I can see clearly now

the rain is gone! This weekend was the most gorgeous weather yet this year. Yesterday the sky was so blue and clear that I could see the ocean from the end of my street! And I wore shorts and flip-flops for the first time this year. Today it was even warmer, in the mid-70's I think. This is when I'm glad to pay the big bucks to live here. Hee hee. Something really exciting happened to me today. I had been competing in a digital scrapbooking competition called "Who Wants to Be a Gypsy Girl?" at Pixel Gypsy Designs. Over 7 days we had to create 7 layouts for 7 different challenges. They were all vastly different and they really stretched me to use different techniques and try out styles that I'm not used to. Guess what? I WON! I get to be a Guest Gypsy Girl for the next two months, creating for Sherrie Piegdon / Pixel Gypsy Designs! Here's the blinkie that I got: Pretty cool eh? Here are my layouts for the 7 day challenge. Day 1: Scrap something that impacted you in 2007 Credits can be seen here. Day 2: Scrap a layout with white space and using 7 elements or less. Credits can be seen here. Day 3: Scrap a favorite photo that you've scrapped before, but doing something totally different to the photo. Credits can be seen here. Day 4: Scrap-lift Whit's "Bagged" layout. Credits can be seen here. Day 5: Scrap a picture of someone you don't know. (Scrap without baggage. LOL!) Credits can be seen here. Day 6: Scrap your daily journey. (But not just what you did, but how you felt, and the significance of it.) Credits can be see here. Day 7: Scrap something funny or messy. Credits can be seen here. Whew, I got tired just putting these on my blog! But it was such a valuable experience to be a part of this challenge at Pixel Gypsy Designs. I really enjoyed it!