Monthly Archive for March, 2007

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You got to have friends…

Published by Tara Sroka on March 6, 2007 in Designs & Inspiration, Freebie and Scrapbooking. 3 Comments

‘Cause you got to have friends.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, friends.
That’s right you, oh you, yeah you,
I said you gotta have some friends,
I’m talkin’ about friends, that’s right, friends.
Friends, friends, friends.

Love that Bette Midler…anyways today’s post is all about friends as you can see..cause you got to have friends. Ok enuogh with that. LOL!

Here’s my most recently layout featuring two great friends of mine, Jenna and Kali. I took this picture myself at my Bachelorette Party. I took this picture like 5 times cause I was aiming the camera the wrong way. Dang those Cosmos that night were dangerous! It was a blast and these girls rocked staying out super late with me and we partied like rock stars!

In the layout I created my own friend word quote which went awesome in this layout. I did change the color though to go with my layout. But since it came out pretty good I’m giving it away to you my new digi friends. So leave me some love! =)

Todayâ€™s artist recommendation that I want to share with you that I love and totally inspires me is Romero Britto. My friend Jill introduced his work to me awhile ago and I just feel in love with it since I like Pop Art a lot. He is much more well-known now then he was when I first was introduced to him. He recently did a huge pre-show event with the cirque du soleil performer at the super bowl before the the big game. It was pretty neat looking. This is the best link I could find for it, if anyone is interested.

Speaking of artwork and my friend Jill…please check out her site. Jill’s shop is filled with some cool crafty handmade items that really are fabulous. I love the bags especially! She even has some Britto inspired pieces. Pretty cool so be check to pop over there.

Lastly I’d like to wish my friend Emily a belated birthday shout out and a happy 30th birthday to my friend Toyya! Hope you both had/have a happy birthday!!

Toodles!

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I Heart NYC!

Published by Tara Sroka on March 5, 2007 in Designs & Inspiration, Freebie and Scrapbooking. 3 Comments

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend. I was super busy creating baby show invite designs and doing odds and ends around the house. Why is that weekends go so fast? Even though I was busy I feel that I didn’t get anything done. Esh!

Anyways, today’s post is all going to be NYC related since I live in New York City. I have lots of NYC pictures from sightseeing and doing things around town but I haven’t really found many NYC digi scrap products out there. This got me thinking that I wanted to create some elements of my own to use for some NYC themed pages. So this weekend I created some things and I thought I would share with you. Here is my first element, a rub on decal of a New York City taxi.

I’m going to keep going with these elements and maybe even put together a kit. If you like the taxi freebie and are interested in a NYC kit or another freebie NYC related please let me know by registering and leaving a comment. Thanks to Atomic Cupcake for the Rub On action.

So anyways, recently I won from Disc Talk Radio a free custom layout by the well known and talented Gina Miller. I thought I would post it for you all to see. It’s a picture from our wedding day taken by the Brooklyn Bridge which fits today’s blog post, so I thought it was fitting to share.

Gina Miller Custom Layout Credits:
Papers (all toned-down), lace brush, stitched heart and pinned label by Michelle Coleman. Loose stitches by Syrin at CatScrap. Hanging flower by Natalie Braxton. Gold brads by Shabby Princess. Blue folded ribbon by Amy Martin. Paint by Maya at Scrapbook Graphics. Antique Color on photo (tweaked) by Photoblast. Glamour on photo (tweaked) by Virtual Photographer. Fonts are FG Script Elegante, CK Dingbat Hearts and AL Modern Type.

Since I posted a wedding layout/photo I thought I would share with you the Save the Date I did awhile back for the wedding. I just posted it to my portfolio as well as Save the Date magnets, which I hope to sell as a design. I loved these so much…Two Peas in a Pod theme so cute I think. He he he!

