I Challenge You!!! ~ Week #7

Well sounds like we are in for another winter storm....again! I have been in one of those funks that are caused by a winter that won't quit, whinny kids and to much to do and no desire to do it. I guesse that is what they call the "Winter Blues". So needless to say I have not gotten any pages done in the last few weeks but I am going tho throw out a challenge anyway just in case some of you are more motivated than I am. Here it is!!
Take 5 photos of the town you live in. They can be of buildings, nature, your home anything in your town. Use all 5 on your page.
Shapes: Diamonds
Color Combinations: Subtle Pastels
Good Luck & Have Fun!!!

New Weekly Challenge ~ Get Organized Challenge!!! ~ Week #1

Sometimes a good challenge gets us off our butt and helps us get moving forward. I know I would like to be more organized as I am sure everyone does. Scrapbooking stuff gets unorganized pretty fast if you don't keep up on it so I thought a weekly challenge might get us organized a little bit at a time. So here is this weeks challenge!!
Fiber & Fabric Organizing
Get creative and find a all your fiber and fabric you use for your scrapping gather it all up in one place. Now sort out what you will never use and either save it for a swap ( it is a good idea to put all your swap stuff in one place like a small box so when you do a swap you will be ready) or donate it. Now comes the hard part. Put on your thinking cap and think of some creative ways to store all your fiber and fabric. You will love the new organized stash and you will find things you forgot you had .
Don't forget to post your creative ideas in the comments and in group for all of us to share. Also take a picture of your newly organized stuff and post it in the group album and I will grab them up and post them in the blog.
GOOD LUCK!!!

I Challenge You!!! ~ Week #6

Happy Saturday!!!
This weeks challenge will get a lot of photos on one page. Here it is!!!
Number of photos: eight
Type of layout: Fall
Color combinations: purple/red
Tools: craft knife

How to Download a Digital Scrapbooking Freebie

Last weeks challenge involved downloading digital freebies. I had a few questions on how to do this. It is not very hard so I will do my best to explain it so bear with me if I totally confuse you. I am not to good at computer geek speak LOL! Here goes!
First thing find a free kit or element you want to download. Lots of digital designers offer free kits to help get people to buy their kits. Most kits are very reasonably priced and think of them as supplies that NEVER run out. Lots of designers offer freebies in their blogs too. One blog I like is Designs That Rawk!. She does awesome work & thanks so much for the freebies. One of her new freebies is Cora by Amanda Roberts. So go to her blog to find it.
Now click on Download 4 Share under the picture of the kit. Most downloads have an area that says download here or click on the kits picture to start to download.
Now when you click on the download link it will either take you to the area to download or it will open the box to download. For this kit it opens up the 4 Shared Free File Sharing site. Scroll down a bit and you will see Download File underlined click on that. You computers file download box will pop up. Now click on Save. The Save As box will pop up. Pick where you would like to save the file. I have a special folder just for my digital scrapbooking items and I download it into there. Click save and your download will start. Most downloads take between a few minutes to 30 or 40 minutes depending on the size of the file. This one will take my computer appx 20 minutes. It may take you less if you are on a high speed connection. I am just one step up from dial up so it takes me a little longer.
After you finish downloading the file go to the folder where you downloaded it and you will see a zip file there. Double click on the zip file, click extract all files and the extraction wizard will pop up. Click next and pick the place you would like to extract it to. I have folders for paper kit ect. Now click next again and it will extract the file to the place you would like it. After it is extracted I delete the zip file since I do not need it anymore and it help saves space on the computer. Now you can click on the folder and open it up and look at all the goodies.
When you use the freebies and publish it anywhere including your blog be sure to note the designers to pay them the credit they are due. These designers are very talented and to give their work away is so kind so give them the thanks they deserve. Also be sure to read the info that comes with the kit on how you can use the product.
WOW! Now if you are not thoroughly confused go get some freebies!! But don't blame me when you are a total addict like myself LOL!!
If I have you confused just ask me and I will try to help you out.
Here is a fab blog that is a great guide to freebies.
Scrapping with IkeaGoddess

