Compliments...

"I can live for two months on a good compliment. "
- Mark Twain

I Dunno!

Don't ask me, I found it in my "working photos" folder. Which generally means photos I have edited in one way or another in preperation for scrapping. This is neither a photo, nor is it working.... I just don't know where I was going with this. The paperdolls appear to be a poor extraction from where I haven't a clue... I do know those brushes are by wonderful Janita...

It's a good thing...

JoDe doesn't have time to read blogs! It seems that since I have been coordinating her creative team, I have either been uninspired by her art or haven't had time to scrap anything for her.... I started this for her last night... changed it a gazillion times... ended up with what I have here... This morning I still wasn't happy with it and went to my scrap folders looking for inspiration... which kind of back fired on me,

because I ended up with this . I think I know why; but, Lisa Hinz, if you are reading this, I would love for you to throw out some ideas and thoughts. I took this photo while at an Easter Egg hunt with my grandson this year. It was a cold damp day and the children had been waiting for some time to get the green light to start. This little cutie was in her fathers arms and I just couldn't resist that adorable little pout!

Credits:
#1
Papers and Elements
Everyday Life by JoDe Lawrence avaliable at Altered Scrapping and Scrapbook-Bytes
Fonts:
Doodles by Taran Conyers available at Scrapbook Graphics
#2
Papers, Elements and Alpha
Sunlight from the Jen Wilson Illuminations Collection at Jen Wilson Designs
Brush:
Defining Drama by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals
Fonts:
Doodles by Taran Conyers available at Scrapbook Graphics
Tahoma
Photo Shop Action:
Wild Tear by Atomic Cupcake

Oh and pssst... big doin's over at JWD! Go check out Jens new site!

Dirty Car Art!

OMGosh... I caught a bit of this on the news tonight and just had to share the web link! This is truely amazing! I personally couldn't stand to drive my car if it were half that dirty. This guy has definately made the best out of a tough situation! Check out the art of Scott Wade!
http://www.dirtycarart.com/gallery/index.htm

Three Months

I bought shoes!

Credit:

Stacey Kluczny Flowery Grunge

available at Three Scrapateers

The Size of a ...

The size of a man can be measured by
the size of the thing that makes him angry.
- J. Kenfield Morley

Perfection!

The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake -
you can't learn anything from being perfect.

Adam Osborne
American entrepreneur, 1939-2003

My Friend Janita.. (she makes me brushy!)

WooHoo! Look what Janita sent me! Isn't she just the sweetest?! I happened along Vanilla-design (at the time I thin it was vanilla dreams) long before I started digi-scrapping... Well officially digiscrapping anyway. Like many other digi-scrappers I was combining my love of family photos, my computer knowledge and a graphics program to create collages. I quite accidentally stumbled upon a small group of digi-scrappers on a handful of sites and jumped right in! Since then digi-scrapping has EXPLODED! There are new designers, new alignments and new shops everyday. Just recently though has the digi-scrapping community recognized the benefits of "brushes" or "Digital stamps" (that is except the designers who have known all along) Suddenly, brushes are all the rage.... I have tried unsuccessfully repeated times to convince Janita to offer her brushes on one of the sites. I think she wants to retain full control of her product/art. Who can blame her?! When I first found Janita she was giving all her brushes away for free. So many of us had found her wonderful work that she could no long afford to pay the bandwidth charges and she had to make a change. She moved her brushes from vanilla design to a site she created just for the brushes, Seishido and started selling memberships. I instantly recognized the value of her life time membership and paid the $150.00 Euro (about $186. USD)! She has told me that a couple other "scrappers" have since purchased lifetime memberships! A lifetime membership included everything Janita has previously created and everything she has yet to create! She currently has over 400 brushes and about 50 textures. Can you imagine all that for $150.00 euro... the brushes alone are worth about $1200.00 usd Whew! I really feel like I am taking advantage of this young lady... I think I will buy another life time membership just because!... So... my advise to you... if you enjoy brushes... rush on over to Seishido and buy a lifetime membership Oh and looking for another great brush source... check out Janita's good friend Shiricki at Angelic-Trust I'm not sure which one I found first... but I am sure it was the same day! LOL