http://scrapgirl.today.com Life and Times of a Scrapbooker Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:57:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi scrappers.  I did quite a bit of Christmas shopping this past weekend and got some great deals for myself as well.  Michael's and Joann both had fab Cricut cartridge deals, so I picked two of those up.  I also drew my sister-in-law's name this year for Christmas and she ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/11/29/lots-of-great-scrapbooking-gift-deals-out-there-right-now/ Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Be sure to count your blessings this year!  Of course, the official start of Christmas shopping season is upon us starting on Black Friday!  The deals are going to be amazing from what I have seen so far.  If you are wanting the Cricut Electronic Cutter be ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/11/25/happy-thanksgiving-2/ A couple of friends and I went on a spur of the moment scrapbooking retreat last August.  I decided to go through some of my digital scrapbooking kits to see what kit would go with the colors in these pictures.  The free kit I used was designed by Melany Violette ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/11/19/scrapbooking-retreat-digital-scrapbook-page/ I received some cute pictures of my cousin's kids about a week ago and knew I better look through my digital supplies to see what I could play with.  Scrapbooking is just such a nice distraction.  I found one of my free digital kits from shabbyprincess.com called "All-in-One."  It has ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/11/12/family-ties-autumn-digital-scrapbook-page/ Hi scrappers!  I finally took some pictures of some of my favorite pages from my Grandma's 90th Birthday album I made for her a few years back.  She recently passed away last month and my extended family gave it back to me.  She really loved the album and took it out ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/11/10/pages-from-my-grandmas-90th-birthday-gift-album/ Hello scrappers!  I was supposed to post some pages from my Grandma's 90th Birthday album, but I haven't been able to do it yet.  She just passed away and I'm still feeling blue.  I did pick out the pages I want to show you, but won't be posting those until ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/11/06/need-a-little-scrap-therapy/ Unfortunately, I had a gift album returned to me.  My grandmother passed away recently and I got the album back that I made for her three years ago for her 90th birthday party.  I plan on going through it this week and picking out my favorite pages to show you.  ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/10/31/gift-albums-for-an-event/ Hello scrappers!  I have a free digital quickpage for you.  Just download this page and add your pictures (either two or four), add some journaling, and you'll be all set.  See the last post for how I used the page for some photos of a college friend reunion I took ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/10/27/good-time-digital-freebie-quickpage-is-here/ Last month I got together with two friends from college.  One friend I hadn't seen since her wedding around 1990.  She now lives in South Dakota and came to the Twin Cities for a work conference.  It was so fun to see her and catch up on what we have ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/10/21/freshman-friends-reunited-digital-scrapbooking-page/ I just opened a digital kit from my digital designer friend Karyn Robinson called "Flutter By" to play with.  I had some pictures I took last month at a friend's house and had to try out this kit.  This page is of my friend, Allyson, and her daughter.  I wanted ... http://scrapgirl.today.com/2009/10/20/kid-scrapbooking-page-ideas/