Great Stuff....

...over at the DigiChick today! They launched their Studio 365 today. With items aimed at Project 365 LO's, but (obviously) not limited to those. Gypsy Couture contributed a selection of really nice items to the Studio. You can see her new goodies HERE.

Out of the six items LisaMarie added, I would say my faves are the Cluster Frames (I so often do multi picture LO's that I always appreciate these clusters. These have separate frames, photo masks and shadows : easy to customize and easy to slip goodies in between your pictures! I LOVE them!)

and the Word Art Dates

But between these 2 LO's of mine, I used all 6 of Gypsy Couture's new goodies...and they are all going to become staples in my scrap supplies, that I know for sure. Click on the images for details about the other goodies used (everything is by Gypsy Couture and available in her DigiChick store)

Ok I have some more 'Year in Review' pages to make and a house to 'de-Christmas'

Catch you all next year!

A Year in Review

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I only waited till the end of the year to do monthly LO's...trust me to make life difficult for myself LOL. Truth is I wasn't sure that I wanted to do it...I tried a daily picture/ weekly LO for 3 months...but in the end decided this was probably as realistic as I should try to be. ( I LOVED the daily picture idea, but I got so involved I didn't get anything else done. Maybe one day when I'm all caught up, right....? ROFLOL

So I headed on over to Kimberly Stewart's Royal Court blog and Rina Kroes' Reluctant Recluse blog and grabbed the Quick Pages and templates from there (One month the Quick Page is on one blog with the template for the page on the other blog, next month, it is the other way round.) I found them under 'digital freebies' on Rina's blog and on Kimmi's I just went by the months and scrolled till I found what I was looking for. The downloads for March are not working. I'll see if we can get that sorted out.

Here are my pages for January and February 2009. Please click on the images to go to the galleries for full listings of products used.

For January I used the Quick Page on Kimmi's blog (plus a few added bits)

For February I used the template for the February page instead, as I needed something cold and snowy. The February Quick Page is beautiful and I will be using it for sure...

I'll be back with more pages asap. Meantime Gypsy Couture is releasing some great Project 365 stuff tomorrow. I got my LO's ready and waiting...see you then!

Gypsy Couture Alpha Freebie

Look what I found!

You can download it HERE at Gypsy Couture's blog (read the post for more goodies and a look at what is coming later this week!)

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Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays, Happy Winter, Happy Summer.....I hope wherever you are you get the chance to sit back, relax, reflect and recharge!

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To record a celebration picture, I have a QP freebie for you today. I used Kimberly Stewart's "Snowmen" kit for this.
My page features a Christmas picture, so I added a tree from the kit, but on the QP I left the tree off, so that it becomes a more generic 'gift' page, suitable for Christmas, a birthday, Valentines, Anniversary... you get the idea!

You can download your freebie HERE

Thank you for dropping by my blog throughout the year. Having the blog has been fun and a lot less hassle than what I expected it to be.

So here's to another year of blogging! YAY!

I'm off to go put together the last couple gift-plates-laden-with-cookies and then maybe a glass of eggnog to celebrate!

Have a good one!

The Blog Train is Running!

and you can find the full schedule (and a freebie) HERE on Denise's FlutterButter Designs blog.

Debbie is part of the train, but she will host a daily (12 in total) freebie.

Have FUN! I know I have some baking to do shortly!

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12 Days of Christmas Blog Train...

...starts tomorrow (December 12th)

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Come back tomorrow for the link or find it HERE on Debbie's blog.

Winter Dream

Gypsy Couture's new kit was released yesterday. It is really BIG and has wonderful goodies inside. It was fun and a little frustrating! to choose goodies to use. the frustrating part was deciding what to leave off LOL

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Take a look at Winter Dream. If you click on the image it will take you to the store with more kit previews and some beautiful LO's. There's many more LO's in the DigiChick gallery too.


I selected a couple of pictures of Toad (the dog) for my LO. Snow is not the most wonderful place to be in the winter (Toad prefers the cozy indoors!) but a dog's gotta get out sometime, right?






and again I made my LO into a Quick Page for you all. Thank you Lisa for sharing your work in this way with all of us!





You can download your freebie HERE.
and the blog train that I mentioned...? well it's coming together...watch this space....

Glorious...

and sumptuous! That is how I would describe Rina Kroes' latest Page set : Glorious

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Here is a better look at the papers:





I used it here, not for a Christmas LO, but for a Golden Wedding Anniversary.

The alpha used is one that coordinates with Rina's Christmas Traditional Page Set and is not currently available.

I made my LO into a freebie for you.

Download it HERE...and then hop on over to Rina's blog for another beautiful QP by Kabra..and over on Debbie's blog you'll find yet another one! Whooot!

Enjoy!

Oh yes...I hear rumours of a blog train coming through....I'll keep you posted!

Family Treasures - U Build It!

Anybody who drops by here frequently will know how much fun I have in scrapping old family pictures...those black and white treasures I have stashed away...well the new U Build It Collection at Scrapbook-Elements is titled 'Family Treasures' and it is beautiful!

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Here is the ad and info : The Collection, with 17 Designers taking part, using the same colour palette, boasts 78 items

The backing paper on the ad is from Rina Kroes' Stacked Papers :


You can see the rest of Rina's Family Treasures Items HERE

Kimberly Stewart also participates. Just take a look at this beauty

You can see the rest of Kimberly's Family Treasures HERE

Winter Scenery

It is that time of year again when the weather forecasts have 'flurries', 'snow' and icy roads in them...

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Gypsy Couture has a bunch of new goodies out for today : cardstock, papers, overlays and alphas. (alvailable in single packs or combos) You can see them all HERE in her DigiChick Store.

I did this LO using a variety of items. If you click on the piture it'll take you to the gallery with full details and links to the items in the store.




The red berries on the twig made me add a bit of red to the LO...it seemed to need a bit of warmth!

Rina Kroes is releasing a new Christmas Kit on Sunday, and I actually have a QP freebie ready for you. Wonders never cease eh?
Here is a little peek for you



See you soon...Kimberly Stewart is releasing a wonderful collection of Quick Page Albums on Sunday (winter/snow themed) and I'd love to play a bit with those now...

Baker's Delight : Daily Download

I really enjoy these Advent Calendars ! Click on the image to go to the forum thread at Scrapbook-Elements, where the download links are!

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