Digital Scrapbooking Here I Come!

So I have always said, I will not convert to digital scrapbooking until I use up a significant amount of the paper and embellishments I have on hand.  I have more materials than I could probably use in a lifetime of scrapbooking.  We'll just call it a rookie scrapbooker mistake on my part!

I recently took part in the Mousescrappers Minnie Marathon.  Though I didn't end up completing all the projects, I did complete a few!  I thought I would share a couple today and then this week give you more details into how I created them.  But before I share them, I have to send out a huge thank you to my friend, Mary, at Capturing Magical Memories, who also just happens to be a designer for Mousescrappers as well.  I had never participated in one of these speed scraps and was completely overwhelmed (meaning, I was not nearly as prepared as I thought I was!  I'll know better for next time!).  I sent Mary a panic message to which she responded and got me back on track and excited to keep trying.

At Capturing Magical Memories, Mary shares so many great layouts for all areas of Walt Disney World.  She is very inspiring. I owe her a huge thank you for letting me ask her a million questions and she responding everytime with an invaluable tip or just words of encouragement.  So without further ado, here are my two very first digital layouts:

I will share more details this week on where I found the pieces I used, the templates and what specific challenge I was given for each one.

Have you converted to digital scrapbooking or do you prefer traditional?  I think I will end up being both!

MouseScrapper's Speed Scrap Minnie Marathon This Weekend

Since I am so far behind with my scrapbooks, I decided to join in my first speed scrap.  Well, let's just say, being a traditional scrapper (I haven't converted to digital yet!), this has been quite the start to my weekend!  There have been four challenges, of which I have completed three.  Since I haven't even completed three in the last six months, I am considering this a success . . . so far!  I will be trying my best to complete the fourth one from today and keep up with the challenges handed out tomorrow.

Have you joined in this weekend?  Even if you don't have time to join in, head over to see all the amazing layouts everyone has shared!  They are quite inspiring!

Head over and join in the 

MouseScrapper's Speed Scrap Minnie Marathon!

Even better, my friend, Mary, of Capturing Magical Memories and MCDigital Designs is one of the MouseScrapper designers.  In honor of this weekend's marathon, her entire store will be 40% off!    You can find her designs at the 
Capturing Magical Memories store at MouseScrappers.com

Creating Cricut Wall Decorations for My Nephew's Hospital Room

My two year old nephew, Dustin, was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.  (You can read more about what our family has been facing in my post Team Dustin ~ Prayers and Pixie Dust)  Being so far away from him, I had to do something to feel like I was helping, since I couldn't be there in person.  I decided what better way to send a little love than to create some wall decorations for his hospital room.  His two favorite characters are Elmo and Mickey Mouse.  I have all the Disney cartridges, so the Mickey ones I got right to work on.  I had no Elmo or Sesame Street cartridges, so I headed right to eBay and ordered every one I could get my hands on.  Unfortunately, I do not have any photos of the Mickey wall hangings because as soon as they were done, the kids and I headed straight to the post office with the wall hangings, as well as a collection of different things they could use to hang them on the walls (I wasn't sure what the hospital allowed, so anything I found from 3M products to tacky putty, I bought!).  But I used my Mickey & Friends Cricut Cartridge to create Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy and Donald.

Disney Character Cricut Cartridge Reference List at Pursuing the Magic

Today, on my Disney blog, Pursuing the Magic, I posted a list of all the Disney characters available on Cricut cartridges.  The characters are listed in alphabetical order, followed by each cartridge you can find them, as well as how many images available for that character.  It is a great reference if you are looking for someone specific for one of your Disney projects.

To check it out, head over to 

Disney Character Cricut Cartridge Reference List

at Pursuing the Magic

A Virtual Winnie the Pooh Baby Shower with the Magical Blogorail

Today, I am joining in the fun of a Magical Blogorail Special Edition loop.  We are sharing some fun ideas to host your own Winnie the Pooh baby shower.  Head over to check out everything from invitations to gift ideas to cakes, party favors and much more!

A Winnie the Pooh Baby Shower

A Few Disney Princess Scrapbooking Finds (and a couple of good buys) at Joann Fabrics

Come link up for the Tiggerific Tuesday Blog Hop  . . . or Bounce hosted by Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, Return to Disney and Mouze Kateerz.  It is a great way to network with other bloggers.

Today over at my Disney blog, Pursuing the Magic, Mary from Capturing Magical Memories and MC Digital Designs is sharing her safari-inspired scrapbook layouts.  Her posts have really given me some inspiration to get going on my scrapbooks.  So armed with my 10% off my entire purchase coupon for President's Day, my daughters and I made our way to Joann Fabrics to get a few supplies I needed to work on our Kilimanjaro Safaris scrapbook page.  When I got there I found a couple of exciting things, which doesn't happen too often at our Joann's because it is really small and rarely stocked.  (Though they just completely redid the store, so I am hoping that means lots of new products to go with the new look!).

First, they had several of the Cuttlebug embossing folders on clearance, so I was able to pick up a few I did not have.  I actually only own two, so I am excited to add the argyle embossing folder ($2.67), as well as the complete Freshly Picked set ($8.97 for 4 embossing folders in 2 different sizes), to my collection.  Maybe it is a sign I need to buy the Freshly Picked cartridge!

Our next stop was to find paper for a princess project I am working on for the girls, but I was looking for shades of blue.  I noticed that they have replaced the Paper Company Value packs of paper (I loved these!) with Core'dinations Premium Cardstock.  Within these premium stacks they had several themed sets.  I chose "The Prince," which included 5 sheets of 5 different colors, including the shade of blue I think I need.  Even better than finding the blue that I needed, the "old" Paper Company stacks were in the clearance section for $1.97 for 50 sheets of 8.5x11 paper.  I stocked up on those - they had the color themes Neutral, Brocade and Black & White left.


Finally, no trip to Joann's is complete without a stop at the Disney embellishments in the scrapbook aisle.  I love this section of the store. But today, I was quite excited to find Disney princess embellishments that included Tiana, Rapunzel and Mulan.  It is always easy to find Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, so I was excited to find the Disney Princess Die Cut Cardstock.  This set includes 118 pieces (see photo) and there are two of each image.  There are 10 princesses included in this one set.  The second set I found was a Disney Princess Dimensional Stickers set, which included 5 princesses (Tiana, Rapunzel, Ariel, Snow White and Mulan).  I am just excited to see more princess being included!

 I was excited to find Mulan, Tiana
and Rapunzel included in one set

This is the first set I have seen that includes
all of the Disney Princesses

Now to get to work!  If you are looking for a little scrapbooking inspiration today, make sure you check our Mary's website Capturing Magical Memories and her Etsy shop MC Digital Designs.