Snowsmoon's Design -Welcome to My Digital World

Update on what’s coming soon…..Freebie QP from A Work in Progress’s new kit Vintage Chic at Scrap That Idea.

2009-12-06T14:07:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone, just a quick post for a update of what is coming this next week in My Digital World…

First I would like to share a couple of things with you.

Charlie’s DigiScrap is the Designer of the Month at DSO..and has her Entire store on special at DSO and DSV on SALE 50% off the entire month of December (this includes Commercial Use). But , thats not all lol, she also have this awesome BRAND NEW Super Glitter Bundle (CU/PU/S4H/S4o) that contains 30 glitter styles and 30 jpegs, for only $2!!!!!!! (normally $7).

Secondly, I was gifted with an AWESOME new kit by A Work in Progress aka Vicki Parker from Scrap That Idea. It is called Vintage Chic…and that it is. I love what she did with this one, very chic like but also Vintage for heritage scrapping, my favorite. I did this layout for my mom…..my favorite picture of here in her school days.

And this one I did for Xander’s Grandma…..I also used Charlie’s Calendar Template which you can find HERE in her store.

Coming SOON!

1.) Tomorrow-

Days Gone By Dec Challenge –Posting Bonus

2.) 12 days of Christmas-

Daily Freebies starting Dec 14 – 25 (which matches the Days Gone By Posting Bonus. Look for the Daily Gift Packages.)

View Full Album

Download the Quick Page Here and enjoy!

See you tomorrow morning!

2009-11-30T21:30:00.001-05:00

Good Morning!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed all the sales, family, long weekend (those who got one) and most of all photographed you wonderful memories.

During the hussle and bussle of the next holiday coming up I hope that you get a few relaxing moments to collect the wonderful freebies from The Blog Train Blog. There are 100 well known designers that have signed up to this Dec, and from what I have seen so far you don't want to miss this one.

Here is my part:

I will be posting the slide show and links in my side bar as soon as I get the code tomorrow.

Download One

Download Two

Your next stop is: Creative Victorian

I am sure you will find lots of goodies this train ride....Happy Holiday!

PS....Reminder "Days Gone By"

Linda and I will be extending Novembers Challenge for one more week to give everyone who was so busy getting ready for Thanksgiving a chance to post.

I hope you enjoy the next few days down loading this wonderful collection. Please keep watch as there are more goodies to come this month from My Digital World.

I will be posting our the December "DAYS GONE BY" this weekend. You wont want to miss it! And I want to thank all of you that posted in November as we so enjoy seeing your creations and memories of your Days Gone By!

2009-11-17T22:35:00.011-05:00

New Release .....From Charlie

Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know that I have been working on a couple of project for the holidays coming up and I used a wonderful new kit that Charlie's DigiScraps just put in her store. Also wanted to remember you that we have all her store on sale all month. Just right click on the images and open with a new tab so that you can see the rest of my post.

And before I get started explaining what I am posting here, I want you to know that I will be back to designing and will have two Christmas Blog train ready for you next month, but also have a couple things coming up for you before that as I only have 175 pages left in finishing up on the Twilight series....Breaking Dawn. This one was almost double of the other three, but I just can't put them down. The girls and I are going together for the opening night to see "New MOON"...Girls NIGHT...I am sure that I will be a couple of days cleaning house, but after that I will be in full design mode to GETTER done!

Here is the newest kit Charlie just put in her store, FIRST NOEL. It is super to work with and so many different uses too, she has it as a full kit and add ons separate or as a bundle. And if you get over to her store and get it before the end of the month, you will get it a bigger discount. 39% off.

Full Kit

This is Mikey, and I am using this for one of the pages I am making in an 8x8 album for his other grandma for him to give her for Christmas.
This one is also for his grandma, this is one of my favorite pictures of him with my daughter.

I used these templates and making a calendar for Xander's Grandma. I will share more of them with you soon.

Link to it in her store

Well, that is it for now. I will have a goodie for you soon and hope you all enjoy your day!
Happy Scrapping.

