LAYOUT ARTIST COMPETITION 2012 AT DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING STUDIO

I should have blogged about this special event from the time it started but I never thought I could come this far.  I made to the FINAL ROUND of the 2012 LAYOUT ARTIST COMPETITION AT THE STUDIO!! Could you believe that? I honestly never thought I will make it to the finals.  I know very few people there and I see fewer comments on my work, still I made it.  Thank you so much  to my friends , creative team members who know and supported me and the designers who voted for me. Let me show you the kits and layouts from the start of the contest

ROUND 1

The first kit was BLACK HOLES by Nibbles Skribbles

I was honestly disappointed at first.  Not because of the kit but because the first thing that came to my mind is I have to make a boy layout.  I am not really good in making boy layouts.hihi. I am quiite scared to make it look girlie. I am glad I made it through the next round though. Here is what I did. Thanks to my model... 

our grandson Aiden

ROUND 2

This time we are asked to use a template

TEMPLATES VOL.1 :OPPOSITES ATTRACTS

BY

AIMEE HARRISON DESIGN STUDIOS

Again , I was worried at first glance. It's only recently that I enjoyed using templates but I don't know if I am good at templates already.  I am glad though that it is better to use the templates as is so it could be recognized .  That's what I do. This time... thank you to our adorable twin grand daughters for making me move on to the next round and of course to Aimee for her gorgeous templates. Will definitely use the others again. I would like to give credits to  the following.  They are kits and designers who entered for the Next Designer Contest 2012 also at the Studio. 

The main kit I used is Moonrise Lullaby by Queen Bee Scraps
The blue and white flowers and the paper mat for small photos and lavender button are from Moonrise by EM
Got the stars scatter and fern leaves from Blue Moon by Jessica’s Sweet Nothings
Beige brad and leaves from Under The Moon by Keep In Touch Designs

ROUND 3

This time we were asked to make a layout

with these gorgeous collab

INDIAN SUMMER BY CARIN GROBE DESIGNS (DELI SCRAPS BY MIN)AND JANETB DESIGNS

This time I feel more relaxed because I love the autumn colors. I love everything in the collab. The problem is

I want perfect pictures and I personally don't have some. I wanted it to be autumn themed but we don't have autumn here. LOL. I know that my friend Linda Perrota has lots of them so I used photos of Joelle. Thank you Linda for opening your gallery to me. Big Big Hugs to you.  .  Basing it on all the comments I got from the shop,  I am happy with what I did. hihihi

THE FINAL ROUND

Now we do the

SEPTEMBER 2012 MEGA:OLD SCHOOL
BY THE STUDIO DESIGNERS

At first, I felt sad. When you say "old school", the perfect photos I need should be something old or vintage. I don't have them. I lost my old school pics. My children's photos are not digital.  Our scanner was not installed yet. But I remember what one designer I used to CT for (Stephanne Moorehead of Snips and Snails Designs) advised me. I don't always have to use photos that matches the title or the theme of the kit. As a CT it is good to show the versatility of the kit you are using . Well, my photos are not old but they go with the theme "school". hihi. Thanks again to my friend Linda Perrota for my first layout. I used her grandson Luke's pictures. The second layout is of course, our Princess Iya.

Credits:
ADB Designs
Aimee Harrison Design Studio
Design by Ambershaw
Digilicious Designs
Janet B Designs
Linda Cumberland Designs
Nibbles Skribbles
Photos are from my friend Linda Perrota
Font is Tommy's First Alphabet

Credits:
The Urban Fairy
Sweet Made Inc.
Snickerdoodle Designs
Scrappy Cocoa
Piggy Scraps Designs
Mad Genius Designs
Nursery font is Sweetie Pie

I don't know if I will win but one thing I am very sure of is I had so much fun.  The contest help me improve my skills. It challenged me to be a better scrapper . Thank you so much for having contests like this. I am not surprised why there are a lot of participants.  You store is full of fantastic designers .  Any scrapper would  want to be part of your creative team. Thank you for giving us the chance.  

MORE POWER TO THE STUDIO

HAPPY SCRAPPING

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

FALLIN BY BEE CREATION

FALLIN by Bee Creation . A gorgeous kit of 18 Papers and 98 Elements for creations amazing scenic and stunning layouts. Packs of 7 Clusters and 6 Quickpages are also available individually.  For bigger savings, get them all as a Mega pack. Check out her stores now!

DIGIDESIGNRESORT / DIGISCRAPBOOKINGCH  / SCRAP FROM FRANCE / SCRAPWISHES

 The Mega Pack

 

Here is a layout I made using a photo of Ellie.

Thank you to Nancy Farnum for this beautiful photo.

