Some of you may know that I have about 17 albums in various stages of completion... well, that number had now dropped down to 16 albums in various stages of completion because I have just completed one and it is being printed and shipped to me as we speak. This is my personal Christmas gift to...

Let’s call a spade a spade — I hate it when they rearrange milk at my local supermarket, so don’t even get me started on recolored icons and renamed features in my scrapbooking program. With all the recent talk of the “new and free Affinity,” I imagine many people are quietly reevaluating and...

Have you seen it??? I've just got the email and watched the video... downloaded the app and had a look... LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that the interface is NOT that different from what it was... I never upgraded to the V2 - second generation - so am not familiar with the new features available to...

I know I’m supposed to design both pages at the same time. Everyone says that. The tutorials, the scrapbook forums, even common sense itself: “Think of your spread as one big canvas!” And I do! I really do! Most of the time at least. You know me, you've seen my gallery. But once in a blue moon…...

Just ran out of ink… and honestly, does anyone else find it weirdly satisfying when that happens? There’s something about seeing a pen through to the very end that feels so complete. Or maybe that’s just the stationery nerd in me?

So… I’ve been MIA for a while. Turns out, a transcontinental relocation — complete with no table or chairs to sit on — will do that to you. Not exactly a recipe for creativity. Who knew? I missed scrapbooking, of course, but honestly, I also felt void of creativity, even of the desire to be...

Let’s talk about backgrounds for a second. The unsung heroes of digital scrapbooking. They sit there quietly behind all my gorgeous photos, brushes, elements, and heartfelt journaling… You’d think they’d be the easy part of digital scrapbooking, right? Just pick a nice paper and move on, since I...

My fellow scrappers, it has been a while and for this I sincerely apologize. I am currently working on a last-minute album for someone very special to our family and it has been taking up most of my creative time. These are pages I will not be sharing but scrapping them has got me thinking about...

It seems my mojo has packed its bags and ghosted me. Gone. Not around. Vanished. While I'm still here, glued to the screen, scrapping one idea after the other. I've tried scrapping pages too - hoping I'd accidentally trip over inspiration, but… nope… nada… just a bunch of 'meh' that has now been...

Come on, you know you want to… it won't take long… just a quick scrap… just an easy one and you'll be done in no time… The seductive whisper in my head is so sweet and so smooth, I invariably cave in. Even though I know it lies. Shamelessly, blatantly, unapologetically… for I know - I really do...

Hello my scrapping friends! I'm sure you've seen the latest ColorPlay March collection which has just landed here - the colors are fabulous and there are so many wonderful kits to choose from! Cheers to all the talented designers who never cease to amaze us! :goldstars::wow: I'm sharing a page...

I have exactly 4,177 templates in the folder creatively named 'Templates', and a couple hundred more scattered across random designer folders that I haven't gotten round to moving to the proper 'Templates' folder yet because… well, I have priorities. My collection is vast. I have templates for...

I was trapped in some sort of scrapping purgatory of my own making and there was no escape. Toggling layers on and off like a caffeinated witch - who thought one macchiato could do that to you???… Balancing precariously on the fence of indecision - no surprise here I'm afraid … The running...

Creative blocks - we all have them... or do we? What do you do when you are stuck? Here is my story - when I can't scrap, I - among other things - write... I leaned back in my chair and stared hard at the screen, hoping my two-pager work in progress would look better from a different angle...

To everyone who's ever gotten a kit thinking it'd be perfect... and then got stuck scrapping with it... share your story... here is mine... I've done quite a lot of AJ-type scrapping recently and wanted to scrap something practical today, so this looked like it was going to be a quick and...

...just out of curiosity, how many do you have? I've got none, my daughter's got 1,782.

Here is a link to an amazing tutorial that will elevate your pages. The concept itself is rather simple and can be applied to any software - all that you need to know is now to create a shape with movable/editable vertices and then play with opacity.

I don't listen much to music, but even so, according to Spotify Wrapped Up, I listened for 10,201 minutes in 2024 and my biggest listening day was April 12 with 932 minutes. WHAT??? April 12, 2024 was Friday and according to my calendar, my husband was away on a business trip... I still can't...

audible sent me an email this morning and it said: In 2024, you clocked in 470 hours and 33 minutes of listening time, played 117 titles and your longest streak was 48 days in a row. That, of course, doesn't mean I read - or listened to - 117 books this year, as more than 70 of those are...

I am so excited - we are traveling the day after tomorrow back to Czech Republic to spend Christmas with the family. The last four Christmases we spent here in Indonesia - on the beach and at home by the pool, which is fun and exotic... But I am soooo looking forward to wearing scarves, and...