I Challenge You!!! ~ Week #5

Another week is here, time for another challenge. So how did you do last week?? I got mine done , post coming soon. So here is this weeks challenge. Good Luck!!!
Background: Plaid
Embellishments/Accents: Fabric
Color combinations: no white on the page
Tools: stamps

Princess Rachel ~ Digital Page

I made this 8x8 page with digital elements I downloaded from Miss BonBon (thanks for the fab freebie!!). I made it 8x8 because I do not have a 12 x12 printer. I used my scrapbook Factory Deluxe (I found it at Goodwill, new in box, for only.....$2!!! My buy of the year!!) program to put it all together. I think it turned out super cute!

Photos of Week #3 Challenge

WHOO HOOO I Got It Done!!! I am not sure I like how it turned out but it is done!! Here it is:

I created my own circle stamp to do the paint circles & I used a circle cutter with a craft knife to make all the paper circles. I used The Gimp photo editing software (this is a free software I downloaded & it is a lot like PaintShop. Google The Gimp to find this software.) I really love how the photo turned out. I found yellow and red to be a hard combination to use.

I Challenge You!!! ~ Week #4

OK OK I am a little behind on last weeks challenge but I hope to get it done this weekend. This weeks challenge is a fun one. Here it is:
Download and use 3 things from the Internet
Here are some ideas for things to download. There are tons of sites that have free printables. Here is one of my favs:
Free Printable Scrapbook Themes
Belle's Printables
This Site has a lot of different themes to choose from. I also like to use digital scrapbooking items and there are so many freebies out there. Here are a few of the sites with freebies to download:
Lucky Bug Digital Scrapbooking
The Digi Chick Freebies
Pixel Paint Paper
Laura Skathi Freebies
Sometimes you will need to sign up for the newsletter to be able to download the freebies.
Another great way to find freebies is to Google: Free scrapbooking printables or Free digital scrapbooking downloads. You will find a ton of stuff!! Be careful it is addicting. Good luck & I can't wait to see the pages!!!

I Challenge You!!! ~ Week #3

Are you ready for challenge #3??? I am beginning to feel a bit better and am up for a new challenge so here it it!!!
Type of layout: Just the facts
Titles and lettering: Foam stamps and paint
Shapes: Circles
Color combinations: red/yellow
Tools: craft knife
GOOD LUCK!!!!

Photos of our Challenge #2 Pages

I have been sick with the respiratory flu for the last 6 days (my daughter has been sick too ) but I did manage to get my challenge page done. I think it turned out OK for not being on the top of my game LOL! Also Scrap-N-Chat got her page done too!! It looks so pretty! So I am posting both of the pages. Here they are!!!
Here is Scrap-N-Chat's page

Here is mine:

I will post more if there are any more.

2007 Goal ~ Page #2

YEHHH!! I got another page done!! I'm on a role!

This is a fun photo that we had done at the sketch booth at Walmart for $2. But to me it is priceless!

I Challenge You ~ Week #2

I Challenge You!! Week #2
Are You Ready To Scrap???? Here it is:
Number of photos: five
Type of layout: Christmas
Background: Cardstock only
Shapes: Stars
Color combinations: brown/pink
Tools: hole punch
Remember to send me your page photos and I will post them on the blog and in the album.

Free Fonts & Creative Software for Scrappers

I found a site that I love. It is Creative Delights. They sell very cute and affordable printables for you scrapbooking. They have a free creative software download that is simple to use but has some nice features. When you download the software you get a free picnic alphabet, textures to use on your lettering and a cute birthday set. Sign up for there newsletter and get 7 free downloadable fonts. Also if a friend signs up for their newsletter you and your friend gets $5 off a $15 order. To refer a friend look at the very bottom of the page in small type it says referral offer. You can refer as many friends as you wish you just need their email address. I bought somethings and they are easy to download. I can't wait to start using them.
Let me know what you think!! Even if you do not buy anything the free stuff is very cute. I think they offer free stuff in the newsletter too.

