Up and Running

Well the good news is this post is being done on my new computer! I've gotten most all my software set up and ready to go. Now I just need to transfer my external hard drive over and I will be done.

I have decided to try out ACD See Photo Manager for organizing my digital scrapbooking supplies. I've been very frustrated not being able to see any of my white png elements without bringing them in to Photoshop first. It just ends up taking way to much time and so I don't end up using those elements which is a shame. The only downside so far with ACD See is that it supposedly doesn't work well with Windows 7. I downloaded a thirty day trial to see how I liked it. So far it has worked fine, but I also haven't really spent a whole lot of time pushing it to see how it does. I'd love to be able to buy the full version if it works with my operating system. I'll post my progress with it.

Creative Victorian Designs is having a huge sale on the retirement room. Everything is 65% off. I stocked up on tons of stuff. I can't resist a good deal. Here's the flyer.

I got two pet photography books and a CS4 Layers book from my Amazon wish list for Christmas! Can't wait to sit down and read them. I'll let you know what I think as soon as I've read them.

Have a wonderful day!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I've been busy getting my new computer set up. I got a great deal on a new desktop system on Black Friday and I've been holding off setting it up until after Christmas. The best thing is that I will finally have sound, my old PC has been without sound for over a two years now, you don't know how annoying it will be until you go that long without it. With my new system I will be going with two monitors. This is going to make doing layouts so much nicer as I can have one screen strictly for the folder I am working out of and one screen for Photoshop!

So far the transfer has gone really well. I already have the new computer up, running and on the internet. I am now trying to get all my software installed on it. Having an external hard drive will make transfering all my thousands of scrapbooking supplies over a breeze!

There is a new online photoshop class starting over at Creative Techs call Photoshop CS4 Photographer's Handbook. I've already signed up. I have been thrilled with the quality of their online classes so far and learned an enormous amount. I highly recommend signing up and best of all it's free!

Hope you have a wonderful Monday!

I was busy this morning doing my digital shopping. There have been tons of fabulous sales on digital scrapbooking supplies and I've been stocking up!

Yesterday I worked on a new layout. I did the layout with and without text and sent it out with text as my New Year's card. Here's the version without text. It's done primarly with Lorie Davison's Drifting Snow kit. Her kit is truly a work of art. I've done lots of layouts with it and never seem to run out of ideas. That's my crew running through fresh snow after our first real storm in ages.

"Winter Escape"

Drifting Snow kit by Lorie Davison
Brushes by Obsedian Dawn
Leaves by A-liya
Branch by Helly Designs
Branch by Lilas

May all your Christmas wishes come true this year and your holiday be full of love and happiness.

New Layouts

Thought I'd share a few layouts I did with Sunflowers kit "Warm Hearts".





You can see the kit here:



Now's the time to pick up anything on your wish list since her sale has already started at PBP!



Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas!

Icy Kissed

I recently joined Sunflowers Designs fabulous CT! I got a chance to work with her newest kit, Icy Kissed, which just came out today. I love all the blue and white elements. It really captures the feel of winter, especially since we have 20" of snow on the ground right now.

Here's the two layouts I completed with the kit.





Here's a look at her new kit:







She has a big sale coming up starting Decmeber 24th, 50% off on all her items. A great opportunity to stock up! :)

I hope all your holiday preprations are going well and your shopping is done!

My Kit and a Freebie

I am thrilled to finally be to post a some pictures of my first kit "Morning Sun", some layouts I did, and a new freebie QP. I had a lot of fun putting together my layouts. I have really enjoyed using th sun rays overlay in my designs, it seems to add a nice glow to the clusters I created.

My hope is that once I get a few more kits together I can start looking for a digital scrapbooking store to sell my kits in. Right now I'd like to be actively seeking a "home" for my work by the end of September. I always find that it helps me to have a deadline to keep me moving! :)

So here's my kit, the elements, papers, and layouts.

Now here's the QP freebie I created from my kit. Enjoy!

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My First Scrapbooking Freebie

I have officially completed my first digital scrapbooking kit! The title is "Morning Sun". I must say it was a lot of fun, though a bit intimidating as this was my first attempt to put a full size kit together on my own. I am lucky to have a nice selection of commercial use items to help round the elements I included.

My inspiration came from the morning glories that grow in my yard. You can see Griffin here posing with one when he was just a pup. (This photo won me a $500 jewelry gift certificate!)

In the next day or two I will be posting some of the previews of my kit as well as layouts that I have completed.

To celebrate my first creation, I have a freebie, a cluster frame that I created. I'd love to get any feedback on my work, so please feel free to leave a comment or drop me an email.

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Thanks!

My New Digital Scrapbooking Home

Welcome to my blog! This is my first adventure into the world of blogging. I hope to feature some of my digital scrapbooking creations, photos and other design work here. I just finished up my blog layout last night. What a task that was. Having never worked with CSS(web code) I found all of it a bit intimidating. Luckily, I stumbled across some great tutorials that walked you through the process of customizing a blog. Hope you enjoy my finished product!

I really wanted my blog theme to reflect some of my style and design inspirations. I hope to occasionally do an overhaul of the style to keep things current with my scrapbooking trends. I'd also like to add a gallery and collection of great links to digital scrapbooking and photoshop tutorials.

In the coming weeks look for me to begin adding some digital scrapbooking freebies (S4H friendly and CU). I'm just beginning to get some scrapbooking kits together and I've been so busy extracting elements from photos that I think my computer may go on strike soon!

"Nothing happens unless first a dream." - Carl Sandburg