It's all Digital

This is my first entry to a completely digital challenge. It for a brand new Challenge Blog called Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge, and I was so delighted to see it starting. I'm not too good with the My Memories Suite (V3) so I've not been using it much lately...not for scrap layouts at least. When I came to look back on the pages I'd already made, I liked them a little better. I'm hoping to improve with seeing the inspiration from the DT. This is one using pix of my grandson from a few years ago. 

In order to do this blog page I had to contact Karen, one of the blog founders, in order to find out how to turn my page into jpeg, she very kindly explained, thanks Karen for your help. 

Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge - Anything Goes Using Multiple Photo's. 

My Memories Suite Giveaway

I have to admit, I've been longing to have a go with this wonderful Scrapbooking Software - My Memories Suite -so when it was offered to me I jumped up and down and then jumped at the chance. I can't begin to tell you how how easy (not to mention fun) it is. I did the first page while I was feeling quite poorly - now at my best I only function on half a brain cell - so it had to be super-easy.

This is from one of the made templates...you just add the pix....and leave it at that if you choose.  However,  you can still play around with it. I moved the shadows and changed the embellishments. I hadn't found the buttons at this point, or it would have been covered lol. 

This next couple of pages is using what's called a photo only template, so you add the backing and everything else yourself. You still have complete freedom and can move the photo's anywhere around the page. 

I loved the staples and clip so went a little mad lol. 

You can even add stitching to the buttons. 

 There is so much more you can do, cards and calendars...as well as add sound and all kinds of cool stuff. There are plenty of How To Video's on the My Memories Blog, so you can have your hand help every step of the way if you wish.

As stated in the title, I'm allowed a copy of this to giveaway - someone is only two steps away from having this to play with too.

1) Be a Follower

2) Take a look around  My Memories and come back and leave a comment telling me which Kit, Quick Page, etc you most like. 

There are always loads of Free Downloads, a wonderful Dollar Store section. I already had kits prior to the software, but was able to go into my account and download the software versions of them all. 

Want extra entries...of course you do...

Follow on any or all below and leave a separate comment for each

Blog- http://blog.mymemories.com/
Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyMemories/140359372717593
Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/mymemoriessuite

If you'd prefer not to wait you can use the code below to get $10 off My Memories Suite Scrapbooking Software right now. Simply go to My Memories and make your purchase, copy and paste STMMMS43270

into the promotional code box and it will be deducted from your order. All you have to do then is download and enjoy. 

This giveaway will run till 30th November.  

HLSC29 Frame It Challenge.

Our Challenge at Happileigh Scrappin' this week is set by Chris who chose Frame it, and asks - what does that mean to you? Frame the whole project or frame an image. It's up to you so long as there is a frame somewhere in your creation. 

I've made this 12 x 12 Scrap Page of my beautiful Niece Emillie. Sorry for poor quality of photo, it was bedtime before I had this finished and the energy saver light bulbs we have just don't make for good lighting. I've had a rough week and didn't think I'd get this done at all, but so love it finished. I've used a coloured Digi image by Leigh which is called Victorian Mirror - you can find it at the shop here  by clicking on the cottage button in the shops toolbar.

 The true colours of the lovely frame digi show up better on this scanned image, I added gemstones to the flower centres. Leigh has coloured versions of all her digis - wonderful if you just need to get a really quick card made (or like me had time and energy constraints) ....and also great if you are a beginner at the colouring game and like to have a guide image to show you where to shade and highlight.

 My lipstick border is from an advert in a magazine...I simply cut it out (two copies in fact to make it that long). I cut a couple of bags and lipstick and nail varnish bottle from my scrapbook papers, embellished with mini flower gems.

 It doesn't show, but the strip of paper I used to divide the two area's is glittered, I cut it with decal scissors. I can't remember where I bought these gorgeous shoes die cuts...somewhere on e-bay. I added alphabet stickers to spell out Emmie.

Hop over to the Challenge Blog and see the wonderful creations of the rest of the Happi sisters, and check out the new releases, and this months freebie, available when you buy 3 or more images. 

