Penscrappers contest

With all the things I've been busy doing lately I wasn't going to enter the Penscrappers contest this month.  I loved the kit by Anna Aspnes and did download it a few weeks ago.  Over the past few weeks I've been doing the Tablet class at Jessica Sprague and she challenged us to enter the contest and she would give one person an Intuos 3 tablet - so of course I had to give it a go.
So here is my layout - you can vote for me here.  Please vote!

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iNSD

{Inter}National Scrapbooking Day has come and gone. The digi world seems to really get into it - loads of sales, contests and freebies to download. I spent a bit of time downloading some huge free kits only to delete them because they weren't quite "me". There are so many designers out there with awesome stuff but I am finding I am attracted to a select few right now. Which is good for the wallet, lol. I did manage to make a few purchases over the weekend:

Some wordart which I'm loving right now.

A 365 element kit. (Not that I'm actually doing a 365 project but will still be handy).

A couple of templates which I plan to use for a first year album for Luca.

And some kits. The first two were only $1 each!

And this one was a freebie, the only one I liked!

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Sale time!

It was sale time at a couple of my favourite digi stores over the weekend so this is what I got.

An absolutely gorgeous kit - I can't wait to play with this one!

Some paper block templates. I've been eyeing these for a while, I reckon they'll be rather useful.

Some monthly border frames. I want to do a monthly album for Luca's first year so these will be perfect.

And a tutorial on blending modes, something I want to learn more about.

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Ch-ch-changes!

Yep times are a-changing! I've decided to no longer do paper scrapbooking - I'm going fully digital! I love digital so much, its actually something I've been thinking about for a long time now. The time just finally became right for me. I'd got to the point where I was really over the amount of stuff I'd accumulated and wanted to simplify. So the great thing about digital scrapbooking is that everything is on the computer - no mess! Will share some digi layouts soon but in the meantime I have to figure out what to do with all my paper scrapbooking stuff. So I thought maybe I'd make up some kits and try to sell them on TradeMe. So that's what I've been doing this afternoon. Not sure what price to put these on for yet but each kit is awesome value and is jampacked full of yummy stuff. Here's a peek.

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Digi-shopping

I decided to indulge yesterday and made some digi purchases. Thought I might have another go at digi-scrapping. Easier for me at the moment and no mess! I had a browse online and found some new designers I hadn't seen before - check out this coolness.

Photogenic Kit by Paislee Press and Audacious Designs

Little Daydreamer Kit by KStudio

and some freebie wordart by TaylorMade Designs

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The night before the night before Christmas

Only 2 sleeps to go and all the presents are wrapped, yay! Been busy the last few weeks so had no time to update. Wishing you and yours a very merry and safe Christmas and happy holidays!

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Stand Up and Scrap

So a few weeks back I took part in a digi-scrapping competition that ran for 6 weeks with different challenges each week. It was called Stand Up and Scrap and all proceeds from entry fees went to the Alliance for Climate Protection which is run by Al Gore. In return for our entry fee we got a fab digikit designed by some awesome digi-designers. The competition itself was run by Little Dreamer Designs, Sweet Shoppe Designs, and Disc Talk Radio, and was run very well I thought. Everyone had an entry number and you could only load your entries to the gallery by this number so theoretically the judges wouldn't know who you are (unless the people in your photos were well known in the digi-scrapping world). Also there were different judges for each week so no bias also. This is the first competition I've ever entered for digi-scrapping so didn't really think my chances would be good - I was just pleased to complete 6 layouts!

I didn't find out until the end of the contest how I did. There were over 450 entries split into 2 categories - Advanced and Intermediate (that's me!) but in the end I came 40th in the Intermediate category out of appox 150 entries that actually received points. I don't know how many didn't receive any points and I was thrilled to find out that I actually received points for all my layouts except for one so that was pretty cool. So here is my layout for the first challenge which was "Dream" and also had to use brushes. This is the layout that didn't score any points. I guess its quite hard to read but the journalling basically says how my dream is to be there later in life for my family, to grow old with my husband and to see my daughter grow into a woman.

