my latest and greatest

Kit: Peppermint Creative - Sk8er Boy
Template: Peppermint Creative- Pimp My Page Challenge #1

Text, Titles & Journaling

I recently read this tutorial. I felt like I really learned a lot from it and am inspired to make my journaling/titles more meaningful. Just thought I'd share with all you other scrapbookers out there. Check it out here:

Text, Titles, & Journaling - 101 by Taylormade Desings

by the way, she has tons of other awesome tutorials, so make sure you take a look around her blog!

I was going for a "clean and simple" look, but then I just couldn't resist the flattened ribbon. Not sure if it really goes that well with the design, but I think I'll keep it.

Kit:Serendipity by Mandy Mystiques
Template: ABCDelf #43

Zane's Baby Book

In an effort to finish up Zane's baby book, I've been putting together all of the pictures from the hospital and special pictures of him with relatives. Here are a few pages I have completely lately.

Kit: Casual Friday by Peppermint Creative
Template: No Reimer Reason #11


Kit: Casual Friday by Peppermint Creative
Template: neeceebee designs #7


Kit: Boy-sterous by Mandabean at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Template: ChrissyW-Template Challenge 2

Color Challenge

I participated in a Color Challenge sponsored by GG Digital Designs last month. I was not planning on winning, and needless to say, I did not (even the random drawing). It was my first time to participate in a challenge or post a page on the www. I've always kinda felt like my pages weren't all the that great, but I figured what the heck. The challenge was four weeks long (problem #1.) I had a really hard time putting pages and elements together and getting the colors to match just right, since we were supposed to use mostly GG stuff (problem #2.) But it did give me an opportunity to hone my "replace color" skills. I also had a hard time finding photos that looked good with the color palates (problem #3.) I will definitely not be participating in another Color Challenge or any challenge that lasts four stinkin' weeks!

Here are the results:

I dont really love this page, so I'll probably redo it...maybe not if I'm too lazy.















Sorry, but I'm too lazy to repost the credits. If you'd like, you can see them listed in the gallery with the pages.

As I have been trying to catch up on my scrapbooking lately, I have loved perusing the scrapbook pages of friends and being able to get ideas and inspiration from them. It's daunting sometimes to see the pages made by the "Pros", so I love to see the pages from "regular" people. And I figured I'd do my part by sharing may pages also. If you are a newbie to digital scrapbooking, feel free to ask questions - I'd love to help you get started! Enjoy.