Here is my Challenge Page ~ Page One of Goal!!

Alright Ladies so how you doing on the weekly challenge?? I got my page done today. I'm am SO PROUD of me LOL!!! Here it is:

This is my daughter when she was about 6 months old. I meet all the challenge requirements: I used bold paper, The tag photo is something that hangs, 3 photos, swirls and flourishes and I did my journaling on the computer. This is my first attempt at doodling on my page, all in all not to bad. I am very happy how it turned out. I am putting this in a new album titled challenge. Send me your page photos and I will post them in this album for everyone to enjoy.
PLUS this is page 1 of my 2007 goal (only 199 pages to go LOL!!)

I Challenge You!!! ~ Week #1

I Challenge You!!! I need a challenge to get going on my scrapbooking goal (200 pages this year) so I thought I would challenge you all too. I hope to make this a weekly or so challenge. So here it is!
Number of Photos: Three
Shapes: Swirls and Flourishes
Embellishments / Accents: Some Thing That Hangs
Color Combinations: Bold
Tools: Computer
OK so pick three photos, some bold bright papers, try your hand at some swirls, use your computer to journal or try downloading a digital accent and make it hang on your page. So crank up your imagination!!
Email me your finished pages and I will post them on the blog and in the album.
GOOD LUCK & I CAN"T WAIT TO SEE THEM!!!

My Weekend Project #2 ~ Altered Recipe Box

My second project for the weekend was an altered recipe box. I absolutely love how this turned out! I bought a wooded recipe box from Goodwill for $1. It was kind of ugly with a resin thing on the front. I wish I would have taken a photo of the box before I started. But take my word for it it was ugly. I started out by taking off the resin thing and sanding it down a bit. Then I gave it a coat of Gesso. This helps the paint to stick well later.
Then I painted it pink, very pink! Now don't go screaming from the room yet!!

Then I painted it with a crackle medium. This is clear and when you paint over it with next coat of paint the paint will crack into a weathered looking finish. Reveling the color underneath.

Then I cut out my patterned paper and inked the edges. I used a tacky glue that I thinned with water to decoupage the paper on the box. I used a brayer to help to smooth down the paper and get out the air bubbles. After the paper dried I put a glue coating over the top of it.

After this was very dry I gave the whole box a coating of clear varnish that was tinted with acrylic paint. This gave the box an antiqued finish.

I made embellishments for the front of the box out of a laminate sample, a lid off of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls stickers, clear sealer and a few micro beads. Then I antiqued them with the same thing I used on the box.

I attached the embellishments to the front pop dots. This project was my first of this nature and I think it turned out super!! I LOVE it! Next weekend I plan to make the divider cards for the inside.

Let me know what you think of this project! I am going to keep it by my computer to keep recipes and scrapbooking tips I find while surfing the net.

My Weekend Project #1 ~ Photo Candle

The altered scrapbooking bug has hit me this weekend. I had seen in Donna Downey's book photo decor a great photo candle. I decided I would try and make one for my bedroom. I found a great heart shaped candle at Hobby Lobby & I knew I had the rest of the stuff in my stash to make this project. So I got started

I gathered up my supplies: candle, photo, flower shaped eyelets, black sharpie, square templates, plaque & ribbon.
I cut out my photo and rounded the corners with my corner rounder. I punched holes in the corners and added flower eyelets. I used the heat gun to warm up the wax a little and pressed the eyelets into the wax. I did the same for the plaque. Then I wrapped the ribbon around the candle and warmed up the wax and it soaked into the ribbon adhering it to the candle.
I love how this came out. I will burn the candle down just until there is enough of an indentation for a tea lite to fit in, then I will just burn the tea lite to save the candle.
Hope you like my project.