2009-11-10T21:08:00.010-05:00

Days Gone By Blog Challenge Reminder
Freebie from "Glitter Fall" and
LouCee Creations CT Team and New Release

Hi everyone,

I would like to share a few things that has been going on in My Digital World... not much mojo for designing, but I have been getting some scrapping done. And working on a few templates that are sized for Shutterfly 8X8 Printing, I will be updating you on that later in the month. So Grab your favorite drink.....

(Please remember to right click on any links and open new tab so it doesn't take you away from my other news or your goodies)

First, I would like to share a NEW RELEASE by a friend I met through Charlie's DigiScraps, her name is LouCee Creations. You may know her from DigiScrap Obsession. I have admired her work and used a few kits that she has gifted me with in the past, but would like to announce that I have joined her Creative Team. LouCee and Charlie work pretty close together and I so LOVE working with both of your designs. Thank you LouCee!

NEW RELEASE at DSO
Snow HO HO by LouCee Creations

Now in her store at DSO

and below is a layout I did with Snow Ho Ho, cute kit and so many ways you could use it. It is one of my favorite pictures of Mikey from the first year we told him about leaving cookies and milk for Santa.

Now for the Days Gone By reminder, I got to play with Linda's "Glitter Fall" Posting Bonus...wow of course it is lots of goodies for scrapping just about anything but very good for my month layout for my DAYS GONE BY.

"GLITTER FALL" by Bon Scrapatit Designs
Posting Bonus for Nov Blog Challenge

You will find the full details here in our forum and please excuse our decor as we are still working on the graphics for Scrapland Express. Below are the links to the November Challenge details and gallery. You will have to be registered for them to work. If you look under my header, those links take you the register for both.

Scrapland Express Forum
&
Scrapland Express Gallery

With the theme we picked for November, scrapping what you are most thankful for, I found this photo of myself with my mom and Grandmothers, who came to visit my mom in CA after I was born. They both lived in Michigan at the time. I was about 3 months old and living in Santa Ana, CA. So I am so thankful for the very important ladies in my life. They were or are still a GREAT inspiration in my life. So without say, they are what I am most thankful for. And below I would like to share this as a quick page with you. I will be sharing the word art with you later in the week...I hope you enjoy your goodies and I can't wait to see what you scrap which you are most Thankful for....

November *Days Gone By* Blog Challenge with Bon Scrapatit Designs and Snowsmoon's Design
Credits: Glitter Fall by Bon Scrapatit Designs
Wordart Fonts: Birth of a Hero, Big Mummy and Arial Narrow

Download Here

Please stop by Linda's Blog to thank her for letting me share this Quick page with you.
Happy Scrapping!

2009-11-06T07:30:00.005-05:00

"DAYS GONE BY"
Month Blog Challenge with Snowsmoon and Bon Scrapatit

Good morning and look at the wonderful surprise I woke up to! I was on a Grandma's Date last night with Xander and Grandma Eldona and was just to tired from a VERY Exhausting day to say the least. But after a good nights sleep it is onward and upward....Linda got her posting gift ready for us. WOO HOO and what a Beautiful one to say the least.

Here is a brief description of our Novemeber's challenge.
It is a simple but very meaning full. Linda and I would like to challenge you this month to scrap a VERY special time of thankfulness in your life. Post it in our Gallery and check out what Linda has for us below.

Reminder: You must be register for the above links to work. You will find links to do so under my header at the top of my blog or in Linda's side bar.

Look at the beautiful posting bonus Linda put together for us!

Our DAYS GONE BY theme was initially aimed towards our scrapping events before motherhood/fatherhood, however, some of us may be challenged above-and-beyond in doing so due to lack of photos, etc. so ANYTIME in your life will be just fine! Our theme title stills holds true as everyday we have already experience IS a day gone by.

This layout Linda is sharing with us is one from her son's resent wedding which she is also giving us as a scrapatit (quick page) on her blog which you can find here in her post yesterday! I just love it!!! Thank you so much Linda.

OK, today is play day and I have three wonderful kits to play with so I may be posting again tonight so keep your peeper on the look out! I will have a little something to share with you as well.

2009-11-04T08:01:00.005-05:00

Hello everyone out here in Scrapland...

