Created with the Dreaming of White Page Kit, is the Dreaming of White Instant Album

Created with the Dreaming of White Too Page kit is the Dreaming of White Too Instant Album.

These 8 fabulous funky word arts are inspired by my children's love of colour. Awesome word art in phrases that kids and teens of all ages love to use.

Kit Includes:

1 BFF's Word art
1 Funkalicious Fun Word art
1 Lets Party Word art
1 OMG Word art
1 Rock Da House Word art
1 Sweet Word art
1 Too cool For School Word art
1 Yo Dog Word art

New in store at Digital Scrapbook Place, She Shell Stamps!

My January newsletter is due out very soon! If you haven't signed up yet, make sure you do as I have a very special freebie in the January newsletter exclusive to newsletter subscribers! Not only do subscribers get freebies in the newsletter, but you get a freebie just for signing up! Just click here to sign up for my newsletter and snag some fabulous freebies!

Have you been to Digital Scrapbook Place lately? There is a fabulous close out sale of over 300 items marked down by a massive 75% off. Make sure you check them out before they disappear for good! Sale ends 5 January 2011!

Now is the perfect time to buy because they are 25% Off for the 12 Days of Christmas Sale!

Dreaming of White, with candy cane, snow flower, rowan berry branch and snow flakes.

Dreaming of White Too features a rustic window frame, rowan berry wreath, wings and silver holly.

Buy the two together as the Dreaming of White Value Collection, and save!

I did this layout of the kids visiting Santa this year using the value collection.

Want something a little different? You might prefer my It's Xmas Plopper Cards also available at Digital Scrapbook Place.

They are now available in store at DSP and make sure if you like them you pick them up this weekend during our HUGE Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales!!

Click here to go direct to the frames in store at Digital Scrapbook Place!

They are now available in store at DSP and make sure if you like them you pick them up this weekend during our HUGE Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales!!

Click here to go direct to the frames in store at Digital Scrapbook Place!

Check out the Merry Brrr Page Kit,

The Merry Brrr Add On Pack

And the gorgeous Merry Brrr Alpha!

Grab all three as the Merry Brrr Value Collection and save!

Check out some layouts I have done with Merry Brrr

I have released the kits as separates as well as a value collection, so you can buy them all in one and save, or just buy the pieces you need.

First we have the Beans and Spaghetti Page Kit, now available in store at Digital Scrapbook Place.

I have made a bunch of extra backgrounds as a Beans and Spaghetti Back Pack to go with the kit, all of these are not just revamped but entirely new. What I love about these backgrounds is that not only do they coordinate with the kit, they are versatile on their own for other projects or layouts as well.

And then we have the Alphaghetti and Sauce Alpha Set. Perfect for those fun food layouts! Allphaghetti has also been entirely redone.

Want to buy the whole lot and save? Why not get the Beans and Spaghetti Value Collection, the whole collection at a reduced price. Not only will you have a great collection to scrap your fun food layouts, but this collection is also great for recipe cards, cooking layouts and the pieces are versatile for BBQ's and dinners too!

Now, just to wet your taste buds, I have made up a little freebie for you with the Beans and Spaghetti Value Collection.

Just click on the preview below to download this 6×4 Sized Recipe card, perfect for displaying your favourite recipe as part of a card collection. Included is a space to put a photo or even the ingredients list. Just plop your recipe in, a title and photo and you are done! Enjoy!

Anyway here are my It's Christmas Ploppers in two different size options. I hope you find something suitable for doing your Christmas Cards this year.

It's Xmas 8×4 Horizontal Cards

It's Xmas 6×4 Horizontal Cards

It's Xmas 8×4 Vertical Cards

It's Xmas 6×4 Vertical Cards

Rather make them yourself? Now is the time you get started so it isn't a last minute rush. Check out my It's Xmas Value Collection and Merry Brr Page kit and Alpha

Have you tried Printing labels?

I have a lot of cards to send and hand writing all the addresses would give me a serious case of RSI even if I didn't have Arthritis in my hands, so I enter all my addresses in a database which I keep up to date during the year. Keeping it up to date as you get new addresses saves a lot of headache at the end of the year when you have to find your great aunts new address or check whether anyone has moved. I do try and keep them up to date, but you never know when Mum knows and I don't!

If you don't have a database program you can even use a spreadsheet to export and print your labels or another easy way is to have it ready to print in a word document. My Mum uses this method and it is super easy and less complicated than maintaining a database. If you can use word, you can maintain a few pages of labels. Avery also have templates for word, the Word Avery Template wizard and they have other great products to make your label printing easy. Unistat also have software to help make label printing easy.

I really want to keep all my addresses in outlook, which I do, I just wish Microsoft would make it easier to export them. The export option exports every field, most of which you don't use.. so you have to clean up the export before you can use it. I did find this program by Code Two which helps you to export your chosen fields. I might have to give it a try and see if it makes it easier.

One advantage of using a database or spreadsheet for your labels, is that you can use mail merge to personalise all those Christmas letters. Dear Julie and John sounds so much better than Dear Friends & Family. There are many tutorials on the web on how to mail merge in your chosen programs, here is one for merging your data in Excel with your document in Word. It sounds overwhelming at first, but once you get it worked out it is so much easier and faster than hand typing all those names on each Christmas letter.

I also have stickers made up with our address and phone number on them so everyone always gets our up to date address and number every year. I had clear ones made so it looks good on any colour envelope. If you have them made in bulk they can be quite reasonably priced. In a pinch I have printed our return address on labels when I was out of my address stickers. If you can be bothered fussing with your printer you can print your addresses directly on your envelopes, but I have found it fiddly and fraught with paper jams. Unless you have a printer that prints on envelopes really well, I wouldn't recommend this method. It does however most definitely look better and is cheaper, providing paper jams don't wreck too many envelopes!

Don't be afraid to get out those digital scrapbook graphics to decorate and personalise your Christmas letters, I love nothing better than digging through my digital scrapbook supplies for my letter decorations. It makes writing the letter so much fun, and I think more fun to read as well.