Scrappers Give Thanks!

Simple Scrapper is doing an awesome charity event right now called Scrapper Give Thanks.

Simple Scrapper has teamed up with Operation Write Home to send blank handmade greeting cards to deployed men and women to send home to their loved ones.

Get all of the details here: www.simplescrapper.com/scrappers-give-thanks-2009/

What a fun event for such an amazing cause! Sign up now! Feel free to grab the blinkie below to share the love!

Design by Dani Birthday!

Today is the LAST DAY to get your layouts in for a chance to WIN BIG! DETAILS HERE.

The Dani's Girls have put together some awesome birthday/party/celebration freebies to celebrate! In case you missed any of them, here's a list of the goodies:

Party Garland by Becky
Mini Candy Bar Wrappers by Tracy
Celebration Frame by Melissa
Template by Fairon
Card & Matching Tag by Sara L
Page Border by Me

And don't forget about the October Desktop Giveaway!

Hope you all are enjoying the first days of fall... I know I am. I'm so excited to take lots of leaf/sweater/football pics to scrap!

W&W Anniversary Celebration

A little photo editing...

Goes a long way!

Lately I've been working to improve my... umm... skills behind my new Nikon D40. Before a couple of weeks ago it had never been off of Auto Mode. Sadly, when I'm out and about and really taking a lot of pictures, I still don't feel comfortable enough shooting in Manual, for fear I'll miss a good shoot because I'm fiddling with the camera - or actually get a good shot, only to find that it's out of focus due to my lack of skill.

So until I learn what I'm doing, I still reply on Photoshop to get me where I need to be. I may not be comfortable with my using my camera on any mode other than Auto - but I can Photoshop like a mad woman. I'm also pretty comfortable with Adobe Lightroom. For awhile I used as a crutch for my not-so-good photos, but I'm getting better...

Here's a shot I got of Wes at the park a couple of weekend ago. He was crawling through the tunnels and kept peeking out... this is a shot that I probably wouldn't be able to get again if I tried. The original is cute, but is pretty BLAH. The revamped one really pops, shows true color, and redirects the focus to the center of the photo.

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Spring is in the Air!

It might still be in the 40's here in West Virginia, but everyone has spring fever for sure! There are lots of awesome spring kits coming out... here are two coming out this weekend! Can't wait to scrap with both of these kits...

Serendipity by Jen...



In Your Easter Bonnet by Dani...