Memory Mosaic Digital Designs by Joy

 What have you been doing? I have been working on a course for Procreate.  It's called "Kickstart Your Creativity with Procreate".  It is by Lisa Bardot.  Anyway, I finished the first week, and I really wanted to just plow ahead, but then in her introduction to week 2, she said that was fine, if that is what you wanted to do, but she felt it was better if you pace yourself, (honestly I've never been very good at that! LOL!).  She recommended that if you found yourself wanting to do more "art"... to go back and either try to repeat the previous drawings from memory or apply way you had learned from a drawing in a completely new drawing. So that is what I did last night. Here are my first week's drawings. So last night I drew an apple practicing the things I learned  when drawing the pear... And I also made a cookie trying to apply some of what learned when making the donut. So that is what I've been doing lately along with creating some fun new kits a...

 So years ago when I first was introduced to Digital Scrapbooking, I loved making layouts and even worked on albums... then about 8 years ago I started designing, and that was super rewarding and I totally enjoyed the creative side of that... BUT, I have found that my actual scrapbooking has suffered a lot.  Crazy... but I design kits for other people to scrap with, but then seldom ever have time to actually do any scrapping for myself.  So I have started learning how to scrap using my iPad.  I am using Afinity Photo2 for the iPad, and while there is a learning curve it has been a lot of fun to get back into scrapping!! Here are a few layouts I have made. If you would like to see the kits that I used to make them you can click on the image and it will open a separate page in the store for that kit.   This layout was made using my Celebrate This: February.  This is the first layout I made on my iPad. This is an older layout I did, using my Ageless Wonde...

I am so bad about keeping up with blogs and journals.  I have great plans, but seem to struggle following through.  I post my sales and business related stuff on FB, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and send out a Newsletter... phew!  I think I'm just going to use this to share some of my journey... so if you are interested, this is what is going on with me and Memory Mosaic, right now. :)  I have wanted to learn to make some of my own elements from scratch... I know it might surprise some of you, but most Digital Scrapbook designers use a lot of CU templates we purchase.  That is why, as you look at different designer's kits, you are likely to see similar graphics, just put together in different ways.  Not that this is bad, it is totally normal and acceptable.  We all have our own take on stuff and most of the time kits come out totally different.  But, still I have wanted to "up my game" a little, so with that in mind, I have signed up for a couple "P...

 Hope everyone is doing well.  We are dealing with some freezing rain here this morning, but it is suppose to warm up as the day goes on. February 1st means time for the New Buffet Release at GingerScraps!  If you aren't sure what the "Buffet" is you should check it out!  All the designers work together using 1 color swatch and make some amazing kits/packs.  Most are available separately and bundled.  So you can mix and match what you want, if you don't want the whole bundle.  These are always marked at 50% OFF from the 1st-5th of the month. Here is mine for February:  This is the second in my limited series on finding ways to celebrate each month. Did you know that February 3 is Feed the Birds Day, or that February 13 is World Radio Day? There is literally something to celebrate every day of the month!! Hope you have a blessed day!  Stay safe and Happy Scrapping! 

 Life Happens I had such great plans of making sure to have new posts on here as a weekly thing... Oh well, we see how that is going so far! LOL! BUT, I won't give up! I can do this thing. :) The last couple weeks, I have not been idle.  I have finihsed and uploaded all of my new kits and packs for the month of February, and this week, I will be starting on my products for March!! SO YAY!!!  Here were the new items in the store last week... Both of these are still marked at 30% OFF in the store ! Here is a Sneak Peek... at what is coming in February... Also in February, we will be participating in the GingerScraps Newsletter Hop! Be sure to sign-up for our Newsletter to participate!

I am going to go ahead and give you a peek at what I have coming out on Friday... I really had a lot of fun making this kit.   Whenever I would say, “I can’t wait, until I’m grown-up… or It will be so good for the girls to be out of diapers… or something else like that, my Mom would always reply, “Don’t wish away your life.” I will be honest and say, at the time, I didn’t really get it, but looking back I realize how fast the days have gone by. It is so important to realize that the mundane, every day is where Life is happening. Capture those memories, Love those around you, be present today for yourself and for your loved ones. Right here, right now, this is our beautiful life. "Right Here-Right Now" will be live in the shop this Friday, January 13, marked at 30% off for the week-end. But you can snag it here , early! :) Here are some layouts made by the amazing GS Creative Team, and my personal CT.  Happy Scrapping! Joy

We are finishing up the first week of January!  I hope you have had a good start to this new year.  I have been working away to get more organized and I will say that while I haven't completed everything I was wanting to start it has definitely been a good week! January 1st was the release of my new collection, Celebrate this: January. It is the start of a limited series that highlights a lot of holidays in each month.  The idea, that everyday, there is something to celebrate!  The neat thing about the GingerScraps Buffet is that you can purchase each pack individually or you can purchase the bundle, and because all the designers use the same color swatch, you can mix and match to build the kit you want!  Today I released a new kit, "Keep Shining".  I really love how this came together.   Let me know what you think of the new products and if you have any ideas, for new kits, I would love to hear them!