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Latest Digi purchases

So on Saturday it was Digital Scrapbooking Day which of course meant there were lots of sales over the weekend and some during the previous week so naturally I had to partake. This is what I got:

Some cool alphas:

I think this is my favourite one:

A few other things:

A couple of cute kits:

And this very large but free kit from MSA:

Can't wait to play now!

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Window dare

Here is my latest layout for No 8 Wired - the theme was 'out your window'. I decided to go digi for this one. Have to say I'm really pleased with this one and also because it took me way quicker than I usually take to do a layout. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and a procrastinator and really like to mull over how things look for a while before i stick things down so this was good for a change.





Credits:
Background paper by Jackie Eckles - Chirpy Days Kit
Paper by Amber Clegg - Scrapartist InVogue kit
Frayed Fabric Template by Leora Sanford
Stitching by Jackie Eckles - Chirpy Days kit
Circle stitches by Gina Marie Huff - Stand Up kit
File tabs by Amber Clegg - Date stamps brush set
Felt circle by Tiff Brady - Stand Up kit
Felt flower by Tiff Brady - Stand Up kit
Fabric flowers by Sara Amarie - Stand Up kit
Large photo frame by Katie Pertiet - Vintage Photo Frames 2
Smaller photo frames by Christina Renee - Stand Up kit
Ribbon by Christina Renee - Stand Up kit
Journalling brush by Nancie Rowe Janitz - Scrapartist Journalique kit
Wire word by Weeds & Wildflowers freebie
Date stamp by Amber Clegg - Date stamps brush set
Font: MA Fishy

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New dare

The latest dare is up over at No 8 Wired and its mine this week. All about the numbers. Use 1 patterned paper, 2 rubons, 3 pieces of fabric or ribbon and 4 embellishments. So here's my take on it. I actually found it quite hard to restrict myself like this but I really love the result. I always enjoy when I do layouts of me and Daryl because most of the time they're all about Isla.



Also found this cute kit club site:http://qteakits.blogspot.com/

And this is cool too - a charity digikit for the environment with challenges and a competition attached to it. I think I'll definitely get the kit - not sure about the comp yet though.

http://standupandscrap.blogspot.com/
And I have some news coming soon ;-)

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Another digi.

All of a sudden the mojo has hit! So here's another one I did using a template. And I think I've figured out drop shadows now as well. I've realised I didn't have any on my last layout but I don't mind. Since doing this one I've also done nearly 2 paper layouts too so I'm onto a good thing at the moment.

Had a fun weekend - finished our last Fiskars class at NZ Scrapbook with Trina and Donna - we had 23 people in the last class so it was full on! Anyway here's my layout - will share more over the next few days.

Credits:

Template by Two Sisters Designs - ScrapArtist InVogue kit
Papers by Nancie Rowe Janitz, Sara Carling, Dianne Rigdon - ScrapArtist Journalique kit
Large photo frame by Lauren Reid - ScrapArtist InVogue kit
Small photo frames by Rhonna Farrer - 2Peas Office Supply Tool kit
Flowers by Weeds & Wildflowers - ScrapArtist Lazy Days kit
Alpha by Nancie Rowe Janitz - ScrapArtist Shmootzy Alpha 4 kit
Coffee Stain Brush by Jackie Eckles - ScrapArtist Journalique kit
Circle Brush by Jackie Eckles - Designer Digitals Big Circle Stamps
Font: PeaJenny

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I did digi.

So I follow a few of the digi sites and their blogs and this week Scrapartist featured such a gorgeous kit that I couldn't resist getting it. And there are so many yummy things in the kit including a template which I've used to create this layout. I've added a few extras to it but it was so quick and easy to do. I have done a few digi layouts in the past but i'm feeling the buzz for them again!


























Credits: Everything from ScrapArtist Reverie kit, except for:
Photo edge from ScrapArtist InVogue birthday kit
Date brushes from Rhonna Farrer Old Stamps from 2Peas
Font: Travelling Typewriter.

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This is so cool.

Found these frames which mimic the look of old Polaroid photos. Also got some that mimic Hasselblad photo frames and other Kodak type prints too. Just way cool. Had to put them on a white background so they could be seen on this blog - I wonder if I can change the edges to white - probably. I haven't played around with them much yet but you'll be sure to be seeing them on a layout soon!

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