This morning I would like to share a blog post I read this morning which is very near and dear to my heart as well. I have followed Hummie's blog for some time now, and would like you to read it so that you totally understand what and why I am blogging about a comment I left for her. Here is the link to her post, HUMMIE'S WORLD! (please right click and open as a new tab or new window) so that you can read my post after wards.

Comment I left on HUMMIE's blog post this morning:

First, I woulds like to say that my grammar is not great, and I am usually quick and to the point, not a very good writer so please bare with me as I try to reply/comment to your post as you are a gal from my own HEART. And have hit the nail on the head for something that is near and dear to my heart as well.

AMEN Sister...WOW if that doesn't get some attention, (and I mean that in a good way)as I see it is something I have felt and wanted to say for some time now.

I have spent 5 plus years in the digi world and seen many changes, good and bad, learned many awesome things by gals and blogs, forums and gallery's like yours. And as a blogger for almost 3 plus years now, I totally agree with what you are saying here. I, too, at the times have gone through your very same emotions 3 or 4 times during my life in the digi world. YOU GIVE AND GIVE AND GIVE...which on one hand is something that makes me feel good about myself so I keep doing in almost every aspect of my life BUT sometimes it is nice to be noticed for it.

I have made many good friends from surfing around scrapland, 5+ which came from the very first site I got heavily involved with and no matter what path our lives take us, we have try hard to keep up and support each other as much as we can, this is one of the things I am very very THANKFUL for. We keep each other on an up beat through thick and thin of what life throws at us. MY point is, is that without their support, I would of thrown in the towel long ago for this very same reason you have the ability of putting in kind but firm words here.

Yes, I have followed your blog for a long time. Have read most every post...and to be honest I am not sure I have commented many times at all, but if something hits me, like this has today, I do try to post a few kind words of thanks for your efforts. YOU are a great leader, AWESOME teacher and a SUPER GREAT Inspiration. Please accept my gratitude for ALL your efforts, including this AWAKE up call this morning. As my greatest teacher of life, next to my Mother, God says, "Do unto others as you would have them do onto YOU." Simple things like a few kind words, which by the way, cost nothing and/or takes only a fraction of the time to type as we put into whatever we are sharing on our blogs, forums and gallery's "DO MEAN A LOT TO US" no matter how little or short it is. Kindness and Thoughtfulness goes along way.

THANK YOU, HUMMIE from the bottom of my heart for reminding us that with little effort on our part, "Kindlness and Thoughtfulness goes along way with anything in life and these facts and matter no exception."

AND I would like to thank all my FOLLOWERS, leaders, fellow designers/bloggers and most of all MY Friends, "the Sisterhood of the Traveling DigiScrappers". Without you, I am almost sure I would not still be lingering around SCRAPLAND!
Love and Peace
Dawn aka Snowsmoon's Design

2009-10-31T10:51:00.004-04:00

Happy Halloween!

This is my favorite holiday. It is so much fun dressing up, watching the children in costume of what they would like to be. I am going to be busy tonight with my 3 grandsons, getting dressed up and going trick or treating so I thought I would post now and hand out my TREATS to you now.

I have played around with Sassy OCT Grab Bag, I know it being the last day of the month but it has some awesome textures and a lot of this and that in it. So make sure you visit her store as I am sure you wont be disappointed.

I did make my first photo mask to share with you, a couple of word art and other goodies. I hope you like them. I will love to see your Halloween photos, PLEASE post them in our gallery, the link is under my header....PLEASE.

I hope you have a safe and Happy Halloween! Enjoy your goodies.

GRAB your Halloween Goodies HERE!

2009-10-26T08:23:00.002-04:00

NEW OCT CU GRAB BAG
@ Charlie's Digiscraps Store

Just in the store today, Charlie's Digiscraps has put together a new Commercial Use Grab Bag. It is in both her stores and you can check it out on her blog as well. So hurry over so that you can get this super new Grab Bag while it is on sale for: $5.00.

Please note that this product has been through Quality Control so that you can be sure that it is top notch products for you designing or scrapping needs.

