I just had to share with you. I recently decided that if I was going to make things, I wanted to learn from scratch. So I joined a learn to design course at www.browniescraps.com . Our first assignment was to design a mini kit using no Commercial Use items.
Step One: Go to the Forum and down load my kit here. (You must be a registered member of Brownie Scraps to download the kits, but its a great community with friendly people, good challenges and lots of learning opportunities!) Plus, they are great about leaving love!
Step Two: Make a gorgeous Layout and post it here.
Step Three: If your layout is chosen as the best LO, we each get a $5 Brownie Scraps Gift Certificate!
If you do download my kit and do a layout, PLEASE comment and leave me a link to your layout so I can leave you some love.
There are 35 designers, which means 35 free mini kits for you!!
Here is a preview of what I have so far for next weeks mini. I will post the link once they become available for download.
Well that's about it for now. I am having fun with the course, but finding it so hard to think outside the Commercial Use box.
Cheers Helen

Here are the layouts I have done using this awesome kit:
Sisters:
It's an awesome place to be, everyone is so much fun. If you thought about being on a CT, just send Meg an email. I hope I see some of you on the CT in the near future.
First layout is called Fun, Frolic and Feet:
Second layout is The Beauty of a Single Rose:
and last but by no means least Nature Walk:
This kit has some awesome elements and is a lot of fun to use, a very versatile kit, can be used for any occasion, not just Christmas:
Lastly I have Taking a Break:
Celebrate the 100th Day of School with this stunning CSD mega kit!!!We celebrate through literature, poetry, science, math, art, drama, and movement.
Next we have Birthday Celebrations:
Last but by no means least is No Point:
and Woodland Fairy:
This is an absolutely gorgeous kit, see preview below. So pop on over the 