Stamp With Belinda

Week 1 Layout 2...

I often put my photos into Microsoft Publisher to crop them to the correct size before printing them out. Well, as I was doing so for this layout, I decided I may as well try my hand at digiscrapping. Publisher doesn't have all the cool bells and whistles (ok, it has almost none of the bells and whistles *wink*) that Photoshop has... but it's familiar (I've been using it for over 10 years) and it has enough for what I wanted to accomplish.

I downloaded a slew of Summer Driggs' gawjus digi kits and selected "papers" from her Relax kit as well as a grunge white overlay from her Memories kit. Did I mention Summers kits are free? And gawjus? Well, they are both. *wink* (Man, I need to get one of those uber-cool smilie programs.)

I also downloaded a kit by Marie Stones (and I'll be back for more). The "brads" are from her kit, Friends & Family.

Week 1 Layout 1...

For many of the class layouts, we'll only be given the sketch and measurements... Colors and subject matter are up to us.

I actually did the photos and journalling for this assignment the day after class began... then life got rough and I just left it all for "later". I guess it's later! This page was easier... a lot fewer elements, though. I have a two-page-layout next. Wish me luck! *wink*

Some images © 1990–2008 Stampin’ Up!

Me? Scrapbook?

For those who know me, you know I say that scrapbooking is not my "thang". In fact, I have never fully scrapbooked a page for me. I mean, I done some for classes and workshops when it's been specifically requested, but there's just something very scary to me about scrapbooking. I'm afraid I won't do it "right". I get overwhelmed when thinking about all the thousands of photos I've taken just since we got a digital camera, let alone the couple thousand more from before. If I start scrapbooking, I have to keep going and going until it's "finished", only it'll never be finished because I'll keep taking pictures. See? Overwhelming. *wink*

So in order to conquer my fear, I signed up for an online scrapbooking class. It started on October 2nd. I started working on the pre-class assignment last week. Um, procrastinate much? lol!

Some images © 1990–2008 Stampin’ Up!

I think I did well. I kept agonizing over the page, but finally followed the advice of a friend, took a deep breath, and just stuck everything down. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. *wink*