2009-10-24T14:37:00.003-04:00

Just a QUICK note!!!!!!!!!!!

Grandma duties call again....Band Fest 2009 for my oldest Grandson this afternoon and taking my 3 little guys with me and My #1 granddaughter, Brittany...LOL. (Inside joke).

This is just a reminder about our DAYS GONE BY challenge....links for the gallery and forum are at the top, under my header....they go to the registers but if you have already registered, find the log in link on the pages....I cant believe this month is almost over. Where does the time go...spending too much time in "FORKS, WA" . (Twilight joke).

I hope to be back tomorrow with more of a update and maybe some "TRICKS or TREATS!

HUGS
Dawn aka Snowsmoon

2009-10-11T12:53:00.006-04:00

ALL BOY Is On SALE for the Month of OCTOBER in my store at
DESIGNS BY SASSY!

All Boy On Sale for Only $3.99

Add on $1.99

Here is the goodies I said I had in store for you. I had computer issue yesterday and in clearing them up time just seems to get away from me. So I hope that you like these Quick pages from my kits, All Boy and All Boy Add-on. They are both on sale for the month of OCT in my store.

As for the newsletter, we are still working on it. I am sorry it is not finished, main as I am having problems with my computer and the site I am trying to use. So I have been back and forth with the tech support and hoping that I get that cleared up soon!

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying the Fall and all its colors (mainly you that live in the US and in the northern states.) It is almost the “WEEKEND” to go see the Colors, as we use to take long rides when I was a kid in the middle of OCT to see the fall foliage.

I am off to finish up a little mini kit I am working on for more goodies to share with you. Enjoy your Sunday. Just a reminder of the Oct “DAYS GONE BY” Challenge we have going on here. I did get my tags up at the top so that you can easily get to our FORUM and Gallery. I can’t wait to see what you guys do…

Happy Scrapping!

Download Here

2009-10-09T21:00:00.005-04:00

Hi everyone,

Wow what a busy couple of weeks...it seems like every time I want to get back to scrapping and designing, someone in the family has something else going on. I have been to high school football games to see my grandson march in the band, JV basketball games where Brittany is cheer-leading and spending as much time with my "boys' as much as I can. BUT to be honest, I am so enjoying my family so much. Of course they are all sick of the camera being in their face but I tell them as long as I am keeping this up, I am gathering memories to preserve to future generation.....

OK, now down to business. Charlie's Digiscraps just released a new kit at Digiscrap Obsession today. What a super versatile kit this one is. I just downloaded it yesterday and did up one for Charlie last night and two more today. AWESOME job Charlie....I love this one a lot.

"TRUE LOVE"

True Love is on sale at DSO for a release price of 50% off. So go over and get it on sale TODAY!
Tomorrow I will be back with a couple of goodies for you from ALL BOY and ALL BOY ADD-ON and remember my FRESH NOW LOOK BUNDLE is on sale for $4.00 at Designs By Sassy.

REMINDER of the "DAYS GONE BY" Challenge Lind ans I have going on through the month of OCT. See links ABOVE postings....Night all!

2009-10-06T07:35:00.005-04:00

I know to some of you this is a day later than I said but we had just a few more things to make sure we had it all setup right for you. We now have our own Forum and Gallery which Linda aka Bon Scrapatit Design, Sarah aka Designs By Sassy and myself came together calling it SCRAPLAND EXPRESS. In order to keep the monthly challenge which Linda and I started last month going the Forum and Gallery are still under construction but We all hope that you join us in OCTOBER'S Challenge. The links above are to registries to Scrapland Express Forum and Gallery as you will need to register before the other links will work for you.

"DAYS GONE BY"

Monthly Blog Challenge
with Bon Scrapatit Designs and Snowsmoon's Design

This month's *DAYS GONE BY* challenge is for y'all to create a layout (one page, two-page spread OR more!) telling about one (or several) of your FAVORITE memories in celebrating the Autumn/Fall season! I realize that half of the world is now in their summer months, however, you can still scrap a FAVORITE Autumn/Fall memory with us!

