Monday, March 30, 2009
MY NEW LAPTOP HAS ARRIVED !!!!
YAY - my laptop arrived this morning. Can't wait to start loading all my bits and pieces onto it. It took me a while to make a decision.....think my son was getting sick of me showing him this one and that one and asking his opinion. However I finally chose one which I think will be fast enough for my needs with a reasonable sized HDD without going over budget so it really does pay to shop around and compare.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
My Digital Layouts for March
I managed to complete a few of the challenges from Cottage Scrapbooks this month.
This one was for Scrapping Counts where only 2 papers and 4 elements were used:-
Scrap my favourite was the theme for this one and we had to scrap our favourite flower. I have quite a few flowers which I love but Daylillies would be one of my favourites. I love the variety of colours and shapes of the flowers.
The Impromptu Challenge this month was to use green in the layout including green alpha. This is one of my cycads which is seeding for the first time ever.
For the Hybrid Challenge we were to use a supplied kit and do a cover for a journal. I always love hybrid challenges as mixing both traditional and digital interests me.
We were given a family tree template for the Heritage Challenge this month so I based my entry on our son's.
With the Give & Take Challenge the layout is to be done using papers and elements from the month's Blog Party at Cottage Scrapbooks.
For the Flavour On The Month challenge I chose to scrap a photo of my niece taken whilst on holidays in Melbourne. We are given specific colours and a kit to use from for this challenge. We didn't have to use this kit or if we preferred could make up our own kit using the colours given however I chose to use the kit which was supplied.
I loved the Fantastic Font Challenge for March. These photos of my niece on her Zoingo Boingo seemed to fit in perfectly with the theme of the font.
This layout was for the Cottage Well Challenge. A mini kit is supplied and you have to use all of that kit plus more can be added if you want. However I found that the mini kit was enough for my layout.
Then the final layout I did was for Chronicle of Days. It is part of an on-going challenge to document this current year. It doesn't matter how many layouts you do in the month although unfortunately I only managed the one this time.
If you want to get into digital scrapping I can recomment this group. The members are so lovely and supportive and more than happy to answer any questions.
This one was for Scrapping Counts where only 2 papers and 4 elements were used:-
Scrap my favourite was the theme for this one and we had to scrap our favourite flower. I have quite a few flowers which I love but Daylillies would be one of my favourites. I love the variety of colours and shapes of the flowers.
The Impromptu Challenge this month was to use green in the layout including green alpha. This is one of my cycads which is seeding for the first time ever.
For the Hybrid Challenge we were to use a supplied kit and do a cover for a journal. I always love hybrid challenges as mixing both traditional and digital interests me.
We were given a family tree template for the Heritage Challenge this month so I based my entry on our son's.
With the Give & Take Challenge the layout is to be done using papers and elements from the month's Blog Party at Cottage Scrapbooks.
For the Flavour On The Month challenge I chose to scrap a photo of my niece taken whilst on holidays in Melbourne. We are given specific colours and a kit to use from for this challenge. We didn't have to use this kit or if we preferred could make up our own kit using the colours given however I chose to use the kit which was supplied.
I loved the Fantastic Font Challenge for March. These photos of my niece on her Zoingo Boingo seemed to fit in perfectly with the theme of the font.
This layout was for the Cottage Well Challenge. A mini kit is supplied and you have to use all of that kit plus more can be added if you want. However I found that the mini kit was enough for my layout.
Then the final layout I did was for Chronicle of Days. It is part of an on-going challenge to document this current year. It doesn't matter how many layouts you do in the month although unfortunately I only managed the one this time.
If you want to get into digital scrapping I can recomment this group. The members are so lovely and supportive and more than happy to answer any questions.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Well I managed One Traditional Layout
It's terrible - I'm just not motivated to do any traditional scrapping at the moment. Think it's because I am just so tired and totally unmotivated. Plus I can't sit for any length of time to craft and when I have ideas I need to keep working while the ideas are flowing. I am also a very messy scrapper and at present can't seem to deal with a lot of clutter around me. However I did manage this layout. It was for a challenge at Craft & Scrap - actually one for Valentine's Day 0nly we weren't allowed to use Pink or Red but it had to be about something that is lovely.
I used mainly doodling and some lace and paper flowers as elements - although the doodling isn't very visible on the photo.
I used mainly doodling and some lace and paper flowers as elements - although the doodling isn't very visible on the photo.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
My Laptop Has Died
Well the prognosis from Phil (DS) regarding my laptop isn't good. It has definitely given up the ghost. When we thought about it though - the poor old thing is over 5 years old and has done a lot of work. DS bought it when he started uni and for 3 years it constantly travelled back & forth to Brisbane with him on the train and bus and was used all day at uni. It was his only computer for the time he lived in Brisbane as his good PC was left here at home and now I have used it for 12 months.
ARGHH - now to look for a new one. Think I will have to leave that to DS as I don't know that much about them. I know when he bought the old one it was one of the best you could get at that time but I don't need anything that up-market - just something to take outside when I sit out there with my breakfast in the morning to read my emails and to take away on holidays with us so I can edit photos and do scrapbooking etc....
ARGHH - now to look for a new one. Think I will have to leave that to DS as I don't know that much about them. I know when he bought the old one it was one of the best you could get at that time but I don't need anything that up-market - just something to take outside when I sit out there with my breakfast in the morning to read my emails and to take away on holidays with us so I can edit photos and do scrapbooking etc....
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