Fangirl Inspiration

Heard it from a friend who...
heard it from a friend who...
heard it from another........some awesome scrappy inspiration! (I just can't resist an excuse to sing me some REO Speedwagon!)

Anyway...here's how it went down today:

I was listening to one of my favorite scrappy podcasts - The Scrap Gals Podcast

And wanted to chit chat, so I headed over to their Facebook group - The Scrap Gals Community

When Tracie, one of their hosts, posted a link to this YouTube video by designer and amazingly beautiful scrapbooker Paige Evans - 143 Layouts

Oh my goodness! For one thing, 143 layouts in a year! And ...just look how gorgeous they are! What talent...and so much inspiration!

So, I just loved her layouts with cut out mosaic-y type shapes, with splashes of patterned paper underneath - I immediately had to try to create something like it for myself.

Here's one of the layouts that inspired me: Paige Evans heart cut out layout

And this is the digital layout I created. It's a 6 x 8 layout created in Photoshop CS5. I drew the star myself in Photoshop. All of the papers and elements are from the Just Jaimee March Storyteller Kit except for the washi tape which is by Jenn Barrette.

So...to all my scrappy friends - thanks for the inspiration!

~ Tiffany



PS: Here's a PNG file of the star I made so you can create your own mosaic layout! You can use it in Photoshop or trace it in Silhouette Studio to make a cut file. Enjoy!

Confessions of a Podcast Addict

Podcasts...oh how I adore them! The boring stuff of life - laundry, dishes, long car rides - it's all so much more exciting when listening to a scrapbooking podcast! Thanks to podcasts, I almost look forward to folding underwear...well, almost.

Seriously...if I can't actually *be* scrapbooking, I can at least be listening to people talk about scrapbooking! One of my favorite podcasts is the Paperclipping Roundtable - Noell Hyman, and all of her cool scrappy guests, teamed up with her hilarious producer/husband Izzy. Is it totally weird that I talk back to them while pairing socks? And...it's totally free to listen to them...unbelievable! They get such cool scrappy guests to hang out with them - Stacy Julian, Shimelle Laine, Jennifer Wilson, Amy Tan, Ali Edwards...ooh, look at me write down names like they are all my best friends!!! My real best friends aren't scrapbookers, so I hope it's okay that I have virtually adopted all the Roundtable ladies (and Izzy), in a totally not creepy-stalkerish kind of way...really :) I love all of your awesome ideas!

...anyway, usually as I'm listening to the podcast, I'm inspired to dive into my supplies and get scrapping as soon as I can. The Paperclipping site also has a paid subscription to awesome scrapbooking videos, and this is a layout that I was inspired to create after watching one of them. Noell made a layout using Project Life cards on a traditional 12 x 12 layout, so I decided to try the same thing. I'm super happy about how it came out...what do you think?



Supplies:
- Project Life Heidi Swapp Foil Kit
- Project Life Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste Edition
- Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine papers

Fangirling on: Paperclipping and the Paperclipping Roundtable Podcast

Happy scrapping everyone! ...and go fold that laundry!

Today was Beautiful

I just love scrapbooking the seasons - and where I live, we have all of them! Winter can sometimes make me long for palm trees, but when it does a sunset like this, I don't mind the snow as much!

This layout also gives me a chance to fangirl about one of my fav digi scrapping sites - The Daily Digi! I've been a subscriber to their Digi Files since 2011, and I loooove getting a pile of awesome digi supplies every month - I've got quite a library now,and this stash doesn't even take up space in my scrap room - yee ha!!

For this layout, I did a keyword search on my Digi Files folder for the word "sunset." I didn't really find any sunset themed kits, but I did find this perfect word block that exactly fit this layout!

Then I did a search on "snow" and found the cool snowflake painty swirls that I recolored to match. Using the search feature is an awesome way to use my digi stash!

But, I wouldn't want to leave my paper supplies out, so I grabbed an old EK Success snowflake punch and punched a couple of snowflakes out of paper I had in my stash to add the finishing touch.

And...fyi...I don't get any kick-backs from the places and stuff I'm fangirling over - I'm just all about sharing the love!



Supplies:

All former Digi Files Kits
- Arizona Autumn by Gina Cabrera
- Snow Flurries by Southern Creek Designs
EK Success snowflake punch
DCWV purple cardstock

Fangirling on: The Daily Digi

Fangirling Scrapbooking across the Internet

I love it! I want to shout it from the rooftops! I want to share my latest supplies, a cool scrappy site, my latest layout...and my friends nod politely and pat me on the head. *sigh*

So...a blog - a blog where I can fangirl all I want about scrapbooking! Yay! And I love it all...traditional paper stuff, digital stuff, hybrid stuff, iPhone stuff, cool photography stuff...bring it on!

So here's where I'll share my love of all things scrapbooking - my fav scrappy people, scrappy stuff, and scrappy layouts. Feel free to fangirl, fanboy, or fanperson along with me...let's get scrappy!

Yay scrapbooking!