This issue's free kit

Scrapping Life's Mishaps
Yes, scrapping the happy events in our lives is important, but just as meaningful, are those times when things don't go so perfectly.  Kids unfortunately get sick or injured and scrapping about it shows your love for them through hard times, too. For your own album, try scrapping some of your emotions about these events, as well as how injury or illness affected you as a child.  Some of my most memorable stories were when I got injured playing sports with my brothers and dad. Like running into the tailgate of the truck going long for a football pass, causing a trip to the doctor for stitches.  I still have the scars and we still share a laugh about it.  We certainly didn't take a picture of the event, but looking back, it would have been nice to have some tangible piece of evidence!  Even without a photo, I can still scrap about this memory and use a photo from the same time period.  This issue's featured FIRST AID PAGE PAK is perfect for this new goal of mine!

Some illnesses and injuries are much more serious, and not humorous at all.  Scrapping about these can be emotionally healing, and may help you deal with the unfortunate hardships.  Take it slow, though, and don't force it.

Thanks to all who pre-ordered our new Simply Recreation CD!  It is now in stock, and you can still receive the introductory price with free shipping through February 28th (click on image below to go to our store to view its contents or order).  See two inspirational projects below using the CD.

Free shipping on all CDs and books, as well as a download sale are our store specials through February 28 (Midnight PST).  We have added a What's New section to our store, but, as always, the top items in each section are the newest releases.

The newsletter special is a free book (Scrapbooking the Digital Way or Thena's Whispers) with any 6-pak or 12-pak of CDs.  Click the button to the lower right for more information.

Happy scrapping! Michelle Shefveland and The Team at CottageArts.net (Doris will be back in the editor's chair next month!)

Beth Ervin created the grungy hockey layout using  hockey papers, neutral color block paper, ribbons, hockey title, and two different alphasets from our new Simply Recreation CD. She also created the gorgeous card below with all the elements and papers coming from the same CD.