Page Goal For 2007

I've set my goal for 2007! My goal is to get 200 pages done this year. That breaks down to about 3 pages a week. We are a week into 2007 and I am 3 pages behind already LOL! Better get my butt in gear! I made a ticker to count down my progress.

Wish Me Luck!!

My Scrapbooking Cabinet

Since I have been thinking about scrapbook organization I thought I would post my scrapbooking cabinet for you all to see. This is the most organized I have been in a long time but it can still use a little work. My husband does woodworking so I am a very lucky woman to have a guy who can make me such a nice cabinet. He made this cabinet to sell but since it never sold and was just out in our shed I had him bring it in for me to put all my scrapbooking stuff in. Works great and it is nice to have most of my stuff in one place. I say MOST because like other scrapbookers I tend to accumulate items pretty quickly LOL!
The cabinet, notice the locks to keep out my little girl. She is into everything!

Inside the top section I use baskets to keep items together. The pink basket holds fabrics and fibers. The cream colored basket hold misc. items that need to be put away. the small wicker basket holds items I use alot, like my cutter, eyelet setter, black pens etc.

The drawers hold all my punches. My little girl loves to play with these.

The bottom section of the cabinet holds my paper, colored pens, chalks and some of my rubber stamping items.
When I get ready to scrap I usually do it on the kitchen table or I have a card table I set up in the living room so I can watch TV too. Hope you enjoyed a look at my scrappin storage.

Two Rockin' Books

You know when you find a book you love you just want to tell everyone. Well I just got two books that really rock! They are:
Decorative Journals by Donna Downey

&
Photo Decor by Donna Downey

These books are great! Each book has 25 creative projects to take your scrapbooking to a whole new level.
I bought mine at Joann's and used the 40% off coupon on the back of their flyer. This is a super way to save on all your favorite books.
Her photo decor book has this very cute photo display made out of a muffin tin. I picked up a muffin tin at Dollar Tree and I am going to make one for my kitchen. I will post some photos when I get it done.
You can also visit Donna Downey at:
Donna Downey

Organizing For A New Year

Like everyone else I set goal for the new year every year and they kind of fall by the wayside by March. I never give up though and always try to set new goal when the old ones fade away. This year one of the goal I have set for my scrapbooking is to be more organized so I can get more pages accomplished. I'm sure some of you have the same goal in mind to but have no idea where to start. Here are a few ideas to help you get started.
1. Don't get overwhelmed! If you are like me you buy stuff, wonderful stuff, and take it home and stash it (still in the bag) somewhere never to be seen again. It is OK we all do it! But it is overwhelming to think about putting all that stuff in a home of it's own.
2. Start small. Pick an area and work in that area for 15 minutes. Set a timer and start to sort this small area. Try not to get distracted by trying to put stuff away yet, just sort.
3. Sort into 3 categories: Get 3 BIG boxes
Keep (things you love and KNOW you will use)
Get Rid Off (Things that are not your style anymore and you know you will never use)
Not Sure (Things you are not sure you will use but still like)
4. Just continue doing 15 minute increments until you are done or you get worn out or run out of work time.
5. Now that you have your stuff sorted into your 3 piles (hopefully in boxes) Take the Get Rid Of box and decide what you can use for swaps, what you will donate or sell and if any needs to be just thrown out.
Some great ideas for swaps are:
Online groups: Lots of these groups have monthly swaps for there members.
Hold a swap party with you friends. Get all your scappin friends together and swap stuff you don't want. Fun way to get new stuff!!
Donate your items to schools, daycare or retirement homes. These places welcome items that they can use for crafts.
Sell your items at a garage sale or online. Good way to make a little extra cash to buy things you will use.
6. Take the Not Sure box and set it aside for now. After you get organized you can go through it again and see if you want to keep any of the things. Sort it just like you did before: Keep, Get Rid Off & Not Sure. Then just set the Not Sure box aside for another day until you have no more Not Sure stuff.
7. Now to make a home for all the stuff you want to keep. This can be tough especially if you live in a small home like me and can't have a dream scrapbooking room (I would love one of those!!). In the next few weeks I will list creative ways to store your scrapbooking supplies. But for now find a place to keep your stuff that is easy to get to. If it is hard to get to you won't use it and you won't put your new stuff away.
I hope this gives you a small start on your New Year's organization. Most of all be patient!! It did not become a mess overnight and you can get it organized overnight (well maybe but you will be to tired to enjoy your success LOL!)
If anyone has some tips on organizing feel free to post them in the comments. We would all love some new tips!!

