Answering Comments
With so many more of the comments here containing questions, I am feeling a need to begin answering them in posts.
First, thank you to Lillian and Sherry for informing me of the two broken links. I have fixed them!
Danielle asked me if I like digital scrapbooking better than paper scrapbooking and I would have to say "yes!" I only barely got started into paper scrapbooking and was struggling with it as I do not feel I am a very artistic person. To visualize a page as I go to purchase papers or even put them together from a folder of paper loot was very hard for me. However, to be able to just stick papers and elements and photos on a digital page and move them around until they look right, or change their colors using sliders until they look right, makes me artistic!
Of course, there is the factor of cost. In paper scrapbooking, a paper can only be glued down once. In digital scrapbooking, a paper can be used over and over and over again, even recoloring it. Digital scrapbooking can be very cost effective if you learn from the beginning to constrain yourself. It is very easy to begin saying "oh, it is only $5, I can get that." However, a bunch of $5 can easily add up and sneak up on you.
I have had several ladies ask me how to get started in digital scrapbooking. I kind of shook my head and then laughed. These ladies must be just like me in that they read quickly and then move on. I encourage newcomers to this hobby to check out my website. The links to my website are at the top of my blog. The website is dedicated to helping people get started in digital scrapbooking. Start on the tutorials page with Lesson 1 and move through them to learn everything you need to know to get started. There are important links hidden in some of the lessons, as well as plenty of links to shops on the links page.
To Pooh who commented that sometimes she does not like my work and does not know what to leave. I know you have a heart for loving and giving back to others. You are such a good person as can be seen by your posts. I also know, and have written that I do know, that not all my scrapping creations are great and useable. I do not feel artistic and do not feel I have the gifts of a designer. I feel God has gifted me with teaching. So I am trying to use those gifts by writing tutorials. My comments regarding paypal were for my tutorials, not my scrapping freebies.
I did cry immediately upon posting that post about paypal. Seriously, I did. I got really depressed too -- for the rest of the day yesterday. Everyone tells me I should get paid for all my time and, yes, that seems right. However, for some reason I am sad when I think about that. When I focus on just giving everything freely, I feel much happier. I have this battle going on inside of me. I wonder what God is trying to tell me.
I thank from the bottom of my heart the two ladies who gave me a $10 and a $5 donation yesterday. They are my first! I have decided it best to share when I receive donations. I know when I visit other blogs I often wonder how much they have received. Really, if they have gotten nothing for their time, I would want to donate. However, if they are "making a killing" off of that button, why would I want to donate? I know, that seems wrong, but surely many of you have thought that way, right? I think that if I am open, it will make me feel better.
I have decided I am going to save any donations I get until I get enough to buy the newest version of PSE5. I really have no desire to have it as I like PSE3 just fine. However, I do need to be able to help others in teaching them and should be familiar with it. Having screen shots of it in my tutorials would be helpful to my readers too.
Sue asked me why she is getting a request for a password when she clicks on some of my layouts. She stated she would like to download them. I keep most of my personal layouts under password protected folders for internet safety reasons. However, all of the free digital scrapbooking elements are available without passwords. If you are Sue as in one of my real life best freinds, e-mail me and I'll give you the password again. If you are a new to me Sue from the internet, I am sorry, I cannot give you the password.
First, thank you to Lillian and Sherry for informing me of the two broken links. I have fixed them!
Danielle asked me if I like digital scrapbooking better than paper scrapbooking and I would have to say "yes!" I only barely got started into paper scrapbooking and was struggling with it as I do not feel I am a very artistic person. To visualize a page as I go to purchase papers or even put them together from a folder of paper loot was very hard for me. However, to be able to just stick papers and elements and photos on a digital page and move them around until they look right, or change their colors using sliders until they look right, makes me artistic!
Of course, there is the factor of cost. In paper scrapbooking, a paper can only be glued down once. In digital scrapbooking, a paper can be used over and over and over again, even recoloring it. Digital scrapbooking can be very cost effective if you learn from the beginning to constrain yourself. It is very easy to begin saying "oh, it is only $5, I can get that." However, a bunch of $5 can easily add up and sneak up on you.
I have had several ladies ask me how to get started in digital scrapbooking. I kind of shook my head and then laughed. These ladies must be just like me in that they read quickly and then move on. I encourage newcomers to this hobby to check out my website. The links to my website are at the top of my blog. The website is dedicated to helping people get started in digital scrapbooking. Start on the tutorials page with Lesson 1 and move through them to learn everything you need to know to get started. There are important links hidden in some of the lessons, as well as plenty of links to shops on the links page.
To Pooh who commented that sometimes she does not like my work and does not know what to leave. I know you have a heart for loving and giving back to others. You are such a good person as can be seen by your posts. I also know, and have written that I do know, that not all my scrapping creations are great and useable. I do not feel artistic and do not feel I have the gifts of a designer. I feel God has gifted me with teaching. So I am trying to use those gifts by writing tutorials. My comments regarding paypal were for my tutorials, not my scrapping freebies.
I did cry immediately upon posting that post about paypal. Seriously, I did. I got really depressed too -- for the rest of the day yesterday. Everyone tells me I should get paid for all my time and, yes, that seems right. However, for some reason I am sad when I think about that. When I focus on just giving everything freely, I feel much happier. I have this battle going on inside of me. I wonder what God is trying to tell me.
I thank from the bottom of my heart the two ladies who gave me a $10 and a $5 donation yesterday. They are my first! I have decided it best to share when I receive donations. I know when I visit other blogs I often wonder how much they have received. Really, if they have gotten nothing for their time, I would want to donate. However, if they are "making a killing" off of that button, why would I want to donate? I know, that seems wrong, but surely many of you have thought that way, right? I think that if I am open, it will make me feel better.
I have decided I am going to save any donations I get until I get enough to buy the newest version of PSE5. I really have no desire to have it as I like PSE3 just fine. However, I do need to be able to help others in teaching them and should be familiar with it. Having screen shots of it in my tutorials would be helpful to my readers too.
Sue asked me why she is getting a request for a password when she clicks on some of my layouts. She stated she would like to download them. I keep most of my personal layouts under password protected folders for internet safety reasons. However, all of the free digital scrapbooking elements are available without passwords. If you are Sue as in one of my real life best freinds, e-mail me and I'll give you the password again. If you are a new to me Sue from the internet, I am sorry, I cannot give you the password.
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