I am Thankful for You...

Here's a page I made using the Sahlin Studio digikits - So Grateful, Blessed & Everyday, .

I used the pre designed layout from So Grateful as my starting point then I moved everything around until I was happy with the layout.  I am really pleased with the way the Word Art has worked with the butterfly it was one of those try it and see. I say to anyone just starting out to start by using a digital scrapbooks layout as this makes it much easier to begin with than just having a blank page.

As you can see my layout is loosely based on the original design, I also took bits from the other kits as I wanted different embellishments and the Word Art too.  So give them ago and have a play see what you can come up with.

Let me know if you'd like a step by step on how I did this layout?

Hugs

Sharon x

Fizzy Moon on C&C Monday 24th June...

Well we didn't get the number of show's on Fizzy Moon as most of us expected even Phill didn't know what was going on.  The good news is that there is a show on C&C this Monday 24th at 4 pm so hopefully we will get to see this wonderful range again not just a few 10 minute show's...

Fizzy Moon is here...

Well at long last I can now post the photo's of the samples I sent in to Serif HQ from the Fizzy Moon range. I was told by both Hayley and Phill that this was to be a POTD but its been changed to a blockbuster instead and is sharing the slot with a foiling machine that Serif are backing so might not all be lost.  As far as I know its only the 10pm show that is just serif.  I am sure that you will all love this range its a must have for crafters as you can make cards for anyone at any age.

Enjoy

Sharon xxx

Happy Father's Day...

Wishing all Dad's and remembering all those nolonger with us a wonderful Father's Day, it's a wonderful day to remember just what it means to us all to have a Dad.  Sadly both Steve and I nolonger have our Dad's around but we both hold them dear to our hearts.

A big hug and kisses for my lovely guy Steve's as he's a wonderful father and I hope he knows just how much he is loved by Elliot and me.

Here's the Father's Day gift I made for him as he insisted I wasn't to buy him anything...

I hope all Dad's today have a great day with their families.

Hugs

Sharon x

Fizzy Moon Angle Policy...

Hi just had this from Amy at Serif HQ:

You will be pleased to know these are not personal use Angel Policy

We operate an Angel Policy for this kit.

This means that you can produce items to sell with this kit, provided that:
• the item is not professionally printed or mass produced in any way
• the item is printed at home or are each individually crafted in some way
• no more than 100 of any item of the same design is produced
• the design of the item is of your own making and unique and is significantly different to any Layout or Templates which are Supplied Content.

Any commercial use that does not fit in with these terms is not permitted.

So in short you can make 100 of each design then you would have to change it to make another 100 (all hand crafted and not mass produced)

I hope this helps everyone this is a lovely range and if you like Forever Friends then you are going to love these kits too

Sharon x

WOW Serif like my samples...

Well knock me over with a feather I've just had a lovely message from Amy at Serif HQ regarding the samples I sent in.  She is that impressed with them that she's going to give me a big thank you in the Daisy Trail blog.  I never envisioned my samples would be so highly praised I'm one of those people who never thinks what I do is good enough I have got less critical over the years (comes with age I think lol) but it is still hard for me to believe what I make is good enough.

So this is a lovely surprise for me as this past 6 months have been very hard as some of you may remember my Mum had a stroke on 1st Jan and although she is home now as her full time carer it is still hard going.  I couldn't have gotten through any of this without the wonderful support of Steve and all my good friends and family, and also having the outlet of crafting it is truly the best medicine and the best thing going when you can't sleep and its 2am.

I hope you all have a good day and even if you don't remember tomorrow is a brand new day and anything can happen...

Sharon x

Sneaky peek...

HOT news the Serif POTD on the 20th June will be with the wonderful Phill Martin and it will be showcasing the Fizzy Bear range which is the kits I've just sent samples in for.  I can't post any photo's until 8pm on the 20th but I can give you all a sneaky peek (close ups) of some of the samples I sent in...

Hot news...

Well here it is the news I said I would share and also my main reason for starting a blog at long last. Well you see back in April I was asked if I'd like to be a sample Design Maker for Serif Craft Artist 2, which I was so honoured to do.  Hayley West is the designer/presenter who has given us the task and last week I sent off 15 projects that I've made with the 6 digikits we were given to play with.

As soon as I get the okay to post photo's they will be on here for you all to see.  All I can say for now is if you like the forever friends bears then you are going to love these kits. It's been so very hard keeping this news quite as I would have loved to have let all my crafting friends know much sooner than this..

My first ever blog...

Welcome to my blog I decided to start a blog as it's something I've been meaning to do for a few years now, and I have some news to share too, more on that in a bit.

I love all types of crafting but my passion now is digital crafting I have always used CD's in my cardmaking as I love the fact that you never run out of supplies and that you have the control over the size and colours. I like most of you have a room full of craft supplies yet I never really use them as its that whole thing that its the only one I have and what do I do if I mess up this project and I can't get another.  The amount of scrapbooking paper I have that I won't use as they are too nice or I only have the one sheet is silly.  So about 3 years ago when Michelle brought Scrapbook Artist to C & C I thought yes that's just what I need and I was hooked and I haven't looked back.

I used Serif Craft Artist 2 now and there isn't anything you can do in any other software that you can't do quicker in CAP 2, and I have paid a lot in the past for Photoshop and Corel Draw both I just found way too complicated to use and even Photoshop Elements which I go for free with my PC isn't any easier to use.  I have even got my other half scrapbooking using CAP 2 and he loves it, we craft via Skype and if he get stuck I just walk him through what to do and even Steve can't believe just how easy and how quickly you can produce something.  Both of us regularly post our pages the the FB Serif Craft Artist User Group its a great place to post your work and see what everyone else thinks and to get inspiration and help if you get stuck...