Summer Tags

Yes, I'm on tags again. They're just quick, fun projects. I've actually designed several that I just haven't quite gotten to the production stage.


Bella and her mom came in a few weeks ago long enough to spend the night and leave for Memphis. Then they returned on Monday to fly out on Tuesday. Monday afternoon I remembered that I wanted to give her a new tag before she left. I had started working on these, so I finished designing them and cut them before we went to dinner. Then I put Bella's together when I got back and presented it to her (below).


Some changes were made along the way, so the DS file preview may not look exactly like the finished products. Like the sun; those layers just were NOT working at that size. There's not a tab for it in the file, but I drew the suns before I cut them which helped since I didn't use any of the layers on Bella's. I did use one piece of the layer on Mary Claire's (the first photo).

I think I revised the file to only cut that piece on one sun and no layer on the other sun. If you want to draw the sun (or any other piece) before cutting, just click on that piece, copy it, add a new tab which will automatically take you to that tab, and copy. You'll have to save the file and reopen it if there are any parts that you want to "hide contour" so that they don't draw. Remember also NOT to unload your mat between drawing and cutting.

Tuesday night I put together tags for Logan and his cousins, Kate and Mary Claire, and gave them to Claire Wednesday. Now that Logan is 6, I wanted something more boy and less cutesy for him.


Kate's is from the file I made for Lilli a few years ago. She's not a year yet, so I thought something big and bold would be better than a beach scene. Here's the post with Lilli's tags. I did cut one of the other ladybugs in black, cut off her antennae and attach to this one. She just looked a little plain to me.


There is a tab for drawing the sand. I cut everything once but was NOT happy with the sand. You really couldn't see any of the detail, and it looked so plain. So I started over and drew everything before cutting. Since the large piece of sand is made up of 4 pieces welded together, I didn't want the outline of each of those pieces to draw or cut. In order to save that into the file, I had to "hide contour" 2 sections of each piece. So I hid the outline and one speck in each piece. I sure wish they could fix that little snag.

Once again, names were done with Printing 101 and not included in the file. Yes, I did go back and add ribbons to Kate and Mary Claire's tags after taking the photos.


Summer Luggage Tags

I hope you are having a wonderful summer and that someone in your life might enjoy some of these tags.

Jill

Jungle George

Behind as always, but this one has no season. hehe

Our friend, Christy, is preggo!!!!! The Divas decided to create some scrapbook pages for her baby album and present them to her at our crop at Ferncliff in March. (I told you I was behind.) Of course, I waited until the last minute and ended up working on mine AT Ferncliff. Thankfully, Christy wasn't sitting next to me and she went home at night, so I had plenty of time. And, no, I wasn't the only one.

She's done the nursery in Calvin and Hobbes. You should see it! She painted a mural, and it is absolutely adorable. Didn't know Christy was an artist. She even made her own mobile. But she's also doing it kind of jungle too. As I never really got into Calvin and Hobbes (don't hate me) but LOVE that cute little monkey on Sweethearts, I decided to go with the jungle motif.


Wow did this take some doing. Lots of hiding contours! Isn't it great when you have something in mind and it actually works out. (Remember that you can click on the picture for a larger view.)

That little boy is going to have one awesome scrapbook. Everyone did such a great job on all of the pages. Cute, cute, cute!!!!!! Not to mention what Christy will do with them after he arrives.

For her shower last week, I made the monkey card again but added a few leaves. I also put the "congratulations" on the front and "It's a Boy" inside. I used the same colors that I used on the layout. (I didn't take a picture since I had already shared one.)

Anxious to meet the little bundle but hoping he stays put for a few more weeks.

I'm attaching 2 files. If you have a 12 x 24 mat, you only need the first file. However, I only had a 12 x 12 mat when I was doing this, so I needed both files. The second file is only the right page border. If you are using a 12 x 12 mat, you will need to change the View to a 12 x 12 mat on the first file. This way takes just a little cutting with scissors or craft blade, but I think we can all handle that. Cut only the tabs labeled Cut on the first file.

Most of the file uses Sweethearts. The grass was done with ZooBalloo and the title with Printing 101.

This could be used for baby in a swing, a child on a swing set, a trip to the zoo or to the park... Change the title for a Wild Child, Wild Ride or just a Wild Day or Monkey'n Around...

Jungle Layout

Jungle Layout Right Page

Happy Memorial Day! Thanks to all who have served our country!

Have a great but safe weekend,
Jill