Monday, March 5, 2007

Stained Glass in Scrapbooking!!

When Debb and the DSAGuild Design Team started teasing in late February about the new March Guild Kit, they kept mentioning that this new kit would be something that was so unique. I was completely intrigued and when the kit was released to the CTeam, I was absolutely blown away!!! Stained Glass!!!

Holy cow! Can you imagine trying to paper scrap with stained glass elements? That scrapbook would weigh tons and I'd never let my kids look at it for fear of breaking something. When people ask me what draws me to digital scrapping, my layouts with this kit, will be right at the top of my list of reasons why.

I will admit that scrapping with stained glass was completely out of my comfort zone. I wasn't sure where to even start. But the Guild, being the nurturing place it is, thought of that, too. Debb's March Mini-Class is all about stained glass. The information included gave me so much background on the history and styles of stained glass that the ideas just started to flow. She even gives a step by step guide for creating truly beautiful art in a stained glass style. Before I knew it, I was creating some truly COOL stuff and the stained glass techniques were completely addicting!
There are two stained glass style kits in the DSAG Shoppe this month. Lisa Dozier has created lots of soft colored glass backgrounds and beautifully jewelled elements in her Reflections Combo Pack, and Holley VanDenBerg has created a wonderful selection of brightly colored stained glass backgrounds in her Stained Glass Paper Pack. Both are Featured Products in the Guild store all month and come with Gifts with Purchase!

Hi, my name is LaDonna and I'm addicted to digi-scrapping...now with Stained Glass!

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Same Time, New Station!

DIP Chat is back! Chat will still be held every other Monday nights at 9:00pm U.S. Eastern Time at our new home, the Digital Scrapbook Artisan Guild. Our first "new" chat will be held on March 11 in the DSAG Chat Room. I hope to see you there!

In Like a LION!


An entire winter with only a hint of snow, and now on March 1, we get our first big snow of the year. The storm descended on Fargo last night. It was just beginning to snow when I got home from work at 5:00pm. When I got up this morning, this was the view out my back door onto our deck. 8 inches of snow fell on Fargo last night. We are expected to get up to 12 more inches by Friday morning, and possibly another 3 or 4 inches during the day on Friday.
You know, I really enjoy the snow, but at this time of year, I'm ready for spring! At least, I can live in the hope that the old saying is true and March goes out like a lamb!