About a Dream

This week's kit was About a Dream. There is a rack at JoAnn Fabrics in their decorating fabric department that I tend to gravitate toward. I would LOVE to do up a guest bedroom in the colors but have run out of guest rooms. So I just made a kit instead.
The add on pack is a posting bonus that can be had for FREE. Find out more information in my About a Dream Posting Bonus Forum over at Digital Scrapbook Place.
Here's a layout that I made using these digital scrapbooking products.

Yes, that's me in the photo. This "extraction" is super easy. Here's the cool thing...it's not really and extraction at all. I took the black&white/sepia colored photo of me and laid it over the cream background paper that I have in the add on back. The background of the photo was white. I set the photo layer to darker color and that is what I got. I did go back in and add the cream paper from the kit with the red design over the cream paper but it didn't take but a couple of swooshes of the eraser to the cream with red design paper to get rid of the little bit of red design from showing through the photo. Really, it was super easy. Try out your layer blend options before going through the hassle of extracting an image.

Famous for a Day

So...a couple of weeks ago I submitted a layout to Memory Makers. I discovered yesterday, quite by chance, that Memory Makers has it displayed on their home page and their featured idea gallery page. Too cool! I'm really not sure how this all works so I'm really not sure how big of a deal it is. Since it's my first time and all...I'm going to have to say, "It's a big deal."


I may have to try this out again. It's kind of fun to be famous for a day.

Along Came You

Brand new to the DSP store today is Along Came You. This is a great kit to use for those special guys in your life. It would look cute for a little girl page as well.


Along Came You is available at the store at Digital Scrapbook Place.

This add on pack is currently a posting bonus. Purchase the kit, make a layout, and get the add on pack for FREE. What a deal! Find out more in the Along Came You posting bonus forum at DSP.

Here's a page I put together using these new products. These two pictures of my son skipping stones are so CUTE!!

Come by the DSP chat room tonight and join me in a lively chat about...well...anything really. These papers will be the chat freebie. Attend the chat, get the papers. How cool is that?

October Life Journal

Autumn in Michigan is gorgeous. I tried to capture some of nature's beauty in the October Life Journal Products. The October Life Journal page kit is brand new to the DSP store this morning.


This add on pack is free as a posting bonus. Find out more here.


Tonight at 9 PM in the DSP chat room I will give out this lovely set of leaves as a chat freebie.



Here are a couple of pages that I made up using these new products. This first one showcases a single photo from Kensington Metro Park. It is a wonderful park nearby. I really do need to try to visit this park more often.
This next one includes pictures from a hayride that my grand-nephew and I went on two years ago. I used just part of the word art from the kit to make the title for this page. He had such a fun time that night!

Two More Days

Just two days left to get this great add on pack as a posting bonus.



Just purchase Rooted Autumn page kit and create a layout with it. Post a link to that layout in the Rooted Autumn Posting Bonus Forum before the end of the day on Saturday to get the add on pack for FREE as a posting bonus.



I love the rich autumn colors in this kit. I made up a few pages.

Autumn Days

Autumn Days was the collection for the week. Fall is in the air here and the trees are just starting to turn. I love colors in this collection. The yellows and oranges are what I see in the trees and the blue is from the sky. We've enjoyed some beautiful days this week.

The photos in the page above are from several years ago. I set up the tripod in the driveway to take the pictures.

The photo in the layout above is another from the wedding I went to two weeks ago now. This collection is great for these fall wedding shots.

I love the layout above. Kensington is a metro park near by. We have always enjoyed going there for walks in the fall. I can't believe how little my son is in these pictures.


This add on pack is a FREE posting bonus right now. Just purchase the kit below, use it in a layout and post it. Find out more information here.


This kit is available for purchase here at Digital Scrapbook Place.

Tranquillity or Tranquility...does it really matter

So I still don't know how to spell the word. Two l's or one? The webster's online dictionary has two l's in it. Microsoft Word let it slide with two l's but Firefox's auto spell correction claims that there should just be one.

Should I really even care? I'm in awe of what I did. I really wanted to create a collection that was different from what I've been doing. Colors are deeper and richer. Some of the items are things that I've never used before.


OMG---I love that flower! It turned out so good. I nearly hurt my other shoulder just patting myself on the back!

I am really looking forward to seeing how everyone will use the elements in both the kit and the add on pack.

When my husband saw these, he said, "This is our house." Yup, all of the colors here are in our house. He also was a little teary eyed. Not sure if he too was in awe of what I was able to make or whether it was the layout that I did below. I didn't ask because I'm not supposed to notice such things. He's a big ol' softy but shhhhh, don't tell anyone.

So I used just the kit to create this page for my girlfriend's wedding. She absolutely loved the page. I just need to get it framed for her.