Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day! Today my kids marched with their Scout groups in our town's annual Memorial Day Parade and ceremonies... plus I have some layouts and cards to share with you from past holidays, elections, military service, and more!


Club Scrap: Freedom 2003 - Flag Print;
Ranger: Distress Ink Pad - Tea Dye;
Vintage Ephemera;

The kids and I made a series of these little Squash Books and sent them, with other gifts, to the Army soldiers that we adopted the last time that my brother was serving in Iraq.


Club Scrap Digital 1/08 A Study in Red papers, tags, and ribbons with altered hues; Font Gardens FG William computer font;
Layout is my take on Bistro's Sr ALSB Layout #1.

Journaling reads: January, 2008
Chris has only just returned to Iraq for a second tour of duty. From this photo it seems perfectly clear that the front infantry is where he has wanted to be all along. I may never understand, but it is what he wants.


Club Scrap: Surf's Up 7/06 - UM Stamp; Mosaic Twist 1/05 - Blue; Freedom 2003 - Red;
Vintage Ephemera;
Personal Stash - Fabric Flower, Mini Brad, White Ink Pad;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB #7; Farmer's Market 11/06 - Leaf; Freedom 2003 - Flag Print , Blue Print, Red Print;
Sticker;

These recreations of National Monuments were created by my son's 4th grade class!






Club Scrap: Crafter Retreat 07 - ALSB Scramble; Academy 8/07 - Brown Plain, Tan 8.5x11 Print; Interior Designs 11/05 - Right Companion Stair Print on Brown; Collections 6/06 - UM Font; Poetic 9/03 - Blue Plain;
Ranger: Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Gold;

We happened upon this Flag Retirement Ceremony being given by an Eagle Scout candidate in Lynch Park. It was an amazing ceremony filled with history about our flag, beautiful music tied in, and a large Flag Retirement Ceremony for the town.





Club Scrap: Sparkle 12/07 - UM Stamps; Time & Space 12/04 - ALSB #9 & 10, Gold Plain, Star White Galaxy Print; It's a Boy/It's a Girl 2006 - UM Font;
Ranger: Archival Ink Pad - Grape;

Tripods, delayed photos, and long shutter exposures are your friends if you want to capture shots of a fireworks display! Or, call them Fireflowers, like the Korean translation for fireworks! :)


Club Scrap: Down To Earth 4/05 - Lt Green; County Fair 7/04 - Green; Workbench 8/05 - Green; Unknown - Dark Green; Americana 2001 - Stencil;
Tsukineko: Brilliance - Pearlescent Ivy, Rocket Red, Galaxy Gold;
Stippling through a stencil;






Club Scrap: Crafter Retreat 07 - ALSB Scramble; Poetic 9/03 - Brown Print, Brown Plain, Blue Plain; Heritage II 6/00 - Journaling Stencil;
Scrapbook Takeout: Clearly Speaking 7/07 - Hambly Screen Prints Rub-Ons in Vintage Motifs Black;
Stewart Superior: Memories Ink Pad in
Art Print Brown;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Unfortunately, when we visited the Statue of Liberty, they weren't releasing tickets to climb up inside of her... but the kids were still in awe!

Club Scrap: PSL ALSB #8; Freedom 2003 - Flag Print , Blue Print, Red Print;
Making Memories: Alphabet Rub-Ons - Heidi Small White;

We saw this amazing display when we visited Ellis Island. At first glimpse it's just a representation of our flag, but as you pass it it transforms into photographs of Americans from all walks of life.







Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Dark Red Plain; Sparkle 12/07 - Blue Metallic Plain; English Garden 5/04 - Library Pocket Stencil; Freedom 2003 - Blue Print, Red Print, Translucent 8.5x11 Foil Print;
Scrapbook Takeout: Adventures in Altering 8/07 - Chipboard Numbers;
American Crafts: Pigment Pro Marker - Blue;

At the time of the last presidential election, my kids were very revved up about voting from both their parents and their school! They saw everyone out holding election signs and wanted to be a part of it, especially when they saw people parking at town hall to pick kids up from school and not voting earlier in the year... So we made up very impartial signs and they got permission to hold them in front of town hall to remind people to vote, even with kids in tow! I think my kids have only missed going to the polls with us once in their lives!


Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Dark Red Plain; Sparkle 12/07 - Blue Metallic Plain; Freedom 2003 - White Print, Translucent 8.5x11 Foil Print;

During high school, our Governor was running for President and came by a youth center where I served on the board. The photo is of him with our two exchange students! I'm sorry that this layout scanned so poorly, but it's chock full of metallic and foil finishes that don't like my scanner!

9 Layouts, 1 Digital Hybrid Card, and Tons of Free ALSB Instructions!

I just had to share a few more creations before posting more FFC Exclusive kits!

The first is a Digital Hybrid Invitation that I made with the brand new Club Scrap After 5 Digital Kit... Log into http://clubscrapchat.com tonight at 7 PM Central for a live online class with Jacqueline Carney, using this kit!

After that, I have a bunch of layouts to share using my favorite ALSB instructions from Club Scrap's Pro Scrapbooking League Scrapper Bowl Scramble Challenge! In under two days, Club Scrap challenged us to create as many layouts as we could, using any of the 28 new ALSB designs that they released for the challenge! Download all of the layouts for free at http://www.clubscrap.com/08PSLScramble.pdf! In this post I'm just using the instructions for layouts 11, 12, 15, and 16!

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Club Scrap: After 5 2008 Digital Kit - DP02, DP05, DP08, Expansion16, Expansion17, Tran03, Tran07, Tran11; Sparkle 12/07 - Brown Metallic Paper; Serengeti 11/07 - Yellow Paper;
Font: Spellbound;
Ranger: Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Ink;

Planning a fun get together? Grab a few kit elements, create an exciting layout, print it as a photo and slap it on some coordinating paper mattes, pop it in the mail, et voila! You're sure to have a full house!

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Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #11; Farmer's Market 10/06 Digital Kit - CSBlue, CSLeaf, CSPBlue, CSPBrown2, CSPPumpkin Trans Sunrise;
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0; Blend Modes - Difference, Exclusion, Overlay; Altered Hues, Sharpen; Drop Shadows;
Font: Zero & Zero Is;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #11; Bistro 7/07 - Gold; Chapter One 6/07 - Red; Stratosphere 4/07 - Dark Blue; Refresh 3/07 - Dark Green; DIY 2003 - UM Font;
Ranger: Adirondack Pigment Ink Pads - Pitch Black, Snow White;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #11; Retro 9/06 - Dark Raspberry; Wheel & Sprocket 8/06 - Black Print, Red Plain, Purple Cut Outs; Evergreen 12/03 - Green Handmade;

Note: There will be a companion page with journaling about this trip in a tow truck... the girls got official police authorization to share a seat and it got a bit funny, especially when we had a police escort in the breakdown lane during a traffic jam!


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #12; Avant Garde 3/08 - Light Aqua Sr Print; Chapter One 6/07 - Red; Stratosphere 4/07 - Dark Blue, Jr Alphabet Stickers; Refresh 3/07 - Dark Green; DIY 2003 - UM Font;
Ranger: Adirondack Pigment Ink Pads - Pitch Black;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #12; Avant Garde 3/08 - UM Stamps, Starburst Stencil; Bistro 7/07 - Grape; Farmer's Market 10/06 - Blue, Leaf; Wings 7/05 - Apricot Raised Print;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pads - Ginger, Pitch Black;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #16; Avant Garde 3/08 - UM Stamps; Sparkle 12/07 - Brown Metallic; Serengeti 11/07 - Brown, Dark Teal, Light Teal; Farmer's Market 10/06 - Leaf;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Pitch Black;






Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #16; Serengeti 11/07 - Yellow, Brown; Fossils 8/04 - Rust Print, Kraft Print, Green, Jr Alphabet Stickers;


Club Scrap: PSL ALSB Scramble #16; Sparkle 12/07 - Brown Metallic; Serengeti 11/07 - Brown, Dark Teal, Light Teal; Farmer's Market 10/06 - Leaf;
CTMH: Make New Friends UM Stamps;
Crayola: Watercolor Paints;
K&Co: Brownies Scrap Pad;

Note: I used up a bunch of scraps on this layout! Not only did I use tiny cuts from my Club Scrap scraps, but also unused remnants from a cardmaking event that I put on for our Brownie troop!

Korean Heritage Layouts

I raided my husband's old photo album recently and dug up a number of photos from his childhood in South Korea to scrap! Here are a few of them!


Club Scrap: Sparkle 12/07 - Brown Metallic; The Written Word 11/05 - Stenci;, Autumn Splendor 10/04 - Medium Brown, Dark Brown; To You With Love 2/04 - Halos Snap; Hearth and Home 10/03 - Door Print; Fibers;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Ginger; Ink Applicator Tool;

This layout actually opens up to show LOTS of room for hidden journaling or additional photos behind the barn doors! The photo is of my husband at his grandparent's tobacco farm where he was raised. When I finish scrapping all of his childhood photos this will be the cover page and he's got to fill the inside with memories!



Club Scrap: Generations 4/08 Digital Kit - Paper03, Paper12, Exp01, Exp03, Trans25, Trans33;
Font: UnGungseo;

One Korean tradition is that on a child's 1st birthday, all children are dressed in traditional Korean clothing and have their photos taken. This photo is from my husband's first birthday! I also made use of two of the brand new DigiExpansion elements that Club Scrap is now creating for each new kit!

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The next five layouts are digital layouts, all using the Classic half of the Centennial Kit, to see more, especially from the casual half, please click here! The digital kit is still available to order through me and, even though Club Scrap is sold out on the full original kits, I have a few that are still available for purchase or for a workshop! If you decide to ALSB the papers, you will get 26 gorgeous 12x12 layouts and have enough left over for an 8.5x11 layout or a few cards, plus embellishments and a large collage stamp for even more!

Also, I used some of the digital transparencies as a stencil to create a more stippled and antiqued appearance. To do so, apply a transparency, or even text, onto a new layer, then select the area that the image takes up and in another new layer, use the paintbrush tool to fill the image in. Choose a soft or stippled brush, or really any that you prefer, and you'll get a great effect! Then simply hide or delete the layer with the original transparency to let the background show through your stenciled work!


