Back to School!

It is back to school time for the kids, my teacher husband and me!  What it means for me is the Back to School event at Scrapdango!  I was so excited for this, this year!  Last year, I was their design team coordinator and therefore couldn't play although making up the challenges is fun too! :)

So far, there have been 2 assignments due.  The first was the PE class.  We had to have an action photo, a circle and show movement.  Extra Credit was to use the word team (which I did not do).

The second class was Math.  We had to have a visual triangle (my 3 photos), an actual triangle (my banner) and extra credit was to use another shape (circle).

And in case you are wondering...I gave up on the 30 Days of Photos.  September is just not the month for me to try something like that...I'm not sure what I was thinking! :)  When things calm down a bit...like there isn't soccer or xc every night...I'll probably try again!

30 Day Photo Challenge

I have decided to do this 30 day photo challenge for the month of September.  I realize the graphic says August but I'm doing it now! :)  I am trying to make this as fun, quick and easy as possible so the pictures may not be perfect, or even that great but I am determined to take each of these on the correct day!  If you'd like to join me, leave a link to your blog so I can see your pictures too!

Day 1: Self Portrait

I {Heart} Baker's Twine

I rarely post about giveaways unless it is a team I am on but this one is so good it has to be shared!  The Twinery is giving away 2 complete sets of their baker's twine!  I love this stuff!  And their colors are amazing!  You can find all the details HERE.

Here is what you can win.  Isn't it pretty?

And in case you aren't familiar with Baker's Twine and are wondering what you would do with it...here are a few of my projects where I have used it!

A Month?

How has an entire month gone by without me posting anything?  I guess that happens when you are the wife of a teacher and are never home in the summer! :) 

Things should start to calm down around here and I should be able to get back to my regular schedule!  We just got back from Camp Sherman...our 10th one!  We took 30 awesome teenagers camping for 5 days.  They were all great kids and we had a blast!  Here are just a couple of the 400 pictures I took!

Hoping to get some scrapping in this week as Tadd starts back into XC practices.  Isaac's 8th (how did that happen?) birthday is next weekend with a couple parties and he starts soccer that weekend as well.  Guess maybe I was wrong about things calming down! ;)

Did you see?

The Punky Sprouts design team got to design with Becky Fleck's Pagemaps for the July Newsletter!  I always enjoy doing that!  Her sketches are so fun to work with!  Here is my page:

I used some of Sassafras's new Sunshine Broadcast line along with Punky Sprouts' lil stems for hte strip and to make the flowers.

Want to win some Punky goodness?  You have TWO WAYS TO WIN!
1) Use Punky products and any of the July sketches at PageMaps and post it to the Punky Blog or FB page by July 31st!  The dt will pick our favorite!

2) Use the sketch on the PageMaps blog to make a layout and link it up there!

Here is what you can win for both of those:

Playing with Actions

I love playing with actions in my PhotoShop Elements and had some fun this morning just playing around with some pictures we took this weekend.  We went downtown to see the ships on the waterfront but when we got down there, we realized that it was the morning of the Rose Parade!  Oops!  Luckily, we found some room on a curb on the top of the Burnside bridge!  These are some pictures Tadd took at the parade and I took of the ships, kids and Portland sign (which I've always wanted to get a picture of!).  Because I was just playing, I used a different action on every photo!  Fun!  These are all free and I've given you the source.  I'd love to know what you think!  Tell me which is your favorite action!

SOOC (Straight Out of Camera):

Coffee Shop: Soft Autumn Glow

 

SOOC:

 Pioneer Woman: Colorized

 

SOOC:

Coffee Shop: Bold Pop

 

SOOC:

 Pioneer Woman: Seventies

 

SOOC:

 Coffee Shop: Velvet Cream

 

SOOC:

 Coffee Shop: Sunny Pop

 

SOOC:

 Coffee Shop: Color Pop 2

 

SOOC:

 Coffee Shop: Butterscotch Vintage

 

SOOC:

MCP: Mini Fusion

Geology Geek

I did this layout a couple months ago while at the beach with some friends and just realized that it never made it up on my blog!  Thought it was good timing to post it since my Geology Geek is currently on a science field trip with about 80 of his high school students!  Thanks for looking!