Hello Natalia!

By the way, have you noticed that I have finally uploaded the beautiful banner that Sharon designed for me, and the signature as well? I chose the same font as the Studio Snippets blog. I think I've mentioned that the font is called 'Sunshine in my Soul' - how pretty is that?!!

Thank you Natalia for joining us here - it is lovely to see the numbers of friends growing bit by bit. I hope

you enjoy my exploration into this new world of card making, and the scrapbooking pages I share on here as well. I don't profess to be an expert in either field by any means, I am learning in both areas. So I really would appreciate feedback on how to improve as well as anything I am doing 'right' or effectively. So please do visit, relax, enjoy, and comment!

...and more friends are here too

It's exciting to have you join me

So thank you Vera, Sharon, Heidi and Jan for signing on as followers!

Vera is a very busy owner of two groups to which I belong, a family tree one and a miniatures one.

Sharon is the wonderful person who owns Plumrose Lane and designs backgrounds Including the one I've used here), banners, signatures for blogs, Etsy shops and more (I gave you here link before but again it is http://plumroselane.com ) the backgrounds and side tags are free and there are lots of free banners etc but I have bought custom banners and signatures for both the backgrounds I have chosen for this blog.

I met Heidi on eBay and she knows just how to tempt me - but she is a lovely person, we have lots in common and I am happy to call her a friend as well.

As for Jan - she is a dear friend indeed. If you follow my minis blog http://SnippetsfrommyStudio.blogspot.com then you might remember my Bundy holiday last year. Jan is the friend who offered the wonderful hospitality and with whom I had such a wonderful mini holiday. That's when I did the main part of the English Cottage by Debbie Young.

So each and every one of you my friends - welcome, and I hope you will visit often and leave comments. I will try to show enough of what you have asked for in the posts on our groups - how I do simple pages (my pages are always quite simple - I have too many to get through), sites I find helpful for cards and scrapbooking, and hints that help me when doing my projects.

In short - hopefully you will find it interesting and motivating (and motivating for me too vbg).

Comments: Some people have emailed me to ask how to leave a comment. At the bottom of this post, where I put my name, you will see a row of little icons and then there is some blue writing that will say '0 COMMENTS' . If you click on the word 'comments' it will take you to a box in which you can write a comment.

And more friends have joined us....

Thank you so much for checking it out here

Welcome Drora, Carmen, Judith & Krin - it is lovely to see your names added to the Followers list. this blog is getting such positive feedback that I think it's a 'go-er' so now I need to look our some of my completed pages and start showing them to you. Please don't expect works of wonder, I am very much on a learning trip and my style changes from page to page depending on what technique I am learning (when I am able to attend classes) or the album I am doing. You will also see, as I show you earlier pages and later pages, how I have changed over time, become a little more adventurous etc.

Meanwhile - thank you again for having a look, and I hope you will be visiting a lot here and sharing your comments and ideas as well as giving feedback.

That was quick!

Welcome to two friends

How lovely to see two of my friends signing on so quickly as followers of my new blog! Welcome, Alisa and Sandie - thank you for having a look and becoming my very first followers. I hope you both enjoy this blog too, and will visit often to see what I am getting up to.

Alisa has already emailed me to say how she likes the background. Alisa, I too like backgrounds that don't overpower the posts and photos that are published on the blog. The second background I have chosen is in richer colours (rich red and tan) and I didn't feel it was appropriate for now. It is summer here and very hot at the moment and I like the effect of the pretty blue.

I know you both check the Snippets blog regularly and I hope you check this one too, and leave lots of feedback my friends.