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My Memories Giveaway

So much for getting back to blogging regularly! I spent the first two days of last week dealing with browser and internet problems, and then came down with a nasty respiratory virus for the rest of the week. This is the first day I've managed to get back to a somewhat normal schedule.

Anyway, I have a giveaway for all my readers! For this week only (October 20-26, 2013) you can download My Memories Suite Version 4 (a $40 value) for free! Simply enter the following code in the promo box before checking out: FreeTreatLO115 (Feel free to copy and paste the code into the promo code box). Please note that this offer applies only to the downloadable version of My Memories. 

  For those of you that haven't heard of My Memories, it is a digital scrabooking software. It can be used to create everything from scrapbook pages to cards, calendars, DVDs, interactive digital albums and more! I used it in this post to create the collage of the first 6 days of the TIAS, rather than posting 6 individual photos. I've also used the program to make monthly calendars for my computer desktop, Facebook cover photos, and to create word art.

Scrappin' Saturday XX

Welcome to Scrappin' Saturday - take a peek into the pages of my scrapbooks.

Picking up from where I left off with this series, this is my second page of tatting. The upper right design is from Glass Christmas Balls by JoAnn Stearns. It is the top half of design #4. After that, I went with a few motifs and edgings so the ornaments would be done in time for Christmas. I used satin covered balls from Handy Hands and straight pins to hold the pieces on. The square medallion on the green ball in the center is a pattern I got from freepatterns.com. They credit it as being from Old Time Crochet Magazine, Summer 1998. The pattern for the green ball on the middle left is from Handy Hands Fall 2004 newsletter. The upper left ornament has the Trefoil Edging from the Big Book of Tatting . I'm not sure why I included the ornament in the middle on the right side - that was made with my Mom's embroidery machine. The two bottom pictures are of some other ornaments I've tatted. The green one is from the Big Book of Tatting, Christmas Tree Motif. I used DMC #5 pearl cotton in a medium dark green color. The round motif is from Tatting for Today, Motif #25.

How I Made It

Background:  Decorative Scrapbook Paper by Paper Pizazz. "Holly on Green" HOTP-20222
Borders: Cream colored cardstock and Spellbinders Grand 12" Classic Lace Border.
Photos: The photos were cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Ovals Die Template , and were mounted on cardstock shaped with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals Die Template .
Journaling: Sizzix Tags, Scallop Combo #2, with bits of thread through the holes. 
Other Embellishment: Snowflakes were punched with a Hyglo 6-in-1 craft punch. I used glitter glue to add sparkle, and scattered them around the page.