Here's to friends!

My friend Lucy who I've worked with since April at Crafty Keepsakes recently took over a message board called Memories from Scrap. I offered to help however I could, and after seeing the banner and blinkies I did for Crafty Keepsakes she said she wanted an updated design for the site. So I gave her new banner and blinkies!

and because I didn't share the Crafty Keepsakes ones here is the new banner for there too! This is the banner that the Crafty Keepsakes kit was inspired by. As soon as I did the banner I knew I wanted to do a kit in the same colors! The banner is naturally bigger than this, I just uploaded a smaller version to fit on the blog :)

Complete with my new blinkie! I made blinkies for all the team, members of the month, GDT, and challenge addicts! Love making things digitally!

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Projects completed today: SIX christmas cards!
Working on: DT projects for Treasures to Scrap; Christmas cards!
Coming tomorrow: New card sketch!

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Simple!

Finally got around to scanning my copy of Simple Scrapbooks Sept/Oct edition! Top of page 117! I'm kinda bummed out cos yesterday was the deadline for the current SS calls and I forgot! Doh! I had a couple of layouts I could have submitted too! Shoulda done it on Saturday but just clean forgot! Nevermind, no use crying over spilt milk and all that!

In other news I am working on a calendar of blog updates! This should at LEAST mean that I update more regularly and actually remember to post things published in Scrapstreet and Ready Set Create etc. I also started doing articles for newsletters and hope to publish them on the blog too. Plus continuing with the card sketches! Lots coming!!!

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Projects completed today: DT layout for Treasures to Scrap (available for viewing on the 1st Dec!);
Working on: CHRISTMAS CARDS!!!! Hoping to get them all finished, done and sent by 1st Dec!

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Let it snow - layouts

Sharing this layout done by my Mad Scrappin friend Robin! She used my digital kit "let it snow" to create this awesome layout! LOVING IT! Robin not only is a great digital scrapper (and paper!) but she also just started designing kits too! We're constantly IM'ing and emailing each other. Thanks for letting me share this layout sweetie!

Layout by Robin Blankenship posted with permission

To get your hands on a "let it snow" digital kit - the kit is available at scrapstreets online store!

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Its all change!

Played around with the blog a little today! Added some color! Put a blog counter and tracker back in, since it stopped working when I switched to blogger beta. Added a slide with some of my layouts available for publication, its in the sidebar to the right!
I also tweaked things a little, if I broke anything let me know *wink*

Along with finishing off a digital kit and playing around with the setting on the blog I made myself a blog blinkie for message boards!

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Sharing

I had to share this layout! Done by Joanne Atkinson, using the Crafty Keepsakes kit I posted on the 19th! Joanne has been rocking the digital layouts lately! And, she's totally new to digi! Yep I have brought her to the dark side! Awesome layout Joanne thanks for letting me share!

Layout by Joanne Atkinson, posted with permission.

To download the Crafty Keepsakes kit, see the post from 19th November And remember to share with me your layouts!

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In other news I'm currently working on Design Team projects for December and another digital kit! This time I'm going vintage! Not sure on the title yet but possibly "A Vintage Christmas"

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Card Sketch Nov #4

Its Wednesday! That means a new card sketch! This one I did based on a card I did in September. My Grandparents Day card for Gran.

This is the card I did for Gran. I used a square DCWV card, printed the text on scraps of cardstock. Big flower ise from the dollarstore, the flower brads are by provocraft, photo turn and brad by Joanns. Inked it up to make it distressed.

Ok this one was a new one I made for Andrew and Lena's wedding! Imagine the top left panel as patterned paper! Definately throws a whole new look to the card!
Being published in the Dec/Jan edition of Ready Set Create.


As usual if you want to take part either join in on the forums at Crafty Keepsakes or hook me up in the comments! All sketches made by Di Hickman!

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This is a card my Mum made based on the sketch! Love how she used the card on a rectangle! She did have the opportunity of seeing the above card that is now out for pub, so hopefully you can see how it looks totally different using patterned paper on the left side! And a heart instead of a flower! Awesome job Mum!

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Pixel Expressions! - review

This months digital sponsor at Treasures to Scrap is Pixel expressions! We were given a kit and templates to play with! At first I was intimidated! Its PINK! As much as I love pink I for some reason find it hard to scrap with! After I got over the initial intimidation I dove in! I love this photo of me. Its me at Sue + Daves wedding. Don't you love the woven ribbons? They come like that in the kit! Pre-woven! Awesome! This layout is going back to bare root scrapping, simple and elegant and drawing attention to the photo.

I looked at the kit and saw the awesome torn/rolled edge papers! HAD to use those somehow! I decided to scrap this photo of a solitary snapdragon in my garden. So many great elements in this kit! From the woven ribbons to the frame overlays! Loved those! Had to make a feature of them on this layout.

Pixel-expressions has awesome kits with great elements! They were a great sponsor! Thanks Pixel Expressions!

Both layouts featured in the Treasures to Scrap November newsletter!

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