Meet the Grouchos

When my family gets together, we do tend to have fun! Sometimes it gets a little on the strange side, sometimes kind of wild, but always fun! I picked up several pairs of Groucho glasses, (along with the famous Elvis mask!) at an after Halloween sale and took them to the deer lease. Here is Matt the Brat, my Dad and Wyatt sporting their new "look"! ROTFLPIMP!!! Password is: goofballs And yes, there is a picture floating around of me with the glasses on, but it is so embarrassing even I won't post it!

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UT Cheerleader!

A little background here. My oldest son David is a HUGE University of Texas fan. He has taught all the kids to do the "Hook 'Em Horns" hand sign. Any time we are taking pictures, Wyatt and Garrett will give the sign. Lilly doesn't quite have it down yet, but it won't be long! I was cruising ebay one day and found this little UT cheerleader suit. Well, of course I had to have it for Lilly! LOL!!! She was the cutest cheerleader for Halloween! Password is: hookem I used JanniDee's new freebie for all kit, A Little Sumptin'. http://janniscrapdesigns.blogspot.com/ I'm going to cruise the web and see if I can find a longhorn to add to my page! If anyone has seen one, please let me know!

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Beagle Sugar and Back to Basics

Today we are going back to basics. Sometimes less is more and you don't need a lot of foo-foo. Although you KNOW how much I do love the foo-foo! I felt like adding a bunch of embellies would detract from the photos on this page. Repeat after me...it's ALL about the pictures! LOL!!! Credits for this page go to ME! This little puppy was Wyatt's favorite out of the whole litter, I think she was pretty fond of him, too! Password is: puppysmooch As I said, this is a basic page that should be very versatile, use as is or dress it up if you like. You could also flip it to make a double spread.

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Today for your scrapping pleasure we have a page I made using design tools I bought from Kim Broedelet. I'm pretty danged proud of the way it turned out. I LOVE the texture in the papers! The alpha is also from Kim, it's the Papery Alpha from the "An Ordinary Day" kit. I think this could be used for a guy page, or would make a great picnic or 4th of July LO. It actually should be a fairly versatile page. Password is: tootsie The pic is of Lilly scarfing her first Tootsie Pop. You couldn't have pried it out of her hands! If any of the 8.5 x 11 scrappers want the paper, let me know. I imagine if you asked real nice, I could even make a paper ribbon to match the frame wrap!

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The Danger of the Puppy Bowl

Well, I'm back! I didn't accomplish what I set out to do this weekend, but I did get a few things done for you. Saturday morning I heard one of those danged 'ole slot machines calling my name, and you KNOW I had to answer! LOL!!! I played till 4:00 in the morning, slept for four hours, went back and played some more. Didn't get home till 7:30 last night, but boy did I have FUN! No big jackpot, but several small ones, and I actually came home with more money than I went with for a change! ROTFLPIMP!!! Now on to todays LO. This page uses paper and a doodle from the "Denim & Daisies" kit from Nana's Attic http://nanas-attic.blogspot.com/ The alpha for the title is "Puddles of Sunshine" by Eva Kipler. I did the frames using Kim B's Weathered & Worn designer edition. My friend Carol raises beagles. She had a new litter and invited us over for a photo shoot. I thought it would be cute to sit Lilly in the puppy bowl. I guess I underestimated the power of a herd of beagle puppies! This wasn't the effect I was going for! LOL! password is: danger No puppies or toddlers were harmed during this photo shoot! Oh, I almost forgot, the stitching I used is also from the Denim & Daisies kit. I like the effect of it holding everything down.

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Now go have fun and scrap something!

Mr. Mojo is on vacation and Drop Shadow tips

I was playing with Janni's new kit "Mother's Keepsakes" last night. Mr. Mojo must be on vacation, because he sure wasn't at my house! LOL!!! While working with this great lace doily it did occur to me that since there have been several questions about drop shadows, this would be perfect for a short lesson on using shadows with this type of item. The first example is with no shadow. It looks flat. The next pic is with the default (21/21) low drop shadow applied. See how it appears to float? Third is with the drop shadow changed to 10/10. Looks much better, doesn't it? But we are going to make it look real! Once you have your item in place, go ahead and apply a low drop shadow. With the layer active, click on the little sun. Change the size and distance, I usually start with 10/10 and adjust if necessary. Now see the little black box? Click on it to bring up the color box. You want to choose a shade deeper than your background paper. Play with clicking on different areas till you find the perfect look! I chose a deep rose color.
Flat, flat, flat.

It floats!

Better, but we're gonna make it look real!

Now we are looking good!Hope you can use these little tips. Maybe that sorry so & so Mr. M will show up this weekend and I can have some goodies for you Monday! Have a great weekend!
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8.5 x 11 work around

Today is a special post for the sweet ladies who scrap 8.5 x 11 and have been disappointed that they could not use my designs. Rena sent me the solution that she uses for resizing. I think it's brilliant! I played around with it last night to see how it worked and it's really easy. I've never written a tut before, but here goes!

I did these in landscape style, and we are going to assume you have the corresponding kit.

Open a new blank file H 8.5 W 11

Open the 12 x 12 QP and resize to 8.5 x 8.5

Open the matching background paper

Open a coordinating ribbon

Drag them into the blank file in this order, background paper, QP, ribbon

Position the ribbon to cover where the QP and paper overlap

Pop your pics in under the QP

Use the space for a title, or add some embellies from the kit.

I have done these two for you, let me know what you think! Password is: mysize

Here 'ya go: Blooming Colors QP8.5.zipButterflies Are Free QP8.5.zip Remember your manners!

Tomorrow we will return to our regular broadcast.

BTW, I think Rena is holding out on us, she knows more than she's letting on! Many thanks to you, girlfriend!!!