Taking a break

I've been blogging in this space since 2007 - hard to believe it's been that long! But my blogging has become more and more sporadic lately, so I think it's time to take a break. The existing content won't be going anywhere, and I may occasionally make a random post, but I think for now I'll take the summer off. I have been distracted by lots of "stuff of life" lately, and haven't had much time to create, so maybe this will give me some chance to refuel my creativity. Thanks for understanding and enjoy your summer!

Trying out some digi

Hello and happy Saturday! It's a chilly one here in So Cal - while we're expecting a high in the 50s, it was in the 20s over night and they're forecasting 19 degrees tonight! Yikes! I have a pot roast in the crock pot, which should keep me warm inside later.
You might have noticed a little blog redesign here at my site. I was super fortunate to win some Photoshop, photo editing and digital scrapbooking classes during a giveaway on Ali Edwards' site a few weeks ago. The classes, all at Jessica Sprague's site, are proving to be both fun and a great opportunity to learn some new things. Though I'm mostly a cardmaker, I've always had some scrapbooking going on, as well, and I've been making some photobooks at Shutterfly, so I have wanted to learn more about digital scrapbooking and these classes are going to be a great way to do that this year.
One of the lessons in the Photoshop Top 5 class, which was a self-paced class I've finished already, was about making a blog banner. Jessica provided us with some digital elements and a template, and I embellished on that to get my new banner. That's me on the left working on a card, and Eliot the cat takes center stage with some photos I've snapped of her amongst the craft supplies!
The class I'm taking right now is Digital Project Life - which is all about "Project Life" style scrapbooking in digital form. I'm not 100 percent sure I can keep this up every week, but I thought this might be a good way to capture the stuff that often doesn't make it into my traditional scrapbooks, which tend to be more event-based - birthdays, holidays, travel, etc.
So this is my first week's page (and my first-ever page!). Most people do two-page spreads each week, but I am going to stick to just one page a week, I think. We'll see how it goes!
That's all for me today - thanks for stopping by!
Supplies:
Turquoise Digital Project Life kit and extra embellishments from Becky Higgins
Blog banner supplies are from Jessica Sprague Top 5 class, including artwork by Carina Gardner