My tree, again.

Here's a different view of my Christmas tree this year, I'm a lot happier with this layout than the last one. I kind of went a little crazy with the glitter in this kit. ;)













Credit goes to Nathy, at http://www.nathy.net/psp, everything I used in this layout is from her Holiday Charms kit.

My Christmas tree

I started this LO with a really cool idea in my head, and well....this is what it turned into. I'm not sure what the heck happened or where my vision went, but this is not it! The more I added and took away, the less I liked it. Finally I just gave up and said it's finished.

Everything I used is from the Whimisical Wonderland kit, check out Ellie Lash's blog Sugar Snap Scraps (on the right) to find all the links.

new layout

Ok so it's been a while since I've been able to update here, I've been so busy, as I'm sure everyone is at this time of the year. But I woke up this morning with a wicked head cold and just don't have the energy to do anything but sit at my computer, so I figured this would be the perfect time to get another layout or 2 done. I've been wanting to do something with these pics of the first snowfall we had this winter, we got massive amounts of snow in one big dump! lol I just opened my back door and snapped these pics after the snow stopped falling. Just imagine that less than 24 hours before I took these, there was not one flake of snow to be found here. I think Mother Nature was pms'ing that day! ;)



Everything I used (except for the frames) comes from the amazing collab kit, Whimsical Wonderland. Click on the blinkie for Ellie Lash's Sugar Snap Scraps on the right to find all the links for this HUGE (FREE!!!) kit. You will be seeing a lot of it on my blog in the future, I just love every last little piece of it and will be using it many times, I'm sure. ;)

PAD Challenge: Day 4

SNAP A SHOT OF SOMETHING SHINEY

This is my favorite "bought" tree ornament, my glass reindeer. Again it's hard to do it justice in a photo (with a noob like me at the controls!), it's very shiney, especially when placed in front of one of the tree lights. It has gold glitter on the antlers, tail, hooves and around it's neck, it's really beautiful!

PAD Challenge: Day 3

SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU SMILE

Boy did I have a hard time with this one!! At first, I thought, what the heck makes me smile?? But the more I looked around, the more I found, and then I had a hard time narrowing it down to just one!! I finally chose this banner my oldest dd made when she was in grade 2. We giggle a bit every time we take it out of the box at Christmas, she loves the fact that I still have it and insist it go in the same spot by the front door every year. I love it because she made it just for me with her own 2 little hands.

PAD challenge: Day 2

SOMETHING THAT PUTS YOU IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT


This is the first thing I put up every Christmas season, it gets me in the holiday spirit every year. I love the cream and gold colours together. I also love that I found it at a Boxing Day sale one year for $1.50!!!! Can't beat that price! lol

25 Days of Christmas Photo a Day challenge

Val Fowler over at When Valgal Sits Down has a really cool photo challenge going on at her blog. She's providing the inspiration for Christmas (or whatever) photos. I've never done anything like this before, but I thought it was a wonderful idea, mostly because my pics consist of 3 things, my kids. Mostly my son, he's only 3 and still lets me take pics of him all the time LOL. That is when he's being still enough ;).

On to my pics. Keep in mind, I have only had my digicam since July, and have not had the time to figure out all the settings yet, so some of these are not the greatest. I also haven't had the time to "fix" them in PSP yet either. Without further ado, here they are:

DAY ONE: SOMETHING RED

This is my 13 yo dd's favorite Christmas ornament, she received it a few years ago from my parents. My appologies for the poor quality.

ElfYourself!

This is the funnest site I've found for the Christmas season yet! LOL I think I've just found my Christmas e-card. ;) Click the link to check out my family, then go ElfYourself!!

That's my boy!!

I'm still not sure who to give credit too regarding this kit, the TOU had no name in or web address in it! It's called That's My Boy!. The frames were not included, they came from a mystery source as well. If and when I find who deserves credit, I will post them here.

3rd LO for Halloween

Holy layouts, Batman! Twice in one day!! LOL This is my oldest daughter, all she did was put black lipstick on, et voila, she was a Goth. Cheapest costume EVER!! lol This kit is from Shabby Princess's Holiday Sampler. The staples and label are from the "Kinda Not Spooky" I used in the last post.

2nd Halloween LO

My little man was supposed to be a white tiger, but refused to put the hood up, so we called him a "headless tiger". lol So I thought this kit, called "Kinda Not Spooky" by Cheri K. Alun, was perfect for his pic!

first of 3 halloween layouts

I got this kit from Melissa at Scrappy Expressions Yahoo group. This is my 10 yo dd, dressed up as a zombie princess. She put this whole costume together herself, she also paid for it all with her birthday money!! She had some really cool black press-on nails that aren't in this pic.

my first foray into elements

I needed a new challenge to keep my mind occupied, so I decided to try making some digiscrapping elements. Yes, they are crap, but I've never done this before, so please be nice! LOL I have recently become enamoured with frames, so I made this one last night. I used free paper shapers from Atomic Cupcake to make it look like a stamp. I'm also really into the pink and brown colour combo lately. ;) The frame is in .png format and is free to use however you wish.



I stumbled upon a wonderful blog the other day, called The Ephemeral Victorian! She has free resources for making digital papers and elements (please note: her resources must only be used for FREE kits and personal use!!), you can find the blog HERE. I took a stab at making a ribbon this morning using her ribbon template. I'm not crazy about the colour I used, but I still can't figure out how to get it the exact colour I want it. It is also in .png format and is free to use.



Leave some luv folks!

my little monkey

I used the free Monkey Head mini kit from Amy Sumrall, visit her at lilbitsandberries

My brother's pets

I got these really cool kits for cats and dogs the other day from Mellissa at Scrappy Expressions (Yahoo group). They were perfect for my brother's and (soon-to-be) sister-in-law's dog and cat.

Finally! A new layout!!

I recently got this kit, called AngelBoy, and just had to make a layout with it of my son on his third birthday. I love this pic of him, he has such a beautiful smile! I may be a little prejudiced though. ;)

ETA: I finally found the site this kit came from!! You can find it HERE

Lost: my creativity

I have been trying to come up with some new layouts for a few days now, but everything I start I trash because it's just not right. I can't seem to create anything I like lately. Scrap booking is quite challenging for me, I am a tagger more than I'm a scrapper. I have a hard time putting all the elements and papers together to do justice to the picture. Sometimes, I can't find a picture to do justice to a beautiful kit. I haven't hit my stride in this area yet, but I'm not gonna give up altogether, that's for sure. Guess I just need to be patient with myself, when I first started tagging it took me a long time to find the "zone", but I did find it, and I will with scrapping too.