Januay CottageScrapbooks Blog Party

Stella , owner of CottageScrapbooks, is planning to have a blog party the first of every month featuring R-MP's(Qp's) from designers kits in her store. I decided to join in on the fun & made two R-MP 's using StellarificCreations kit...YuleTimeCheer.

You can get it HERE and HERE

Here's the rest of the blog roll

Stellarific Creations:http://stellarificcreations.blogspot.comScrapbooking In Australia:http://scrapbookinginaustralia.blogspot.comCottage Scrapbooks blog:http://cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.comThe Cottage Creatives:http://creatives4cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.comStella's other blog:http://creativebystella.blogspot.com/Stella's Cottage Blog ~ Meeting Place:http://cottagescrapbooks.com/forum/blog.php?u=4ozsue:http://sue-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/Jessicasma:http://jessicassweetnothings.blogspot.com/KayC:http://grandmaspixels.blogspot.com/Demiurgia Designs:http://demiurgia.blogspot.comScrapTiferet:http://scraptiferet.blogspot.com JobaScraps:http://joba2hut.blogspot.comCadacee: http://cadaceescorner.blogspot.com/Wildcat Designs:http://wildcatdesigns.blogspot.comMoonisgone:http://moonisgone.comScrapBear Designs:http://scrapbeardesigns.blogspot.com

Cottagescrapbooks Dec.Blog Party

The national digital day blog party at Cottagescrapbooks was successful & alot of fun. I got 344 downloads of my R-MP's(QP's)as of this date! So Stella of Cottagescrapbooks has decided to do it the first of every month.For December I have made two R-MP's using Cen's Stuff from the shoppe.Her kits I used are Flora's Dream & Forgotten Dreams. ( I must be in a dreamy mood)

You can get the R-MP's Here for Flora's Dream

and Here for forgottenDreams

And here is the list of Cottagescrapbookers joining in the Dec. blog party :

Jessicasmahttp://jessicassweetnothings.blogspot.com/Stellarific Creationshttp://stellarificcreations.blogspot.com/Scrapbooking In Australiahttp://scrapbookinginaustralia.blogspot.com/Creatives4CottageScrapbooks Bloghttp://creatives4cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.com/Cottage Scrapbooks Internet Bloghttp://cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.com/Cottage Stellahttp://cottagescrapbooks.com/forum/blog.php?u=4CanDesignshttp://mermaidshaven.blogspot.com/Sillyscrapper Tracyhttp://www.wildcatdesigns.blogspot.com/ScrapBear Designshttp://scrapbeardesigns.blogspot.com/ScrapTiferethttp://scraptiferet.blogspot.com/JobaScrapshttp://joba2hut.blogspot.com/Ozsuehttp://sue-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/KayChttp://grandmaspixels.blogspot.com/

Stories in Hand

I participated in an online class given by JessicaSprague called Stories in Hand. A 6x6 album was decorated with downlads from Jessica & filled with hundreds of memory prompts in different catagories.It took me a few hours to make the album. It is to be kept near my work area and when a blank is drawn on what to scrap or journal etc. waalla _the memory prompt book is right there! We are to dive deep or shallow in the prompts & journal the memories. I am going to use google docs to do my journaling. The prompts she gives are things that you would want to know about the past in photos but no one wrote them.They are prompts to help you tell your story for future generations & questions they might have in the future.We can scrap 100 layouts about birthday parties or scrap stories with photos for future generations to know about our lives & heritage. I made a second book for my daughter but she says she doesn't have time in her life right now to journal.But I bet sometime in the future this little book will be a great help to her to remember & to know what stories are important to past on.

Old Home Style Quickpage

CottageScrapbooks.com is celebrating the national DigitalScraping event starting Nov.1st by hosting a blog party & I have joined in on the fun. I made two quickpages to share with you using StellarificCreations kit...Old Homestyle.It is a beautiful kit for those vintage & heritage photos but of course can be used for other photos too; like weddings etc. Quickpages are great when you want to get alot of layouts done for an album.Just add a photo & journaling & your are done.

HERE is link for quickpage.

