These two 99 cent kits in the shop today: Aged Labels includes a printable for paper scrappers and a png for digital scrappers and the Remember page template makes digital pages in minutes. The Baker’s Dozen has been scrapping away with this template and they’ve already made these pages!
Pages by Kate, Yvonne, Karen and Taly.
And for those of you who asked last week when I would start some sort of digital class, well here’s something to get you started – step by step tutorial to walk you through the process of using digital page templates.
If you haven’t figured out what you would do with a scrapbooking shopping spree you might want to give it a bit of thought…by the end of this week, all the details will be here so you can find out how to win! The mystery ends soon!
So it’s been cold for too long and I’m getting a bit twitchy for some sunshine and green grass and fresh air that does not freeze the lungs. Since the pavement seems to be getting ore dangerous instead of less, I think it’s about time to get settled at my crafting table and work on something a little bit special. And I’d love it if you would join me.
This little adventure starts today and will continue through the end of the month, right here on shimelle.com. It’s not just free — you may end up with money to go shopping by the time this adventure comes to a close.
Today, I just want to introduce you to my perspective on this adventure. Your perspective may be different. That’s fabulous — it’s what will make this entire idea work. A few years ago I taught a workshop called The Reasons Why, with a quick presentation about why we scrapbook before we made a 6×6 minibook together. At that point, I was excited that scrapbooking was turning a corner. And now, there are changes again. So I think it’s time to return to this idea, but bring it up to today’s perspective.
This is the very first time I’ve uploaded a video to youtube. Please be kind. Yes, my accent is completely weird and neither here nor there. The sound is pretty wonky at the beginning. And yes, there are a million other little things that want to drive me crazy about this little movie, but I am embracing a sense of adventure and sharing it with you.
This is just the beginning of the adventure. This time tomorrow, stop by to see the crafty project that takes the next step. It starts like this:
and tomorrow I’ll show you what it has become. And by the time the week is out, you’ll find details of how you can get involved with this creative adventure and even how you can win prizes.
For now…get thinking: I’ve told you a bit about why I scrapbook. What are your reasons?
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This is Why I Scrapbook is a creative adventure for January. One participant will win a $100 shopping spree. Find the contest details here and enter to win here.
So apparently it is quite cold here. So cold that the birds don’t quite know what to do, other than stay out of the fountain. Many people were not so intelligent, and Trafalgar Square was overrun with people shouting about their cold feet, for not one but multiple people thought it would be a good idea to stand on that ice for a photo opportunity.
That ice is, of course, merely sitting on top of a very cold pool of water.
Brains: apparently some of them malfunction in cold weather.
In other notes: today’s random celebrity sighting in Covent Garden was an Osmond brother, I was responsible for a panda hat appearing in the background of a London television report on the state of our icy roads, and the total lack of non-iced pavement in my neighbourhood seems to be a wonderful bonding experience wherein everyone is suddenly chatting as we all struggle up or down the hill into the village, mostly stating our dismay that no one has bothered to sort this out but also in an attempt to deflect from the lack of grace we have suffered in our performance of the dying swan from Swan Lake, performed on iced-over concrete whilst wearing casual footwear.
Wishing we had a fireplace this week! Am having to settle for warming cardigans on the radiator, which isn’t quite the ambiance.
A very simple question for you today: If I gave you £65 or $100 to spend on scrapbooking supplies, what would you buy?
Totally guilt-free. You can’t have this money to spend on other things in life: just scrapbooking supplies. Paper or digital. Cardstock or adhesive. Ribbon or die cuts. Pick your poison: what would you buy if that shopping spree was yours for the taking?
…because later this month, it just might be. Somebody here is going to win a $100 shopping spree to Two Peas Not today, and not just by commenting, but by playing along with something fun and crafty.
Keep your eyes peeled for details…everything will be revealed here next week.
Sent out the final Journal your Christmas prompt this morning until next year. Save one little bonus that goes out next week, that’s the whole year of Christmas all wrapped up! I kept thinking that would mean I would discover newfound free time today but somehow that didn’t happen. Such is life!
I did want to make good on yesterday’s promise to show you a few examples with this week’s new digi template though. So here is a page from me, and two pages from the gallery at Two Peas.
Can’t wait to see even more pages from this template!
I’ve had a few requests to come up with something for digital beginners, so I’ll see what might be useful — but for the moment you can find a few tutorials to get started if you fancy.
Excited here because we have a new nephew! Watch this space for some crafty projects soon and check out the Frog Blog for his welcome card!
Two new items in my digital store today — and one is for paper scrappers! The Write It Down series will release a new journaling set every Tuesday for 2010 (that’s the plan anyway!) and the kit includes a PDF printable for super-easy use by paper scrappers — just print it out on the paper of your choice, no extra software required. The kit also includes the same designs in the right format for digital scrapbookers (JPG or PNG, depending on the kit) so one kit has everything for everybody! And the Written Down kits are just 99 cents. This week it has a 2010 theme, with cards for resolutions, goals and dreams, and the font matches the Rockabye Thickers from American Crafts just perfectly. Find Write It Down :: Resolutions here.
For several years now, we’ve come up with a free year-long class or challenge as a joint project between UKScrappers and shimelle.com. And Document:2010 is that class for the new year.
All you need for this month is an envelope and a camera. You can read about this free class and join in the discussion right here at UKScrappers. And you don’t have to be from the UK to join in and participate.
So that’s one announcement for the new year…more to come though!
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