Burly & Brawny

In approximately 24 hours, I will be on a plane approaching Orlando. Sister trip to the Halloween party! And one of the things on our list is meeting some of the villains. Crossbone Cuts' newest kit Burly & Brawny is perfect for scrapping pictures of Gaston. Or Butterbeer. Or Germany, Canada, or the Jungle Cruise. Super versatile.

Here's a page I scrapped with it - the elements and colors were juster perfect for the Butterbeer stand at WWoHP.

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Weekly Layouts

It's a delightful Friday night here in the Bend - it's an cold 55 degrees (I've had to bust out the leather jacket) and I'm stuck inside with a cold. But there is football tomorrow, and we're due for a win. Right? Sigh. In addition to a paper analyzing a letter of Pliny's, here is what I have been up to this week. Mousescrappers Speed Scrap:

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Part Two of the Ara Pacis page, which we talk about practically every day in one of my classes:

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One of the coolest pages I have made, color-wise:

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An Off Week for Me

Off as in I don't have a lot of assignments or stress. I've been still scrapping diligently, as the September double points at ScrapMatters is irresistible. So many things being accomplished! I also picked out my 125 favorite photos from last semester and had them printed, so in a week or so I'll have a lovely collage for my wall. There are still several decorating type things I need to get done this weekend, though.

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And my personal favorite:

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I always kind of figured that my love for the Ara Pacis would spill out onto two pages, and now I know I wasn't mistaken. At some point, I'll type up all of my notes and add them to the pictures of me with the monument (and just the straight up monument).

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September Mix-A-Kit and My Basics: Black Alpha

So this week there was not one, not two, but technically six new products from Crossbone Cuts! The September Mix-a-Kit has five parts:

Sketch Me - Sketchy Stuff 

Sketch Me - The Elements

Sketch Me - The Patterns

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Here's a layout I made with all the components. The colors just screamed Buzz Lightyear.

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As part of Friday's New Releases, Tanya also released My Basics: Black Alpha, a previous speed scrap prize.

I've used it several times since I got hold of it, and will probably use it a lot more, too. It goes very nicely with Hollywood Studios pages and with Britt-ish Designs's anniversary grab bag from a few weeks ago.

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A Discussion of Hardcore-ness Related to the Classics and Scrapbooking

I have spent the afternoon being a bit pleased with myself because of this fact: one of my homework assignments was to read the first half of the Aeneid, and I did so while drinking Virgil's Cream Soda (purchased at the local Meijer). Classics major hardcore. As a result, I will be examining all of the last week's layouts on a scale of how hardcore they are.

First up: Diana's Dante Cupcakes. 10/10, because they contain pictures of red velvet (i.e., hellfire) cupcakes with little fondant sinners, some of whom are encased in Twizzlers flames. And references to Roman art, Fantasia, Lion King, Rome, and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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Spaceship Earth. 3/10 - Sticking to one mini kit is not particularly hard, nor is this a particularly original photo location.

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Fantasyland Expansion. 4/10. Shots taken from Dumbo and I worked in princesses, which up the scrapping coolness but take away from my personal street cred (at least in most of my current social circles).

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Naples 6/10. Naples as a city is kind of lame (at least the 45 minute version with an unhappy tour guide is). But it is also kind of sketch, upping the danger level. This was also a speed scrap page, so I am quite pleased with the results.

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Roman Forum. 9/10. Monochrome is pretty bad-ass. As is the Aeneid, and including Latin quotes for a picture of the Forum makes it totally awesome. This is one of my favorite layouts, ever. It also perfectly evokes my style, I think. Done for a Word Up: Font Edition Challenge.

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Harry Potter Album End Cover Page. 10/10. Speaking of totally awesome, A Very Potter Musical reference is always appropriate. This page is a little bit older than a week, but I finally got around to posting it. It also uses my current favorite kit.

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Happy 2,763rd Birthday Rome. Another 10/10. A page detailing the eleven and a half hours we spent in Pompeii on the day of the founding of Rome. Made with a Britt kit I got on sale this weekend. And entered in a contest with a pretty sweet prize of a two-month spot on Britt's creative team (we'll see how that went tomorrow - my fingers are crossed an odd number of times). Abbey Road reference. I think this is the coolest page I have ever made, and I'm seriously contemplating getting like five copies printed, including one for my wall and one for my door. That's not too creepy, right?

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Whatevs. Coming up in the next week: starting a new part time tutoring gig, taking the GRE, the start of my last football season as an undergrad, and making Perry the Platypus cupcakes. I know which one I'm most looking forward to, and it's not the football.

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I caved and got a new kit this week (I've been trying to hold off as best as I can). But the lure of Harry Potter anything has proved too strong, so I've been playing around with Jady Day Studio's new kit, A Wizarding World. It's just so pretty. I feel like I could scrap probs a hundred pages or more with it (and next up on the list is the lyrics to "Back to Hogwarts" - what can I say, I'm a dork).  As I have not had time for hundreds, here's just two. The first was created for this last digidare, about why one scrapbooks/one's scrapbooking journey.

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And, on a less serious note, the continuation of Disney/Harry Potter 2011 is occurring at a slow pace.

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Harry Potter, Pre-Sicily Trip, and Late Sicily Trip

I received my Paris and 2008 scrapbooks in the mail from Shutterfly today, and I couldn't be more pleased with them. The only thing more pleasing than that is that my Harry Potter books arrived today - that is, the Film Wizardry book, the Unofficial Cookbook, and two John Granger books (Key to Unlocking Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Lectures). Yay! My costume idea for the last movie kind of fell apart, although, realistically, sewing a passably accurate Helga Hufflepuff costume to be part of the full set of Founders was never really that plausible. Instead, I intend to go as an Irish World Cup supporter since I picked up the pin when we were in Florida.  In order to do this, I have to take care of a few DIY things:

• Green Rosette (found instructions online - going to make it from felt)
• Irish supporter shirt (need iron-on transfer paper)
• Orange ribbon belt (need to dig up some instructions)
• World Cup Program and Ticket (this will require some scanning and fiddling in Photoshop, but feasible)

I'm also considering picking up a pair of cheap "Omnioculars" to finish the costume. The overall look will be green shirt, white skirt, and orange accents (Irish flag!).  I want to get some fake candy wrappers made up as well to go with my Pumpkin Juice bottle - I'm going totally all out on the Quidditch spectator look. Green face paint for the cheekbone stripes is also a necessity. I'll also probably end up wearing my time turner a) because  it makes up for the timeline discrepancy and b) it's so cool.

On to what I've been actually working on!

Anna - F-A-L-L into Fall Template; Stolen Moments - Capture a Memory

Sahlin Studios - June Template, Practically Perfect, various add-ons

Sahlin Studios - June Template, Practically Perfect; Litabell Designs - December Template

Scrapmuss - 365 Templates; WM Squared - Tropical Paradise

Scrapmuss - 365 Templates; Band Geek Designs - Lemon Drops; Britt-ish Designs - Alpha of Tomorrow

Scrapmuss - 365 Templates; Band Geek Designs - Lemon Drops; Britt-ish Designs - Alpha of Tomorrow