Congratulations to Melissa Hill. Her layout baby in the works has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!
I wanted to feature a terrific page by one of our male members of the DD community. Snibber has a gallery full of the most amazing travel shots which he displays so beautifully, they could be from the pages of a glossy travel magazine. But amongst his travel pages is this recent gem of a page which I would imagine shows a lot of his personality. He probably has stepped way outside his comfort zone, obviously has a sense of humour and has created a terrific story for us to follow.
What a great way to use a lot of fun elements you have collected over the time. Also great way to push your own boundaries and perhaps comfort zone in trying a different style of scrapping.
Linda and Esther had a lot of fun playing along with me. I do hope you’ll join us and tell your story in a slightly different way.
Layout by Linda, Credits: Pattie Knox: Felt Board Friends: Precious Princess. Jesse Edwards: Princess Nina Kit. Katie Pertiet: Notebook Paper Pack No. 02, Drawn Blossoms No. 01, DoodleDo Titles No. 01, Rounded Word Strips, Paper Cuts No. 01, Elastic Ribbons and Bows. Michelle Martin: Frog Prince Kit. The Grunge Source: Drawn Hearts Brushes and Stamps.
Layout by Esther, Credits: Beachy Clusters Brushes and Stamps No. 02, Stapled Photos Layered Templates, Library Card Collection: Seaside, Portholes Photo Frames, For The Love Of Words, Hipster Plumes No. 05 BrushSet, Journey WordTransfers No. 01, Spackle Textured No. 01 BrushSet, Stamped Stitched: Summer Brushes and Stamps, Yellow Word Bits No. 01, Notebook Paper Pack No. 05, Lynn Grieveson what-do-I-see-freebie. Coming soon: Vintage Book Paper Pack No. 1, Easy TornEdges Layered Templates No. 2.
Layout by Carol, Credits: Jesse Edwards: Golden Silence Solids Paper Pack. Katie Pertiet: Notebook Paper Pack No. 05, Basic Notebook Edge Masks No. 01 Brushes and Stamps, Twiggy, Curled Photo Frames 4x6, Negative Sleeves No. 03, Metal Clip Assortment, Tailed Journalers, Lifted Wings No. 03, Little Round Tabs. Anna Aspnes: LoopDaLoop ArtStrokes No. 04 BrushSet. Lynn Grieveson: Natures Best Flowers.
I’m sure we have an enjoyable week ahead seeing the lifts of snibber’s great page.
How scrapbooking can help your resolutions stay well.. resolute!
I was recently reading a list of the top ten resolutions made every New Year, and it got me to thinking you can scrap these.
So if saying it out loud can help, then having it on a layout can too! It can give you some emphasis, some support -or at the very least something to answer to 
1) Spend more time with family and friends. Smile and feel a little smug there fellow scrapbookers, because we DO spend time with family and friends. We take their photos, we record the memories and we make a fabulous layout of it.
2) Make time for fitness. Apparently *ahem* the world is full of people saying they just cant fit in getting fit. Well, I’m not going to tell you how to get fit, but I am going to point you towards Cathy’s fitness journal pages, again!
3) Lose weight. Just about everybody wants to lose weight. But getting started and keeping going are tough. You need to step up and be brave, and make your own page/pages like this one. {Bravo Kelly! And thanks for letting me link!}
4) Quit smoking. How about a pro and con page of this? A diary page spanning several weeks of cutting down? Just think of the support that would be coming from the gallery!
5) Enjoy life more. Stress, plus to-do lists longer than your arm?… mmm, me too. Did you know spending time on your hobby is good for you? And spending time outside is too? Which means you need go and take photos outside, then come in and scrap then! I think we might have a head start here ladies 
6) Manage money better. Thankfully digital scrapping is much better value than paper scrapping. You can use, recolour and alter every single thing you already own. You can buy the specials -over 350 items at 30% off, form Wednesday night to Friday morning! Plus you can enjoy the quarterly sales!
