Showing posts with label Gypsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gypsy. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Let It Snow Layout


February 2010 was a milestone month in Aiken, South Carolina.  We had snow.  Not just flurries or a dusting, but real accumulative snow!  We had enough snow on which to ride a sled, build a snowman (or five snow people like the kids across the street), and have a great snowball fight.  In the nineteen years that I have lived in Aiken, we had never had snow like this.  There was only one word to describe the experience:  magical!


I created the left page of this layout some time ago using the Gypsy for the Gypsy spot.  I had never created a matching right page.  At the Pre-birthday scrap bash on Saturday I made a matching page and added photos of our home in the snow storm.  At the time I was quite worried about the palm tree (see how sad and cold it looks?) but it weathered the storm nicely.


I love the dancing snow people from the Snow Friends cartridge.  I think they expressed our snow-happy joy quite well. I used Accent Essentials to create the large snowflakes and Winter Woodlands to cut the small snowflakes.  I used my snowflake nesties to create the date tag below. 


The LET IT SNOW phrase was cut from Winter Woodlands using Bazzill bling cardstock.  I added blue gems to the centers of the snowflakes and pearls to the snow people. 


The snowfall was so fun and I know we will be referring to it for years to come, in much the same way that hurricanes are "fondly" recalled.  Each time snow threatens for the next few years we will all recall the snow fall of 2010 and we will wonder aloud about the possibility of receiving that much snow ever again!

Let It Snow Layout


February 2010 was a milestone month in Aiken, South Carolina.  We had snow.  Not just flurries or a dusting, but real accumulative snow!  We had enough snow on which to ride a sled, build a snowman (or five snow people like the kids across the street), and have a great snowball fight.  In the nineteen years that I have lived in Aiken, we had never had snow like this.  There was only one word to describe the experience:  magical!


I created the left page of this layout some time ago using the Gypsy for the Gypsy spot.  I had never created a matching right page.  At the Pre-birthday scrap bash on Saturday I made a matching page and added photos of our home in the snow storm.  At the time I was quite worried about the palm tree (see how sad and cold it looks?) but it weathered the storm nicely.


I love the dancing snow people from the Snow Friends cartridge.  I think they expressed our snow-happy joy quite well. I used Accent Essentials to create the large snowflakes and Winter Woodlands to cut the small snowflakes.  I used my snowflake nesties to create the date tag below. 


The LET IT SNOW phrase was cut from Winter Woodlands using Bazzill bling cardstock.  I added blue gems to the centers of the snowflakes and pearls to the snow people. 


The snowfall was so fun and I know we will be referring to it for years to come, in much the same way that hurricanes are "fondly" recalled.  Each time snow threatens for the next few years we will all recall the snow fall of 2010 and we will wonder aloud about the possibility of receiving that much snow ever again!

Monday, January 11, 2010

It's a Party at the Gypsy Spot



Okay that may be a slightly misleading title... But it is PARTY FAVORS at the Gypsy Spot!!!  This week's Gyspy challenge was to design a party favor.  I created a party favor bag for a tobogganing party - doesn't it just scream winter chill and fun in the snow?




Now this tobogganing party - it will NOT be happening here in SC!!  But these great little favor bags would be perfect for those in snowier climates to give the kids at the tobogganing party as well as to take along for members of your ski weekend!!! 






I used a number of different cartridges to create this bag, welded shapes, and topped the design off with the frosty snow couple cut from Gypsy Wanderings.  Mr. and Mrs. Snowpeople look adorable on thier snowy background.



It's a Party at the Gypsy Spot



Okay that may be a slightly misleading title... But it is PARTY FAVORS at the Gypsy Spot!!!  This week's Gyspy challenge was to design a party favor.  I created a party favor bag for a tobogganing party - doesn't it just scream winter chill and fun in the snow?




Now this tobogganing party - it will NOT be happening here in SC!!  But these great little favor bags would be perfect for those in snowier climates to give the kids at the tobogganing party as well as to take along for members of your ski weekend!!! 






I used a number of different cartridges to create this bag, welded shapes, and topped the design off with the frosty snow couple cut from Gypsy Wanderings.  Mr. and Mrs. Snowpeople look adorable on thier snowy background.



Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Gypsy Spot Week 2


I know it seems that I have been a slacker this week - it is Tuesday night and I still have last Friday's post at the top of my blog. I was away for the weekend - Beth and Sally had us to the lake for a scrap retreat weekend and it was fabulous (thanks Sally & Beth).  I completed 7-8 double page layouts, three cards and my Gypsy Spot week 2 challenge.  And of course we did go scrap-shopping!!!



The challenge at the Gypsy Spot for this second week was to weld a word and shape from two different cartridges.  I chose Winter Woodlands (Let it Snow) and Accent Essentials (Snowflake).  I layered both the snowflakes and the Let it Snow phrase with multiple cut.



To see more of the Gypsy Spot challenges just click the blinkie to the left on my blog.

Gypsy Spot Week 2


I know it seems that I have been a slacker this week - it is Tuesday night and I still have last Friday's post at the top of my blog. I was away for the weekend - Beth and Sally had us to the lake for a scrap retreat weekend and it was fabulous (thanks Sally & Beth).  I completed 7-8 double page layouts, three cards and my Gypsy Spot week 2 challenge.  And of course we did go scrap-shopping!!!



