Okay, okay, okay....

I promise there will be "real" scrapping pictures soon. But right now I'm working on some new projects for my etsy shop (hoping to have a "grand reopening" of sorts come the first of August!) and this scrapblog thing is JUST SO EASY! So here's another one to share... (hit the play button to see all 5 pages in this album)

(btw, I didn't take the time to set transitions or pick the music, so you just sort of get the preset for the template. Sorry about that!)

And another!

I'm loving this Scrapblog thing! Now... how to print these adorable pages?

Scrapblog

Ever used Scrapblog? It's pretty cool. Very easy to use. And there are cute templates and themes to get you started!! I found out about it this morning and did a little playing and here's what I came up with....

I might do more digital scrapbooking if it were this easy! Love that it's all about dragging and dropping. And FREE! =D I like my Gimp, but this is so much easier! If you've ever been AT ALL interested in digital scrapbooking, especially if you've ever been scared to try it, you should give this website a try. It's completely web-based and it's really cool!

SPS Sketch Challenge Layout

Jana Eubank posted a sketch for this week's challenge on the Sweet Pea Scraps blog. I'm still avoiding my craft room until it gets cleaned (HA!) so here's a digital layout for the challenge! This is my favorite digital layout so far. I think I'm getting better, and I'm definitely getting faster. I think the new version of GIMP is helping (I have access to all my fonts now!!) and I'm enjoying it more.

So... what do you think? Am I getting better?

First Digital Card

I think I'm better at digital cards than layouts. Here's the one I did for the MIM Card Challenge to use 3 patterned papers. The stripe is one, the orange is another, and the flowers and blue swirls were cut from a third. Everything here is an internet freebie. My plan is to print it out on cardstock (or a transparency... oooh!) and layer it on a card, and add little rhinestones to the flower centers. And maybe follow the blue swirls with Stickles. We'll see how it turns out.

Stay tuned for this week's Wild Card Challenge!

The learning curve...

There's definitely a learning curve when it comes to digital scrapbooking. I'm sure there is with most things. I wonder if it would be easier with Photoshop, but I don't want to buy a copy since I have GIMP. And I wonder if I should just get a cheapie scrapbooking program. Will it still take as long? It takes forever. And I don't necessarily like the outcome. I wish there was an easy way to do journaling in GIMP. But I went on a giant digital freebie binge and found COOL freebies that don't look so wooden, so when I have a moment I'll sit down with some of them and give it another go. I still don't think I'll ever forsake the world of paper and glue. I love it too much. But I AM learning new things about GIMP, and how to make it do what I want it to. So that's good. But I still have a LOT of learning left to do, so I'll keep plugging away at it...

Christmas...

Here's something I did over Christmas. I had some time to kill and my computer, so I played with some of the freebie digital kits I've downloaded. I can't say it's my favorite layout ever, but I did learn a few things about digital scrapping with Gimp. I don't think I'll ever fully convert to digiscrapping. I like the texture of "real" scrapbooking too much! But I can see the benefit to some of the digital elements, so we'll see how I do with hybrid scrapping. I've got my digitally altered photos sent off to Costco, so I can pick them up tomorrow and finish my layout. I hope it turns out cool. We'll see.