And the scout pages continue!

I am flipping back and forth on my scrapping pages... but this post and the next will show four pages all on the same camp out.  That way you can see if the pages really flow together.  Here are pages 4 and 5... Which are side by side in the book (though blogger and I are fighting over how the pictures look on the web page... hope you can see it well enough):

template: andreagold temp324
paper and elements: Law of the Pack from Laura Banasiak
font: segoe script

template: andreagold240sq
font: segoe script
color: #6b5a3b
paper and elements: Law of the Pack from Laura Banasiak

More Scrapping of Scouting

Could not resist scrapping a page of my youngest getting his Tennis belt loop and pin.  It took quite a few hours for him to earn it but he had so much fun!

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font: segoe script
AllThingsBlueandGold-amydane

Something Scary that wasn't suppose to be

I couldn't resist giving Cassel's Poster Art a try. I found a picture of my boys in scout uniform and thought "I can do this. Doesn't look that hard." Baw hahahahaha. I should have known better. Cassel makes everything look easy. Most of the time it works out just fine.

But the truth is... I'm just not that good of a scrapper. I love doing it. I am getting better with every passing year but it is way outside my box of comfort. Still, I take classes, watch youtube videos and keep on trucking. Hence, I had to try the poster art. My sister, who is a GREAT scrapper, got a good laugh out of it. But she remind me that I do better the next time I do something. Hence I have something to look forward to... a better Poster Art. Still, here is what I did at my first try:

 

And I must say it was fun giving it a shot.  It might go well for Halloween?  

Learning as I go...

I have been scrapping for a while now.  Yet I still have a lot to learn.  Like the best way to use the scripts I bought from Cassel.  Oh... they are fantastic.  Particularly since my sister has gotten me to rename my scrap pages a particular way... You ready for it?  I name the elements and papers with the designer's name underscore kit name underscore what it is... like... this is called lbanasiak_pack_bearscarf.png.  The designer LBanasiak, the kit Pack, the name of the element BearScarf.  (side note: in cub scouts the 3rd graders are called Bears... and their color is blue)


Now use Cassel's OpenAsLayer_Rename.  This opens the element in PaintShopPro using the name as the name of the layer!  Sweet.  Why?  Because when you are done, you use Cassel's CreditListCompile and it will take all the layer names (that are not default names) and put them in the Image Information Description.  Love IT!!!!  Now I have a quick way to find out what I used and by who when looking at my old layouts.  All I have to add is the template I used.  Makes giving credit on this blog a whole lot easier.  There are times when I use multiple kits in one layout.  This makes it much easier.

By the way, my sister does her naming different but the same concept.  She gives the element name, then the copyright symbol and then the kit and designer.  So the above element would be name BearScarf©Pack_LBanasiak.  Do what works best for you. 

Not quite a year later!

Surprise.  I am posting again on this blog.   I started working on my boys scouting pages... ugh...

I am finally getting around to making the scout scrapbook pages.  Seriously... It's been almost 4 years and I am getting my act in gear... Here is page one.  This is my youngest as a Tiger at his first Den meeting.

template: andreagold temp182sq
paper and elements: Law of the Pack from Laura Banasiak

Here is page two.  My oldest joined as a Bear.  This is his first outing with his Den.

template: andreagold temp213
paper and elements: Law of the Pack from Laura Banasiak

How life has changed in 3 years.  I also need to catch up and stay caught up... Ugh.

Update: discovered the pages didn't appear.. d'oh... fixed it. 3/28/13

Plea to Digital Scrapbook Designers

I did a copy / paste from my sister's blog.  After spending many hours trying to organize my digital stuff recently... I sooooo get this.  Teach me not to be organized to begin with... I thought I was but certainly not well enough and if the following had happened... It would have been much faster for me to fix it.  Some of you do it already but for those that don't... Please please listen.  Thank you - Bug

This is actually a plea for digital scrapbook designers to help us help them by giving proper credit whether it be for purchased kits, collaborations or for free kits and especially blog train kits. I have spent the better part of this past week trying to clean up, clean out and just organize my multitude of digital scrapbooking kits (and I thought I had gone overboard with paper, lol). So bear with me and lend me an ear.

These are just a few simple suggestions that I have found would really be beneficial. They would be most useful with collaboration (purchases) and blog trains (freebies); but would work as well with just individual kits. 

1. Always put a notepad TOU in with the kit. If you want to include a link TOU, a jpg or png, fine. Just make sure that a notepad is in there. More about this in #2. 

2. In the notepad TOU, include exactly how you want to be credited, i.e. (c)Tink's Tribulations or ©Tink's Tribulations. It helps to have the copyright symbol so there is no confusion. And please don't make it extremely long. Either use your name or the business, but let's not get out of hand and insist on both or more. Use the one that people can do a search on and find you easily. I use to put links on the kits, but have found that designers are constantly on the move and kits are constantly being retired. I now prefer to have an easily recognizable credit name that can be searched. 

Another advantage to the copyright symbol (at least for me), is I can copy and paste. No worrying about if I got it wrong (something I can't count on when there is a jpg or png TOU). As for the shortcut links, if I like you, you are going to be in my favorites, but I am not going to run over to a TOU link every time I want to give credit. If I have to do that, chances are I'm not going to put the credit down correctly or I won't use the kit. 

3. And please (this one gives me the biggest headache), always start your zip, TOUs, pages and elements the same... i.e.: 

     t2z TOU                            or tinkstribulations TOU
     t2z-Kit name.zip               or tinkstribulations-Kit name.zip
     t2z-Kit name-paper           or tinkstribulations-Kit name-paper
     t2z-Kit name-element       or tinkstribulations-Kit name-element 

Initials, name, business name, doesn't matter as long as it is consistent. And remember in collaborations and blog trains, this will ensure your stuff stays together and the user will know exactly which parts of the kit are yours and which TOU to use for credit. 

Just remember, by using these 3 simple steps you can be assured of getting the credit you deserve. And that is exactly what I would like to see. 

There is one final thing, but it is just because it would be beneficial to me personally (and maybe a few others) and that is the elements. They are normally packaged as png (sometimes as psd or psp) and it would truly be nice if they were named according to what they are, i.e. t2z-Kit name-Snail. 

Silly, I know, I can look at it and tell what it is.... most times. Other times, I have no clue. And it would be nice to just be able to do a search for a particular item and find it immediately. Guess who's kits I use the most often?
Thanks for listening.

Honeymoon Layout

With my sister's help... I finally got this layout working.  I must have played with it for days before I broke down and called her.  HELP!  And look what a beautiful job she did!

Template: andreagold temp 166
liatha's sundance paper and elements
font color: #0c3f6d
font: Lucida Handwriting

Just wish I looked that skinny again!  Ahhh... I still love it.  Yaa, I left the dashed lines in for here instead of what I wrote.  It looks so wonderful!