Kit- Christmas Cheer by Connie Prince

My son really loved this layout!  That is what matters most to me, especially since he picked the kit out!  So while a few think the colors take away from the photo, from a personal aspect from our home, that isn’t important to us!

Last night while the power was out and it was dark we heard this loud noise down the hall, well the medicine cabinet in the back bathroom came crashing down.  What a mess to clean up!  Good thing the power was out because generally on top of that cabinet is where the hurricane lamps are kept, to light!  I use one in the main bathroom and one in the kitchen.  I had one of my candles going in the living room, blueberry cheesecake scent too!  So today I been looking online for a replacement cabinet.  I love having the Internet to window shop!  I seen a Robern Medicine cabinet that was just gorgeous and I thought hey maybe one day when the house is empty and its just down to hubby and I we can get one of those!  The way my dad slams things I would be very upset if he broke the mirror in it or something.  We take pride in our home and when you do home improvements and make investments you think long term in your mind.  However when someone lives in your home that doesn’t really care about things, well then those things tend to get broken more often!

I got one of my class lessons done today, it was about fonts and the different font management programs you can use in place of installing every font you want to use in a layout.  However I have not had any luck finding a program like this for my apple.  I will have to see if, like in windows, just having a font open will show up in the program and be able to use it without installing it.

This is a layout I did for the lesson I did on templates.  This is the first time I have ever used a template to make a scrap layout.  I always have done my layouts starting with a blank canvas!  But this was a unique template I think!

Kit-Embers Glow by Sweet Digi Scraps

Template: Weave Me, Weave Me by Graham Like the Cracker

I liked the weaving effect on the side and using the papers in the cut and cutting them, just really made this a unique layout I think!  I really love the rich colors of this one too.  This is a picture I took on a walk I took a few years ago!

Kit- Essential Spring by Lindsey Jane

Paperclip by Hummie

Now generally where Twinkle is laying, is where I keep the bananas, but this was a Monday morning and I had not did my grocery shopping yet!  She just fit in my Longaberger pie dish didn’t she!

This layout also is an end result for a PSE lesson, for the paperclip!  I added the bow as the paperclip was just by itself, and the bow is from the kit I used to do my layout.  I like the different ways to erase in PSE, like it just not an erased and based on pixel size, but you can choose a brush style and everything!

Kit- Michael by Laraskathi

This  really brought back some memories of when I was little and my dad would go to visit my aunt and uncle for a weekend and sometimes I would get to go!  My aunt always made crepes and we put butter and jelly on them and roll them up!  My uncle passed away not too much longer after this photo was taken.

This layout is also a result of learning a technique in PSE for rounded corners!  I am finding I am adjusting to PSE fairly well so far, but I have not gotten into any of the hard stuff yet, still just the basic use of the tools and such.  I am having fun learning and scrapping a memory at the same time.

I am a bit under the weather at the moment but thought I post my layout since its been a few days since I blogged.  I see I forgot to log into my free 4Shared account so now all my old download links are invalid.  I updated the Scrapbook Max Freebies, which there is only four now.

Unless Scrapbook Max is Mac compatible I will not be adding anymore freebies to them.  I will only be offering the four in the meantime with fingers crossed they will update!  Unless I can use my son’s computer once in while, we shall see!

Kit- Spunk by SweetDigi Scraps (Designs by Liz)

This layout is also an end result to a lesson in PSE I learned and that is the white border (or stroke) around the photo.  I also added one around the dress and hat element so they would stand out a little more too, to give the layout an even more vintage appearance!

Kit- Funky Mini Kit by Jolly Kids Creations by Marie

For the tutorial lesson, I took a pink shade paper that was in the kit and recolored it to the yellow/green shade to make the border trim under the polka dot paper on the left side.  It took a little playing with the sliders in the hue area of PSE but after a bit of playing I finally got it!   I love this photo, its often that the girls, Misty (in back) and Twinkle will lay together, either on the love seat or on a bed, but it was a rare to see them share where they were laying!!