Another RAK from Val

I have good news for you! Once again Val has done a collab kit with Sue Cummings. I did a layout with it tonight and I LOVE it! So you're going to want to go over to her blog and post a comment for a chance to win it.

Good luck!

Snap LO

Going back through a couple of Maya's previous kits, and I made a double layout with "Snap". It was pretty labor intensive trying to get all the poor quality pictures to look decent, and the whole thing took forever because the file was so large with so many pictures on the page. But I am glad I persisted; I think I am happy with the end result.

A couple of last minute things tonight...and a GSO for me!

Firstly Che Yang Designs is doing a RAK for her kit which is to be released tomorrow (Friday April 8th) at MScraps.

Visit http://che-yang.blogspot.com/ For a chance to win it, you can leave a comment there on her blog before she chooses a winner tomorrow. :) I've done so; wish me luck!


Secondly, I mentioned before that Zig Zag Scrap was opening their new forum today, and yes, they did. Check it out!
http://zigzagscrap.com/fun-place/ 
 They're calling it the fun place, and it is already buzzing with fun Eastery activity...they had an egg hunt today and everything...I think there is about an hour left for that at this point! Come join us and have fun!


And thirdly, I am excited about it so I thought I'd toot my own horn a little...I got a GSO at MScraps for a layout I did earlier this week! It's my first GSO there. Thanks Suzie! It's a scraplift of a layout by MaggieMae. :)

Seaweed

Having fun with MScraps challenges; Zig Zag opening a forum!

I've been feeling happy scrapping lately. So I have been doing quite a bit of it. I did 7 of the monthly challenges for March on MScraps, which is a lot for me compared to other months! One of these days I'd like to actually get them all done. Maybe it could happen this month--I really like all of the challenges! I've already posted one of them here, and one of the challenges was for a photograph, so here are the other five (Click the links below each LO for credits):

"Green"

"One More Time"

"Textured Paper"

"Yellow Submarine R"

"Outside Shower"

"Lucky to Have My Sister"

I also did a challenge at DSC again, using one of the pictures of Callia swimming in St. Maarten. Pictures from that vacation are my favorite right now! Strangely, I got the inspiration for this LO while I was away from the computer. I had downloaded the word art and waited a couple of days before using it. An idea popped into my head and I went to the computer and put it together. Strange? Yes, I think so. It took quite a bit of playing around with details, but in the end turned out just as I hoped it would.

"Ocean Moment of Joy"

In other news, kind of fun, Zig Zag Scrap where Val has her store, is opening up a forum starting this Thursday, April 7th. It sounds like they are going to have challenges and give-aways and I am really looking forward to it! I got their newsletter today and it was looong and beautiful! If you're not already on their newsletter mailing list, you might want to sign up! They choose a "GLOWinner" each week from layouts in their gallery and give them points for their store....I was even chosen one week as I mentioned before, although I didn't get the newsletter at the time and didn't know about the reward until too late. Oh, well! Anyhow, I like their newsletter, AND it seems like it will be a good time over there with the opening of their forum.  Zig Zag Scrap

 And no, I didn't have to advertise for this LOL! Nobody even asked me to. I literally think it's going to be fun. :)

New CT for me!

Last weekend I was accepted into the CT of Maya de Groot, who recently opened her shop at Oscraps. I have already had the pleasure of scrapping with several of her lovely kits and I look forward to seeing what she comes out with in the future as well...she seems quite talented!

Let me show you what I've done with her designs so far...

Primavera at Oscraps

Under the Trampoline

All About at Oscraps

My Time

Stuck on You at Oscraps

Love

Revisiting DSC

The first scrapbooking forum I posted on was Digital Scrap Cafe, which is where I "met" Val who I now create for, and several other wonderful people whose company I regularly enjoy on the forums. I'm not in on any inside scoop there, I just posted there, so I can't tell you all of what happened, but their site did go down in October for a couple of MONTHS. I had already begun to get involved in the MScraps forum, though, so I was OK. DSC did reopen in January but I have been preoccupied with other sites. A couple of weeks ago, though, I thought I'd head over there and do some challenges as a nice way to kick myself in the butt and put some of the beautiful kids I have from designers there to good use! So I did. I did both challenges and ended up with two layouts that I am very happy with:

Click on links to go to DSC gallery and see credits for the kits used. I snuck one of Val's Chicky Chooks into the second layout. <3 :D

Brrr Cold Pool

Happy Umbrella

Maybe I will be able find time to do a couple of challenges there again.

Back to Life --the kit AND my mood!

I am thrilled with how appropriate Val's new kit is for me. I'm SO affected by the weather and I truely feel like I'm coming back to life this week, even though I haven't been feeling well physically. The weather has been beautiful! I have been soaking it up. Callia has been excited to get started on gardening, too, and we planted our first seeds of the year together a couple of days ago. :) So this kit matches my mood perfectly! I love the colors Val chose, and the word art is fantastic. She and I must be kindred spirits when it comes to spring...

I pulled out a few pictures from last year at this time to make my first layout with it: