It's time for a Super Saturday Bonus

Yes, it's time for a Super Saturday Bonus aka Freebie for you. It started as a LO for the Scraplift Challenge I'm hosting and ended up so cute I decided to share it with you. I used my part of the Falling Into Autumn kits which are currently on sale for just $1 at Berry Sweet Scraps during our Customer Appreciation Days.

 

And let's not forget all the great fun we are having over there this week. I've got two challenges going on. A Storewide Sale and tons of fun. 

 

And let's not forget my monthly challenge for October - the Scraplift Challenge.

And now for what you've been reading all this for - The Super Saturday Bonus. Just click on the image below to download your Freebie.

And please if you download, come back here and leave a comment, thank you, something. I love sharing my talents with you and all I ask in return is a simple thank you.

Hugs and Happy Scrappin'
Joni

Day 2 of Class - Using Brushes in Photos

Day 2 of my class was about using brushes in photos. I used a brush to create the Mommy's Little Helper wordart. And of course I had to scrap my work so I pulled out Heather Watson's Christmas Cracker Template 2 and changed it a little. Add to that Lynne Simmons Delightfully Spring kit (birdie recolored), popped in a speech bubble and voila a new layout.

You can find it at my Digitals Gallery.

LO using picture from Frames and Special Effects Class

I'm taking a class at Jessica Sprague dot com right now on using Frames and Special Effects. Although it appears to be basically a beginners class, I figured that since I'm 100% self-taught in graphic arts and designs that I might learn something even if it's just shortcuts to what I already know.

Today's assignment was to take a picture add a frame and some wordart. So I picked this picture of my grandson on his B-day. The frame overlay and the wordart were part of the class material given out for the class and are by House of 3 I think or at least that's the name on the folder it came in. This was what I came up with.

Well after I had the picture finished, I had to scrap it. So I opened up my Challenge folder for July and found a challenge to do - Digitals Deja Vu Challenge. The kit is Digitals' June Challenge Bonus Collab Earth Renewed.

A few Project 365 Shares

I am devoted to Project 365 this year and while looking over my blog I noticed I hadn't shared any in quite a while so here I go catching up. The first one is a Dede Smith Project 365 template with Amanda Thorderson's Americana kit. Both are available at Digitals.

The second set of pages are from Dede's kit along with Morignals.com template.

The third and final share for the day uses Christine Smith's Grandpa's Pocket Kit, also from Digitals, and a Morginal.com template.

Project 365

Over the past couple of weeks I've been working on layouts for Project 365. I was inspired to do this by Dede Smith. Although I'm not blogging my journals each day with a pic, I am writing a journal every day, trying my best to snap a pic and doing a two page layout with it each week. I'm working on my 4th layout tonight but I'm going to go ahead and post the first 3 weeks.

Credits for the week 1 and 2 go to Dede Smith for her Project 365 Kit (link to Dede's blog on side) and the templates come from Moriginals. You can find her at http://moriginals.blogspot.com/ .

Credits for week 3 are totally Dede's. Although this project is takes some dedication to journal and take lots of pictures, I feel it will be something that my family will treasure in the future. Some of it is silly, some serious, some mundane, and other quite special. I encourage each of you to start a Project 365 of your own. I will be more than glad to help anyone who has question. Just click on the contact link on the side and shoot me an email. I will get back with you in a day or two.

New Layout and Sunday Freebie

Downloaded a pics from camera today and as promised here's a layout with a few pics of their cookie celebration at their dance competition. This is page one of a two page spread I'm making. I made this layout with the Sunday Freebie I'm posting at the end.

This page was made with the November Member's kit Treasured Time from the Digital Scrapbook Artisan Guild. You can find the kit here http://www.digitalscrapbookartisanguild.com/guild/index.shtml . Papers and elements were made by Debb Cozzi, an awesome designer.

I'm hoping to be able to post one template a week on Sundays and at least one page kit each month. I'm hoping that as I get more into designing I will be able to put up more kits for you. I'm also designing one member's kit and some quick pages each month at RAK Scraps. These you will have to pick up at their site due to their rules but they are free if to members (free membership too). I will post a preview on my site when these are done each month along with a link to their site. Now for what you've all been waiting for.

Download zip file at http://www.4shared.com/file/73901968/a234b367/Window_Pane_Square_Template.html

Hope you like and please leave a comment if you download it.