And HERE for second quickpage

Here are the other bloggers joining in the fun

Cottage Scrapbooks Internet Blog (Jessicasma - Donna is Blog Keeper)http://cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.com/Creatives4CottageScrapbooks Bloghttp://creatives4cottagescrapbooks.blogspot.com/Cottage Stellahttp://cottagescrapbooks.com/forum/blog.php?u=4Stellarific Creationshttp://stellarificcreations.blogspot.com/CanDesignshttp://mermaidshaven.blogspot.com/KayChttp://grandmaspixels.blogspot.com/Ozsuehttp://sue-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/Sillyscrapperhttp://www.scrappinsilly.blogspot.com/Jessicasmahttp://jessicassweetnothings.blogspot.com/JobaScrapshttp://joba2hut.blogspot.com/Jennifer18http://scraptiferet.blogspot.com/Christihttp://scrappymama.ourfamilyblogs.com/Amberponyhttp://amberpony.blogspot.com/ScrapBear Designshttp://scrapbeardesigns.blogspot.com/

Come join Stella & all the other designers at the Cottage . You won't want to miss all the fun for the national digiscrapping celebration starting Nov.1st

National Digital Scrapbooking Day

CottageScrapbooks

is celebrating the whole week end!

click on the image & go to CottageScrapbooks for all the fun

DigitalScrappers Premier Showcase

"_putting a good background paper to work"&

"little else needed to make a warm inviting page" by Linda Sattgast

Blinkie & Template

I'm learning to make templates & blinkies.
Now I have to learn how to post my blinkie in my blog so it blinks!!

Won't You Join Us @ Cottage Scrapbooks A Scrapbooking Community that nurtures the Heart and Soul... Unique Challenges Month-Long Sales Your Own Blog Member Welcome Kit Find Buried Treasure We have it all ... At The Cottage! CottageScrapbooks.com

CottageScrapbooks

Stella has her own Scrapbooking site!

CottageScrapbooks .com

Grand Opening Sept.1st

It's a beautiful site with forum,gallery,boutique & your own blog.

Stella is having a big sale on her products

Go on over to her stores ,blog,or Stoneaccentsstudio to get the sales.She feautured this LO in the Aug. SAS newsletter

This is the fastest summer ever.It hasn't been that warm either.I haven't even turned on my central air! First time in 30 years.Global warming?I don't think I believe in it. I secretly think it is just a way to get more control of the people, get more money for a few to become bosses (leaders telling & monitoring the masses) & to become billionaires.Of course this is not politically correct. I believe political correctness is slowly destroying this nation.I don't believe all the propaganda our biased media puts out either.( It's more of what they don't report) Well enough of this rambling. I don't know why I am even writing this.
We had a big family reunion last week.First time in 127 years that the entire family was reunitied.My cousin Judy loves genealogy & found our lost relatives in Germany & they came to meet their American relatives.Five family branches were represented & over 200 people attended a two day celebration with bus tours, catered lunches,photographer etc.Judy has been working on the family tree & a book or CD's is done with over 1500 pages of history ,family pages,photos etc. I am getting 6 CD's in a nice box.Can't wait for it to arrive.
here's a photo of my grandparents that was very faded. I tried to restore it.

My first Album

I completed my first theme album.21 LO pages for our vacation at Northland resort this July 2008. I am having the pages printed in a softcover book at Viovo

I've been tagged

Stella tagged me & I am suppose to write 7 things about my self (some randon & some weird)& then tag 7 other blogs.
1. I am presently playing the computer game BioShock-- a shooter type game which is not my favorite genre of games: but I am actually enjoying it.
2. I got the lastest game of NeverWintersNight and as soon as I finish BioShock & delete from my computer I will load this game. I can hardly wait.
3. I don't watch tv-rarely anyway.
4. I listen to talk radio alot.
5.I am a new grandmother of a beautiful little girl.
6. I have netflex & love it-watch at least 2 movies a week.
7.I joined Weight Watchers & lost 15 pounds.

