Trying out Windows Live Writer

This is supposed to be somewhat easier than using the dashboard, we’ll see.
First, I’ll try changing fonts.  A lot of scrappers love fonts, Well that went well.  Took a bit more to change it back, mostly figuring out which font the default one was. 
Now I’m going to add a picture of something.

Well that was pretty easy and gave me a few extra options to play with too.  Cool! 

Well it's cool in Writer, but is a giant pain to publish the photos, had to host it and that still didn't work.  Oh Well.

The next step is to see how well it publishes.
(By the way, the layout was made with Bobunny and Primas from the Christmas Scraptivity kit.  Thrown in too were Basic Grey alphas.)

Ooo The March Kit

The launch was on Monday at Scraptivity and the design team created a gorgeous array of layouts, cards and other cool projects.  The focus of this month's kit was the use of the Shimmerz and Blingz paints.  These really pretty paints add either a subtle shimmer or in the case of Blingz, outright glitter.  They layer wonderfully over printed papers and depending on how thickly you apply them, the print shows through.

 

Olympic ATC Challenge

I loved watching the Olympics.  All the athletes were just awesome.  The personal triumphs and tragedies were inspiring to me.  What some of these people overcame either on the way to, or during the games and yet still went on to compete was incredible.  The Slovenian cross-country skier, Petra Majdic, skiing with 4 broken ribs and a collapsed lung went on to win a bronze medal and then went off to the hospital.  All I can say is WOW and I should really shut up when my ski boots rub a little.

Of course the other huge story was Joannie Rochette losing her mother the day before she was to compete.  The grace, poise and dedication she showed was amazing.  Her mother would have been proud.

This brings me to another part of the Olympic story, that of the Canadian female athletes.  Lets give them all a big cheer.  The Women's 2 Lady Bobsleigh teams winning gold and silver was exciting to watch and a little scary. 

All this Hurray, though is heading to a point.  That point is my challenge.  Now that the Olympics are over there are loads of images available.  Heck you may have your own.  Create an ATC, or series of ATC;s the subject of which shall be the Olympics.  Use the images to create something unique.  You can do it digitally or you can do it with stamps and ink and paper and whatever you feel like.  Make it your own and reflect something about how the Olympics touched you.

 

Here's my example, I Can.

I used a really cool image of the bobsleigh team and one of Jennifer Heil after her silver medal performance that had the Olympic flag in the background.  I added some brushes and layered the images via colour burn and colour add.  Some bling and stamps and it was done.  Post here by Monday March 8th at midnight and I will draw for a prize.