You are Invited!

I complete this page a few minutes ago and couldn't wait to share it! The story about the page: yesterday I bought some stuff at Starbucks and they put it in a paper bag with the most amazing designs on it. So, I cut it out and scanned it and used in on this page. I am so happy how it turned out. You can view the whole page (with the products I used) HERE.

To all my dear American friends: happy and blessed thanksgiving tomorrow and have a wonderful rest of the week. Take a break and relax!

In our home we are in full swing with the homeschooling again. Getting back into routine is a big priority for me now. The girls are doing fantastic and we are eating up schoolwork like a silkworm eats mulberry leaves. It's a good thing!
Last but not least... I am in a super generous mood: Leave me a comment and I will post you a beautiful box of Making Memories Christmas goodies: papers and some embellishments. You will squeal with delight when you open the box.

This is how God sees you in Christ: Luke 1:27 (message) Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. That's such good news!


Peace to you!

Digital Pages.

Hello! Today is such a cold day! But I have been working a lil bit and want to share. Each week the creative designers @ 2peas are given some kits/papers/fun stuff to make projects with. I was given these 2 kits and made a couple of pages with them! One is "Nuts for you" designed by Jen and the other one was papers only and called Sweater Weather designed by Betsy Tuma. I just loved working with them and had fun. After all, that's why we scrapbook right? For fun! "Nuts for you" is a big kit with a zillion little things that's so adorable... trees and nuts and squirrels! and Sweater Weather has a rich texture to the papers that reminds one of a warm sweater. Here are the pages I made:

Credits (I love New York): Jen Martakis : Nuts for you, Carina Gardner: Stamps

Credits (Christmas 2008): Betsy Tuma: Sweater Weather, Carina Gardner: Stamps

Credits (Family): Jen Martakis : Nuts for you, Carina Gardner: Stitches, Chelsea Parsons: I do,
Erica Hernandez: Feeling Bookish


Peace to you!

Most boring post ever...

I am such a nerd. I love to organize my workspace and organizing my computer files is no different. I want to share with you today how I organize my digital files as it can become a pain sometimes. You know you bought pink and brown papers once but how and where to find them is a headache. Well, this is my system and it totally works for me.

1. I created a folder on my external hard drive for Digital stuff. I named mine A Digital then it shows up right at the top...(i keep my folders organized alphabetical according to name)



2. Now, in that Digital folder, I have a folder for every digital designer. Again, it's just my preference. It makes it easy for me to just drag the new kit from Rhonna into her folder. After a while you will have your favorite designers (just like paper manufacturers).



3. Now for the fun part: Drag the preview image (usually a jpeg) from every kit/papers/elements you buy into a preview folder. If you havent done this yet, it will take you some time. If you are just starting digital scrapbooking, I recommend you do this from the beginning. I use this folder A LOT! when I am looking for colors and or embellishments etc, i go to this folder and look for what I want to use. Now, after I selected what i want to use, i know exactly where to find it as it's in the designer's folder. This preview folder is also organized alphabetically so, mostly the designer's stuff is all together.

You can even go more geek than I did... by making a preview folder for papers and one for elements / templates / quick pages etc.




So, to conclude, when I buy a new kit I:
* Download it.
* Drag the whole folder into the designer's folder.
* Copy the preview image and paste it into my preview folder.

Remember to back up your digital folder from time to time. I have a mirror external HD for my external HD. I warned you: I am such a nerd. Any way, if you have questions, please leave me a comment and I can explain more.

2 Cor 3: 16-18 Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.

Smiles

Something exciting!

I am so happy to announce today that I am a part of the 2peas Digital creative team! I have been wanting to be a part of a digital team for the longest time and I am so happy in my heart to be counted among all the wonderful talent:

Alice Wertz : http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com/
Audrey Neal : http://audneal.typepad.com
Barb Hogan : http://www.barbhogan.typepad.com
Cheryl Manz Ametewee : http://www.cherylmanz.typepad.com
Christie Jurgens : http://accidentalinspiration.blogspot.com/
Christina Smith : http://www.happystamping.blopspot.com
Jennifer Hignite : http://jenniferhignite.blogspot.com
Holly Koenigsfeld : http://hkoenigsfeld.blogspot.com
Iara Gomes-Bae :
Janelle Miller : http://onpicnichill.blogspot.com
Karen Cole : http://redartscrapping.blogspot.com
Kathy Racoosin : http://thedailymarker.blogspot.com/
Kerry Stewart : http://kerrydawaydesigns.blogspot.com/
Lucy Abrams : http://hedgehogsandladybirds.blogspot.com/
Mary Jo Arthur : http://www.maryjojohnston.blogspot.com
Mary Rogers : http://justus-photographyanddigistuff.blogspot.com/
Nicole LeBlanc : http://nicoleleblancphotography.blogspot.com
Raven Edwards : http://ravenedwards.typepad.com
Vanessa Matthyssen : http://scrapness.blogspot.com

My time at the Making Memories Offices in Salt Lake was incredible. We had a full schedule but had lots of fun and lots of laughs and I hope to be telling you some secrets and posting some pictures soon! Thanks to Jenn and Jenny and Keith, to Laura, Wendy, Leah, Mary Ann, Amy and Jeannie: it was fantastic to meet you in real life and to chat as if we knew one another for the longest time.
What a lovely bunch of people!


Psalm 116: ^7-8 I said to myself, "Relax and rest. God has showered you with blessings. Soul, you've been rescued from death; Eye, you've been rescued from tears; And you, Foot, were kept from stumbling." Even when we look at this promise, we would disqualify ourselves if we strive for it with our own righteousness: doesn't matter how good of a person you are. The GOOD NEWS is that we qualify in Jesus. Because of Him and In HIM this promise is yes! and Amen! to us.

