The Diary Files 2018 . A new beginning. About diaries, planners, classical pages, journaling. I always liked to keep a diary, but through the years when I was sooo busy building my life, getting married, getting 2 wonderful kids, trying to be in as many creative jobs as I could, there was not so much time for it. Or I didn't think of it. Now that the children are young adults that are still home but having a life of their own, the wish of keeping diaries, but also the need fo

Love the parties, outdoor festivals, hanging loose on the beach or simply in the garden. It's that time of year again. So hurray! Welcome July! Here is my new collection. I'm sure you know what to do with it! :) #TheDiaryFiles #diary #bernasplayground #BernaDatema #July #dolls #templates #scrapbookcollections #Summerparty

When I first got to know digital scrapbooking I was very surprised by the phenomenon templates. I though they were awesome to start with, because I wasn't so sure about the placement of all those elements, photo's, texts, everything. I must say, it kind of overwhelmed me that there were layouts made with more than 5 elements! One of the reasons for that was that I had to deal with a very slow computer. Computers were not built for so many layers and such colorful and busy lay

... and now all of a sudden it seems to be June! My June Diary Files collection is in the shop now. This time it contains 40 collage papers (more or less solids), 40 printed papers, 64 elements with lots of flowers, a dog, butterflies and a bird. Then there is a set of 20 brushes, another set with 12 pocket cards, there are two weeks of templates for week 22 and 23, both in .psd and .png files. Of course there are 4 new dolls in black outlines as well as in full color and the