A few ideas might include a Halloween carnival, trick-or-treating, a trip to the pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, a Harvest celebration at church, a barn dance, raking leaves, a sports event, apple-picking and/or baking apple pies. How about a VERY special holiday and/or celebration in your community and/or country OR, perhaps, even a TRIP somewhere out-of-town or out of the country! Did you travel to see an area noted for it's BEAUTIFUL Autumn/Fall foliage? Surprise us!

Once you have completed your layout according to the GUIDELINES, upload you "masterpiece(s)" HERE and then return to this thread to post your link. If you need assistance in how to post your gallery link, see GUIDELINES.

Below is a preview of this month's Posting Bonus

I will be back tonight to add permanent links to the Forum Challenge and Gallery...and of course a couple goodies for you as well. Make sure you keep watch for Linda to post as well as she has a little goodie for you too....poor gal was up til wee hours of the morning making sure all was posted and working for us.

2009-10-03T09:47:00.007-04:00

QUICK UPDATE!

Good morning everyone. I am off for the night, a "girls night out" with my daughter Jessica but wanted you to know that Linda and I have our challenge just about ready for you....we have just a couple of details to work out as we have set up a Forum and Gallery so that we can do this challenge monthly. We will be posting all the information here on our blogs for everyone who followed our

"DAYS GONE BY"
Here is what everyone came up with last month....

Sorry I removed the layouts as I didn't think about it, but I didn't ask everyone if I could post them. Sorry if I upset anyone by posting your layout.

IMAGE REMOVED

I want to thank all the gals that posted last month. AWESOME AWESOME layouts and a beginning of an awesome album of YOU before your kids.Oh course we will have a posting bonus and a few extras for you as well!

Enjoy your weekend and please come back on Monday as the Challenge and fun begins!

2009-10-01T22:02:00.007-04:00

New Release
New Store
Sales Price

I have released my kit Fresh New Look at my new store at

DigiScrap Boutique

Bundle Sales Price $4.00 in my store at DigiScrap Boutique

Kit release price is $3.00 at Digiscrap Boutique

These layout were done by a friend/CT from another group and I wanted to thank her for working with my kit and letting me share them with you. Her name is:

Elaine aka Lainey

Stop by DSB to give Elaine aka Lainey some lovin....Here or Here or Here !

2009-10-01T20:51:00.002-04:00

Charlie's Digiscraps New Kit...... Up, Up and Away.

I have been visited with friends from out of town and one of them is a very close friend but is also one of my grandson's dad. We had a wonderful time sharing and spending time with Xander. Well, when I was trying to get back in the grove of things I checked out Charlie's Digiscraps new kit I had waiting for me to work with being on her creative team, and Her new kit was awesome to use for Xander tell his daddy good bye from the airport.

You can find her new kit in her store at DSO. Great job Charlie...very cute and loved working with it.

Make sure you come back over the weekend as I have some blog goodies for you and will be getting something ready for you for a new Blog Challenge as well. Happy Scrapping and I hope if you can't get back until Monday, you enjoy your weekend and remember to take your camera.

Tomorrow I will be posting a special I am having on my kits in my new store at DigiScrap Boutique!

2009-09-16T23:55:00.009-04:00

Freebie and All Boys Scrap Kit

Well I am off for a long weekend and I want to give you a special Freebie I made for you but first I want to tell you about my new release at Designs By Sassy, in my store. I did a couple of layouts with it and I have to say It was really fun. I so hope you enjoy it. "ALL BOY and its ADD ON" is still on new release 30% off so check it out. But dont forget you freebie, Summer Breeze. Have a wonderful weekend and I will be back Monday, refreshed from a break from life and hopefully some pics as well!

ENJOY!

You can find this kit in my store at DESIGNS BY SASSY H*E*R*E.

Freebie "SUMMER BREEZE"

Download Part One
Download Part Two
Download Part Three

2009-09-15T22:11:00.006-04:00

FREEBIE AND SNEAK PEEK

FREEBIE and a Sneak PEEK at my next blog freebie Mini Kit...Will post tomorrow for you as I will be gone all weekend and leaving Thursday afternoon.....Please don't forget my two new kits I have on sale HERE at Designs By Sassy...
Here is a Goodies from Charlie's Digiscraps New Revealed CU Grab Bag. You can check it out on her blog HERE. You can also find her store links on her Blog. AWESOME Bag, Charlie!

