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Digi Scrap Sunday – Once a Month Scrapping May.

katef — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:03:51 +0000

OK so it’s already June and there is no Once a Month Scrapping page for May, nor a freebie.

I had good intentions really I did. I’ve been working on a template that was to be this month’s freebie, but it’s not finished and I don’t have the bandwidth to upload it right now even if it was, and we’ve been busy lately, and I still have an internal child’s bum in my ribs which makes sitting at the computer not so fun…. and…. well…. Enough excuses, it’s just not going to happen.

I’m cutting myself some slack and taking the pressure off for the next few months – give than hopefully at the end of this month I’ll be busy having a baby and at the end of July I’ll be busy looking after a baby…. so rather than beating myself up I’m just letting go.

If I happen to get the template done I’ll upload it as a freebie to share with you all. If I happen to get pages made for May, June or July, or freebies, I’ll share those too… but I’m not going to stress about if I don’t. I’m a big believer that scrapping and art in general should make you happy, and if it doesn’t you should stop.

So on that note today I am going to share some digi scrap pages and designs from around the inter-webs that have been making me happy lately – I hope they inspire you too.

Loving the colours in Lindsay Jane’s Fresh Start Kit!

And the colours in this month’s BYOC at the Lily Pad are just scrumptious!

This page by nockosh (just about my all time favourite scrapper at the moment) is fabulous too!

So now that I am all inspired… if only I had the time to scrap!

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Digi Scrap Sunday – Out with the Old!

katef — Sun, 23 May 2010 06:11:32 +0000

I’ve got a super special deal on in the picklerberrypop.com shop at the moment. I’m retiring seven older items and you can grab them all for just US$4 for another week or so…

So get busy and get scrapping!

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Wordless Wednesday – Among the Leaves…

katef — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:16:38 +0000

“Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night” – Hal Borland

I’m still working on finding some joy in these colder days… The autumn leaves we collected for an exciting weekend project did help a little, even if I did freeze my fingers off while collecting them!

I play Wordless (well almost) Wednesday at Five Minutes for Mom.

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Digi Scrap Sunday – Once a Month Scrapping April

katef — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:24:43 +0000

You thought I’d let April slip by without completing my Once a Month Scrapping Challenge didn’t you!?!?

Not quite! I know it is technically May already but I usually post Digi Scrapping stuff on a Sunday so today is the day for April’s Once a Month scrap page and freebie!

I kept it simple this month, just picking my favourite photo of each child. I didn’t even bother making a quick list of all the ‘big’ things that happened… the page just looked better without it.

So here’s APril’s free mini kit – which I used to make the above page. You can download it here via 4-shared.

You also have a few hours left to catch a bargain at PBP’s international Scrapbooking Day Sale – all my digi designs are 30% off till the end of the weekend.

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interNational Scrapbooking Day at PBP!

katef — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:01:49 +0000

iNSD celebrations and sale are on now over at pickleberrypop.com. A fabulous colab kit free with purchase and an awesome sale!

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Digi Scrap Sunday – PBP Creative Team Call!

katef — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:37:41 +0000

If you’ve ever ever wanted to join a digi scrap sites creative team then now is the time to act! You still have a few more days to get your application in for pickleberrypop’s creative team call!

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Digi Scrap Sunday – Once a Month Scrapping, March

katef — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:58:33 +0000

Almost the end of March and I’ve just finished up my digi scrap pay-out for this month.

I must say, I am quite proud of myself for managing to stick to my goals and create a layout (and a freebie) for each of these first three months! It’s actually motivated me to scrap a few other bits and pieces… Well ok I’ve started two other layouts, I haven’t actually finished them yet… but I will!

So here is your March Freebie, you can download it here via 4shared.

And remember to link me up to any ‘Once a Month layouts’ that you do so I can take a peak!

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Link Love – The Arty Edition

katef — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:07:33 +0000

drawn with black fine liner, coloured in photoshop

I have a hankering to do arty stuff at the moment. To sit and draw and doodle and not be stifled by the idea that I am crap at drawing. To paint just for the sheer joy of seeing colours on paper. I’ve been inspired by these links…

Paper cloth at iHana’s Blog - a very cool way to use up paper scraps by gluing them to cotton making a more durable, usable, interesting paper cloth! This is a gorgeous crafty blog with some delish photos and interesting projects so take some time to look around a bit while you are there!

Water Colour Beads from gingerblue.com – oh my how gorgeous are these!?!?!

Zentangles on Squidoo – who knew there was a name and form to doodling little shapey things. Loving this!

Painting Tiles at Artsyville – wondering if making some of these would be ‘too much’ for one of our newly added bathrooms when we renovate? kitchen splash back maybe?

More arty inspiration at Daisy Yellow

Anyone else inspired to get arty at the moment?

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Digi Scrap Sunday – Dibble Dabble

katef — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:16:53 +0000

Just a quick, tired, how can the weekend be over already kind of post…

I have a new digi scrap kit out at pickleberrypop.com…

Dibble Dabble
You can use this coupon code -duckydays- to get 20% off the price this kit until the end of March.

In other news, if you are just new to digi scrapping or maybe only thinking about giving it a go, check out my guest post at Childhood 101 – How to get Started with Digital Scrapbooking.

Now to hang out the washing and decide if I have anything to put in school lunches tomorrow…. good bye weekend.

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Once a Month Scrapping – Februrary!

katef — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:52:15 +0000

February has zipped passed us again, just like it always does!

This year February has seemed especially short at the Pickle Farm. Since the girls started school at the beginning of the month the days seem to be fly and the weeks are over before they’ve even begun!

I’m pleased to report that both Izzy and Zoe are loving school and doing really well. They are missing spending free time pottering at home though, so we are trying to enjoy as much ‘do nothing time’ as we can manage.

Muski is missing the girls terribly and is driving me nuts asking when we will go and pick them up. It’s nice to spend time just him and me (while it lasts) but sometimes it drives me just a little insane!

Number 4 is growing away nicely. I got a sneak peak and counted fingers and toes and all is well. Let me just reiterate though – we do NOT know what sex Number 4 is and will not know until the day he or she decides to grace us with their presence.

Apart from all that it is business as usual around here. We’ve been making jam, working in the garden, chasing the ducks and doing the stuff that we do.

So far so good on my Once and Month Scrapping Challenge too! I finished this page yesterday – nothing flash, just a quick little reminder of what we did this month…

And as promised a little something to encourage you all to jump on the band wagon and get scrapping too… my Once a Month February Freebie!

You can download it here via 4shared.

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