Thursday, November 05, 2009

Never Say Never!!!






Well everyone knows that I have been a huge scrapbooker for the past 13 years since I was 15 years old. I love touching paper and pictures in my hand. I love going to the store and buying fun supplies. I am so blessed to be able to scrapbook for my job for the last 6 years. Everyone has always asked if I would ever get into digital scrapbooking and my answer had alwasy been "No way." Well never say never! The last 6 weeks I have been in an intense online training class learning Photoshop CS4 which is a complicated, mind turning program that is the most professional editing system on the market. (If you are interested, a great alternative in complexity and price is Photoshop Elements 8) I have learned sooooo many cool things and am shocked at how much I really enjoy digital scrapbooking. There is nothing cooler than laying in bed, watching reality TV, and scrapbooking on your laptop. I thought I would miss "touching" my supplies and having them in my hand. Nope. I feel completely creative and inspired simply by looking at files on my hard drive. I feel like I can express more of my personality in a digital page because I have so much more to work with besides paper, ribbon and brads. The possibilities are simply endless. And come on, I LOVE not having a mess to clean up when I am done with my project! I can't say that I will clean out my scrap room anytime soon because there will always be a use and love for that in my life but for now, I'm going digital! Here are some of my layouts at I completed in my training that I thought I would share!

A Crazy Madsen Halloween

We had a great Halloween, as always! Halloween is my favorite holiday with the Madsen's because we go all out! It's so fun to get everyone all dressed up and have dinner, games and lots of laughs. Here is the costume lineup:

Kelby & Tracy- Ninja & Tooth Fairy

Grandma & Grandpa Mower- Never figured out what they were :)

Paul, Renee & Amberie- Joker, and 70's couple (I was so impressed that Paul did his costume all by himself! He was so freaky!)

Brett, Jenna & Maddox- Mermaid, Football player & turtle

And we were a Greek God & Goddess with our little skeletons :)

Before the party, we went trick or treating in our neighborhood. It's always a blast and it is so fun to see all of your friends all dressed up. We have the perfect neighborhood for Halloween!

Colt & his BFF, Tyler Norris. How lucky to be best friends with your next door neighbor?!

Troy-Boy

The neighbors who went around the neighborhood together.