Thursday, February 28, 2013

New This Week at The Digichick!

Hi all! Well, here it is, the last day of February. Everyone is saying today that they can't believe how quickly the month flew by. But that means spring is just a little closer, right? I know I told you my next post would likely be a Photo-A-Day update, but I thought I'd wait until I got both February pages done before I showed them to you. In the meantime, I have a couple of new releases from The Digichick to show you!

Liz of Sweet Digi Scraps released this Alice In Wonderland themed kit called We're All Mad:


The color palette really caught my eye, but instead of going all out with the colors, I ended up making a white-space page that just used a couple of elements for some pops of interest:


Next up is this fun, totally cute collaboration between Wishing Well Creations and Pixel Gypsy that's a celebration of monsters, but not the Halloween kind. No, it zeroes in on the way the little people in our lives can sometimes be, well, monsters:


As you can see, Monstrously Cute contains a main kit with coordinating boy- and girl- themed mini kits, all of which can be had separately if you don't need the whole bundle. I initially wasn't going to work with this collection, and then it hit me. I had the makings of a layout that had been living in my subconscious ever since I acquired temporary custody of my Mom's photo albums. I grabbed a template by Amber Morrison, and this is the result:


I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this layout. I love the story it tells, I love the way the cute little monsters mimic the expressions in the photos, and I even love the way the colors and patterns of the kit work so well with the older photos. I hope you enjoy looking at it too!

Alrighty then! March comes tomorrow, and rest assured that will bring new fun things to see in my digiscrapping world, so make sure you come back and see me!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

New This Week at The Digichick!

Hi all! How is everyone doing this week? After all the fun of Valentine's Day, it's nice to settle back into a comfy routine.

I thought that after the Sweetheart Sale that The Digichick hosted last week, the designers would take a break, but no! There is so much gorgeousness coming this week that I wish I had time to play with it all. As it is, I have two lovelies to show you. The rest will be on my wish list!

First, take a look at this serene offering from Sherwood Studio called   A Winter's Tale:


Isn't it gorgeous? I was inspired to go back into my Mom's photo albums and pull out an older photo to scrap, following the style of a layout in an inspiration challenge at The Digichick:


With a completely different vibe, how fun is this kit from Quirky Twerp called Star Patient:


I love the little medical paraphernalia elements and decided to re-scrap a photo of my daughter from many years ago:


I'm trying to get my first two weeks of my Photo-A-Day for February scrapped, so come back and see me, okay?

Friday, February 15, 2013

Aflutter!

Hi all!  Did everyone have a nice Valentine's Day?  Mine was pretty low key, just the way I like it.  I've been dying to show you the latest release from Wishing Well Creations, new this week HERE at The Digichick:


I think Laura was struck by Cupid's arrow, creating a collection with pinks and flowers and butterflies and hearts, and well, you get the idea.  I tried to use as much as I could at once, and the template challenge this month at The Digichick gave me the perfect starting point:


You can get the collection on sale HERE until Sunday, and then it goes back to regular price.  Speaking of sales, let me remind you about the Sweetheart of a Sale going on at The Digichick through this weekend as well.  Part of the celebration are some challenges, and I volunteered to host a Scavenger Hunt:

 

If you want to play along, come visit me over HERE in the forums.  Check out the other challenges too!  Participate in any Sweetheart challenge and win a participation prize...then, for each challenge you successfully complete, receive an entry into the Grand Prize drawing for a $25 gift certificate to The Digichick Boutique!  The more challenges you complete, the more entries you receive! But hurry, the challenges and sale end Sunday night. I hope to see you there!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Sweetheart of a Sale at The Digichick!

Hi all!  We're counting down to Valentine's Day, and in honor of this love-ly time, the designers at The Digichick have decided to have a week-long sale:



This sale has several categories for you to fill your stash with products during one of our BEST sales events we hold here at The Digichick! 

The main sale category is filled with "Love and Valentine's" and we also included some "Old Flames" designer loves that will turn your creative mojo on!