Also I would like to give credit to

WORD ART WORLD BY JENNIFER

for the wordart I used.  It is from her wordart pack MY FAVORITES

at Gotta Pixel and Scrapbook-Bytes

Please check out Bee Creations's Commercial Use Products too

 

HAPPY SCRAPPING EVERYONE

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

EVERYDAY IS A MIRACLE BY FELI DESIGNS

EVERYDAY IS A MIRACLE by Feli Designs.  Another gorgeous kit in  very elegant colors of gold, beige, brown and my fav... blue! The kit includes 10 backgrounds and 43 elements.  Packs of Arrangements,  Wordarts , Alpha and Quickpages are also available.  To save more, you can get them all in a bundle. Check out her shops now at

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING STUDIO / DIGIDESIGNRESORT 

PICKLEBERRYPOP

Here is a closer look of this

fabulous collection

 

 

 

 

 

The Bundle

and here is a layout I made

Thanks to Brandy Talbot for this beautiful photo of her

daughter Aby.

By the way,  You might want to check out this beautiful freebie created by

Julie (Motherbear) .You can get it at Feli Designs Blog

HAPPY SCRAPPING EVERYBODY

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

UPPERCLASSMEN BY SNIPS AND SNAILS DESIGNS

UPPERCLASSMEN  by Snips and Snails Designs. Another beautiful collection by Stephanne that coordinates with the September 2012 Block Party Products at One Story Down.  
It is still on sale at less 20% so hurry now. The offer is for a very limited time only.

Here is the beautiful collection

You can find all of these in her store 

HERE

 The Kit

Overlays

Words

Alpha

Cardstocks

Here are a couple of layouts I made

This one was during Iya's Nutrition Month celebrattion in school.

I really feel so sorry for her because she wanted to participate well

in the program but her paper costume really bothered her.

And this was when Edrie was part of a musical play in college.

I always have goosebumps everytime she performs.

How I miss her beautiful singing voice.

We celebrated Aiden's birthday today. Oh gosh I am sooooo full. There was no "party". It was just the birthday boy and us as his guests. He is 2 now . We were so happy because there was no power interruption .There was supposed to be an 8am-5pm brownout on our place. Thank you  it did not happened.  

HAPPY SCRAPPING EVERYBODY

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

 

MINT CHOCOLATE +BLUE JEANS AND DAYDREAMS AT PICKLEBERRYPOP

Love templates? Well, here's 4 beautiful templates by Tinci Designs.  CLUSTERS AND COLORS: MINT CHOCOLATE  can help you create stunning layouts.  It helped me practice on layering and clustering techniques too.  Get them now at Pickleberrypop

Need a kit for those amazing templates? How about  BLUE JEANS AND DAY DREAMS BY FAYETTE DESIGNS.  Perfect for those cuties in denims or just have a denim themed layout for your photos. Get it now at Pickleberrypop

And here's a layout of our darling Princess Iya using

one of the templates from Tinci Designs and this

adorable kit by Fayette Designs

Iya was hospitalized for almost 4 days due to bronchial asthma. I am glad she's out now but she's still coughing. Our poor princess lost weight and still feel weak.  I really hope that she fully recovers soon and gained back what she had lost.  

HAPPY SCRAPPING EVERYBODY

GOD BLESS YOU ALL 

TENDERNESS BY BEE CREATION

TENDERNESS by Bee Creation is a gorgeous collection perfect for  making beautiful clusters and creating stunning layouts .  This awesome kit includes 22 papers and 149 Elements. It is also available as a Mega Pack which includes the Kit plus, gorgeous Quickpages and beautiful Clusters.  You can also get them in separate packs  if you wish. Grab them now at her shops at

DIGIDESIGNRESORT / DIGISCRAPBOOKINGCH  / SCRAP FROM FRANCE / SCRAPWISHES

The Kit

The Bundle with Clusters and Quickpages

Here is a layout I made using this gorgeous kit.

Thanks again to my friend Georgina for Bella's perfect photo for this

amazing collection

Finally, Iya is out of the hospital after being rhere for almost 4 days. Nathalie and Aiden got sick as well with fever.  Thank God  they are all fine now except that the twins are so irritable lately and does not want to be put down.  They are eating too much of my scrapping time plus giving me backs aches as well. LOL.  I am quite delayed with my CT obligations, left 3 designers I love very much .  Hopefully, when the twins are more playful that they can just be left along playing, I will be able to come back.  

HAPPY SCRAPPING EVERYBODY

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

CAPRICE BY MEL DESIGNS

CAPRICE BY MEL DESIGNS is a soft and lovely kit of lavander to scrap those relaxing moments... or just create sweet and elegant layouts. This kit contains  12 Papers and 59 Elements. It's now on sale for less 25%. Visit her shop now at PICKLEBERRYPOP

 And here is a sweet layout of Nathalie. 

 HAPPY SCRAPPING EVERYBODY 

AND 

GOLD BESS YOU ALL