DigiDare 73

This week's Digidare was to write a love letter to some"thing" - not someone. At first I thought I just wouldn't do it this week because I could not think of anything that I "loved!" Then, as I was playing the piano yesterday morning I thought to myself, "I really LOVE this piano!" and then I realized I had my LO! So, that's the story behind this LO. I really wouldn't have done a whole page about my piano if it wasn't for the Digidare. I'm not that weird!

credits here

If I Were Queen for the Day

I decided to try something a little different. Definitely not my usual style!

Credits:background paper (recolored) - Lynn Grieveson
brads and swirl - Kim Jensen "Serendipity" kit
stitching - unknown
tape -Katie Pertiet
black paper - Rhonna Farrer
Babymine chipboard alpha - Atomic Cupcake
Clipped alpha - Misty Mareda fastener - Misschifis
flower - "Timeless" by Shelle Pukas
ribbon (recolored) - "Urban Vintage" by Traci Reed
Atomic cupcake torn vellum action used on journaling strips
Fonts: the king and queen script (free download)and Jeni's print (my own creation)

Digi Dares

I found this cool weekly challenge. Last week was my first try:


Here's this week's dare:



Each week they have different criteria for the challenge. It's pretty fun! Check it out - there's a link under Digiscrapping Blogs.

January's Cardswap

Here's my latest offering to our cardswap group. The theme this month was monochromatic thank you cards.

I used So Saffron, More Mustard, and glossy cs. I used So Saffron Designer Series paper, white grosgrain ribbon, corner rounder, hole piercer, sewing machine and thread, and flower and circle punches. The stamp set used is In the Spotlight. All products are from Stampin' Up!

Christmas

I did my first Christmas layout, and it only took me 4 hours! Sheesh! Hopefully as I get better at this I will improve my speed too! I don't know the credits for the elements since I didn't keep track. Sorry! I will try to do better with that next time!

Cash's crusties

I took this picture around Christmas time and just loved it. I used an effect called Monday morning blues from Nik. I just got this set from Scrapwow.com, called Serendipity. This is a quick page that I added the title and a journaling box to. I think this may be the first Cash page I've done (except for the Christmas calendar!)

Free fonts anyone?

I'm such a sucker for fonts. Especially free ones. I have so many fonts on my computer it's very hard to decide which one to use and pretty pathetic that I have nothing better to do than download tons of fonts!

I found a very cool website with tons of scrapbooking type fonts - lots of handwriting ones too! All for FREE!! Enjoy!

http://www.kevinandamanda.com/scrapbook/fonts/

AND

http://www.kevinandamanda.com/scrapbook/fonts/fontsforpeas/