Archive for February, 2009
Saturday Scraps 2/28/2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 | Saturday Scraps, Uncategorized | No Comments
Well, we are at the end of another month! Congrats to all those who have kept up with their Project 365 layouts.
We will continue to issue challenges on Saturday and when there are 25 responses to our Saturday Scraps challenges a drawing will be held and the lucky winner will receive a special prize of a gift card to Amazon.com for the amount of $10.
Your challenge this week is to participate in one of the challenges going on at DigiScrapStation. Remember to leave a link so we can go look.
All for now, Mina 
Friday 2/27/2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009 | Friday Freebies | No Comments
Today we have a cute mini kit from the boss lady - ‘A Study In White:
Hope everyone has had a lovely week, that your year is going well and that you’ve kept up with all your scrapping!
All for now, Mina :
Tuesday Tutorial 2/24/2009
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 | Tuesdays Tutorials | No Comments
A couple of $1 babies:
I’ve always had a problem with masking. I have my own fandangled, convoluted way of doing it, that involves layers, selections, copying, pasting, deleting. I really must take some time to see how others go about it. Here and here.
All for now, Mina 
Monday Musing 2/23/2009
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 | Monday Musings | No Comments
What keeps us scrapping? The inspirational layouts we see? The beautiful product that is available? The knowledge we produce heirlooms? The process of creating something valuable to us?
All of the above. Over and over again.
Move over 12″ by 12″ layouts! The trend is moving toward smaller album projects. Probably because they are economical, can be carried about and make great gifts. The small format should mean less time making them, but, alas, that is not the case for me - I am slow at layouts, no matter how small.
Also, companies are making shaped albums now, lots of different interesting things to play with.
Whatever, in these troubled times, most of us have to watch our belts. We’re pretty lucky that way in digiland - so many high quality freebies abound. I think that is a trend that will continue.
I reckon hybrid will continue to rise in its popularity for its personal and environmental qualities. Personal being choosing what to print and how its applied to the page or project. Environmental being that people are being encouraged to recycle and reuse packaging etc.
Anyway, home made is the best.
All for now, Mina
Sunday News 2/22/2009
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 | Sunday News | No Comments
February Sales:
* Girl Friend Designz, 50% off Feb. 14-28
* Lovely Scraps is having a Retirement Sale with 65% off select items through Feb. 28
* Share Your Moments, 25% off through March 1
There is still time to enter these challenges:
Element Challenge with Tiffany, Color Challenge with Nikki and the ATC challenge with me.
The latest Gallery Lovin’ Challenge has just started and don’t forget the Speed Scrap on Saturday nights.
This by Heavenly Scraps
and this by Move Fearlessly
All for now, Mina
Saturday Scraps 2/21/2009
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 | Saturday Scraps | No Comments
Some great stuff, new instore!:
Wow!
We will continue to issue challenges on Saturday and when there are 25 responses to our Saturday Scraps challenges a drawing will be held and the lucky winner will receive a special prize of a gift card to Amazon.com for the amount of $10.
Your challenge this week is to go grab last Thursday’s template and work your magic with it. Remember to leave a link so we can go look.
All for now, Mina
Friday Freebie 2/20/2009
Friday, February 20th, 2009 | Friday Freebies | No Comments
Wow! Our gallery is really filling up, fast! Talk about a bunch of ultra busy people! Here’s a really fun layout by Late Night Scraps:
Got this fantastic freebie from instore by Sue Wood, so sweet!
All for now, Mina
Thursday Template 2/19/2009
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | Thursdays Templates | No Comments
Everyone is very busy. In this neck of the woods, kids are back to school and work wise things are back to normal. Challenges abound in digiland, there are lots of new stores and lots to see and do. As if you haven’t enough to do - here’s a template (on my blog) to help with the time thing:
Wednesday Words 2/18/2009
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 | Wednesdays Word | No Comments
Does anyone who are basically digiscrappers write on their layouts anymore, in their own hand? I’d like to hear from anyone that does. Check out these new products by Share Your Moments:
Have a good day, all for now, Mina
Tuesday Tutorial 2/17/2009
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Tuesdays Tutorials | No Comments
This one is for those that like the art journal style, those who want a more artsy look and those that just want to try something new. There are different ways to turn your photos into sketches, this is one of them. (Photoshop & Corel). I tried it and loved it. This is what I came up with:
Once you’ve got it to this stage (very easy), print out and colour or paint. Get the kids/grandkids to do it. Just have fun. Cut and paste to your journal/scrapbook/anything. Maybe you like it as is. I played about a bit in Photoshop:
Don’t know what I’ll do with it, but it is definitely a technique I’ll be using in the future. If you try this, please let me know how you went.
All for now, Mina