I’ve been a busy girl y’all. NOT that this is news to anyone who knows me. I swear, the brain? she flies faster than my fingers/legs/arms/body in general can move. So much inspiration, so many ideas, and so EXCITED by the response my blog readers (aka lovliest people in the world) have been having to my projects + tutorials!! It inspires me to keep them coming, that’s for sure!

Ok so guess what? I have 2 things [GIVE AWAYS] for your attention on this fine day. First: you can hop over to the Ella blog where I’m guesting and sharing one of my favorite + simple hybrid techniques. LOVE this.

Here’s a link: http://www.ellapublishing.com/blog/may-flaum/get-digi-microsoft-word-giveaway 

If you leave a comment over there guess what? You’re entered to win a spot in my class at Big Picture next month! That’s right, you could win a spot in double take with Nic Howard & me!!

Oh but it gets better!

If you leave a comment right here you could be one of THREE winners of a new Ella e-book!!

Yep, I will be picking three commenters to win, and you can choose from the childhood, holidays, and everyday life digi plus versions of this fabulous e-book. Want a chance to win? Just leave a comment here by Tuesday (30th) and I will draw the winners!

Have you seen Ella’s newest E-book?

I think it’s a FANTASTIC book and what a great concept too! Personally, I think things that are totally everyday or ordinary are actually quite extraordinary. After all – what’s routine today probably won’t be in a few months or years! Some of my favorite pages are about everyday details like…

• Most cooked/favorite meal
• Daily routine
• inside joke or current funny thing we always talk about
• Something one of the kids is real into
• Just happy feelings about today, why I’m blessed, etc.

Or the dog just hanging out…

It’s all good! Anyhow – I’ve got a copy of Ella’s new book Scrapbooking the Everyday for one of you!! Just leave a comment here and I’ll draw a winner later this week.

As far as the blog hop-age goes, I’m linking up (aka hop on over to) Keshet  http://overtherainbow-keshet.blogspot.com/

but here’s all the links to the Ella girls:

http://www.brendajohnston.blogspot.com
http://donnajannuzzi.blogspot.com
http://www.huffordhouse.blogspot.com
http://iloveitallwithmonikawright.blogspot.com
http://midwestscrapgarden.blogspot.com
http://paperandcookies.blogspot.com
http://thelinarstudio.typepad.com/embracelife
http://francineclouden.typepad.com/callaloo_soup
http://wickysticket.blogspot.com
http://overtherainbow-keshet.blogspot.com

great article up today on the Ella Blog. I was asked to contribute – see it all here. If you have questions or comments feel free to ask away!

Want to see how these hipstamatic prints were used & how other people used a sketch too? Check out Ella’s blog!

Mostly I used Fancy Pants “tradition” line. LOVE IT!!

I really don’t do sketches very often. When I  do I’m more of a “check out the general look” vs exact size deal. You’ll see what I mean when you check out the post this layout is up on. I went pure 4×4 pics instead of any 3×5 or 5×7 ones. I didn’t have either!

The blue in with traditional red & green really helped make it work for my holiday photos. LOVE this Fancy Pants line.

It’s all about making it work for you, and loving what you do. I’m having a blast.