A winning combination Bite-sized Scrapbooking and Ella Publishing

Thanks to Kim Byrns from Bite-sized Scrapbooking, I’ve won an Ella e-book!  Now I just need to decide which one to buy! Maybe this one? Time to Scrapbook!

Have you bought a great e-book from Ella – let me know which one you loved! I’m looking to invest my winnings wisely. If you haven't yet - why not head over and pick up their Free Super Sampler.

Did you know that Ella Publishing Co. is doing Spring Training. It looks like a fun online event to inspire you!

Melissa

 

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One Little Word–My album so far

I’ve just put together a few photos of my album so far.

I’ve been working on my One Little Word album – here’s my progress so far.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

I am having so much fun doing ‘real’ paper scrapbooking, I’ve been inspired to make a few cards! I’ve been printing most things at actual size and then reshuffling the items to fit in my mini album.

For the embellishing, I’ve been keeping my album simple - I’ve been using Basic grey porcelain rubons and a couple of random flowers and brads I’ve found for this album. My little album is 7.5”x5” and created using my Bind-it-all – but for the time being I’ve just got two jump rings holding it together while I work on it.

Ali sends out monthly emails with a prompt for the month, and I’m working on my April one now. Did you know that the One Little Word class is still open? You still have plenty of time to catch up or why not just jump in with this month’s prompt?

If you decide to register at Big Picture using my link and purchase Ali’s One Little Word class (or any of the others!), we'll both receive a code for 10% off** our next order. Of course you can always just sign up and select from one of the free classes.

I am blogging about my progress in the classes I’m working on over at Big Picture. Are you taking any classes at the moment or perhaps you are playing along with Katie and creating your own curriculum?

Melissa

**Disclaimer: For each new account created with your Registration Code as a "friend", a 10% off code will be issued once the new account has purchased one class. Code will be available under "My Rewards". 10% off code can be used towards Self-Paced classes and Workshops. Code cannot be used towards gift certificate purchases. Melissa’s registration code is D952F179 - or click on http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/register.php?refer=D952F179

Katie’s Power Scrapping Digi Style class

I just have to share the news – my friend Katie has a new workshop over at Big Picture Classes. Here’s a little about it from her blog.

Registration open for Power Scrapping–Digi Style!

I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about this!
4 weeks of detailed instruction all about Power Scrapping – Digi Style, with video lessons, printable pdfs, bonus idea sheets, bonus downloadable templates, and some free gifts and coupons from some of the top designers in digi land! All for only $25. Really!
Head on over to Big Picture Classes to sign up. I’d love to know if you’ll be joining me for this fun workshop, so feel free to leave me a comment if you are planning on taking it. I just know you will love it!

I just happen to have a few dollars left on a gift-card I got for Christmas so I’ve already signed up! Do you want to register too?
If you decide to register at Big Picture using my link and purchase Katie’s class (or any of the others!), we'll both receive a code for 10% off** our next order. Of course you can always just sign up and select from one of the free classes.
I am blogging about my progress in the classes I’m working on over at Big Picture. So stay tuned people!
Melissa
PS more about my One Little Word album soon!
**Disclaimer: For each new account created with your Registration Code as a "friend", a 10% off code will be issued once the new account has purchased one class. Code will be available under "My Rewards". 10% off code can be used towards Self-Paced classes and Workshops. Code cannot be used towards gift certificate purchases. Melissa’s registration code is D952F179 - or click on http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/register.php?refer=D952F179

New 52–Souvenirs

Only about two months ago (how time flies!?!) Phill brought us a back a couple of souvenirs From Argentina and Chile. Mine was a small, tooled-leather box from Mendoza, a city nearby to the Gold mine. I also got an alpaca wool scarf, in PINK of course.

Emily’s gifts were a giraffe puzzle with a baby giraffe (cute!) and her ‘Argentina hat’ – a bright pink beanie with an alpaca and other animals and things stitched on it!

 

Emily’s had a hard time working out that Daddy isn’t going away every time he leaves for work. She stopped asking to see Daddy on ‘puter (Skype) a couple of weeks ago. This morning for the first time since Phill has been away she told me “Daddy, gone! Work, big bus” rather than “Daddy, gone! ‘Tina!” Such a relief that she’s finally getting her head around the fact that Daddy is back to stay. 

Learn more about the New 52 challenge here. I’m finding that looking out for new experiences is helping me appreciate that my life is full of variety. What new things have you tried this week?

 

Melissa 

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Celebrate Monday: Emily in the Sunshine

Emily in the Sunshine

This post is inspired by Simple Scrapper Celebrate Monday

New52-Bible 90 Days Complete

I did it! I actually read the Bible in 90 Days! I completed it on the 1st of April, Day 89 of the reading plan. I found Chronicles and Psalms hard going but surprisingly enjoyed the prophets. I also found the Gospels hard going, I think I just don’t enjoy so much repitition in a short space of time. But I love John, it just seems so much more specific with the little things that Jesus said in a more natural way, well that’s how it seems to me. I also noted all the bickering amongst the Disciples, well I guess they were only human!

Reading the Bible in it’s entirity in such a short period of time really helped me follow get more of the historical facts in order and also made me realise that the New Testament is a lot shorter than the Old Testament. I mean, I knew it was, but it just became even clearer that a few thousand years versus less than 100 years of writing is a big difference.

 

I am still enjoying the New 52 challenge too, what has amaze me as I’ve done this challenge is that I actually do so many new things I just don’t have time to blog them all! What new things have you done lately?

Melissa

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Free Scrapbooking Workshop-2 ways you can use memorabilia on your digital pages

Just in case you aren't on my mailing list - I wanted to let you know about the free digital scrapbooking workshop I'm running on Monday.

Free Scrapbooking Workshop-2 ways you can use memorabilia on your digital pages

Do you have a little bit of life stuff you want to add to your digital scrapbook pages?

Maybe you were inspired by the episode about memorabilia on the Paperclipping Roundtable, but don’t know how you can implement it in the digital realm?
This Monday at 11am (GMT+8 Show in My Timezone) I’ll be showing you two ways you can use memorabilia on your digital scrapbook pages.

Hope to see you there!

Melissa