New Friends

Here are some new friends we met while we were on the plane to Mexico. We accidentally met up again at a restaurant the night after we arrived and were together almost every night after that...and had a blast!

Background, Ribbon and Flower from the Dusk Meadows page kit;
Leaves from the Floral Coral page kit;
Word Art from the Garden of Friends page kit; all found in the Scraps of Fun: Flowers CD by DSP Designers
Butterfly from the Loud Whisper page kit, found in the Scraps of Fun: Bold and Bright CD by DSP Designers
Overlay from Distressed and Grungy Overlays 2 by Erica Belton

♪ ♫ Viva Mexico!!! ♫ ♪

These beach musicians in Mexico played the Burro song for us...it was hilarious!!!

All products by Digital Scrapbook Place. Credits:
Music to My Ears Page Kit, from the Scraps of Fun Performing Arts CD
Love Song Page Kit by Lauren Bavin
Essence of You Page Kit by Tina Chambers
Cracked and Creased Overlay Kit #2 by Meryl Bartho
Edges 14 - Edgy Photos by Suzanne Walker
Raspberry Guitar Picks by Kim Liddiard
Colonial America Page Kit by Elizabeth Weaver

Watchin the Waves

I feel like it's been forever since I did a page, so I did a double for the Elite 2 Page Sketch Challenge for August. It feels good to remember the beach, warm sun and sounds from our vacation last winter. And yet, we are looking forward to another (winter is coming up all too soon!!)

Feature Article

Like many scrappers, I often dreamed of being published - whether for my layouts, my photography or maybe even a little journaling.

Every submission a hopeful scrapper sends in to a magazine is a competition of sorts - to win a coveted spot in a publication. Something that shows that your work is viable, acceptable and yes, even attractive.

I have won a few such coveted spots in the years I've been digital scrapping - Scrapstreet, Ready; Set; Create, Memory Makers (a real, compensated spot in their print magazine! as well as several Idea Gallery Inspiration spots), Somerset (another print magazine) - but in this case, I am honored and humbled to be the sole winner of Scrapbooking.com Magazine's June Vacation layout contest.

My layout was scrapped from the heart - this one was not done with competition in mind. It was just one that I really loved creating - and that the folks at Scrapbooking.com felt was worthy, and that you might like too.

Here is my layout, and a link to the magazine article is here: Vacations Layout Contest Winner

It so rocks to be us...

"It rocks to be us" is something we frequently joked about to each other up until the last day we were in Mazatlan.

Cupids Blues page kit by Lauren Bavin

Cafe Con Leche

Just a normal coffee morning for me, but in a not so normal place....this was at Heather's Restaurant in Mazatlan.

I used Rene Bross' Dreamin of Spring page kit for this layout....the spring like colors and floral papers and elements are perfect for warm weather shots like this!

*** DET Layout of the Day, 3/12/08 ***

Three words...

"Vacation in Mazatlan"

Our winter vacation this year.