I'll have to edit this post to add the blogs I tag to get the links etc. This is going to be hard since Stella has tagged her CT members blogs already & this would be who I would tag too.I don't know anyone with blogs.I do occasionally look at SAS members blogs posted in forum posts & of course I go to designer blogs & from those to others. Do I dare tag someone from SAS forums blogs?

LilyBelle is here

LOTD at ScrappinDigiKreations

My first Layout posted to ScrappinDigiKreations was picked for LO of the day!!
I'm tooting my horn:)

CT Appreciation

This is CT appreciation week and Stella contributed to a super duper mega kit with many other designers to give their CT's a gift.This is the mother of all mega kits! It had 33 downloads and took me two days to get it all downloaded.It is fabulous.
Thank you Stella!
Here is a LO I made with the kit.

Scrapper of the month

I was feautured as the SASy scrapper of the month in the Feb. newsletter.An article was written with alittle info about me and some of my LO's. I used my Elvis photo for my pic.It was quite a thrill and honor to be feautured. My sister Mikki was so impressed that her sis is famous for a month and laughed when she read I was a night owl.

Thank you StoneAccentsStudio

This is a layout I made learning to make paper folds with correct shadows and also cut out letters. I made the words love in the layout I'm starting to learn some PhotoshopElements techniques.

Kit used is Cross My Heart by StellarificCreations

at Stoneaccentsstudio.See link on my blog. It was a bonus gift for the freestyle challenge there.

I'm coming along learning the world of being a CT. What a wonderful world the digital scrapbooking community is!
This layout uses StellarificCreations kit AngelHeart.

well I have been working hard on my CT membership at StellarificDesigns. I have signed up at five other sites and what an experience.I received so many friendly welcomes and wonderful comments on my layouts I posted! The digital scrapbooking community is really a very special group of people.
Here's a LO with CottageStella's kit called SnowflakeBlues

I'm a CT for CottageStella

Stella asked me to join her creative team for her StellarificDesigns creations.How could I refuse? I love her work. What an opportunity to grow and expand my horizons!This is a first time experience for me. I will learn as I go.
My first task I need to do is sign up for more scrapbooking sites to post my layouts made with Stella's kits. I want to get her CT blinkie in my signatures too.
Here is my first layout using her kit HeartAngel

Life History Challenge at SAS

I won this months life history challenge at StoneAccentsStudio for this layout.
It is an honor I appreciate:)

I joined Scrappersguide premier subscription and absolutely love it.I have received my first newsletter and have already learned so much. I am going to appreciate having photoshop elements6 for just this very reason. I loved my PaintShop Prox1 but it was so hard finding tutorials for this version to learn to scrapbook the newest and lastest techniques others are doing. I haven't even downloaded PSP on my new computer yet. I am sure I will since it does things Elements doesn't like mask work.But for now I want to get a handle on Elements6.It is like starting from the beginning since the programs are very different how they do things.

My New Dell Computer

It came Dec. 6th-St. Nicholas Day.It is a whooper of a computer.
XPS with quad core processor,500HD,3 ram, and 8800Gt video card.
22 inch monitor
Also came with Photoshop package of three programs-elements ,video and sound programs.
Roxio burner software ,antivirus etc

PhotoShopElements6

Learning Vista and photoshop elements at the same time was/is challenging.I thought I would be able to transfer more of my knowledge of PSP to Elements.The programs may do alot of the same things ---but in very different ways. Lots of trial and error. I am abit overwhelmed where to start in elements.There are so my subscriptions to purchase to learn it.The Ivillage photoshop elements site/forum has lots of free tuts but they are random not like the PSP user site that has self learning tuts in progressive technique-basics,beginners etc.Seems like if you want to learn Elements with out all the headache and time of trial and error you need to buy subscriptions -even for basics online classes like how to use your browser and layers at $20 a pop.The Photoshop elements techniques newsletter subscription seems to be highly recommended and also a premier subscription to ScrapperGuide. My concern is time committment. I don't want to get overwhelmed with all the tutorials to learn and apply .Knowing me if I pay for something then I will want to do every darn challenge and tut. I fell like I need both subscriptions.Maybe I should just start with one . I still participate at SASY and do all their challengess.