And here is you little goodie! Thank you Charlie for the AWESOME CU Bag for Sept.Download Here

2009-09-15T08:13:00.004-04:00

New Release "All Boy" and sharing a goodie from Linda aka Bon Scrapatit Designs

Good morning,

I just a quick note before I am off to work. I have another whole post to do with my new release but as always I am running late this morning, so This is a new release I have in my store at Designs by Sassy. Well have more to tell you later today about.

The kit was made for my darling grand sons, and here is what my daughter did with it so far...

Dusty is a beginning scrappaer but learn quickly and almost as addicted as her mother is.
And here is a AWESOME layout that Linda did of her grandson Logan with FRESH NEW LOOK...isn't he adorable. Below is a Scrapatit Linda is sharing on her blog...check it out and I will try to finish up this post as I have more goodies to share with you.

Fresh New Look in my store at Designs By Sassy
Check out this Quick Page from Linda

2009-09-12T08:22:00.016-04:00

FREEBIES....STORE NEWS....Things to Share!

Good Saturday morning,

I have so much to share, so please grab your fav drink and I will update you on what is going on in "My Digital World"!
First I would like to remind you to sign up for "Scrapland Express News" Newsletter at the top of my blog. We are hoping for a first release by the end of the month. You don't want to miss this as we will offer Freebies, challenges with posting bonuses, and sharing special events, coupons that will only be found in the newsletter...Sign up at top of my blog!

NEW STORE NEWS:

I have joined my special and dear friend, Designs By Sassy in her personal store and have released my first kit with extra added ons, FRESH NEW LOOK! Sassy was so very kind to offer me a place in her store and I am very grateful. I do a lot of CU Ct work for her and I use alot of her CU stuff for creating my kits so what better place to put my kits. Thank you so much Sassy! (Images are linked, but make sure you come back for your goodies)

New Release Fresh New Look @ 30% off

FRESH NEW LOOK
The bundle On Sale at 50% off

Layouts done with
FRESH NEW LOOK

Charlie's Digiscrap...

thank you for helping me out!I did this on for my daughter...we shared a Girls night out with my sister as we all have birthdays with in weeks of each other.

FREEBIE for YOU!

Download Here!
(may not work-4share was hacked)

Check back here Monday for more goodies (mini kit)
and more news from
"My Digital World"

2009-09-11T01:52:00.002-04:00

BIG SURPRISE to Share in the morning.... New Release....New Store...Sale Prices.

So Please come back in the morning...Lots of goodies, Layouts and EXCITING News...

Until MORNING.......Happy Scrapping.

2009-09-08T23:16:00.004-04:00

Well, I am back with Sassy's New Sept Grab Bag....And a FREEBIE FOR YOU.

You can find Here Grab Bag at any of her store:

Designs By Sassy
My Life & Scrap
Inspiration Lane
Divine Digital

Check out Sassy's Freebie Sampler Here

Download Your Freebie Here

2009-09-08T21:40:00.003-04:00

Here is a couple of new products in Charlie's Scraps store at DSO and DSV. And to remind you that there is only a couple of days left for the 2nd annual PU Grab Bag Sale going on at DSO. Click here to check out all the bags they have to offer.

Make sure you check her blog for a little goodies CU Freebie she has. I will have something for you in a day or two but want to share her exciting new CU Grab Bag with you.

Charlie's Scraps Also has a new product in her new commercial store....click on the image to check it all out.
I will be back in a little while with a FREEBIE for you and some goodies from Designs By Sassy.

2009-09-06T21:59:00.007-04:00

Just got home from a wonderful weekend with my kids and wanted to share this as I was having trouble getting it to post on Friday.

DSO is having their second annual Grab Bag Sale! and wanted to share what Charlie's Digiscrap has to offer and Designs By Sassy! If you check out Sassy's Blog, she shows you what she is offering... and I have a couple of layouts, a postcard and a desktop calendar I did for Charlie challenge.

