Mr. Clean

digital kit used: Carrie Stephen's Spontaneous Delight from shabby princess. I used worn deep ocean paper for the background, cut the lime delight paper for the paper strip, and used the curled frame, glass dots and old paper strip elements.

text: Mr. Clean, Mo after a nice and peaceful bath, 11.09.2008.

christening invitation

i asked my nephew to design a digital scrapbook type of invitation for my son's christening. armed with the freebie kits that i have downloaded, my nephew just needed a few minutes to get used to xara for linux, and then he was happily clicking and dragging. the result is this. i then headed to netopia to have the image printed on the avia magnetic paper that i bought from national bookstore. it was no surprise that the invitees were happy to stick the invites onto their refrigerators - my son is just soooo cute!

digital kits used: paper and embellishments from shabby princess sweet serenity and shabby princess spring breeze

sisters

digital kit used: spring breeze from shabby princess. i used paper 53 for the background, 54 for the striped matting. the cool, breezy letters were also included in the kit.

font: used the good ol' comic sans, hehehe.

quote: Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers. -- Pam Brown

little blue riding hood

xara xtreme trick: arrange -> combine shapes -> slice shapes for cropping the picture. i did some "manual expansion" of the background picture to make it look like a panoramic shot. changed its color to make it b&w.

digital kit used: Leafy Turquoise Paper from Anne Langpap's May 2006 collection for the background. i just dragged xara's fill color to create the leafy purple matting. used the blue tag, circled ribbon and wavy ribbon accents from the same collection.

font: cheri and akafrivolity from font for kids.

bag of blips

i was looking at some digital kits and when i saw this shabby princess festival kit, i immediately knew which photo goes with this paper. it took me a long time to find words for the title though. good thing "blips" (our group's name) rhymes with "nips," (round chocolate candies, which the background paper reminded me of).

title: "When I want fun I get a bag of blips and make a rainbow."
journalling text: girls on their way to a wedding. picture-taking. make-ups. giggles. "Are we there yet?" laughter. picture-taking. chocolates. food. picture-taking. giggles. color-coordinated gowns. stories. picture-taking.

xara xtreme tricks: shadows, combine shapes -> slice shapes.

digital kit used: Shabby Princess Festival theme. festival paper4 for the background and paper3 for the peach matting. festival elements alpha 52 and 60 for the embellishments.

fonts: porcelain and akafrivolity from fonts for kids