October Journalling Challenge at DAC

Here is a LO I made for the October Journalling Challenge at Digitalarts-cafe.
These cookies are so popular in our house and they don't usually last very long.

Shabby Miss Jenn kit layout

I bought this beautiful kit called Birthday Wishes from Shabby Miss Jenn and this is the first layout I tried with it. I have to stop myself putting too much stuff on but it is all so gorgeous I want to use everything all at once :)

So many layouts so little time:)

I can't believe the weekend just flew by and I didn't get any new layouts done, I was so busy getting my portfolio done for my photography workshop at Feel Good Photos. I can highly recommend CJs courses to anyone who wants to improve their photography skills.

I entered this too...

In the October Font Challenge over at DigitalArts-cafe



http://www.digitalarts-cafe.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-4244

Guess what I did??

I entered the October Colour Challenge at DigitalArts-cafe.
I even made the torn edge paper myself, not perfect but not bad for a first go.

http://www.digitalarts-cafe.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-4236

I don't believe it...

How quickly I have become addicted to this digi scrapping. It is so cool to be able to make pages and show them so much quicker than scrapping the traditional way. Though I think I want to do both cos I do love to play with all the pretty papers, embellishments, ribbons etc and I do love the little extras you can only get on the 'real' thing such as pull-out books, charms, 3D effects. I have just discovered the DST site so am off now to have a look around there.

Here's another

Did one for youngest DD so had to do one for eldest DD too.

WooHoo - this is so much fun

Yey, here is my third layout, all done with free stuff from www.freedigitalscrapbooking.com

I think this is getting better, not so busy as the Halloween one.

Kids scrapping software

Is there any software out there specifically for kids to scrap with?

Cool scrapping sites

If anyone has any cool scrapping sites they would like to share let me know and I will list them on the blog. Thanks.

My Layouts

Layout number 2

WOW! This is so much fun and highly addictive ;) Here is a Halloween layout all done with freebies off the web, how cool is that. Still probably looks very amateurish but as they say, practice makes perfect so off I go to do another.

You really HAVE to give it a go, you'll love it.

My first attempt at a layout

I have just discovered digital scrap booking so I am sure what follows in this blog is not going to be of a very high standard but it is just the start of my learning curve so I am sure I will improve as I go along.

Why digital scrap booking?

Well I have tried normal scrapping and managed to do a layout that I was very happy with first time but it is quite time-consuming and I found that lots of little hands suddenly appeared when I got all my papers, embellishments and ribbons out, all wanting to help mummy create something beautiful. Unfortunately by the time the little hands had finished there was often glue, glitter, brads, ribbon etc etc all over the place. Digital scrapping seemed like a much cleaner and tidier solution so I thought I would give it a go.

I spent this morning scouring the web (don't you just LOVE google) for freebies that I could downlaod and have a go with and I found a fantastic site called - would you believe it - http://www.freedigitalscrapbooking.com

I downloaded their free Beach Bum video tutorial and kit and set out to do my first layout. Disaster struck when I could not get the voice on the video to work so I watched it in silence but managed to pick up enough of the gist of what was happening to have a go myself. The kit was a great basic starter kit and using Photoshop Elements 7 I found it really easy to use. The best thing about digital scrapping is that it is so easy to change things so you don't need to be so worried about making mistakes - I made plenty.

Anyway here is my first layout. What do you think?