Happy Thanksgiving

I know that I'm a little late but I've been so busy this week. First, we went to Orlando for a Dance Competition last weekend. It was great and can't wait to post some pics of it. I'm also working on a template freebie that I will most likely post tomorrow. I've been working on tons of challenges at Digitals and have started a Christmas mini kit freebie that I will post in December. Thanksgiving was great. My parents, daughter, SIL, and grandson were here. I've had my grandson since then until today so not much scrapping got done until today. So here's what I've been working on today. Like so many of you this month, I have so many things to be thankful for. So this month's challenge left me struggling for exactly what pics to use. Then the idea came to me to do an ATC tag for the Scripture Challenge this month at Digitals. http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6368 Something I could use later on a layout, add to a card, gift, etc. Credits are Katie Mann's Give Thanks Mini. http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/digitals/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=11984



For Sharon's All in the Family Challenge I did a heritage page of my parents. This pic was made last year before my mom found out she has cancer but she is such a trooper, insisting on cooking the Thanksgiving turkey this year and helping in anyway she could. All the items from this page come from Sharon and are freebies when you do her challenge. Check it out http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6365

My last page for the day is a page for my grandson's album. Since I didn't start when he was born I'm scrapping now and then. This is for his Ultrasound page. I used Diana Burton's Moody Blues kit for it. Get it here http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/digitals/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=11645 The word art is a freebie from Kathryn Estry when you do her It's Only Words Challenge at Digitals. You will find her challenge here http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6372 . Pretty good work for one afternoon. Hope you like and check back tomorrow for a freebie.

Some Week So Far

OMG, this week has been something else. It started Sunday when my daughter had an Open Dress Rehearsal for her dance competition team. This is something special because it's the first time anyone outside of the company gets to see their dances. On the way to the PAC, we stopped to get extra batteries for the camera. You can't ever be too careful and the batteries were getting weak so we pop in the new and good to go. We get there and I'm all set up, Video Camera on the tripod, camera in hand. I turn on the camera and nothing happens. I take the batteries out turn them over, still nothing. I work on it for a few minutes and still nothing. Oh well now no great pics to share. Video is working so when I get time I can go frame by frame and get pics from that but I wanted instant pics to share. Well, I pushed that aside and ended up having a great day. Their dances looked awesome and I'm pumped for this weekend in Orlando.

Then on the way home I started feeling a little bad. Stomach hurting but I'm not going to let that get me down. Pop some Pepto and away we go. Monday, my stomach was still weak but off to work. Gosh it was freezing, over night the temperature here dropped 40 degrees. By the end of the day I've got the sniffles but still going. Tuesday my throat is hurting every time I swallow, Wednesday, I'm sick, bad cold, throat swollen almost shut, ear ache, body ache, hummm sounds like the flu to me. And I'm still going to Orlando this weekend.

As for scrapping I haven't felt much like doing much this week. I did work on a couple of Digital challenges and I'm working on a RAKscraps member's mega kit RAK on their site. I'm just learning the ins and outs of designing but I will be glad to share what I make when it's finished. Although it's a freebie, I can't give it away on my blog but I can give you the link to their site and you can get it there along with the QP's once they are posted. Please let me know what you think of my work.

Here's the layouts I've done at Digitals this week. You can see all my stuff at http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/galleria/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/12013

This layout is of Bryce and his mom at beach at 6 weeks of age. I made this layout for the Ad challenge. You can find the challenge here along with the great posting gift you will receive when your finish. http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6371&page=3 I used The Gift of Love by Handmaid Designs from Digitals. This was a posting gift and is currently unavailable for purchase.

This was made the Change it up Challenge, a Hybrid challenge. The layout is for the cover of one of those date planners you can buy for about a $1 most places and with this cover it's a great Christmas present. You can find the challenge here, http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6370&page=2

along with the template and posting gift. Get busy on your own. Here I used the DSD mini kit given out by Amanda Thorderson on her blog. http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/ I just love her work and she gives away tons of freebies too. You need to check her out.

This layout came courtesy of Kathryn Estry A-Ark QB with the Monkey Girl element from the BBB4 blog train. Add a pic of my cute baby boy and you get a great layout. Here's Kathryn's blog http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/ and here's were to get the QP http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/digitals/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=10245

This page was really fun to make. I used color fills for the background and frames. The Pep Rally Font from the Font Free 4 All Challenge at Digitals. http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6394&page=3 Add some pics and viola, a great sports page of my daughter a few years back.

And finally a simple layout of Bryce for the Designer Elements Challenge. Here you get a free mini kit for the layout. Pop in a pic pic of Bryce at the beach (I love his eyes) and you have it. This was made with Katie Mann's Memories mini kit. http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6376&page=6

Hope you like these shares. Leave me a comment. I love to hear from you guys.

Here I Am

Hi all,


I've thought about starting this blog for a while now and have finally decided to jump in to it. I've done My Space and Cafe Mom in the past, so this shouldn't be that much different. I'm a mother to a beautiful daughter and grandmother to a great little boy. He calls me Moo, so the blogs named for him. I work by day as the editor of a small local newspaper and at night I scrap and scrap and scrap. I love scraping my family and found digital scrapping to be my therapy. I'm just getting into designing so you guys will be my Guinea pigs. But for now I'm just going to put up a few of my latest layouts. Let me know what you think.


I've been playing around with backgrounds recently. Taking pics and using different blending modes and textures to make awesome backgrounds. I made this one yesterday for Katherine Estry's Digitals He said, She said challenge. You can find it in my gallery there by clicking on
http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/galleria/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/12013 .

Credits for Christmas page go to Beth Rimmer's Fruitcake Therapy kit available at Digitals.