A free font for you

I changed the look of my blog a few weeks back. If you look at the sidebars, you will see the headings of each section (as well as my blog button) have a nice little handwritten font. Well guess what? That font is my handwriting and I want to share it with all of you!

I love using my computer to do my journaling for scrapbook pages, but I like the idea of having things in my own handwriting, so this is the best of both worlds!

Just click on the link below and download my handwriting for free (scroll to the bottom of the page to the button that says "Download Now with Filefactory Basic"). Then you can install the font to your computer and use my font! Hope you like it!

Lorrie's Hand

Free page sketches

I love using page sketches. While I can often come up with a layout on my own, sometimes I need a little creative kick in the pants. That's where sketches come in.

I recently found this website and the sketches are FANTASTIC! The artist's name is Allison Davis and she shares not only free sketches, but also variations on those sketches. Last year, she did "Sketch Week" each week (that must have been hard!), but now she is changing to "Sketch Month"; however, all of her previous designs will still be available in her archives. Allison also has another sketch site called "Sketch Support" and it features lots of card sketches as well as layout designs.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention some other sketch sites that I enjoy:
Page Maps
4X6 Photo Sketch Blog
Get It Scrapped!
Scrapbooks Etc.

So get out there and scraplift something!

Free printable calendar/planner!

I found the most adorable printable planner and I just had to share it with y'all!

I am a planner junkie... I could spend all day in a Franklin Covey store. However, as we all know, planners and refills are pretty expensive so I often look for free printables to use as refills for my planner. Much to my delight, I found this little bundle of goodness! Not only does it have beautifully designed calendar pages, but it also has pages for notes, shopping lists, scrapbook page planning, and projects.

Many, many thanks to Brenda Arnall for sharing her talents with us!

Free class at Big Picture Classes!

Right now, over on Big Picture Classes, you can sign up for a free class called "Embrace Imperfection". It begins in February and lasts 2 weeks. It is taught by Karen Grunberg and it sounds like just the thing for those of us who think our pictures and/or layouts have to be "perfect".

Many thanks to Stacy Julian and BPC for this freebie!

P.S. This is not the only free class at BPC. There are several other self-paced classes (meaning that you can do them on your own time) that are completely free!

P.P.S. If you are a pet lover, enroll in a BPC class called "Celebrating Our Pets". The cost is only $10 and 100% of the proceeds are being donated to the ASPCA! So you not only get a cool class but you are helping a worthy cause as well.

Great FREE Photoshop patterns

I just love Twitter because I often learn things there I wouldn't have known about otherwise.  Today's fabulous "Twitter find" is this website post featuring 2000 FREE Photoshop patterns. Yep, that's right -- FREE! There are lots of designs, from cute to grungy to sophisticated, so there is sure to be something for every digi-scrapper out there!

Thanks to Ranger Ink for the link!