The winner of the MM prize is: godlyrose said...Enjoy your trip. Which translation do you use? I love the down to earth ways the verses are written. 8:18 AM Please email me: wilna71 at yahoo dot ca. I use the Message translation! love it!

Have a wonderful day!

This week...

1. I am saying good bye to my mom and dad who is going back to South Africa.
2. Packing my bags to fly to Salt Lake City Tuesday to Thursday to visit Making Memories, in preparation for some exciting things for 2010.
3. The winner for the ADORNit blog hop is: (please email me wilna71 at yahoo dot ca.)






4. Kayla Aimee and my Christmas class is open and the lessons are up. The class is a-buzz with excitement. If you want to be inspired for Christmas, go and register. It will be the best thing to do for yourself!
5. Jaco will be mom and dad to the kids. Say a prayer for him! ; )
6. I got a magic Mouse for my iMac. All I can say: it's magic!

I will blog again later this week. And tell you about everyone i met and all I did.
Leave me a comment and I will give away a Making Memories kit with an adorable project that you can make.

Psalm 19: God's reputation is twenty-four-carat gold, with a lifetime guarantee. The decisions of God are accurate down to the nth degree. God's Word is better than a diamond, better than a diamond set between emeralds. You'll like it better than strawberries in spring, better than red, ripe strawberries.


Talk soon!

Adornit Blog Hop!!

What is it?
I will be participating in a "Make it Merry" blog party that the gorgeous Georgana is organizing. Now, basically what that means is that if you follow the link at the end of my post to the next blog, you will find a whole bunch of cool Christmas Ideas! You can start at the beginning of the blog hop by clicking HERE.

Be creative!
Every blog that's participating is posting a creative project. Mine is this page that I embellished with some watercolors. I am giving away these Christmas Watercolors. You can click here to download the pdf file. Well lately any excuse to scrapbook with Hambly or Cosmo Cricket makes me happy.


Instructions to making the page:
1. Print your pictures. Mine are 3 x 5 inches.
2. Stack your pictures with some manila tags and adhere.
3. Cut out 3 little Christmas squares and mount them on little washing pins with hot glue.
4. Adhere the pins to your pictures.
5. Layer the Hambly leaves over the sassafras paper
6. Add the Pictures to the page.
7. Layer with the Cosmo cricket saying-strips.

Georgana is also graciously sponsoring a give away here on my blog! You can win some beautiful ADORNit products! So, leave me a comment and you can be the lucky winner!

Now, remember to visit the next blog: Debbie Raymond
happy hopping!

Kayla's genius:

My friend and co-teacher for the Christmas Class, Kayla Aimee, made this project as a freebie for you! She writes:

"I am absolutely covered in glitter. I've been making these Christmas trees out of old paperback books and I put together a tutorial to share with you! Check it out here if you are interested, they are cute, inexpensive and environmentally friendly! I really hope you like them. These vintage book pages are really showing up in my holiday decor this year: wreaths, trees, ornaments... it's very indicative of my scrapbooking style and I'm a crazy reader so it fits me well. Plus, if I decorated the house in Jeff's hobbies, I'd have to use tennis rackets and video games and I just can't make those into cute decor."

Isn't this cute? And it's just a taste of what you can expect from our Christmas class with a zillion projects!

A bit of good news today: Phil 2:13 [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight.

Watch out for a special post/event on my blog tomorrow!
Much love

I *heart with chocolate* Sundays

Wonderful, family-filled Sundays are the best! right? Just a quick post this morning to tell you about my new favorite Christmas Album. If you are looking for something deep and meaningful in Christmas music then I can recommend this album by Downhere. It's not typical, it's touching. The song "how many Kings" are one of my favorite. ever.







Lyrics to How Many Kings :
Follow the star to a place unexpected
Would you believe, after all we've projected,
A child in a manger?
Lowly and small, the weakest of all
Unlikeliest hero, wrapped in his mother's shawl -
Just a child -
Is this who we've waited for? 'cause...

How many kings step down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
And how many gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that is torn all apart
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Bringing our gifts for the newborn Savior
All that we have, whether costly or meek
Because we believe.
Gold for his honor, and frankincense for his pleasure
And myrrh for the cross he will suffer
Do you believe?
Is this who we've waited for?

All for me...
All for you...

Yippie!

"Created for this" is the winner of the class + the $20 voucher! Please email me @ wilna71 at yahoo dot ca. I am so excited for you! Then Grammy and Olivia won the MM Christmas Foam stamps! Be sure to drop me a line too! (with your address of course!)

If anyone wants to put our animation blinkie on their blog, we would be so happy! All you need to do is copy and paste the following code into a HTML Widget (for blogger) or a Typelist (for Typepad):
<a href="http://kaylaaimee.com/"><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/71babe/animated.gif"/></a>

If you have any questions about the class, please leave me a comment! If you want to register, click the animation to your left!

Remember this piece of good news: Phil 4: 13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].

Tonight we are having a family movie night!

Today!!!

I have been working this whole week non stop on this class! Kayla Aimee and I are collaborating to bring you the most creative Christmas ever! Registration is open (or will be very soon) so head over to the beautiful class website and read more about the class! Make sure to read the FAQs and all the other yummie information!
There will be more than 25 projects... all easy and fun and fabulously creative!

I am jumping up and down!! Like sharing candy with my friends! And to kick things off on a high note I will be giving away a spot in the class today + a Two-peas-in-a-bucket gift voucher (for $20) to one lucky commenter! If you have questions, please ask away in the comments too!

Lastly I just have to say that I made a Christmas edition watercolors for the Starbucks cup album as seen on Ali's Blog. We will be making this album with the new RED cups!

All that's left to say is: Happy registration!