November 2021 Layouts...

Hey,

Happy Monday!

It has been a while since I shared any of my digital layouts with you. October and November were CRAZY with NSD (National Scrapbooking Day) and Thanksgiving/Black Friday specials.. I was on fire for my creative team commitments!

Here is a selection of my fave November layouts.

The main photo was for a Digital Scrapbook.com / Pixel Scrapper challenge, only my second time using stock imagery.

The Digital Press - Gone Digital Design Challenge 

The Digital Press - Jimbo Jambo Challenge

The Lilypad - Rachel Jefferies Challenge (I won a prize!)

The Lilypad - BYOC challenge

Sweet Shoppe Designs - One Little Word - Tribe - Challenge

Sweet Shoppe Designs - Typography Challenge

Sweet Shoppe Designs - Seasonal Challenge - Use Buttons

The Nifty Pixel - Creative Team Layout

Studio Liv @Gingerscraps - Creative Team Layout

Buzzbee Scraps - Creative Team layout (template, using kit from Pixel Scrapper)

They are so varied and I love them all for different reasons, I created 40 layouts in November!! I am having a month off of my CT commitments in Jan, so I can play along with the Month of Challenges at The Lilypad! I really enjoyed it this year and I am eager to play this year, with my improved skills.

Cx

Digital Layouts - Love Our Designers - The Lilypad

 

Hey,

Happy Monday, hope you had a great weekend?

Today I wanted to share just a couple of my fave layouts from the Love Our Designers feature that The Lilypad did during Feb and March.

I find with digital items, that I am drawn to the same designers over and over again, especially if they run a challenge that I can play along with. But every now and then I buy things from other designers. The two layouts shown here were made from kits that I couldn't resist.

Main photo uses a kit by Valerie Wibbens - I love her whimsical illustrations and I fell in love with this 'Let's Get Lost' kit and had been itching to use it. I used one of Valerie's free templates and it came out just as I had imagined - don't you love it when that happens.

The layout below was for The Paislee Press. Their stuff is so clean and elegant, it always reminds me of CAS cards. I used mainly their 'For Like Ever' kit, perfect for one of my fave Wedding photos and just SO clean.

In the year that I have been digitally scrapping, I have learned so much and realised that there is a lot of my cardmaking me in my layouts. I love CAS cards so very much, but I love critters and pattern mixing too and I find I can always sneak these into my layouts!

Cx

Digital Scrapbooking: Exciting News...

Hey,

Hope you all had a great weekend, I did, I went to Foxwoods with my friend (casino resort) and I won BIG. It was a hilarious weekend and was good to be out of the teeny tiny apartment.

I mentioned that I would have some BIG news for you...

Well hang on to your hats, I was lucky enough to be invited to be on the Creative Team for The Nifty Pixel!! TNP is owned and run by Em and not only is she super talented, but she is super nice too. I have been a very big fan of her designs since I started scrapping last year and I applied on a whim, not really thinking I would have the experience to make the team.

I was SO surprised, but thrilled. The Nifty Gals are a fabulous, supportive, hilarious bunch and it is an honor to be working alongside them.

My first x2 layouts (main photo and below) use the latest release Pick Your Destiny - now available for purchase! 

Then on Thursday, I got an email from Soco of Designed by Soco asking me if I would like to do a guest slot from now until June with her and her CT. WHAT THE HELL!!! Again, I applied on a whim, not thinking I was really ready for any of this. I am still on the fence about my skills. When it comes to cardmaking I am super confident, but I am still a bit surprised when people like my digital layouts lol!

I love Soco's templates and kits - it's the same for me with Em and TNP, templates are my weakness. It's a great way to start a layout, they give me a structure to build upon.

My first outing for Soco was with this little beauty below using the new BYOC Carefree kit - available for purchase now and I combined it with a Simply Clean No.9 template.

All in all the last week was the most amazing one so far and mainly because I didn't expect any of it, so it was all such a lovely surprise.

More layouts for you next week. 

Cx

 

First MOC Completed...

Hey,

So as you know I started digital scrapbooking back in March 2020.

I have honed my skills using challenges, just like I have done for years with my cardmaking. Challenges literally do what they say - challenge you. You have to think about how to interpret the theme, hopefully using what you have (although I do love a bit of spendy spendy!). 

One of the sites I love is The Lilypad, the community there is so warm and encouraging and they are all so talented and have taught me a TON.

Every January they run MOC - Month of Challenges, yep a challenge a day. I was a bit worried, could I fit it in? Did I have the skills? 

It was so much fun and I am so proud of myself for not getting behind and finishing the challenge on time. I learned a lot of new things and I am eager to try them out on my future layouts.

Here are my two fave layouts from all 31 - to be honest I actually love them all.

The theme for this layout was Clean and Simple. What could be easier to scrap than my beautiful boy Clint Catwood napping on his Poppa!

Here we were asked to create a large title, perfect for the silly photo of me eating noodles!! I love noodles!

This is a layout that I was super nervous about, we had to tilt our layout 15degrees. I've never been a fan of tilting my pages and so I was a bit worried, but it's GORGEOUS!!

I realised that sometimes stepping outside of your comfort zone can deliver wonderful things, if you are open enough to open your arms to them.

Cx

Fiddle Dee Dee: Layout Challenge Winner..

Hey,

Happy Sunday to you!

I have been on a roll this week.

I am so pleased that some of my first attempts at digital scrapbooking have been a win!

I won over at Fiddle Dee Dee too.

Here's the layout template that I had to use -

It was WAAY out of my comfort zone, but I really wanted to give it a go, so glad that I did. It actually took me x2 days to build the page!

Cx