Wrappin' Up Christmas

Well I'm starting to get things for Christmas under wraps (so to speak LOL!!). I made a altered composition book for Max's teacher and a sticky note holder for Rachel's babysitter and 38 Snowman Soups. Whew! I took pictures of the notebook and the note holder and will post them probably after Christmas. I hope you all are getting close to wrapping up your Christmas too.
Have a VERY Merry Christmas!!

Another Scrappy Gift Idea

As I was making my way through the crowded mall this weekend I realized just how nice it is to make your own gifts. I found this great idea for a very cute sticky note desk stand. So take a look and maybe you will be able to avoid that super crowded mall too!!

Sticky Note Desk Stand

This would make a very cute teachers or babysitters gift.

Scrap Paper Ornament

As scrappers we have a lot of small scraps of pretty paper we absolutely hate to just throw away. I found a fun way to use up some of your scraps and create great ornaments for Christmas. These would make fun secret Santa gifts. Check out the link:

Scrapper's Ornaments

Color Scheme Generator

Do you ever have trouble picking colors for your page? I am not very good at picking colors and tend to stick with safe color schemes. There is a site that has a tool for making web pages that would also be a very valuable tool for scrapbooking. The Color Scheme Generator will help design your page by using the color wheel. Try it out and see if you like it, I loved it!!

Color Scheme Generator

Scrapbooking Related Projects for Kids

Why not have some fun introducing your kids to scrapbooking and take advantage of making some great gifts to boot! Creating Keepsakes has 8 Kid Friendly projects. Projects include a neat Advent calender, tote bag, bracelet and more. Stop by and take a look.
Kid Friendly Projects
Here are some more sites with scrapbooking projects for kids:
Scrap Jazz
Here is a site with lots of crafts for kids
Family Fun
Have fun making Christmas gifts with your kids. It is a wonderful tradition they will always remember.

Journal Jars

I have been on the hunt for creative gift ideas for Christmas. As I was searching I ran across journal jars. It is a simple gift, all you need is a jar (or any type of pretty container would be nice too), slips of paper you have printed questions on (use some pretty colored scrapbooking paper) and a pretty journal to write in. I found a great site that had the questions free to print.
Organized Christmas
They have one for adults and one for kids. I printed out one for me. I think it will make a nice journal of my life. I think I will make one for my 9 year old son and then make a scrapbook of his answers.
I was also thinking of a jar of scrapbooking ideas for getting your ideas flowing. This would make a fun gift for you scrapbooking friends. Just print out slips with different page ideas, embellishment uses ect. Such as dangle a charm from a title.
Here are a few ideas I found:
Creating Keepsakes Journal Jar
Journal Jar Ideas

Creative Christmas Tree Ornaments Using Scrapbooking Materials

I put up my Christmas tree yesterday and am now in the Christmas spirit so I am looking for ways to use my scrapbooking supplies to make some creative ornaments. I searched around the web and found some ideas. Here are a few I found.



Sheet Music Ornament
This would be very pretty with metallic paper too.




Quilled Tree Ornament
Use a paper shredder to make your strips.
These are just a couple of the things I found. Post your ideas too!

Templates Templates Templates!!!

