FAVORITE ALERT- Dinner Party Alpha Brushes Freebie

HOLLAND's rock! Here we are at Apple Hill in October 2009. (You can't even tell Jazzy was coming down with H1N1 either! But she was).

I now have a favorite alpha brush set to use for my digital scrapbooking! Since I just started, and only spend a few dollars a month on digital supplies, I really appreciate freebies! Can I handle the fact that my favorites are 9 times out of 10 freebies like Gennifer Bursett's Dinner Fairy alphabet brush set?  I used it to write out our Family Name Holland! The best part of digital scrapbooking? I can re-color and re-size all of the elements, photos and even the letters. I am going to switch things up a bit in the next day or two. I would like to remove the stitching I have on this layout and change the color of the alphas to see if I can improve this layout. I made it in just 30 minutes after the kiddies went to bed and I was done watching Jay Leno!

I hope you like it. Visit Gennifers blog http://thebursettfamily.blogspot.com/.

Papers Shannby Princess and stitching elements by Carina Gardner. (Note to my non-scrapbooking friends, designers allow use of their products on your blogs but ask for credit...list their names). I am proud to list them because I only use my favs!!!

Designing Blogging Betty

I do not have a new layout to post today. However, I have a short, short story. I had a terrible day today. PMS, pregnancy, hormones, not enough lunch to eat, who knows why. BUT, when I got home from work, I checked my blog and I have four new followers! I am very happy about this and it made my whole day turn around. Isn't it amazing how a small gesture from a stranger can mean so much when you least expect it! I plan to set aside time to follow other scrappers blogs officially this weekend! Thanks for stopping by. I hope to inspire you.

Matron-of-Honor Two Page Layout

My first two (2) page digital layout made with Photoshop Elements. This was one of the greatest days of my life! My wedding colors were brown and turquoise. My husband and I were married by the sea at the Cliff House Inn. See this link---------------------> http://www.cliffhouseinn.com/

Thanks to all of our Veteran's and Military Service men and women. I am proud to be an American! Home of the free, and the home of the brave!

Our Christmas Card 2009

(Holly Jones Delightful Christmas Tree purchased from Two Peas In a Bucket)

This is our card this year! I just received the cards from Shutterfly and they are gorgeous! I bought the template. I added a stripe plus the wording, but that is all!

This is the third year in a row I have purchased a template and plugged in our photo for our holiday cards.

I LOVE IT! I am SO glad that EVERYTHING and anything digital in PhotoShop Elements is my favorite hobby! I love making cards, layouts and digitally enhancing or playing with photos!

AND I love this photo of my family! Send me a copy of your favorite family photo!

Jasmine's 4th birthday

Do you have photos sitting around that have never been placed into an album? These photos are from over three years ago. Jasmine turned four in 2006 and I have never scrapbooked or preserved the images! I am so happy that I finished a page tonight with these older photos.

This page took me just under an hour to complete this one. I gave a long presentation at work today and then rushed the girls (and Dad too) over to their first Girl Scout meeting!

Enjoy! I know Gerry and I enjoyed taking a peek back in time.

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of taking too many digital photos...so many that you can't ever find time to journal, scrapbook or preserve them.

What do you think about Girl Scouts? Do you have any cute Girl Scout pages that can inspire me? I would like to see them! I am now in charge of scrapbooking the troop's photos!

Bonus!

Also, I have been attempting to post a new layout daily this week. Click on Archive ------------->

to view the other posts! I am still a bit new here to blogging. I hope to have many posts on one page, yet everytime I post a new one, the others disappear to the archive!------------------------->

When I have time, I will fix it....can you tell me how I do that?! Thanks for stopping by.

Maggie's Play- Fairy Tale Town

For the last two years, my family has visited Fairy Tale Town during the hot summer month of August in Sacramento to see Maggie perform in a play. Maggie is very talented! She earned a part as a witch for the second year in a row! (The play was totally different this year and Maggie was a good witch this time!)

Fairy Tale Town has a giant shoe slide which is the house of the Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe. Yes, just like the Fairy Tale! There are many things for kids to do and see. The girls jumped into a giant pirate ship and started "sailing" along. You can see Captain Anika here behind the helm. Okay, I am no pirate! Is it called a helm?

On another note,  I love these new papers designed by Jen Allyson. I bought them at http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/. Two Peas has been extremely helpful to me. They post free tutorial videos for people to learn digital scrapbooking. Now that they taught me almost everything I know in Photoshop Elements, I purchase all of my digital supplies from them! I appreciate them so much. I have been a Pea for nine (9) years now. Don't know what a Pea is? It's a fan and message board visitor on their website.

Hope you  have a great week!

Halloween 2009- The Corpse Bride Layout

Anika wanted to be the Corpse Bride this year! I made her a wedding dress then let  her use one of the veils I did not use for my wedding last June. We had the best time trying to figure out how to make her left arm into a bone too! This layout was a joy to make especially because of the fun, creative donut eating contest the kids participated in at The Knight's Halloween party. We all have a blast at their Halloween party followed by Trick-or-Treating each year. One Halloween layout of 2009 done, many more to do.

My Favorite Layout- June 2009

Welcome To My Blog (a.k.a. My Current Pet Project-HOG BLOG)

Welcome to my blog! Do you have a blog? What did you name yours? This is my first time "pimpin" out a blog and really putting my heart into it. It took me 24 hours just to come up with a name for my blog. It took me a long time to come up with a name for a couple of reasons. First, I would like to have a place to store my digital scrapbook pages. Two, the blog must be appropriate for all ages. I thought about the point I was trying to get across...what did I want everyone to know about me? And my blog? Well, I received a very nice, unexpected e-mail from a co-worker today who is retiring soon. She told me that I have a heart of gold and that I am a truly genuine person. I was so happy that my hard work has shown! Being nice, honest and unbiased is not ALWAYS easy! Heart of Gold (H.O.G.) Digital Memories is the name I decided on. The acronym spells hog! HOG BLOG!! It sounds incredibly corny.  Here are the other names that I seriously considered:

Delicious Digi
Digital Betty
Digital Underground (but I did not go with this one so Public Enemy can't sue me)

I spent time on naming this project as if I was naming my first born child. How silly of me!


Back to the reason why I was inspired to make a blog.....an hour before I received the e-mail from said nice co-worker, I read that a scrapbooking website I adore and have trolled for nine (9) years is looking for designers to create things with their products. Since I used to do this for many years for Gotta Crop, I decided I would like to be a part of the industry again since I have had great luck with digital scrapbooking.

I am sure there are 100's of people applying and I do not have many samples but I would like to try. The first step, create a blog. Second step, utilize the blog. Third step, which I just discovered today, is leave the computer and go to bed! This is addicting! Blogging Betty is typing her heart out this evening!

Please come back soon. I will have family photos, wedding photos, stories from every darn city I have lived in and/or visited. Maybe I will even tell you a ghost story from the haunted Pershing house (as my husband has rightfully named it). I am quite unpredictable so check in every so often. Don't forget to check the links on the right hand page for wedding photos!!!!

Happy Fall everyone from the HOG BLOG!

(Note to self: figure out what a jump page is)