Oh Happy Day!
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Today is a big day for all of us scrappers — {inter}NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY! If you ask me, it is a pretty cool holiday! A whole day to celebrate what we love so much! It is an especially special day for me because my digi-versary is always this same weekend! Four years ago this weekend I created my first digital scrapbook page. And since then…wow…my life has changed so much! Scrapping has brought SO much into my life. I have met some of the most amazing people (both on- and offline), had some of the coolest experiences, and found an outlet for my creativity that brings so much happiness. That day, four years ago, started a journey that would forever change who I am!
In honor of this special day, I want to challenge you. I know many of you will be “out” all day shopping all over the digi world and that’s great — I love a good sale too! However, I want to challenge you to make today more than just about shopping. I want to challenge you to create a page that celebrates this craft/hobby you love so much. If scrapbooking is a way to remember the big parts of our life, then for many of us, we need to be scrapping about scrapping! We need to be creating pages that talk about how we got started, what we love about it, and the people we have met through it. Scrapping is such a big part of my life that I can’t not scrap about it!
I’ve done a few pages over the years to celebrate scrapping. This first one I did on my one year anniversary and it talks about how I found out about digital scrapping and where the journey had already taken me:
And I did this one a few months later to talk about how scrapping had changed me (it was my first published page, too!)
And here is one of my favorite pages (made about two years ago) that talks about why I scrapbook. I titled it, “To Those Who Have Gone Before“
And here I am today…four years into this, running my own website, still loving scrapping just as much as I did in the beginning. Truly, the love I feel for this hobby has never weakened! In order to celebrate my 4th anniversary, I decided to create a new page. I wanted to create something that shared how I was feeling about scrapping as well as an example of where I am style-wise.
This was my challenge to myself:
- Start with no real plan for how the page will turn out
- Start opening papers and elements that are “me” — that I use a lot and/or are representative of my digi life
- Create a page that talks about how I am feeling right now about scrapping
- Keep the design consistent with my current style
I loved having a page that is very “me” right now. I started by just opening stuff I use all the time — Gina Cabrera’s kraft paper, staples by Shabby Princess, Amber Clegg’s date stamp, Syrin’s stitching, templates (these are by Emily Merritt), papers are by THE DIGI DARE TEAM (currently my only team) and are from the current DIGI FILES (a huge part of my life right now!) I kept with my “perfectly imperfect” style and stayed true to my minimal use of elements and my overuse of stitching 
And having CD’s wordart on there just tops the cake — she is my true scrapping and inspirational idol. I could stare at her work forever. And the picture of my family — well, they are the ones that make me want to scrap. They inspire me, they fill me with laughs, tears, and stories, and they support me in all I do — both scrapping because I love it and scrapping for my “work.” This page is totally me.
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So now it’s your turn! Scrap about scrapping. You can start with my challenge or you can start somewhere else. Just take some time this {i}NSD and create a layout about this hobby you love. When you are done, give us a link in the comments before Monday and we’ll send a goodie your way!
And if you need some thing to get you started, the two Stephanies and I created this fun doodle/brush/template set for you!
Happy {i}NSD from THE DAILY DIGI!
Download HERE
P.S. If you can’t help but do some shopping this weekend — check out THIS list of sales
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Great post Janet! I will definitely do a page about my digiscrapping addiction. I like the idea of highlighting accomplishments b/c we may not remember in a year or two!
Thanks for the fabulous freebie, Steph & Steph!
Good Morning Janet,
Thanks for the encouragement and the inspiration. I have LOTS of family stuff to do today, but I will get this page done. Is it all right if I scraplift your “those who have gone before me” layout? I’ll change it up and show it to you! The freebie is perfect to help me on my way today. Thanks for all that you do.
I adore your ideas and am so grateful that digiscrapping is part of my life and my way of keeping my precious family history! Thanks for the inspiration and of course for the darling free goodie. THANK YOU and have a lovely day.
Thank you! Love this idea and your page about not knowing things about those who have gone before us, WOW I love it.
Ps, funny 2 Brooke’s in a row, does that make a river! lol (sorry my silly humor)!!
Here’s mine – Journaling reads:
…I don’t know enough about my grandparents, parents or even my own childhood. I have a hard time remembering what happened yesterday, much less a few years ago. I want to remember. I wamt my kids, grandkids and other family to remember. I like pretty things to look at. I enjoy having a hobby. I enjoy the friends I have made. I love to be creative. I love pictures. I digital scrap because it’s faster, easier and less messy and I paper scrap for the feeling. I scrap for my son, my husband, future generations, my mom, my brothers, my family, my friends. I scrap for inspiration to others and for the feeling of pride I get upon finishing a great page. I scrap because it’s fun and I enjoy it. I scrap because I want to. I scrap because I need to. I scrap because capturing our memories and preserving them is one of my responsibilities and I will not take that for granted. I scrap to learn new things, meet new people and explore the possibilities. I scrap because I want to. I scrap because I like to, NO! I scrap because I LOVE it and that is reason enough!
Link: http://stufftoscrap.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0
Thanks for the challenge!
Thanks Janet! I will do a page about scrapping soon.
Thanks for the freebie!
OMG, now why didn’t I ever think to do a page about the pages I’ve had published??? Thanks for the idea! (and the goodie too!)
I did it — I scrapped about scrapping! What a great way to celebrate the day!
http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=152481
Happy NSD to everyone!
Just to let you know, I’m totally lifting the new layout you did! Love it. Thanks for the freeb.
Thanks for the cool brushes. Need to get scrapping!
Awesome freebie! Your layouts are amazing. I haven’t scrapped just for me in a long time. Maybe I’ll try your challenge tonight!
great post Janet! Thanks for the freebie too
Janet, your page about not knowing things about those who are no longer with us, and listing all the little things that you don’t know, is so powerful. This is exactly why I scrap, to keep track – of the stories, of the little things that happen in everyday life, of the big events, that together make us who we are.
And thank you for the NSD freebie!
Thank you so much, this is adorable!!
Here’s my page about why I love scrapbooking. I actually blogged about it earlier in the week. Then decided to make a page about it, in honor of NSD, before I even saw your post here! LOL.
Here’s my page:
http://pixelgypsydesigns.com/Content/Membership/Community/Gallery/ShowGalleryImage.aspx?GalleryID=6835
Heres mine: http://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=88345
Its not very why-i-love-scrapbooking, but it reflects me very well. Thanks for the brushes!
I’m always late, but I made the work (the jouurnal it’s very long and was difficult to write) so I’ll post the link (hope it works)to my LO anyway, avery simple one indeed.
Ciao, Ari
http://pixelcanvas.co.nz/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3400&cat=500
I hope I’m not too late… the journaling took me awhile last night and finally I had to just go to bed and finish the page this morning!
It was such a fun thing to do though… thanks for the challenge!
Here’s pg1: http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=637024&ppuser=13448
Here’s pg2: http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=637019&ppuser=13448
thank you for the download, very cool. Hope to do this challenge later!
loved this post!! I will walk away newley inspired to create more about me and my hobby