The challenge at the Gypsy Spot for this second week was to weld a word and shape from two different cartridges.  I chose Winter Woodlands (Let it Snow) and Accent Essentials (Snowflake).  I layered both the snowflakes and the Let it Snow phrase with multiple cut.



To see more of the Gypsy Spot challenges just click the blinkie to the left on my blog.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Cupcake Anyone....?


Did you visit the premiere of the Gypsy Spot blog this week? On Monday the Gypsy Spot kicked off a new design team and projects created exclusively with the Gypsy. Just follow the blinkie on the left of my blog to see the FABULOUS projects.



Nilda instructed us to do a simple Gypsy project and I complied…. The other team member created amazing projects and might want to reevaluate what the word simple means – LOL. I am just kidding… their work is great!!!


I used the wonderful Cupcake cut from Gypsy Wanderings. I made this card before the copy, flip and weld feature had been repaired. I assembled the cupcake first, and then affixed the cupcake to the front of a brown A2 premade card. I used scissors and hand trimmed around the edge of the cupcake to create a shaped card.


Now that Provo Craft has upgraded the Gypsy software the copy, flip and weld feature is working perfectly. You know what that means for all of us Gypsy users? No more hand trimming!!!!!

Cupcake Anyone....?


Did you visit the premiere of the Gypsy Spot blog this week? On Monday the Gypsy Spot kicked off a new design team and projects created exclusively with the Gypsy. Just follow the blinkie on the left of my blog to see the FABULOUS projects.



Nilda instructed us to do a simple Gypsy project and I complied…. The other team member created amazing projects and might want to reevaluate what the word simple means – LOL. I am just kidding… their work is great!!!


I used the wonderful Cupcake cut from Gypsy Wanderings. I made this card before the copy, flip and weld feature had been repaired. I assembled the cupcake first, and then affixed the cupcake to the front of a brown A2 premade card. I used scissors and hand trimmed around the edge of the cupcake to create a shaped card.


Now that Provo Craft has upgraded the Gypsy software the copy, flip and weld feature is working perfectly. You know what that means for all of us Gypsy users? No more hand trimming!!!!!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Voting Continues - And So Does The Waiting....



The voting in the Gypsy 24-Hour Challenge Contest continues for another day.  If you have not already voted, please click the link and consider voting for my Hello Kitty Fall Football Fun.  The Stickles have a bit of glare in the photos, but I am actually quite pleased with this layout.  We all know that I adore Hello Kitty and Kitty as a Tiger cheerleader... Well she is so fierce... Not!

I promise to get back to regular posting soon, but for now I am riding out the contest.....



Voting Continues - And So Does The Waiting....



The voting in the Gypsy 24-Hour Challenge Contest continues for another day.  If you have not already voted, please click the link and consider voting for my Hello Kitty Fall Football Fun.  The Stickles have a bit of glare in the photos, but I am actually quite pleased with this layout.  We all know that I adore Hello Kitty and Kitty as a Tiger cheerleader... Well she is so fierce... Not!

I promise to get back to regular posting soon, but for now I am riding out the contest.....



Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Gypsy 24-hour Design Challenge Project by Susan Edwards


The Gypsy 24-hour Design Challenge Project by Susan Edwards

Above is the link to my entry to the Gypsy 24-hour challenge.  There are four catagories in the contest, I chose the family catagory.  If you wouldn't mind, please go and vote BEFORE OCT 29.  This is from Provo Craft:   "Encourage your friends and family (And BLOG READERS) to join in the fun and vote for your project between October 26 and October 29. The project with the most votes wins a great trip to New York City, a $2,000 shopping spree at the new Michaels store in downtown Manhattan, and tickets to a Broadway show. Winners will be announced October 30."

So yes, I want to go to NYC!!  Please go vote for me!!!!

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The Gypsy 24-hour Design Challenge Project by Susan Edwards


The Gypsy 24-hour Design Challenge Project by Susan Edwards

Above is the link to my entry to the Gypsy 24-hour challenge.  There are four catagories in the contest, I chose the family catagory.  If you wouldn't mind, please go and vote BEFORE OCT 29.  This is from Provo Craft:   "Encourage your friends and family (And BLOG READERS) to join in the fun and vote for your project between October 26 and October 29. The project with the most votes wins a great trip to New York City, a $2,000 shopping spree at the new Michaels store in downtown Manhattan, and tickets to a Broadway show. Winners will be announced October 30."

So yes, I want to go to NYC!!  Please go vote for me!!!!

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Thankful Layout - Gypsy & DS hybrid


My latest layout, Thankful, is yet another design for Thanksgiving. I have four scrapbooks that require pages for every family event/holiday - a page for each child's book and one for my book. I use similar photos for each layout, but I mix up the layouts to keep the scrapping fresh.

This layout is going into my book - because I am thankful for each of the people who will be featured on this layout!!! Also, I really like how this layout looks.


The layout was created using both DS and Gypsy. I cut the fabulous double layer leaves using the Gypsy's Gypsy Wanderings cartridge. The remaining elements were cut using DS. I used DS because I had already designed the title and squares in DS. I added the leaves to complete the layout.