We are packed...and outta here!!

In between a gazillion trips to Evanston for classes required for childcare licensing, we've been packing and getting ready to move into our new home. As of saturday, everything is finished except for some minor finish work by the carpet guys and the floor of the garage! It really looks great. I'll post some pictures of the inside/garage as soon as we close tomorrow and I can go up there and snap a few.

I've been adding some fun things to my scrapping repetoire. Since all my paper items are packed, I've been dabbling in digital. Let me tell ya, these programs have so many options, it's overwhelming! I'm using Photoshop Elements...and should probably get a book to learn how to use it! The great thing about digi scrapping is that I can print out the digi elements and combine them with traditional paper scrapping. I've wanted to learn to do this for a long time.

Here are some of my first digi pages!





This was a fast one--the fun black brushes are like digital stamps and super easy to use.

This page is my official first digi page. It took about 4 hours!! but, now that I know a few things, it's getting faster.

I put this one together last night in under an hour. I used all freebie elements found online. This is my first attempt at using a digi overlay, cutting empty circles, and using scalloped papers.

Ths page is not digi--but it has some exciting news!! I won my first big manufacturer's contest!! A copy of this layout was used by FiberScraps, the maker of everything on this layout, in their booth at the big Crafts and Hobbies Association convention in Anaheim. I won $100 and lots of free stuff made by FiberScraps. FUN!! I mailed it off to them a couple weeks ago for photographing, and possible use in magazine advertisements.