This last one is made for Charlie's Sept Challenge at DSO.

Want to remind you that I have a challenge at DSO and hope that you come back tomorrow evening for a little pre-posting bonus here that you may use for mine and Linda Challenge.

2009-09-03T08:53:00.008-04:00

REMINDER: To come join in on some of the GREAT challenges at DSO...Here is my posting bonus for "DAYS GONE BY" hosted by Dawn and Linda. Charlie has a Decktop template and an super challenge their as well. And as always the wonderful Miss KimB's Color challenge is in full swing now...

Other big new.... Charlie's Digiscraps and Designs By Sassy will have a AWESOME PU GRAB BAG on Sale in the Second Annual PU Grab Bag Sale at DSO.

Here is a sneak peak at what Charlie has for us....Will post more tomorrow and I have something special for you as well you wont want to miss.

2009-09-01T00:32:00.007-04:00

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have been MIA...I have been designing, packaging and creating new stuff trying to get ready for the opening of my new store. And I will explain more about that later in the week, but I wanted to share a new Challenges at DSO!

**DAYS GONE BY**

Hosted by Dawn aka Snowsmoon and Linda aka Bon Scrapatit Designs

First off here is our new Challange:

The idea behind *DAYS GONE BY* is to get y'all scrapping your memories pre-children (before becoming "Mom" or "Dad") so that they will have an album or albums to look through that tell them the story of YOUR family heritage prior to their arrival! Pretty cool, eh? Uh, huh, we think so! WOOT!

Each month, we will challenge you to scrap a different part of YOUR history before having children and, for the most part, before you became adults!

BASIC GUIDELINES: SIMPLE, FUN and REWARDING in that upon your post in the DSO gallery set up specifically for this challenge with a link back here in each month's thread linking to your layout(s) in the gallery, you will receive a FREE mini-kit from either Dawn or myself (we will be alternating months) by way of the Private Messaging System (PM), as a REWARD for y'all having some FUN with us each month AND in preserving YOUR family heritage before motherhood or fatherhood! Either way, y'all benefit as you will be whittling away at your scrapping "to-do" list while also receiving some SPECIAL designs from Dawn and I to use for future challenges or whatever your hearts so desire!

In the creation of your "masterpieces", we ask that you use designs created by any of our FABULOUS DSO designers, whether it be items purchased from the store, "freebies" downloaded from DSO designer blogs OR "freebies" that are given out here at DSO! Please make sure to give credit to the designer/designers whose creations you use when posting your layout(s).

For our KICK-OFF this month, September 2009, will be asking you to scrap ONE important event that took place during your childhood, anywhere from your birth (or even while en utero!) to your 18th birthday. For example; your birth, the birth of a sibling, your "first" date, a special award or, perhaps, YOUR "first" trip away from home by yourself, just a few ideas to help get your creative juices flowing!

We hope that you will enjoy sharing your *DAYS GONE BY* with US, as well as YOUR children!

DEADLINE: September 30, 2009

Here are a couple of examples I did of my DAYS GONE BY!
This was my first portrait by a studio in CA. My parents moved to Santa Ana, CA from Pontiac, MI shortly after getting married as my uncle got my dad a job at Disneyland driving a fairy boat. They had just opened Disneyland (1958) and my mom was so excited...My dress was a gift from my grandma, pink dotted swiss. Mom said that it was her first time away from home and that not long after I was born and this photo was taken, they moved back to MI, she was so homesick.

This one was me at 5 years, the summer before I started school! It was my grandmas favorite photo as I remember it in a frame beside her bed. Grandma had a heart attack, from what I remember, and was always laying down in her own room (I always thought it was strange that my grandparents had separate bedrooms, but now that I am older realize it was she was sick alot and moved into the other bedroom so that my paw could get his sleep.).

SO come join in the fun with Linda and I as we all start scrapping our

*DAYS GONE BY*

Here is the posting bonus for Sept!!!

I will be back tomorrow night to post Charlie new desktop challenge and update you on some upcoming new and exciting things going on in MY DIGITAL WORLD!

Sweet Dreams all...................