Laurens Digital Scrapping Adventures: August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Out and About Quickclick

Need an easy way to make a lot of pictures look fabulous in no time at all? The Out and About Quick Click can be used to scrap five fabulous photos with loads of room for journaling and elements. When you have a touch of scrappers block, pull this out of your bag of tricks for an awesome layout in no time at all.

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Aegean Skies

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Mediterranean Tones Value Collection

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When you are in the mood to create a really beautiful layout, then Aegean Skies, with its beautiful flowers, slightly weathered papers, delicate pearls and graceful ribbons is just what you need. From heritage to holiday - this little gem of a page kit is one you won't want to miss!!
The tones of the deep azure skies and cool white Stucco combined with tropical foliage bring a Mediterranean feel to this kit which is perfect for scrapping a whole variety of photos from travel to portrait. The high contrast colours will work well with both colour and black and white photos to really showcase your memories.
This collection comprises the Mediterranean Tones Page kit and the Aegean Skies page kit both of which can be purchased separately Kit Includes:

~ Deep Brown background
~ Pastel Tinged background
~ Stained Impasto Background
~ Watercolour Blues Background
~ Brown Corrugated background
~ Stucco background
~ Warm variegated tiles background
~ Azure blue washed Background
~ Deep Cerise Bourganvillia
~ Bronze Brad
~ Bronze Border
~ Bronze Corner
~ Dark wooden frame
~ Old Paper Strip
~ Set of curled ribbons
~ Green spiky foliage
~ Scattered Blue Beads
~ Blue Flower
~ Blue Trailing Ribbons
~ Blue Watercolour strokes
~ Bourganvillia vine
~ Vellum Mat
~ Set of white ornate corners
~ White weathered frame

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Pick of the Pack - August 26th - Alzheimers by Sam&Jesse

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What a powerful layout this is - Wonderful journalling and a wonderful way to record a favourite book, and the reasons it is that favourite -
A really stunning design by Sam&Jesse

Here are the notes on this layout which you can view and comment on here

Sheltered Meadow - Lauren Bavin ( available this week only for 99c from here )
Intricate Initials Silver - Lauren Bavin

As a nurse, I have worked for more than
20 years on a Geriatric Mental Health unit,
with people going through various psychiatric
dilemmas usually related to aging. There has
been a significant change in our clientele over
the years. The average age now would be about
84. This is almost 10 years older than 20 years
ago because seniors are living longer. As well
many of the newer medications;
antidepressants, antipsychotics & meds for
anxiety are more effective, have fewer
side effects and therefore can be safely
prescribed & monitored in the
community. The one constant has been
those with advanced Alzheimer’s; frequently
with accompanying behaviour problems.
These people are less likely to benefit from the
new drugs aimed at slowing memory loss.
Currently I am reading “ Still Alice” by
Lisa Genova, a very well written book
about a 50 year old woman experiencing
early onset AD.

Although it is a novel, this book has had a profound
effect on me because the central character is
younger than me and the author has done a
marvelous job of describing the insidious onset of
the disease. As experienced as we are in working
with people with AD, we work with older
individuals at the end of the process
This book has certainly been an eye opener,
with many “what if” conversations & voiced fears.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Scraplift!- Heres my version of Sands_Healys layout Lake Mackenzie from earlier today

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As I promised I had to scraplift Sandys layout - Here is my version

As you can see its pretty much a shameless scraplift of Sandys great design.
I used my Mediterranean Tones Page kit which is perfect for those really summer sky photos

Crimson Splash Value Collection

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What do you get if you mix up a touch of sophistication, a touch of urban funk and a splash of originality? When the weather gets you down with wind and rain - what to do but SCRAP!! This funky bright and fun kit will bring some life to any rainy day!. Perfect for any layout that involves water, and much much more

This collection comprises the Crimson Splash and Splash of Rain page kits both of which can be purchased separately.
Kit Includes:

You can purchase this collection now from the DSP Store

Pick of the Pack - August 25th Lake Mackenzie by Sands Healy

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I just love the contrasts in this layout by DSP member Sands Healy - the blue blue sky in the photo contrasting with the tile background and that pop of red from the bourganvillia - this is a superb layout and one I fully intend to scraplift . - In fact I have a photo taken from almost the identical angle of my eldest son and Im goign to use that
Here are Sandys notes on this layout
Lauren Bavin's stunning kit MEDITERRANEAN TONES PAGE KIT was just perfect for my Lake Mackenzie photos and I'll definitely be using it over and over again for the rest of my photos!

This is a photo I took of DD on the beach of Lake MacKenzie on our recent visit to Fraser Island, Australia.

Thanks for looking.
YOu can view and comment on this layout here

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Splash of Rain Page kit

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When the weather gets you down with wind and rain - what to do but SCRAP!!- This funky bright and fun kit will bring some life to any rainy day!

Kit Includes:

~ Stitched Stripe background
~ Rough Black background
~ Rough Red Paisley Background
~ Bright Yellow Dirty Canvas Background
~ Yellow Patent Belt
~ Stapled Red Mat
~ Rain Overlay Element
~ Gold Paint Splash
~ Gold Edged Back Frame
~ Black Journalling Cloud
~ Black Glitter Whirl
~ 3 bright buttons

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Custom Fill Skinny Deco Chipboard Alphabet

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This clean but trendy deco style "Chipboard-like" alphabet comes in both upper and lower case and has selected punctuation.
To customize the fill colour simply select the white portion of each letter and fill with your desired colour or pattern. Works best with programmes equipped with a magic wand tool

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Missed em Monday - grab some bargains today!!!

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Enjoy 20-40% Previous Year's products introduced in August!

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Sale Ends at 11:59PM EST
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Here are some of my products that are on sale today

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