Making cards and scrapbooking kind of go hand in hand. I started off rubberstamping before I started scrapbooking. I made handmade birth announcements for my son when he was born. I have not made may cards the last few years but when I do I like to use templates to make different shaped and folded cards. I found a wonderful resource for templates at this site. Some of the templates would work on scrapbook pages also. Take a look and maybe you will be inspired to make some special cards for you family this holiday season.

Card & Scrapbooking Templates

Awesome Gift Idea

It may seem I am overloading you on gift ideas that incorporate scrapbooking, but I am really in the mood to make gifts this year that show off my talents. These gifts will be enjoyed all year long. This idea is a way cool coffee travel tumbler. You know the kind that has the interchangeable picture inside. The article suggeseted Starbucks as a place to buy these. Hope you enjoy this article and if you make some email me the photos and I will post them to show them off.
Scrapped Coffee Tumbler

Organizing Tip ~ Creating an Idea CD

I am constantly trying to stay organized in all aspects of my life. It is a tough chore but finding new organizing ideas is half of the fun. I found a wonderful article about creating a space saving CD to help keep all the scrapbooking info you collect organized. I am not sure I would scan all my paper info but I think I would use this idea to help organize all the great info I collect off of the internet. Take a look at this article and see if it would help you get organized. Would work for lots of other things like recipes, organizing tips & craft articles too!

Creating an Idea CD

Birthday Album Ideas

This is the time of year that my kids birthdays roll around. My daughter just turned 4 last week and my son will be 9 in just a few weeks. So I have gone in search of birthday album ideas. I found 3 links that have some great ideas. I think I will make an album for each of them to just highlight their birthdays. It will be fun to look back and see how they have grown.
Here are the links:

Year by Year Birthday Album

Through the Years Mini Album

Birthday Mini Book

Another Scrappy Gift Idea

I am on a roll thinking of things to make this Christmas. I love to make thing for my friends and family. Not only do handmade gifts have an extra touch of caring they also can save you a few bucks too.
One of my ideas is altered lunch boxes. You can buy these pretty cheap at Hobby Lobby or JoAnns. You will also need scrapbook paper, embellishments, modge podge and hot glue gun. I will load some links at the end that have more detailed instructions on making these lunch boxes. They also have some fun ideas on how to use them. I like the ideas for recipes boxes and dates to remember. I think I will make mine for my son's teacher and my daughter's babysitter. Now I just have to get started. I will post some photos when i get them done.
Check out these links for some great ideas:
How to alter a lunch box

Job Box

Altered Lunch Boxes

Dates to Remember

Scrappin' Gift Ideas

I know I know Thanksgiving is not even here yet but time flies when you are having fun. So now is the time to start thinking about gifts for you friends and family. This year I am making a book by Picaboo for my Mom & Dad. Picaboo has a free download you use to design your book and then you can print the pages on your own computer or for a fee they will make either a soft cover or hard cover bound book. Right now I am working on a 20 page soft cover book for my folks of their grand kids. They have a ton of templates, backgrounds and corners. Page templates range from one photo up to a collage with over 10 photos. The program is very easy to learn and use. You can save your work as you go, so I am working on it in little chunks. I think I will print out some pages and use them on some of my scrapbook pages for my self. This is a nice gift that won't cost you a fortune. Go check out there site and see for yourself.
Picaboo

