Nap Scrappin': June 2009

Friday, June 26, 2009

I am on Laurie's Scraps CT!

I am so thrilled to be a part of the creative team for Laurie's Scraps - her kits are amazing, and completely match my style. As part of Laurie's CT, I get to show off her new kits, like "Stars and Stripes" that is available in all of Laurie's stores beginning today.

Here is a 2-page layout I made with the new kit - and I also used the "Medley" sketch from Jeanette Lynton's Imagine Book.

So since I have started doing some digital scrapbooking, I have also started to change my desktop on my computer each month. So here is my very first freebie, (for my friends and family who I am just introducing to digital scrapbooking) you can add your own pictures and use this cute thing for your desktop background! Of course all of the paper and elements are from Laurie's "Stars and Stripes" kit...so, what you do think?

You can download the desktop here or click on the preview.
The password is : desktop

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

How did I get into this...

...well it all started with my yearly Christmas card. You know the one I make a ton

of, and only get around to actually sending out a dozen or so. Each year I have been getting successively better about getting them out, but I digress. Well I have far too many pictures I want to share to narrow it down to just one, and I will not pay walmart or anyone else for their overpriced photo cards. So I set out to figure out how to make my own.

I used this AMAZING free tutorial from Jessica Sprague and I learned the basics. (BTW this week only you can register for a free photo editing class that starts in July- I just did, can't wait to learn more on this subject!) Jessica does an incredible job explaining things - and her video tutorials are superb! At this point do I need to tell you I highly recommend them?

The rest, as they say, is history. I still LOVE my paper products, and I just made a bunch of cards the other night, and my addiction to CTMH is still a force to be reckoned with. But I think I see a transition in my life, at least as far as my scrapbooking goes.