Big thanks to the lovely and talented Hummie for bringing the Blog Carnival fun back around. A few words about the Blog Carnival, then I'll get to all of the way-cool links!

We're looking for volunteers for future hosting... the first date someone is needed is September 1st. If you are interested in hosting the carnival (great traffic for your blog, and it's so easy to do since the entries are emailed to you), please email Hummie here. AND if you want to help out the Blog Carnival cause and spread the word about it, please add the widget (right column of my blog, click the link beneath the image) to your blog as well. The more people hear about it and submit things for it, the better it will be! You don't have to be a host to add it to your blog, either! The carnivals are on the 1st and 15th of each month, with deadlines of the 28th and 12th each month.

And if you stumble upon something cool, add it via the handy widget so it can appear in the next version of the Carnival! Or submit your blog article to the next edition of digital scrapbooking using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page and on the widget too. Now, on to the good stuff!

Traci Sims brought this one to my attention and I just had to share it here. Christine Middlecamp posts a step-by-step, page-by-page tutorial on how to do an AMAZING clear book here.

Hummie shared this great one: Hummie's World Shutter Speed Challenge posted at Danielle's Scrapbooking Pages. She said she just loved Danielle's sharing of her playing with shutter speed on her camera. It turned out so well!

Cindy Angiel submitted this set of online tools to help you get the perfect colors for your next scrappy project! Get the Perfect Color Mix! posted at dsd-professionals.com.

Hummie sent in this gem from Jessica Sprague's blog, which outlines 100 cool things you can do to pump up your layouts. This link is for the second set of ten, but just click through in either direction to see all 100! 100 in 10, day 2. posted at SpragueLab - A Little Studio of Scrapbook Alchemy.

Isn't it hard to stay on top of magazine page calls? Molly Newman's blog lists the latest calls from Digital Scrapbooking magazine, and Hummie was kind enough to point this out to us! Submit, submit, submit!

Monique Patry sent us this very helpful link to where Jen explains how she uses 1 layout multiple times to get more layouts scrapped in a short period of time for her many albums: A Cherry On Top, Scrapbook Shoppe posted at Tutorials - Digital - A Cherry On Top, Scrapbook Shoppe.

Hummie shared this awesome link to a tutorial on blend modes on MissMint's blog! The Art of Digital Scrapbooking Continued posted at BLOG | Miss Mint: Backstage Pass.

Momof9Blessings submitted this link to one designer's store-opening experiences: LAImel Designs Digital Scrapbook Store posted at Living 4 HIM2.

Hummie sent in this link to Vickie's list of other ways to use digital scrapbooking supplies. Here Are A Few Other Ways To Use Your Scrapbooking Creativity posted at Dreamin Tradigital Dreams.

Alvaro Fernandez submitted a link to a story about why hobbies such as scrapbooking are so good for our brains. Yaakov Stern: Build Your Cognitive Reserve posted at Brain Health blog.

Hummie shared this great blog post with many examples of the same photo at different shutter speeds from Claudette's blog. Camera settings.... posted at DigitalGator.

Karen (aka Karooch) pointed us to this post about understanding what RSS is about and how it can help you keep track of what's happening on your favorite blogs: Keep up to date with your favourite blogs using RSS posted at Scraps Of Mind.

Hummie sent in this great tutorial on overlays: How to use overlays/papermakers part3 posted at Scrap Your Art Out!.

Karen (aka Karooch) thinks black and white is the new black! She says: "Black & White has become a big Fashion trend and it's no surprise that Scrapbooking has followed suit. So I thought it might be fun to set up a Gallery of Black and White. And this can include scrapbook layouts, ATCs, cards, altered objects. The full spectrum of scrapbooking artistry. So do something in black and white and post it on your blog. Link it to my blog. I’ll post your layout (or whatever) on in the Gallery with a link back to your blog." Details are here: Black is the new Black posted at Scraps Of Mind.

Hummie submitted this interesting post about cloning: ::Cloning:: posted at My Sweet Life.

How much time do you spend at your computer? Connie shares some thoughts on Computer Time Management at DigiScrapInfo.com

If you blog have you ever wondered about tags, categories, trackbacks & pingbacks? DigiScrapInfo.com's series on blogging continues with a post on those topics.

Katie, aka stampnbug, guest blogs at DigiScrapInfo.com. She describes how she organizes her digiscrapping supplies in Shoebox on her Mac.

Heidi tells about how to create a wonderful album of your children's school work & artwork in her blog series at DigiScrapInfo.com on creating Personal School Photobooks..

Are you interested in getting a digital SLR camera? Connie talks about some of the options & links to informative articles to help you choose.

Connie provides a follow up on Windows Live Writer at DigiScrapInfo.com There are links to the first two posts on this must have tool if you're blogging!

Karen (aka Karooch) sent in this tutorial to help you understand the power and value of the layers function in photo editing software: Top 10 Tips for Working with Layers in Photoshop Elements (PSE) posted at Scraps Of Mind.