Free Image & Photo Editing Software

As someone who loves to scrapbook I also love to learn to do new things to expand my scrapping horizons. So I have been starting to study up on digital scrapbooking. Digital scrapbooking can be quit involved or very easy depending on how much you want to do. So I started looking into photo editing software. There are a lot out there, ones such as PaintShop and PhotoShop are quit expensive and do a lot of things. Awhile back I tried a free 30 day download of PaintShop Pro. It is a nice program if I had a clue what I was doing (I didn't & 30 days was not enough time to learn). So I went on a quest to find some free programs to edit my photos and found some very nice programs. The first one I downloaded was PhotoPlus 6.0. This program is a pretty basic photo editing program that does quit a bit of things and is not as hard to learn as some of the big programs. Though all these programs do have some sort of learning curve and takes some time to figure out. What I do is just start playing around to see what I can do. The second program I downloaded was Gimp 2. This is a wonderful program very similar to Photo Shop. In fact I used some of the PhotoShop tutorials on the web to help me do some of my editing and found Gimp was set up very close to PhotoShop. I also bought a book on PhotoShop 7 at Hastings bookstores for $1.99. It has been a super help. This program is quickly becoming my favorite. It cam also support some of PhotoShop plug ins. I really like the fact that these are FREE and so far no nasty adware or spyware has popped up due to the downloads. So if you want to venture into more in depth digital scrapbooking I recommend trying out these programs. They are free so you have nothing to lose. Here are the links so you can check them out for yourself:

PhotoPlus 6.0

Gimp 2 Download
If you prefer to get a CD for you download you can find it here
Free Gimp CD
Here are some tutorials for the Gimp. See some of the fun things you can do to your photos.
Gimp Tutorials
More Gimp Tutorials
More Info Links for Gimp
Some tutorials for Photo Plus
PhotoPlus Tutorials
More PhotoPlus Tutorials
I hope you try these out and let us know how you liked them.

Fab Freebie!!!

As I was scouting around the web in search for fabulous things for scrapbooking I ran across a free software download called The Framing Station. With this software you can take one of your photos and put a nice frame around it. Your asking "How would this be useful to me??" It has tons of scrappin uses if you think about it. First make a framed photo, print it out and use it on you paper scrapbook. Or you can use it in a digital scrapbook also. One of the ways I am going to use it is to make photo Christmas card, just like the ones they make at Walmart only free (except for the ink of course). This program makes frames for a variety of photo sizes, from 4x6 all the way up to 8x10. You could make an 8x10 and frame it for a nice gift. I know my parents would love one of the grandkids. The 4x6 size is perfect for postcards too. This picture is an example of a birthday invitation for my daughters birthday party. I will just write the party info on the back and send.
It is simple to use. I added the text "Time to Party" You do not have to know how to digital scrapbook to use this program. When you click on Update the program it takes you to the web site and there are more free frames to download. They also sell packs of frames to buy if you want. There are so many free ones I'm not going to buy any for what I want to do. Just takes a little time to download them. Here is the link so you can check it out for your self!! (This is not the official web page just a download site)


The Framing Station

Here is the link for the web page with the free packs and a program update download.


The Framing Station Downloads

Hope you have fun with this program. Let me know how you like it and the ways you are using it for scrapbooking. Also send me a picture you made with it and I will post it for everyone to see.

Digital Collection Addiction

As a scrapper I think we are prone to collecting things for scrapbooking. I almost love the collecting as much as I love to scrap. Digital scrapbooking "supplies" as you might say are VERY addicting because there are so many you can download for free. I have a wonderful collection all organized into categories. As a paper scrapper mostly I love to print out the paper and embellishments and use them on my paper pages. They are nice or nicer than store bought and free. It does take a little time to cut them out but not much. Sometimes I print them on paper made for labels and use them as stickers. I have joined some wonderful forms and am learning to digital scrapbook as I collect freebies. Here are a few of my favs:

3 Scrapateers

lauraskathi

Shabby Princess

Simple Way to Print Your Graphics

You do not have to be a digital scrapbooker to use digital scrapbook elements. There are a ton of digital scrapbooking freebies out there and paper scrappers should be taking advantage to make paper elements for their pages. I found a great tutorial on printing your graphics using the print wizard in Windows XP. It was a kind of "AH HAH" moment for me when I read it. I realized I need to be printing some of my own things to use on my pages. I hope this will help you expand your horizons also. Here is the link:

Printing Graphics with Windows XP

So You Want to Get Organized, Huh??? Help is on the Way!!!!