Speaking of Disc Talk Radio, make sure to check it out. It’s a great site for scrappers where you can tune in to hear your favorite scrappin’ celebrities share tips of the trade and gain insights that will make your next layout shine and it’s FREE to listen to the shows!

I wanted to share with you another great site and artist that I love. I’m a big fan of this artist, Ed Heck who has some great pieces of art. Love his work and can’t wait to own a piece of his some day. Here’s a copy of his Remember painting which is so simple but so moving at the same time.

Well that’s it for now. Check back tomorrow for another freebie hopefully. I’m going to work on a friends quote since tomorrow’s post is going to be about friends and some special shout outs =)

Toodles!

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All in the family!

Published by Tara Sroka on March 2, 2007 in Designs & Inspiration and Scrapbooking. 1 Comment

So I want to give some shout outs to my family today since they also have cool web sites, so check them out. First off my brother-in-law, Dan (who hosts this site â€“thanks!) has a kick ass fine art photographery site. He focuses on photography of the elements of nature and has some pretty amazing stuff. We need to buy one of his prints someday. He also designs and sells fine art ketubah designs based on his photography of flowers and leaves. Very unique, so take a look.

My father-in-law, Len has been working on a series of books over the years which helps us visualize the spiritual dimension of our lives. Check out his books and make sure to checkout his web site as well!

I want to give a HUGE thanks to my husband, John for all his hard work on my site and blog. I know sometimes his hard work goes unseen since it’s technical and behind the scene action but I wanted to give him some love. I couldn’t do this site with you Johnny! You ROCK!

The Srokas are a very talented crew, arenâ€™t we? He he!

Speaking of family here is a layout I did recently of me and my family when I was little. Aren’t I cute? He he he.

Lastly I leave you with these cute photos of my little cousin, Alex. Seems to earn his keep at daycare he’s doing some extra work around the playground. LOL!

Frame from Michelle Underwood.

That’s it for now. I have some designing and scrapbooking to do this weekend, so I’ll have lots to post next week. I’m also going to have another freebie next week too. I’m working on some NYC related stuff…so check back next week for that!

Have a good weekend!

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Thank Heavens for Bloggers, Clients and Little Girls!

Published by Tara Sroka on March 1, 2007 in Freebie and Scrapbooking. 0 Comments

Thanks everyone who stopped by yesterday for my first freebie EVER! Thanks to Amy for posting it on her site…you ROCK! The response was huge which made me smile all day! And thanks for the posts/comments as well. Keep an eye out for more freebies coming soon.

As a treat for stopping by click on the image and save the word art as a png file. The file doesn’t have a black background though..it’s transparent. Special thanks to Atomic Cupcake for the Sparkle Action. Enjoy =)

I’m excited and wanted to share my good news. I have my first real custom scrapbook client! I’ve been doing scrapbooks for others for a year or so now but mostly for friends and family for gifts. Now I have a real client. Well she is a friend of a friend but I’m getting paid in FULL this time! I’m really excited about this so hopefully I can get my custom scrapbooking business up and running. I’ll keep you posted on how it’s going. The timing is kind of tight on this so I need to start hustling on getting 20 pages done by April 1st. Need to make sure I leave time to print. I’m going to use the new Shutterfly scrapbook printing…has anyone used it? Does processing/printing/shipping take more then 3 weeks? Anyone? Help! =)

So my little goddaughter/cousin has been under the weather lately. She had the flu and she even visited the ER for the first time ever the other night. Poor baby! So I wanted to wish her a speedy recovery so she returns to her playful fun self soon. Here is a layout I did of her 2 months ago. I’m in the photo too with her.

Speaking of little girls here is a new layout of my new niece, Kayley. It’s too funny that we have a Kayla and now a Kayley. Least they are on difference sides of the family with difference last names. He he!

This layout is my first layout as a member of Theres K’s Creative Team. All Theres Kâ€™s products available at Scrap Garden, so be sure to check them out.

Hope you are having a good day and I’ll talk to you tomorrow!

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