Reasons to be Thankful

I did this layout for Dare #3 from Circle of Scrapping Friends. Since we'd just celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving, the dare asks that we do a layout on four things for which we're thankful. To read the journaling more easily, just click on the photo to get a larger view. The dare came at a good time, as I've been getting very stressed over work deadlines, mounting laundry and paperwork at home and other such things. It's good to step back and get some perspective.

Here are the credits. Software: Photoshop Elements 5.0. Paper from 06/24/07 Web Challenge by Kellie Mize, brush from "Circle of Life" set by Mary Ann Wise, title tag from 08/26/07 Ad Challenge by Dana Zarling, all from www.designerdigitals.com. Journaling tags by Jessica Sprague.

News from the Blogs

A few interesting items from the blogs I read:

• Todd and Mark have almost finished their amp. They've been doing the final tasks in our basement, including covering it with a cool material called tolex. I'll be the first to admit I'm not really into amps, but this creation truly is a thing of beauty.
• Laura has started blogging! She wrote about an excursion with shopping expert Chantelle.
• Kirsten has ventured into digital scrapbooking. Her first few layouts are on her blog and they are gorgeous!
• Jill continues to write interesting things about Singapore, and we're all awaiting another update from Joe.
• There's a new blog called Circle of Scrapping Friends devoted to combined digital and traditional scrapbooking. This one was started by several local scrappers and I'm looking forward to trying some of their challenges.