No more Diary Files in 2019 The last two years I have been working on The Diary Files, month after month. It has been a wonderful journey and it was really fun to make all the dolls, papers, elements, brushes, word art, templates and more. But now it's time for a change. I won't be leaving scrapbooking or Digital Scrapbooking Studio, I just want to do another fun project. Also fun! Also daring and really, you won't be without new dolls, I promiss. You will read about it in a

I have certainly thought of it for a long time: Should I do another year of Diary Files? Or should I do something very different from that. Now, almost at the end of the year designwise, I come to a few conclusions that will have impact for those who follow me in the scrapbook world: I won't stop with digital scrapbooking, do not want to stop with Digital Scrapbooking Studio either. But... there won't be another year of the Diary Files. If you know my collections for TDF, you

It's so dry and hot here in the Netherlands, that I can hardly believe it. It must be the climate change, no doubt. Even I, with my half of Asian blood, do not always like it. But... during the driest period last weeks I really enjoyed my fan! What I also like is to search for a sort of harmony in things. Like the yin and yang - dry and ... wet! So this month's collection is one that made last month complete when I designed it: I made the Diary Files for August into a water t

I had a hard time last two months. I wasn't sick with the flu once, but twice! I guess it just was my turn, because I can hardly remember myself having the flu. Okay, I still have the cough and maybe I am still a little tired from that, but I think I have beaten the virusses now! At least it's April now. And later today they think the wheather will be better. I hope so! I can hardly wait to go biking again in the countryside on my lovely bike without a helmet - like they do i

Ever since I am a scrapbook designer I have wanted to come up with new and unique products. Rather that making photo's of elements and use them as my elements for a collection, I drew my elements. Well, at first I DID make photo's of the elements, but I figured out that that wasn't my real passion. No! My real passion was in the drawing. And it still is, now more than ever before. Today my February collection will be in the shop. If there isn't any delay. Because there are m

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

I'm always doing too many things, but I have so many ideas that I really want to write or draw them before they are gone. Now I had the opportunity to do two e-courses and even if I don't get them both posted all the time, I really really need to do them. I'm sure I will go on with the digital scrapbooking designing I do, but I always have the feeling that I could do more drawing, get to learn new skills and ways to look at drawing and painting, and I LOVE to illustrate. So n

I am so happy to announce that the Diary Files for September are finally in the shop. Can't wait for you to see everything I made. I was inspired by the fact that my (big adult) children are going to their new years. My eldest is even going to university now. She wants to study to be a doctor and I am so glad she seems to have found her bliss! So part of the collection is based on science and biology. As for my son of 18, he is going to the last year of college now. He loves

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

I always start a new collection with a new color pallette and a new set of dolls. The dolls are my most popular item. There are always 4 dolls and they can be used in various ways: I make them in black outlines and in full color, so you can mix and match with everything else of the collection. There are people that collect them, really. They use them for fun, as a mood, an activity or a state of mind with their scrapbook layouts. If you only collect these dolls, you will have

Oh how quick January has passed! I didn't even have the time to make my own execises and assignments! Not that it is of any matter. Anyhow, I had a wonderful short break on Malta. It was fun and very inspiring. Since it wasn't very warm and Summer-like, we could visit a lot. We saw so many great buildings, from the Medieval and later, but also a stand alone building that is even older than Stonehenge, or the pyramids in Egypt. It was amazing and I'm sure I will show you more

Oh my, My first steps In my The Diary Files inspiration guide I am talking about trees. Trees have always fascinated me. They have charm, they're stong and give us air. There is no tree in the world the same. I love to make this into one of my projects to follow a tree for a whole year. I want to start and make a choice and maybe that is the hardest part of it: choosing a tree to follow it the whole year. I think I don't make photo's of it every day. You can of course do that

Good Morning everyone. Welcome to the new world. The world of 2017. Welcome to the world of The Diary Files. There will be good days, there will be lesser days. But whatever you are going through, I've got something for you to make this year a great year. Ckeck it out! You can save on the Bundle (as always: LOW priced) 50% off, but if you want to try the Starters kit only, with the notes, names of months and weeks, very many note pads and all kind of easy applicable cards wit