Unexpected Destination

My book's on sale for $9.99 at IdeaBooks4U --- only 3 copies left

over at IdeaBooks4u.com.  And if you miss it there, it's always $15.63 at Amazon.com.

More Mad Digital Skillz -- awesome class

Amp up your digital skills
Pattie Knox has 6 new lessons & a great bundle of product all ready for class ---which has JUST started, so get on over &  join the gang.

In each lesson you'll:

1. START with awesome digital products (like these tags by Katie Pertiet and flower brushes by Ali Edwards)
    
2. ADD the techniques Pattie teaches (and ask questions in the forums)
    
3. MAKE the kind of digital magic that elements like this dry-embossed digital tag add to a page.

This class is designed for users of all versions of Photoshop Elements from Version 3 up to Version 7, and, when needed, instructions are included for users of the full version of Photoshop from Version CS up to Version CS4. Some familiarity with your software is needed—but not much! :-D If you understand how to create a layered document and have a rudimentary understanding of the tools, you're good to go. All of the lessons include detailed step-by-step instructions!

We hope you'll join Pattie and all the excited digi scrappers who've already registered on this next journey into the world of digital design.

Get It Scrapped! @ www.debbiehodge.com

Latest sketch bundle at Get It Scrapped!

We're posting sketches every Friday now -- free to all. I was up to make the sketch this past Friday. Here's a peek. A link. And a page made with one of the sketch variations. Layered psds for digi scrappers are included with the sketch.

New hybrid lesson, inspiration chat, & sketch bundle this week at Get It Scrapped!

Click for linked newsletter.

First game rocks!

Isaac. First game of the season. Your team is the Timber Rattlers, and Paul Mroczka (Rose’s Dad, Joshua’s first coach) is your coach. Your 2nd time up to hit you swung two fast strikes, and Paul came running over to you. You nodded your head, went back to bat and . . . hit a triple, bringing Rose in! And then you slid/dove in soon after. I asked you what Paul said. Smiling happily, you said, “relax.” May 2009.

Opening Day

is full of formalities--all the players announced and running out onto the field. Coaches, too. Team photos and a clinic.

Put on your derby hat!

What an awesome, awesome party. The Wilson's hosted a huge and fun Kentucky Derby party and our whole family had a wonderful time ---- and the little babe at the bottom won the biggest pot!

New craft project

Joshua, As I left to take Isaac to baseball practice, I told you to get off the computer and either get some exercise or do something creative. As a paper-crafter, myself, I was totally amazed to see this articulated, jointed robot you made from paper and rubber bands. What a lot of precise and careful work this took! For days now, you and Isaac have been making these kinds of creations before and after school. The den floor is COVERED with small bits of paper and rubber bands and several pairs of small pointy scissors. May 2009.

The website with the templates is Paper Robots 1999.

Around the House -- May 1 (and a sketch bundle)

I did this layout quickly this morning to fit a challenge in Tami's Mother May I class AND to use the new sketch bundle I posted in the Get It Scrapped forums --- a look at the day.