Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Well, today's the day...

Today's the day that I finally "reveal" my blog to the world. :) I never thought I would want to do a blog, but here I am. I finally caved. Although I'm going to tell you right up front, you won't find much personal stuff here. This is primarily going to be a place for me to share some digi freebies that I create. I’m not sure how often I will be posting freebies…I’d like to post at least once a week. But knowing how life can go, it may only be a couple times a month. So be sure to go over and subscribe to my blog. That way you’ll never miss a freebie, and you won’t have to keep coming back here wondering, “When is she ever going to get around to posting a new freebie?!” And hey, go ahead and grab the blinkie I made, too, while you’re at it. :)

I started digi scrapping in June 2007. Didn't mean to do it...we only got PSE 5 because it came bundled with Adobe Premiere Elements for doing video stuff. So I started playing around with PSE. Googling for tutorials led me to Designer Digitals where I found Jessica Sprague's First Layout Tutorial for Photoshop Elements, and I was able to create my first digi layout! Then I discovered Jessica's web site, and life hasn't been the same since! I took her Up & Running with PSE class in August 2007, Now We're Rockin' with PSE class in October 2007, and now I'm anxiously waiting for next week to get here so I can start her Digi: In Deep class on Monday!

So in honor of my blog's "Grand Opening" I have three free templates to share with you. (Some of my friends from over at the Jessica Sprague message board have already seen the first two.) And yes, these are pretty simple, straightforward templates. There’s plenty of room to add to them and embellish to your heart’s delight. But the way I figure, if a template saves me even 5-10 minutes, that’s 5-10 minutes more for me to spend scrapping! :) So grab ‘em if you’d like. If you do use them, I’d love to see any layouts you make with them. Link me up to where you have your layout(s) posted! Who knows, maybe I’ll post a few reader layouts here on my blog.

You’ll notice that although there are three templates today, there are six previews (two versions for each template). That’s because I can’t decide which preview I like the best. So take a look…do you like Preview 1 (on the left) or Preview 2 (on the right) the best? Be sure to post a comment and let me know. I’m going to tally the votes to help me decide which way to do my previews in the future.

Thanks for dropping by my blog! I hope you’ll stop back sometime.

(The links are below the previews.)
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Two Hearts Template

Heart on Grid Template

Template Freebie 3

17 comments:

joscelyne cutchens said...

yay to your new blog! I love that last scalloped LO template! :)

Dawn said...

Lisa...congrats on your new blog! It looks great!!! I will most definitely subscribe to your blog.
I can't decide which preview I like best (They both look good)!

Unknown said...

Lisa, congratulations on your new blog! Way to go GF! Looks great to me and thanks for another great template!

Williams Family Dirt said...

What an awesome blog! Don't you just love Jessica?!! I have been avoiding digital scrapbooking for a lot of reasons for the past year, until my BFF got me hooked. There is just something very different about digi scrapping that I find just as rewarding as traditional scrapbooking.

Great job on your blog!

Dawn said...

yeaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Very nice!!! i like both but my eye goes to the one with info at bottom...and thank you for the template!!! Proud of you...yes i am...
dewnie

Kari said...

Totally worth the wait ... looks fantastic!!! Can't wait to see everything you come up with ;) How do you find the time?! See you in class on Monday!

Jen Wolff said...

Had to come and leave you some love after reading your post! Welcome to the dark side of blogging (yet a different addiction)Thanks for the freebies!!

Chrystal said...

Lookin' good!! Welcome to the blogging world! :)

JenBalding said...

thanks, so sweet, great temps

Jodie said...

this looks awesome Lisa!!!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the freebies Lisa!

Unknown said...

Welcome to the world of blogging!! Great templates! Thanks for sharing them, Im' not sure which preview I like better, I like them both.

noel joy said...

woohoo! welcome to the bloggin' world lisa! :D :D :D very cute little templates, too. tfs!

thanks for adding aaron's donation button to your blog! you rock!

{{hugs}}

noel

Unknown said...

Yay! Cool Lisa! And great templates.

Tori said...

Wow, Lisa! How do you find the time? I'm impressed, and I love the templates! TFS!

casskaye said...

Thanks so much! I like the previews on the right, but I can't really say why. :) Welcome to blogdom.

Donna S. said...

Yah!! Love your new blog! Cute templates too!