We even have a special place filled with some $2 Sweet Spots you won't be able to pass up!


But wait!  There's more!  Be watching for information about challenges and other forum fun starting this Thursday 2/14.  One of those challenges just might be hosted by yours truly!

In other news, Dagi of Dagi's Temp-tations is have a guest CT call.  I met Dagi when we were both at Scrappity Doo Dah, she as a template designer and I was a creative team member.  Dagi is enjoying a guest spot at The Digichick this month and is looking for some scrappers to work with her templates:


I hope you'll come back and see me on the 14th for a new release from Wishing Well Creations and news about my challenge!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Photo A Day Jan 17-31st

Hi all! I'm back a little sooner than I expected. I decided to go ahead and finish up my second layout for my Photo A Day project. Without further ado, here is January 17-31st:

 

(everything used for this layout is by Wishing Well Creations)

I managed to hit 10 of the 15 prompts this time around, which is about the same as my first week. For a rundown of what I'm up to here, see the bottom of THIS post. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and come back and see me soon!

Love is in the Air!

Hi all! How is your weekend going so far? It's a beautiful sunny day today but when I look out my window I see the 5" of snow we got the other night, so I'm content to stay indoors and play around on my computer.

The countdown to Valentine's Day is on, and that means I get to work with some love-ly goodies this week. Here is a new release from geniaBeana Scraps called Love is in the Air:


The pretty flowers and colors inspired me to reach back to a warmer season for a photo to scrap:


The kit is on sale HERE at ScrapMatters, so hop on over and check it out! I'll have more love-lies to show you in a few days, so come back and see me soon!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

New This Week at The Digichick!

Hi all! I'm back! Today I'm here to show you some new releases from the gals at The Digichick. I have to tell you, I am having SO. MUCH. FUN. working with all the wonderful products I have access to in the shop. Here's what I played with this week!

Kimeric Kreations created this manly-themed kit called A Perfect Gentleman:


It would be great for a male-themed layout, of course, but there are some vintage goodies in there for a heritage-type page, or, in my case, I was drawn more to the color palette and used it for a layout for some photos from Thanksgiving:


If you're all awestruck at the page arrangement, I can't take credit for that. I used another new release this week, a template from a collection from Cornelia Designs called Every Which Way:


Fun, isn't it? I don't use circles a lot so I grabbed this template set right away. I also loved the way the photos are scattered around the page.

Well, that's it for today. I'm sure I have some housework to do or something, so take care, and come back to see me soon!

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

New Mix-a-Kit from geniaBeana Scraps!

Hi all! It's February 6, so I'm obviously a little tardy in bringing you the February Mix-a-Kit offerings from geniaBeana Scraps that opened in the shop at ScrapMatters on Feb 1st. Art journaling/mixed media style is popular in digital scrapbooking right now, and Val went with that feel for this month's collection, in addition to celebrating the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday:







I wasn't quite sure what I was going to scrap with this set, and then I read this article that discusses a scrapping style that I greatly admire but rarely attempt.  Add that to a fun event in the life of my middle daughter, and I was inspired:


I'm really happy with how this page came out. I couldn't have done it without Val's fun collection! Check it out HERE, and then come back and see me soon!

Friday, February 1, 2013

Digichicks Around The World - February

Hi all! Well, here it is, February, the month we celebrate love, love, love! A new month means a new collab in the Digichicks Around the World collection. This month we are visiting Italy, the land of love. Take a look at Amore Mio:


The kit is on sale throughout the weekend, and if you subscribe to The Digichick newsletter HERE and "like" The Digichick HERE on Facebook, you can collect some coordinating freebies!

Another thing the new month brings us is a new crop of guest designers in the shop, and I had the pleasure of working with a template from Dagi's Temp-tations. I am familiar with Dagi's work from my stay at Scrappity Doo Dah, and it's great to see her at The Digichick:


Put the kit and a template together, and this is what I came up with:


The template set is on sale throughout the weekend as well, so hop on over to The Digichick HERE. I'll have more new goodies to show you soon, so come back and see me!