Love Her! {Cosmo Cricket: Togetherness}

I just adore the Togetherness line from Cosmo Cricket... the kite paper, the clouds, the butterflies...they are so much fun! So I've had the digital line on my wishlist for a while and when it came up on sale for $1 this week at Jessica Sprague...I finally indulged! And then I got to work right away with a template from Jessica Sprague as well (I used #26 for this). It is totally free to download! 

I entered it into this month's Cosmo Cricket challenge at scrapbook.com to use more than one photo. There is still time to enter a layout to have a chance at winning the prize this month!

Rainy Day {Erica Zane: Imagine If}

My friend, Jill, bought me a couple of digital goodies this weekend as a belated birthday present. The timing was perfect as I'd just seen this kit released last week but would not allow myself any purchases. But there is a rainbow...and clouds...and rain!!!!!!! So, as soon as I downloaded the kit, I got to work. This is what I came up with.

I used a free template from Jessica Sprague's Template Tuesdays. The only thing not in the kit was the tag which is also designed by Erica Zane and part of my gift :) I had so much fun with this one! I didn't include a title because, well, I guess I felt like it didn't need one. The journaling is a quote I found from googling: "Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain" Thanks to Jill for the kits AND answering a bazillion questions this week about digital scrapping :)

1 week down, 51 to go...

Because I didn't have enough unfinished projects, I am starting a Project 365 album. I learned about this idea a couple of years ago and thought there was no way I could handle a project where I had to print a picture for each day. Maybe if I had a photo printer at home...but I don't. Project 12 has been my compromise and I love it, but I still like the idea of capturing a photo daily. So then I start hearing about and seeing other people's albums...

Janet runs her album from birthday to birthday instead of Jan 1- Dec 31...love that idea. Starting/ending at the holidays just seems so overwhelming! 

Then Kayla shared with me a couple of layouts that Heather did for her album - a digital 365 album. I saw her layouts, pestered her with questions (Jill, too) and was convinced I could do this!

I wanted to have some sort of title for the first page...had a good one till I realized next year has an extra day...then Jen helped me come up with "Leaping into 36!"

So here is my first layout, only 51 more to go until I bind all of them together into an album!  

Supplies:

Erica Zane Templates 12

Crystal Wilkerson Spring/Summer 2011

Crystal Wilkerson Banner Templates

Carina Gardner A Year of Rubons

Carina Gardner 365 Number Stamps

Thanks to all that have helped me get this project started! 

Beary Fun! {Crystal Wilkerson Spring/Summer 2011 Baby Girl},

One great thing about digital layouts is that I don't have to worry about the weather when I'm completed with the layout....no pictures are needed! We are FINALLY getting a good rain storm this morning.

Over at JessicaSprague.com, every Tuesday a new template {for the non-digi scrappers, it's basically a sketch with some of the work already done for you} is released for free! I'm going to try to do as many of these as I can to help me get used to digital scrapping. This is from this week - pictures too! ;)

I'm not letting myself go crazy buying embellishments but I'm sure that as time goes by, I'll come back and add  a little something more to this. It just feels plain!

One Fun Summer Day {Crystal Wilkerson: Spring/Summer 2011}

Today is the first day of a new project for me! Janet inspired me to start a 365 album on my birthday, and Heather's digital 365 pages inspired me to try this project all digital. This time next year, I'll be sending off all of my pages to be bound into a hardcover book. Can't wait!!

So, I've been playing with templates some to get used to having a new layout each week. I got this free template from Crystal Wilkerson's new site and took advantage of a 50% off sale this weekend to buy some new goodies :-)

I know I've already scrapped these pictures before (just scroll down for the paper version) but I love them and wanted to play with the digital aspect without having to find more pictures and edit them! I can't wait to get my first week documented and share it here next week :-)

Another Digital Layout

I made this in just a few minutes tonight based on a PageMaps sketch for a challenge here. I actually have a layout done for the sketch with real paper, too! Here's the sketch: I'll be back later (more likely tomorrow!) to share my other layout for the sketch! TFL!!

I've Gone Digital!

I wasn't sure if I would actually ever get around to making a digital scrapbook page...but here ya go! I downloaded a starter kit from Basic Grey - one that I definitely liked the colors/patterns so that I know I'll use it on other digital pages, too. Then I followed the FREE online video (Kristina Werner is who's talking, and I like her style) to create the page.

It would not have taken me very long if I wasn't having issues with my computer and Photoshop. Apparently...they do not like each other!

I definitely won't be giving up traditional scrapbooking, but I like this aspect, too! And I really like that when I purchase an element, I can resize it, alter the color, and use it OVER and OVER again. For the $, it really is a better deal. Shhhh, don't tell my husband ;)