last page for the day.

and i am REALLY officially caught up on ALL my current pictures:) will be going back to scanning this week so i can get some me pages done.

going digital RULES!

paper and elements from bren boone(freebie)

jouranling card, cardstock and staples from DD

template from inthemaking (freebie)

and with this page i am CURRENT!

scrapping away:)

Today:

i am taking a time out to organize my digital stuff i can credit people properly:)

also fixing some typos on pages, finishing some laundry and keeping the girls from getting cabin fever:)

just trying to keep myself occupied so i do not lose my last brain cell:)))

be back later!

More weekend pages:(

will post deets later:)

bunch of pages:)

my internet is wonky because of the snow. here are my weekend pages:)

back from the world of the sick:)

i was sooooooooooooo sick yesterday. the stomach thing is gong around, but i am finally better:)
G left today for ecuador and we are snowed in, so i hope to be scrapping, since he took the camera.

back to my page a day and hopefully will be getting all my pics done.
papers: 3paperpeonies
template: songbird avenue
staple: designerdigitals.
i managed to get ALL my pics from out last sightseeing trip on this page! YAY for digital!

things:)

we spent an afternoon walking thru manhattan on sunday.
it is nice to just spend time together:)
template from pencillines
all other stuff from designer digitals.

happy place:)

kit by moonchylde creations

template: not sure

title not sure either:)

too many freebies on the web!

snow:)

can you believe this was in my backyard?...LOL. it's all about perspective:)

embellished frame by lindsay jane

cardstock, stitching and alpha from DD

i am limiting myself to two pages a day. seriously!

inspiration for today:)

credits:

template Zora from simplescrapper.com

paper and elements from Designer Digitals

a little spring for a COLD DREARY feb. day:)

Amazing...........

that cathy zielske is:)

if i has a million dollars i would spend all of it on her templates.

but this one was free....can you believe? grab it at her blog...

all supplies from designer digitals:)

the way things SHOULD be:)

me and my girls. i am not sure what will happen in the future, but this is us for now. the way it should be.

new plan:)

ok...so it seems that i am piling up the pages even FASTER now than i am doing digital then before:) Just thinking of the sheer amount of pages i am getting done makes me happy BUT then the question of where to store them starts creeping up. Luckily the pages are thinner so i am able to make more fit, but now the problem is affording to print and then store them.
i will be limiting myself to one page a day. and trying to enjoy myself. i can do it, because i can do ANYTHING!

my artist girl:)

continuing with my multiphoto pages:) YAY!

credits:

background paper: DD (chat freebie)

papers and word art: taylormade

tab, journal paper and staples: designer digitals.
template from sdav found @craftcave

love that i am finding my style in digital and all of it is CLICKING:))))

such a good thing.

i love you peanut M&M:)

'nuff said:)

best places to get freebies:)

ok....so this is a very subjective list. not everyone likes the same stuff, but i think that these sites have the best freebies. i am pulled towards more of the high quality, urban type papers. be prepared to search a little and know your STYLE:) it is so easy to go overboard and get all the freebies you can find.
purge every month or so. if you haven't used it yet, you can always find it again...plus it's free so no biggie right?
try and acknowledge the designers whenever you can. i try to...but i can't always succeed. but TRY!
use those templates at least four times. you can rotate, flip and mirror the images. don't think you have to KEEP them. i delete...so can YOU!

my top digital freebie links:)


paislee press


three paper peonies


summertime designs


karenika


simple scrapper


designer digitals


scrapbookgraphics


craftcrave


i think that's all i have for now:)

a BOX? seriously?

my new favorite box:)

my beautiful girl:)

this little girl is my heart and soul. we go through so much every single day and at the end of it all....i wouldnt change anything at all. i love you, my sweets:)

template: andrea gold
paper and elements: threepaperpeonies
title: designerdigitals

Rediscovering......

here:

my favorite scrapper ever.

now that i have changed the way i scrapbook: changing to 8x8, going digital etc, i am changing my outlook on a LOT of things as well.
miss Stacy Julian gets IT.

i have spent the last 10 years getting things perfect, or trying to at least. Hitting the big 4-0 was a BIG wake-up call.

so in nov. last year i decided to try something new. i shook things up. i am learning and changing and growing:) it has been a journey to step out of my box and do something i never though i would. it has been good:)

so i am going back to the roots and rediscovering the wonder of miss SJ:) yup. THANK YOU!