You don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image to enter the challenge but you'll get two entries if you do, and as there are beautiful free images available at the store, you have no excuse do you lol.  

Recipe:-

Image ... Victorian Mirror, Happileigh Scrappin'

Scrapbook Papers ... Mimosa pack - Do-craft

Emillie ...Made with love by Paul & Kay

Die-cuts & gems ... Stash.

Some Challenges ...

Emerald Faerie Garden -  All things Girly

Annabelle Stamps Challenge - Say it with frames.

Stamp Something - Use a digi.

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes.

Paper Play -  Anything but a card.

My Mum's Craft shop -  something old, something new (Old stuff - Shoe digi's and gems; new stuff - Scrapbook paper) 

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations -  Anything But A Card 

Karen's Doodles Netherlands -  For a Teen 

Ambers Crafts & Stuff #7 Use a Digi

This week at Ambers Crafts and Stuff we have Digi's With Attitude as our sponsor. We have kindly been given some Digi's to play with, but I've used one that I won in one of their challenges a few months ago. Angry Anabelle is one of their Animals with Attitude...they are all so amusing..I've just seen they have a giraffe which I had to get. 

This is a scrap-page of my Dog Roo. He's a cross West Highland Terrier/Bishon Frieze/Kangaroo....quite a potent mix as you can imagine. He's knows he's not allowed on the furniture...sometimes he's good enough to jump back down when he hears me coming downstairs on the stairlift (we have no carpets so hear his little claws) ...sometimes he waits till I get in the room lol. I was bought a magnet with a naughty dog lying amongst the mess he'd made and it says 'I understand, I just don't Care'. It sums Roo up perfectly lol.

Anabelle is coloured with Promarkers..Ice grey 5,3 & 1 for shading

 and Apricot and burnt orange for her bow. 

The border around Arabella is using a herringbone folder that I'd inked before putting through the machine. 

My Die cuts are Nesties Label 8. No idea where the brad from, been in stash way, way too long. 

I made a couple of backing papers using Digi's With Attitude Sentiments 'What Attitude' and Seriously!

This is the Sketch I based my page on. I had to fight with myself to leave so much white, but think the papers are busy enough...and look at all that space I have for journalling.  

Sketch by Sketchy Thursday. 

I'd like to enter the following challenges...

Sketchy Thursday - Sketch

Tip Top Tuesday - Squares 

My Time To Craft -  Perfect Pets

Amber's Crafts & Stuffs #5. Favourite Things.

For my favourite things, I chose my favourite photo of my mom, my favourite colourants and my favourite nestie. I also used my mom's favourite spring flower - the Tulip and, as the page is for her, one of my daughters favourite colours, lilac.  

I started this album quite a few years ago, after my mom died..my way of dealing with it was to make albums for everyone. I didn't manage to finish those for myself of pea who lives here...they are on my Get A Round Tuit List.

I've kept the page fairly simple, mostly because the rest of the album was made pre-challenges - before I really knew how to bling it up lol. It doesn't show up, but the background paper to the tulips is a sentiments scrapbook paper saying Memories - in different fonts and sizes.

The image is from Blackberry Lane  Designs and coloured with pro-markers..I used

Lime, pear & moss green

Lavender & Lilac.

I outlined the page and the nestie edges with Lavender.

Feel like joining in, well drag out all your favourite things and come over to Amber's Craft's and Stuff to see the inspiration from the Design Team. Here

Receipe -

Image - Blackberry Lane Designs Tulips

Die cuts - Nestie Labels 8

Colourants - Promarkers

DP - Twelveby12 - Flower editions collection

Me An My Big Idea's

Gems - stash

Challenges I hope to be accepted by ...

Flourishes ... Flowers, Flowers everywhere

CES Challenge... Monochromatic

Allsorts Challenge ... Anything But Square

Stampin' Sisters in Christ ... Use Shades of Purple as Your Main Colour

Lexi's Creations ... Monochromatic

Karen's Doodles Nederland ... Anything Goes

Anita Be Stampin Challenge ... Anything Goes