One of my great goals in life is to be organized. Martha is organized. If she can do it so can I. I am always on the lookout for organizing help. I have found the ultimate scrapbook organizing printables and best yet it is FREE!!! I will give you the link in just a second. First I want to tell you a little about it. It is called the ScrapMaster and it has pages upon pages to keep track of anything scrap related that you can possibly think of. It was designed to be printed for a 8.5 x 5.5 ring binder. Simply print each sheet out, back to back and cut the full sheet in half. Voila! You have two pages for your ScrapMaster binder. I will also give you a link on how to use this great tool. I send out a VERY BIG THANK YOU to the genius who designed this & THANKS for just giving it to us. You are my organizing angle. OK OK enough kissing up. I gotta get to printing and organizing. Let me know how you like it !! Here are the links:
ScrapMaster

Cool Tool for Self Expression Challenge

While surfing around today on the look out for cool scrapbooking stuff I ran across a fun tool to use for my self expression challenge. It is a typogenerator. What you do is type in your text and it takes it and searches Google. Then it creates from the text and images it found a kind of art like image. It was absolutely addicting to play with. After I made a few images I save a couple. The one you see above is one I made. They looked like pictures that would be so fun to use on my self expression album. So here is the link. Have fun!!
TypoGenerator

Printable Freebie ~ Halloween Bookmarks

Besides scrappin' I LOVE freebies!! I found these very cute bookmarks that would have all kinds of uses for scrapbooking on your pages. You could use them to journal in or put a row of small photos down them or cut out the cute pictures to use to decorate your pages. As a Mom they will make fun additions to my kids treat bags they take to daycare and school. This link is one to bookmark for sure, it is loaded with great printables!!
Mom's Break

Self Expression Mini Scrapbook Challange

As a scrapbooker I love to do pages about my kids, holidays, birthdays ect. but how often do you scrapbook about yourself. What you hate the way you look in pictures??? LOL!! Who doesn't, But we really need to get over it and get to putting ourselves in our scrapbooks. A hundred years from now you want people to see you and say "WOW She was not only a great person on the inside but she was so pretty". So I am throwing out a challenge for the month of November. Yes you have a whole month to work on it. As I browsed around the Internet I ran across a very cool little self expression album idea. Hear is the link:
Self Expression Album
Here is a chance for you to really pull out all the stops and let your creativeness fly. Do what you love. Don't over think this challenge. It is a free style project. Don't make it hard on yourself it is supposed to be fun. When you get your album done Send me a message with your photos and I will start an album for our challenges. It will be fun to show off our work.
YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Cool Tool for Digital Photos

A friend of mine sent me a video she made with her digital photos at this sight. The sight is Photo Show. So I downloaded the free version to check it out. Let me tell you it rocks!! Here is a video I made. You will only be able to access it for a month since it is on the free version but it will get you a chance to take a look. This would be a very fun way to send your friends and family photos. I sent a copy to my Mom, I will let you know if it came through OK. So here is the video and the links to Photo Show. Try it out and see if you like it as much as I did. Let me know what you think.

Question of the Day??? Scrappers Organization Ideas

Question of the Day???
Lately I've been on a major organizing kick. I have not done to much with the scrapping stuff yet. What are some of your best organizing tips?

Question of the Day??? Ribbon Organization

Question of the Day???
With yesterdays question of the day being about ribbons I thought an organizational question may be in order. What are some of the creative ways you have seen to store ribbons?

Question of the Day??? Memorabilia

Question of the Day???
Memorabilia is a wonderful addition to your scrapbook pages. But if you are like me I have so much I end up saving that it becomes a jumbled mess after awhile. What are some of the ways you have found to organize your memorabilia so that it is easy to find when you want to use it on a page?

Question of the Day??? Setting Eyelets

Question of the Day???
There a lot of different eyelet setters on the market. What type of setter do you use and why do you like it?