happy stuff:)

i am busy just creating and finding my way thru digital.
this page is a very simple photoblock style template from the helping haiti kit from designer digitals.
i also used the newsletter freebie from three paper peonies and a title from taylormade plus some photo corners from DD also..
being digital has married both my wish to tell stories and my passion for using all my pictures.
it's a good thing and a great place to be right now.

even though i do not have a plan....

i am going to keep scrapping and hope that i get a lightbulb moment:) still not sure on how i will be storing my 8x8's, but i am thinking. i want to make sure that i keep up with the page a day. the rest will come....i am sure:)
all materials from taylormade (freebie)
i LOVE these papers:) and i only had one good picture. not a big fan of one photo pages...

the boys

working on my digital skillz:) LOL.
i think i am getting there. i will get there. eventually.

Right.Now.

i am:

wrestling with the digi conversion.

wanting to do more things for my family.

needing my kitchen re-do.

feeling unsettled and out of place.

Places:)

these pictures came off 4 yucky old CM pages. i scanned them in, fixed them up and used them in a digital page. the old pictures are getting filed in acid free sleeves and stored in a nice dark dry closet.
happiness.

template: year in review by kate
elements: sabrina's creations
brushes: scrapgirls.
all freebies:)

My new Mantra:)

"I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."

                                                               Roger Ebert excerpt from esquire magazine.


i couldn't have said it better:) and i also usually agree with him on movies too:)

the big PRINT:)

my scrapping desk with my big order of stuff:)

the pile of printed materials compared to a cd stack of 25 disks.

the OCD in me is rejoicing that i am compacting and condensing:)

my december daily is on the top. it has 26 pages with a total of 131 pictures:)

the pile of printed pages totals 122 pages and i have NO idea how many pictures are scrapped in there. but it's a LOT!

i will be making a trip to m's for albums and protectors today. i am super duper excited for the possibilities right now.

i am at peace with my choice to go digital now:)))))

i am finding my style:)

just working my way thru the digital world:))) i love being able to scrap ALL my pictures.
it makes me very very very HAPPY!!!

Doggie Portrait:)

credits:
paper and confetti: joyce marie(freebie)
brush: michelle coleman
title and wordart: designer digitals.
yup...that's my two boys!

pluggin' along:)

template from pencil-lines.
everything else from designer digitals.

i love that i am finally getting the hang of digi:)

Page for today:)

i am hoping to scrap a BUNCH this week. two out of three kids will be in school! WOOOOHOOOOO.

more little boy pages:)

all stuff from DD.
i LOVE my little boy:)

snowmageddon.again.

stuff used:
feifei cool bliss kit (freebie)
threepaperpeonies happiness kit (freebie)
template: albums to remember (freebie)
photocorners: designerdigitals.
word art:: suecummings

there was a big smudge on my camera lens, so you can see a shadow on the pictures.

i am doing it:)

i think i have come to the realization that i LIKE digital and coming to terms with the fact that paper scrapping just isnt for me anymore. i am learning to embrace and let go!

SnowMageddon:)

what a snow dud! this about all the pics i got out of it. we are not big snow people.

seriously!

the STASH!!! use it up.

I scrapped paper today. made a bunch of pages with no embellishing and put them into the pool album. will go back and add stuff later. it was fun to see the pile of prints go down:) i am still figuring out what i want to do and where to go with my scrapping. we'll see where the journey takes me!
using up the stash and  budget scrapping is where it is at!

page for the day.

credits:

kit: doohickey designs (freebie)

tag: designer digitals

no template today:))) LOL.

Freebie kits and other goals.

i have a stash of digital freebie kits i have accumulated. the hoarder in me wants to keep them forever, but my HD is getting full. SO.
my goal is to use my freebie kits at least on two pages and then it goes BUH-BYE:)
let's see what comes of it:))))

more navy pages for dh's friend:)

all materials from designer digitals:)

easy peasy page.

More All about me pages:)

all supplies from designer digitals.

zoe's room:)

this is the only room in the house with dark floors because zoe wanted them that way:) she has a comfortable couch and a loft bed. we will be replacing the chest of drawers with a desk and getting new curtains, couch slipcover and bedding, plus a new coat of paint and a new door. she already has a pink and green "teen" type theme picked out:)