What Am I Doing? and Digi Challenge Thoughts

Why in the world am I blogging? Do I think that I have some oh so important wisdom to share? Heck no. I see so many blogs and ideas out there that I have a difficult time even dreaming that I could come up with something new and interesting.

In the past month, I have been given the fun opportunity to join the creative teams of two digi designers. I've only just started, but so far it's been pretty cool to get to know other talented scrappers and see a bit "behind the scenes" of the digi world. I have to confess that there was a tiny bit of a thrill to see a newsletter hit my inbox and see one of my pages pop up.

I will use my blog to help promote the designers I work with ... it's part of the gig of being on a CT; but, I do want my blog to more than that too. I'm not entirely sure what it will look like, but hey it's a blog and I'm excited that I have a place to share what I'm thinking about regarding scrapbooking and family storytelling.

That said ... here's my first "big" thought. Get ready for it. It may rock your world. Uh, no ... it really won't ... sorry. Here goes anyway:

Digi Challenges

Do you do them? I do! I LOVE them and I have three reasons:

Dream Big Designs Party Girl Shop

1. You get free stuff. Most of the digi stores that offer challenges have some sort of reward in place for doing them. My favorite place for digi challenges is Scrap Orchard. I earn Plum Perks which equates into cash off of future purchases. I'm a sucker for free. Each day there is a new challenge. Since joining Designs by Amber Shaw's team, I've started doing a few challenges at Pickleberrypop. There you earn percentage off coupons based on how many challenges you do. That's cool too and they post the month of challenges all at once. Several other designers have their own challenges where you get the opportunity to "win" a gift certificate after the month is over.

SO Vintage Sprout March Mega

2. I hate looking at a blank page and the challenge gives me a framework for making the page. The challenge I'm looking at for today at Scrap Orchard is to create a page highlighting a personal struggle using a lot of layering of elements and papers. I totally dig this! I'm still figuring out what I'm going to do but I have a couple thoughts mulling over in my little ol' mind. I often add another layer to the challenge and figure out a way to make a page that works with one of the albums I am making. It may seem weird, but I find the challenges to be freeing. The rules of the challenges help me become more creative. I zero in on the content, template, and theme of the page.

Captivated Vision and Laura Banasiak

3. The most important reason I love the challenges is they help me dig back into memories from my youth and bring out important pages I never would have made. Sometimes they bring some tears to my eyes, but those are good tears. The cleanse the soul kind.

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Thanks for reading my rainy Thursday ramblings. I'm off to throw dinner in the crock pot and see if I can whip up a page for today's challenge. I'll be back tomorrow with Amber Shaw's new kit. Oh, and don't forget that Dream Big Designs' sale at Scrap Orchard starts today and continues through Tuesday, April 9th.