Corrie Kinkel

I don't use a camera any longer, I use my phone. The phones have better and better cameras, enough for what I want. But when I buy a new phone with new possibilities, I always do the same to get to know it.

Mary beautiful, it makes me long for summer!

I didn't know that, I learn so much here 😃

My contribution for this font challenge. I used the Mona Home font for the title of the poem and the font for the poem itself is Aura also a thin monoline font. Thanks to the extremely mild weather we have had the snowdrops are already in flower. My son showed me a photo of it from his garden, but for this layout I used one I took some years ago because it was better suited, no clutter in the background! The drawing of the fairy comes from DigitalScrapbook.com and I had it for some time in my stash together with the poem. I have taken the liberty to alter the poem a tiny bit. In the poem was written the Fair Maid of February and I changed that to January. I think that's ok I'm not going to sell or publish this layout other than here and maybe in our facebook group.

Q = Quadriceps, the muscles on the frontside of the upper leg which are responsible for stretching the knee

This my contribution for week One. I just choose the fonts I will be using on every card.

Ann I'm glad you are feeling well again; Covid is still among us! I have had it 14 months ago and like you with mild symptoms. But it was a pity that you got it in this time of the year.

Well as I together with Suzy am the reason we are having this thread (thank you Carole) I'm in. I will use the script cass-CountingCards1 that has a card with the week number on it. That will give a coherent layout for the whole year and I will change the colors depending on my photo. This is just a card not a full scrapbook page and it will be easy to make. Which in my opinion makes it not too difficult to keep up with. When I have my first card done I show it here later today or tomorrow.

Doska this is great and luckily Carole gave you the okay to share it here!

G = Going to the Gym (two G's in one go😉)

C = Cycling

I have been playing around with the new script cass-CountingCards1-Weeks. I made 2 cards for week one but I can't see myself taking a photo every week and make a card. Carole maybe this could be a new challenge! So I thought when would I count in weeks: on a holiday when I make a lot of photos and each week could have a lot of photos. That would make a nice intropage for the different holiday weeks in a photo album. Therefore I tried that option with a photo from last year. Nice!!!

V = Variation which you need to keep it up

After today's Newsletter I checked the Store and saw the template freebie YearInReview-2023. I have started with the last lessons of the scripting course but couldn't resist the chance to use it. Well it's a diversion from studying the last lesson, which is a big one and I certainly can't concentrate the whole evening on it. 😉 From all the photos I took in 2023, I selected one from each month. Plus a bigger one from the Grand Canyon which was my highlight of the year, apart from seeing my family again. Furthermore nothing fancy, soft colors for the squares, because the photos are colorful enough and I didn't change the font for the months, only colored it. Now to bed and tomorrow back to the study!

M = Milon circle a fitness routine

We had a most unusual Christmas day; our daughter and her family were flying (from SF) to Switzerland and did so via Amsterdam. They had a transfer time of 6 hours and we (my husband, son, his partner and myself) went to the airport to meet them for a couple of hours and we all got there within 10 minutes of each other. It was fantastic to see them and hug them, but it didn't feel like Christmas at all. The big main restaurant was closed due to X-mas and understaffing, so we sat down in one of the cafeterias, luckily it was very quiet and we could sit together. After we said goodbye to them, we had a late lunch with my son and partner and went our separate ways home. My hubby and I had our Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve which we never do, so that felt a bit unnatural to us. Today I put away all the decorations, the weather is not great, rain and storm. No weather to take a long walk.

Sorry to hear that you had corona, it is still not a simple flu-infection and it is going round at an alarming speed at the moment. I hear it from a lot of our friends at the moment and most of them took the latest vaccination in the last couple of months. Take care!

I don't make lists anymore, so depressing not being able to follow them and realizing I can't!😭

I'm in too! I'll have to search for new photos because this is the 2nd time round.

A happy New Year to Carole and the whole Scrapbook family!

T = Thankful

Julie I had the same problem, no banner anymore but if you go to the calendar you still can see it and can click on the 25. There is a wordart saying Merry Christmas in many different languages and there is a time set when this countdown ends. I probably was too late checking in, but we were away for the day and just got home. Carole and Sue thank you very much for this wonderful Christmas Countdown, it was something to look forward too every day!

Mary it may have taken a lot of time to complete this alphabet together with the Travel Workshop but it has turned out very beautiful!

O = Opportunity to see family and friends

K = Kindness