Quick and Simple Christmas card!

 Designing today for the Scrapbook Nerds & Friends over on Facebook and I think I found a new addiction - Doodlebug Designs!

The whole line of everything is just ADORABLE!!!!

I loved the little Mrs. Claus and paired her with some shape sprinkles and the Concord and 9th Seasons of Cheer sentiment dies! Also got to play with my Pink Fresh Studios Slim line Stitched Rectangles Essentials dies

 

The Slim line stitched rectangle dies are just so fun - a staple for every crafter!

The Concord and 9th Seasons of Cheers is going to make a lot of fun cards!

Together they helped to make a quick and easy yet, in my humble opinion, a totally adorable holiday card in less than 5 minutes!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life  

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Happy Thanksgiving

Today I give thanks for my loving family and all my amazing friends who support, cherish, encourage and inspire me not only for who I am today but they make me to want to strive to be a better person than I was yesterday each and every day.

I am grateful for all my blessings a roof over my head to raise my family, for the clothes on our backs to keep us warm, healthy food to share on my table and to technology which helps us connect even when the miles might keep us apart! 

I am so very grateful to all of you who are reading and sharing my journey with me ~ you too encourage and inspire me!

I am also VERY grateful to live in a country where I have the freedom to speak my mind even when it might differ from others, where I am free to analyze, criticize and challenge my government to DO BETTER than it did yesterday too and where I can go out and VOTE to make a difference for tomorrow if I feel that they are no longer working to serve us but rather just themselves!

Advanced polls are open ~ generations of women and men before us fought and lost their lives for the right to VOTE please make sure find 20 minutes out of your day to let your voice be heard.

What are YOU feeling grateful for today?

Have an amazing day

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Totallyawake4-life.com

Do you Scrapbook?

My Memories ~ Autumn Owl designs

I love to scrapbook for me it is a great way for me to recharge my energy ~ and digital scrapbooking is one of my favorite mediums. I love digital scrapbooking for several reasons.  

1. It is a mess free on the go can do it anywhere kind of hobby. 
2. The supplies to do it take up minimum SPACE in the house - just need a computer or laptop and a way you go  
3. Versatility - you can save your work to a digital file and share online with family or friends or download them to a digital frame to 'showcase' in your home.  
4.  It is the most cost effective form of scrapbooking. Purchase a ribbon download and you can use it over and over again and never 'run out' of your favorite ribbon. Plus if you are like me and also like to 'traditional scrapbook' a digital scrapbook program is great for 'designing and planning' your pages before converting them to 'traditional' so can save you money on pages that you might start and 'not like' cause digitally you can tweak and alter until its perfect before making it 'real'. 

For years I used the My Digital Studio software from Stampin' Up! and was devastated to learn they were retiring that line and would no longer be offering new downloads, printing or support for it.

 Those who already know me will know that CHANGE of any kind is scary for me and something I instinctively have always resisted as a result.  HOWEVER the older and wiser I get the more I can remind myself that change can be AWESOME! Some of the biggest and scariest changes in my life have yielded me the best outcomes so now when faced with change I try hard to focus on that and work through the change with the benefits it can bring!

 So when faced with the loss of my favorite digital scrapbook program having any 'growth' I went in search of other options and found the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking was offering to support the My Digital Studio community with a conversion option to allow us to keep and use all our current downloads as well as support with continued new downloads, printing and other services. So I jumped on that chance and have to admit that I am loving the My Memories options even more than I loved My Digital Studio. I do miss that it matched so seamlessly with all my other Stampin' Up! products HOWEVER it is a small loss compared to all the things I have gained. 

These are some of the cool pages I have made while playing with the new program ...LOVING the dimension of some of the new digital embellishments the program has come with plus it has some 'quick page' options where you just open and drag and drop your photos into them! 

Nevada the spoiled princess cat!

Family vacation shot

My men!

So do you scrapbook? 

What's your favorite medium for doing so ... traditional or digital or like me a 'hybrid' type?

Do you like to head out to 'crops'? If you are local to London ON and are looking for someone to crop with I get together once a month and open up the craft room to others to come and crop for the afternoon. Participants bring your own consumable materials but cost of the afternoon allows you to borrow any of my stamps, inks and other tools to help with your creations! Check out my events page for upcoming dates.

Have an amazing day!

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Totallyawake4-life