink in Ocean Aqua; Adirondack Pigment Ink in Snow White, Archival Ink Pad in Coffee; Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso and Paint in Yellow Pastel and Saddle Brown;</li><li>Jewelry Wire;</li></ul><br /><br /><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue1_2.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue3_4.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue5_6.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue7_8.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue9_10.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue11_12.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue13_14.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue15_16.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue17_18.jpg"></center><br><br><center><img border="0" alt="Travelogue Book by Neith Juch" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Handmade%20Books/Travelogue19_20.jpg"></center><br /><br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4745593113330883835.post-842591783677701452008-11-11T08:38:00.003-05:002008-11-20T18:47:47.435-05:00The College Years - 6 Layouts & 1 Postcard<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;">Ahh, college... It's a time when you have full freedom to reimagine yourself in any way that you wish. You have no permanent career or meetings with your children's school for which you have to maintain proper appearances. You can be you. I do miss feeling free to dye my hair, write and read lots of poetry, etc and may go back to it all one day, but for now, I'll scrap it!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/FadeAwayAndRadiate.jpg" border="0" alt="Fade Away and Radiate"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Simply Beautiful 5/07 - Green 8.5x11 Print, Green Cut Out, Rose Plain, Rose Cut Out, Lilac Print, Lilac Cut Out, Beads, Paper Flower, Mini Brad, UM Stamps; Big & Tall 2004 - UM Font; Road Trip 3/05 - UM Font;<br />Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Espresso;<br />Blue Moon Beads: Gold Head Pin;<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/Roots.jpg" border="0" alt="Roots"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Generations 4/08 - Translucent Print, JR WM Stamp; Farmer's Market 10/06 - Pumpkin Plain; Paisley 3/06 - Burnt Orange Print, Olive 8.5x11 CSt Print, UM Stamps; <br />Scrapbook Takeout: 8/07 Adventures in Altering Kit - Maya Road Fresh Chipboard Scroll Corners; Grungeboard Alphabet (as stencil);<br />Ranger: Adirondack Ink Pads - Espresso, Pesto, Rust; Distress Crackle Paint - Dried Marigold;<br />Zig: Memory Writer - Chocolate;<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/postcardofme.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard of Me"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Egyptian 8/03 - Rollergraph Stamp, UM Stamps, Stencil;<br />StampFrancisco - Nebti Stamp;<br />Ranger: Adirondack Ink in Caramel and Latte;<br />Clearsnap: Fluid Chalk Ink, ColorBox Stylus Tool;<br /><br />Hymn to the goddess Neith, unknown source:<br />Most ancient Mother<br />Great Radiant One,<br />Lady of the Stars,<br />Mistress of the Celestial Ocean<br />Highest Judge,<br />Fiery One who rose from the Primordial Floods,<br />It is Neit who reaches down from the heavens<br />to take the hands of each who dies,<br />taking them into Her arms<br />to place them as stars of the universe,<br />each to light Her perfect body<br />with an emerald light,<br />sowing mortals upon Her heavenly self,<br />as others sow the green plants of the fields.<br />Though if Her anger was provoked<br />She might cause the sky to crash upon the ground,<br />still She was Mother of All<br />broad winged Goddess who protects from evil,<br />who defends the good with bow and arrow,<br />as She once defended those ancient priestesses<br />who took Her name:<br />Neit Hotep,<br />Meryet Neit,<br />Her Neit,<br />priestess queens who ruled when Egypt was young,<br />when only women served at Neit's altars,<br />each knowing throughout her life<br />that she would one day glisten as a star<br />upon the measureless body of the Mother of Heaven. <br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/1995ncooksl.jpg" border="0" alt="Cooking in 1995"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Culinary 3/04 - Frame Stamp, UM B&B Stamps, White 8.5x11 JR Print, Olive 8.5x11 JR Print, Silver Translucent 8.5x11 JR Print Green Plain, Silver Plain, Burgundy Plain;<br />Stayzon: Olive;<br />Unknown Silver Ink Pad;<br />Sizzix: Sizzlits Alphabet;<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/Ordeal.jpg" border="0" alt="Ordeal by Nina Cassian"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Generations 4/08 - DP01;<br />Font: Keetano ATL My Gangsta;<br />Adobe PSE5.0: Altered Hues; Altered Contrast; Drop Shadows;<br /><br />Ordeal<br />I promise to make you more alive than you’ve ever been.<br />For the first time you’ll see your pores opening<br />like gills of fish and you’ll hear<br />the noise of blood in galleries<br />and feel light gliding over your corneas<br />like the dragging of a dress across the floor.<br />For the first time, you’ll note gravity’s prick<br />like a thorn in your heel,<br />and your shoulder blades will hurt<br />from the imperative of wings.<br />I promise to make you so alive that<br />the fall of dust on furniture will deafen you,<br />and you’ll feel your eyebrows like two wounds forming<br />and your memories will seem to begin<br />with the creation of the world.<br /><br />by Nina Cassian<br />translated by Michael Impey and Brian Swann<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/TheFogHorn.jpg" border="0" alt="The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: 05/08 Body & Soul DigiKit - DP04; Interior Designs 11/06 - Xtra37;Font: Font Garden - FG Adrian;<br />Adobe PSE5.0: Altered Hues; Drop Shadows;<br /><br />The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury<br />(an excerpt in which McDunn speaks)<br /><br />“I’ll make a voice like all of time and all the fog that<br />ever was; I’ll make a voice that is like an empty bed<br />beside you all night long, and like an empty house when<br />you open the door, and like trees in autumn with no<br />leaves. A sound like the birds flying south, crying, and a<br />sound like November wind and the sea on the hard, cold<br />shore. I’ll make a sound that’s so alone that no one<br />can miss it, that whoever hears it will weep in their<br />souls and hearths will seem warmer, and being inside<br />will seem better to all those who hear it in the distant<br />towns. I’ll make a sound and an apparatus and they’ll<br />call it a Fog Horn and whoever hears it will know the<br />sadness of eternity and the briefness of life.”<br /><br /><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/neithj/Book%20of%20Me/TheSpectator.jpg" border="0" alt="The Spectator by Neith C Juch"></center><br /><br />Club Scrap: Body & Soul 5/08 DigiKit - DP06; Tran08;<br />Font: Exocet;<br />Adobe PSE5.0: Altered Hues;<br /></div>Neith Juchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744173984509845285noreply@blogger.com1