Words on Wednesday

Conversations! We all have them. How do you get your family to start talking. Kids, Teens, Spouse, Grandparents? It can e a challenge. This week I saw fun idea. Use your place cards at your Thanksgiving dinner. I think this is a fantastic idea.

Here are some questions you could ask.

1. If you could invite two famous people to dinner, who would they be and why?
2. What product from an infomercial would you most like to own?
3. If you had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, which should would you choose?
4. If you could have super power, what would it be?
5. If you could stop doing one chore around the house, what would it be?
6. If you could add one item to your bedroom, what would you choose?
7. What is one thing that could be invented to make your life easier?
8. What is the best costume you have ever worn?
9. What is your favorite breakfast?
10. If you found $100 what would you do with it?
11. If you could change your first name, what would it be?
12. If you could go anywhere on your next vacation where would it be?
13. If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, what would you choose?
14. If you could ask one person from history a question to which they have to give an honest answer, whom would you choose and what question would you ask?
15. If you were a circus performer, what act would you perform?
16. What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?
17. How did you meet?
18. What was your first date?
19. Tell us the details about when you got engaged?
20. What is your favorite toy and why?
21. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Why?
22. What is your favorite hobby?
23. What is your favorite car or truck?
24. What is your favorite movie?
25. What is your favorite color?

Let me show you what our creative team used to start their conversations. Let’s start off with Cami (camijo). She created this layout after asking her daughter what she learned in preschool? I really like her cluster work. She used “Give Thanks”

Christine (CarolinaScrapper) did this lovely layout about her husband passing on important information to his newborn son. A tender opportunity for sure. I love the page edger. She used Bluebird on my Shoulder.

Helen (Winipeg1) used Toadally to document different conversations with her daughter. Kids are always full of great scrapping opportunities. I like the fact it is a layout without pictures.  I like the chevron effect of this layout.

Jenn V (jennv) She tells of ways her husband passes on his wisdom about life during some non-traditionally interview opportunities. Those pictures really tell the tale.

Tammy (CraftyTam)  Her Grandpa turned 99 this year. She made this layout so that her children could treasure the past and the ways the world has changed during his lifetime. I really like the way she used the laces and her cluster. She used Choose the Right {Trek}, Letters from Home, & Traveler.

No matter how you do your questions, the important thing is to get it down so that you can add it to a layout. I really liked all of the ladies ideas and I know you’ll be able to create many more of your own.

Hope you have a great day!

Hello!

Be Controversial? I’m not usually into controversy, but it’s a great idea in digital scrapbooking. It’s a great for titles or for capturing action. Here are some ideas that I came up with. I”m sure you’ll have plenty of your own.

Seriously? You did WHAT?
I hate Mac & Cheese.
Fall is my favorite season.
Red cars get pulled over more often by police.
I-pads are the best tablets.
I am not what you would call a handy man.
If I wanted to be a deliveryman, I would wear brown.
Zebra is the best animal print.
Football is better than baseball.
Dance Recital or Piano Recital
Home Canning is not for me
I will never be in the Tour de France.

Here are the ideas the Creative Team came up with. Both ladies ended up using Chelle’s “Game On” kit. Both also wrote about avoiding controversy with points or winners. It helps improve {good} sportsmanship! Great minds think alike!

Wendy (NeverlandScraps)

Jen G LO Right (grahamlikethecracker)

Jen G Right(GrahamLikeTheCracker)

Try using controvery in your next digital scrapbooking layout.
Hugs!

Hello Friends!

Everyday Life. How do you digital scrapbook the things we do on a daily basis or things that find their way into most of our days? I think of Alarm Clocks, Breakfast, Dishes, Laundry, Hair, Make-Up, Kids/Bus, Lunches, Recess, School Bus, Changing Diapers, Feeding the Baby, Rocking the Baby, Homework, Soccer, Dance, Walking the Dog, Dinner, Sleeping. I’m sure you’ve thought of several others. Could you do a layout for each of your children, your hubby or spouse, Grandma, Grandpa?

A few year’s ago my sister had a hysterectomy. My (3 & 4 year old) nieces wanted to make us each a Christmas card and decided to draw our hobbies on the card. They really made us laugh (hard) when they drew my sister Barb taking a nap. She WAS on pain pills and did keep falling asleep. In their funny little minds, Barb’s hobby was napping. (She was NOT amused.) LOL So, another fun idea might be what your kids think Grandma or Grandpa’s everyday life includes.

I wanted to see what our Creative Team thought of when given the assignment of creating an everyday life layout. So let me show you what our ladies did! Kassie’s was about making a pony tail. She used Mane Event. With 2 girls, she does pony tails pretty often.

Jenn V used a theme “Because of Pizza” and her shopping trips to Costco. She used Pizza & Pasta.

Jan M (QuiltyMom) used her everyday life experience of her daughter at the skating rink. She used Toe Picks & Figure 8s, Lovin from the Oven, Bluebird on my Shoulder, Love Grows, Winter Thrills & Home for the Holidays.

Helen used “tidy up” as her theme. Something she does everyday. Helen used One Year Older.

I hope I’ve given you some ideas for your next everyday life layout.

Hello Friends! Have you ever wanted your journaling to sit on a line in your digital scrapbooking layouts? Chelle has you covered with a tutorial about it. It’s called “Leading, Making Your Journaling Fit On The Lines.” I hooked you up with a link, just click the image below. The TUT has gorgeous pictures and is done in Photo Shop Elements (PSE). Plus a couple of freebies for you practice on. Check ’em out below.

Some of our ladies have given an example for you to look at.

Kassie (kass_23) used Pearly Whites to create her layout. I like the wacky shape she used for her journaling. She definitely needing to adjust the lines to make that text line up.

Next, Kayla (keepscrappin) used an index card for her journaling. I used the font – typewriter serial medium and set it to 12 pt with the leading set to 15 pt. This made it so the journaling would go between the lines on the recipe card. I also noted that I had rotated the recipe card -4 degrees when I placed it on my layout, so I could also rotate the text box -4 degrees and have the journaling text line up correctly. She used Taste of Home and Pasta & Pizza.

Finally, Leslie (lab130) shares her layout using  Apple Of My Eye. Her instructions, Font: DJB Britany Print, size 12, leading 19.5 (you can drub the leading to get it just where you want it to be by manipulating the mouse right and left over the word “leading”)

Want to try it out? Along with the tutorial, Chelle provides a couple of FREE items for you to use. Take Note & Leading Labels. Head on over to her blog and at the bottom of the tutorial you find these two images. They are already linked to the free downloads. Go for it.

Hugs!