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #21, Tran08;

Another Korean tradition is to celebrate your child's 100th day! (Or round things off and celebrate at their 3rd month birthday.) In the past, infant mortality rates were higher and keeping visitors away for the first 100 days of a child's life was a very smart move that Korean families made. After the 100 days had passed, if your child was healthy it was likely that the baby would survive and, instead of having a baby shower before the child was born or a pile of visitors at the hospital, it was time to celebrate! Not only do you invite everyone to visit and feed them tons of traditional foods, but it's also time for some portraits! Traditionally, boys would be nude and girls would be dressed in traditional Korean clothing, but Jay's parents went for a little modesty here... And I think my husband might not forgive me if I posted his nude baby photos on my blog!


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #15, Tran01;

This is another photo at the family farm, on a visit from Jay's parents. Like many Korean families of the time, Jay was raised as a young child by his grandparents while his parents sought a way to move to the United States. For part of this time, his mother lived in Hawaii while serving with the Red Cross and his father worked for Korean Air.


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #23, Tran01, Xtra41;


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #17, Tran03, Tran24;


Club Scrap: Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - ALSB #24; Farmer's Market 10/06 Digital Kit - Tran RemChild;

These photos are of a traditional Korean drum performance and then a shot with one of the drums!

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Here are a few previously posted layouts that deal with the family's Korean heritage... Please, click on each to go to the blog post with larger images and descriptions!

Digital Templates - 9 New Layouts & 1 Free Template

Starting in 2008, Club Scrap has begun offering Digital Templates to use for your layouts. These are layered images that you can add any digital papers, embellishments, and photos to while using the same layout structure completely, or partially. To help visualize the process, I've included a picture of each layout's components as well as the finished layout... and at the bottom of this post you can get a free template that I created!




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #1, CS01, CS02, CS07, Fbr01, Fbr06, Tag30;
Fonts: The King & Queen; Passions Conflict;

The photos are of an installation at our favorite local art museum from last year! I used the first template in the From the Heart kit on this one and warped a few sizes, rotated and resized the inked edges to add them to the photos, and altered the hues.




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #1's inked edges; Serengeti 11/07 Digital Kit- CS05,CS06, CS07, CS08; Refresh 2/07 - Trans04, Trans05, Trans16, Trans17, Trans18;
Font: Dali;

I used only the inked edges from From the Heart 2008 DigiTemplate #1, altered hues, and "die cut" the digital papers.

The Sentinel by Thomas Frederick Hoppin c. 1851, one of the first large scale bronze sculptures case in the United States and installed at Roger Williams Parks Zoo where it is a favorite of many children. 9/17/2006




Club Scrap: A Study In Red 1/08 Digital Kit - ALSB Layout 03, CS08, CS09, Fibr05, Tag19, Xtra14; From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template 10;
Font: Passions Conflict;

I combined an ALSB Layout with a different template and some additional elements to create a layout somewhere in between the two!




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #10; Be Still 9/07 Digital Kit - Trans05; Centennial 2007 Digital Kit - CS01, CS03, CS04, CS07, CS09, Fibers10, Fibers11, Trans08, Xtra47;
Aquiline Two Font;

From a Native American Festival that my mom took the kids and some Russian exchange students to... the kids & my mother made those corn husk dolls!





I borrowed the overlapping photos from the template, actually borrowing from my layered Corn Husk Doll layout, to create this insert for my coffee tumbler.




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - DigiTemplate #7; Rhapsody 3/07 Digital Kit - CS01, CS05, CS10, Trans05, Trans06, Trans11, Trans15, Trans22;
Font: Belisa Plumilla Manual;




Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 Digital Kit - CS01, CS03, CS08, Tag24; From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #5, Fbr02, Fbr05;
Font: Concrete Shoes;
Lyrics from Oreo Candy Bites Commercial, sung by Melanie Horsnell of Forever Thursday;




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #3; Surf's Up! 7/06 Digital Kit - CSBlue, CSDkGreen, CSPSalmon2, Fiber09, Trans02, Trans15;
Font: Hobby;




Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Template #2; Sparkle 12/07 Digital Kit - CS01, CS02, CS10, CS11, Fbr03, Fbr14, Tran20, Tran22, Xtra15;
Font: Passions Conflict;



These three layouts each used templates from their respective digital kits and the details can be found in their blog post by clicking on the thumbnails above! The two from Bridges 2/08 stay fairly true to the templates, but the Avant Garde 3/08 layout only uses the chrome ring from the template.


Club Scrap: Avant Garde 3/08 Digital Kit - Apricot JR Print 05, White JR Print 06;
Font Garden: FG Amelia Computer Font;
Scan of my own hand-drawn lines;
Photoshop Elements: Distort - Warp;

This is a layout that I created using the Avant Garde 3/08 Digital Kit along with scans of my own doodles, the Distort: Wave Filter, and some drop shadows. I've included a free template for you to make this layout! Please right-click to save this link. http://neithj.googlepages.com/TemplateScribbleStrips.psd