7) Learn something new. OH YES we can do this one Cassie has a billion and ten (or something like that!) amazing tutorials in the store. Katrina has the photography and lightroom help you always wanted, and theres a whole mountain of DD tips right under your nose. Have you thought about making a page saying when and how you learnt to use photoshop or the computer generally?
8) Meet the perfect partner. I think theres a joke here about whether your perfect partner is Canon or Nikon…;) Otherwise; lets see those pages about how you met who you’ve met, or who you’d like to meet, fill up the gallery in time for Valentines day!
9) Get organized. Personally, I think life is messy, and you can spend a lot of time trying to tidy it up far too much… BUT if we are talking about digital supplies then that might be somewhat easier If you’ve found a great way, share it. Or if you’re moving things around and wonder where the heck we keep all our stash {answer on MANY hard drives!} And if you get stuck with something, shout out and see what others do. Pagewise; scrap a picture of your desk/brand new hard drive! If I ever get a tidy desk I’ll join you!
10) Help others. You more than likely already do. If you take the time to answer a question in our forum or leave praise in the gallery, then youre already making a difference to someone here Thanks for that
If none of these are your personal resolution, or if you just don’t do resolutions, period, then I hope you can see inspiration for a page or two anyway
My daughter’s birthday is this week and she requested a rock star birthday, along with a rock star cake. Not being a very proficient cake decorator I went on a shopping mission to find some suitable rock star decorations. To my dismay there were none to be found. Then I had a brain wave - digital supplies to the rescue!
I used one of Pattie’s Shimmer Me Tidbits: Rock Star Girl glitter embellishments and one of Katie’s Banner Strips No. 02 to make a personalized cake topper. I placed a copy of the girl embellishment on a 4x6 sheet of photo paper, resizing it to fit. Then I created a duplicate layer of the girl and made a mirror image of that layer. (Edit, Transform, Flip Horizontal in Photoshop or Image, Rotate, Flip Horizontal in PSE). After printing, I cut around the edges and glued them together. I used a tooth pick as a stand to place her on the cake.
I created the flag she is holding by using one of Katie’s Banner Strips No. 2 and adding my own text to it. After I printed and cut out the images, I folded the paper strip in half and trimmed the straight end to look like the end with the V. I used a toothpick to hold my flag and glued that into my rock star girl’s hand.
I loved how it came out and my little rock star and her buddies were very impressed. Why don’t you try something like this for your next party!
Sometimes you have a single photo that just begs to be spotlighted on your page. Lynn Grieveson’s Scrap Express No. 18 is the perfect template for that picture. The large frame can be used in portrait or landscape orientation, and there are other spaces to fill with additional photos or cool papers. What a fun template!
Instead of tilting the frame, Lisa (lpate) tilted her photo of the colorful Izze bottles. The colors on her page are so inviting, I’m going to have to check out the Izze on my next trip to Whole Foods. I love the multiple mats she used to draw attention to her picture.
Credits: Scrap Express No. 18, Lovisa Kit, Garland Element Pack, On the Edge Flourished Love No. 01 (coming soon), Hanging by a Thread No. 01 (coming soon)
The sassy photo of Linda’s (Lindar70) daughter couldn’t be any cuter, and I love how she used additional shots in the smaller spaces. The blues and greens drawn from the picture make for the perfect color scheme.
Credits: Scrap Express No. 18, Rouen Kit, Hello Beautiful Brushes and Stamps, Lovely Photo Masks Brushes and Stamps No. 03, Pressed Together Paper Pack No. 02
I rotated the template to accommodate my landscape-oriented picture from the Biltmore House gardens. And I’ll take any opportunity to use pink and green together, one of my favorite color combinations.
Credits: Scrap Express No. 18, Hint at It No. 07 Brushes, Classic Cardstock: Pear Perfection, Chipboard Alphabet: Lime, Artist Edges Overlays No. 06, FlutterbyStitched LoopDaLoops No. 01, Stitched by Anna Lime No. 01, Lovisa Paper Pack, Lovisa Solids Paper Pack, Love You Mini Epoxy Circles
Which photo is in your stash just waiting to star in this template? Go find it, grab the template, and post your page in the Template Challenge Gallery. I want to see it!
