CUSTOM GLITTER!!

Guess what? Finally, finally, I have the chance to offer a service I've been dying to offer since April! Custom glitter anyone??

I am now available to sell custom glitter styles and sheets at goDigitalScrapbooking.com! I'm so excited! I sell 6-packs and 12-packs to fit any size palette. (There's something odd with the previews in-store at the moment, but that will be fixed soon!) If yours has an odd number, I'll happily fill in the extras with coordinating shades of the same colors for variety. :) Plus if you're REALLY nice, you might get a little bonus gradient glitter sheet in YOUR colors! Check it out! You'll notice that all of my alphas are now available separately in-store as well.

I've got another Progressive Challenge starting up tomorrow, so come and join me at GDS! :D

More GDS news and sneak peeks!

So I have another bit of news today. A couple, actually. Do you all like freebies? This is a big week for them! First of all, if you didn't catch yesterday's alpha and QP, be sure to scroll down and snag 'em! Second, today I am featured in the Daily Download at goDigitalScrapbooking.com! This month is GDS's birthday, so all of the Daily DL's will coordinate with the Just One Year designer collab bits and pieces in the store. If you collect all of the dailies, you'll have a pretty good coordinating stash to go with the pieces you can buy from the store! My first Daily Download freebie EVER is...

a glitter pack!


In the future, I will be able to offer glitter as a Designer Service at GDS, so this is a great way to preview my glitter and see if you like how I make it! :) Head over to the Daily Download Forum @ GDS to grab yourself a copy -- but be quick, because it's only free for a day before it goes up in the store! You will have to be a member of GDS to see the forum.

While you're over at GDS grabbing THAT freebie, why don't you check out their challenges? I get to host the newly-improved Progressive Layout challenge! If you scrap along with me for a week, following my steps (think speed scrap in slow motion), you can win an awesome mini-kit when the challenge is over -- just for creating a layout! This challenge will run every 2 weeks, and it's just one of many awesome challenges at GDS! Check it out here!

Another item of interest -- As you know, I'm going to be collab'ing with Val (geniaBeana) on a regular basis. Our first collab is ready to go!! It's called Hoo's My Boy, and it's awesome! The best part? We're giving away two FREE copies - one at DigiScrapAddicts (hosted by Super Spy Zeee) and one at DigiShopTalk (hosted by Super Spy AZK). You can post in both threads for two chances to win! Here's a sneak peek:


That's all for today -- but later this week, GDS's birthday bash will really be kicking off, and there will be yet another freebie from me through the Scavenger Hunt! So come on over and hang out with us!

The collab is HERE!!

Hey everyone! I've got news! This month was my first chance to participate in the Monthly Mega kit at MyLifeandScrap!! It's called Road Trip and it's totally awesome! It has an Americana, route-66 sort of theme. Here's the full kit (click to visit the store!):


I got to contribute some papers, a couple of elements, and an awesome glitter pack, all of which are included in the whole kit! Here are previews of my pieces just for kicks:



The whole mega kit is only $5, so check it out!

Sorry, no freebies today :( But I hope to have something for you this week, so stay tuned!

QC APPROVED!

Hurray!! All of my kits, glitter and templates are QC-approved at MLAS! This means they've undergone a detailed check to make sure they are absolutely the best quality for you. :) And this includes.... LEMONBERRY FIZZ!

That's right, I am FINALLY done with my new kit! It's colorful, full of fizzy goodness, and QC approved. ;) Special thanks to Laura for doing the QC for me!

The kit and glitter are both 30% off until Wednesday, so go check it out!!




The kit also includes a pretty pair of alphas in warm and cool colors:


For those of you just stopping by for the freebies, check this out! It's a pack of pretty solids that match the papers in the kit! (FYI: If you buy the kit, this addon is included.)

Lemonberry Fizz Add-on Paper Pack
This paper pack includes 8 gorgeous solids, in all the colors of my new kit. They are 12x12" and suitable for all your scrapping needs. :)

Click on the preview to download!

Grand Opening!

My store is open!! I have a revamped "Ready For Sun," a revamped CU glitter pack, "Beautiful Blues" (glitter included!), and a BRAND NEW template 4-pack! Everything is 20% off for my grand opening, so go see, go see!

Kimi's Kreations @ MLAS

Check out my cool packaging! Images are linked to their product pages.

Ready For Sun has been revamped! The flowers are a little cleaner and crisper now, and I've added several new elements. I also completely redid the glitter pack to match the quality of my newest ones (seamless, nice and chunky, with 12x12 PNG files).



Beautiful Blues is pretty much the same as it was before, except that the glitter pack now comes in PNG format for better quality. So if you downloaded it while it was still a freebie, no worries. ;)


And here's my brand new template pack! Four pretty pages stuffed with photos -- at least 5 pictures per page! And guess what? You get a coordinating freebie! Scroll down to see!


Template 44
Template 44 crams a whopping NINE pictures into a single 12x12 page. This template also coordinates with Template Pack 01, now available in my store! Note: For those of you wondering what happened to Templates 40-43, I kept the same numbering scheme even for the store-released templates, so if you get the template pack it'll still line up in order with the rest of them. :)
6/11/09 - This template has been updated and now includes both the original PSD and new PNG files.

Click on the preview to download!


Happy scrapping!! And if you happen to have any layouts made with these kits, if you could upload them to my gallery over at My Life & Scrap, that would be absolutely awesome!!

Oh, and by the way... I made a new blinkie, too! If my CT members or I see you sporting it in your sig around DSA, DST, or MLAS, you could get RAK'd!

Beautiful Blues

So, I had a little extra scrapping time on my hands today, and apparently got a bug in my head. Still on the high from my Digital Candy sugarbinge this last weekend, I was browsing their challenges and found this month's color challenge. It was to simply pick a color you like and make a minikit entirely based around that color.

Now, I don't know how well I did. I am still a pretty new designer. And I did use a bit of CU stuff. BUT, I think it turned out pretty well. At any rate, there are tons of sparkles, and you can't go wrong with those. :D

Beautiful Blues Minikit


Like it? Love it? Hate it? Here's what you get!
*7 papers; 2 plain, 4 patterned, 1 embellished with glitter
*20 unique elements, including:
-1 daisy
-1 metal-and-glitter bracket frame
-1 metal-and-glitter flower
-2 tiny buttons
-2 paper frames; one rectangle, one square
-1 glitter border
-3 different glitter swirls
-1 vellum mat + separate glitter edge
-2 torn & printed cardboard mats; one bracket-shaped, one scalloped
-1 vellum-and-glitter butterfly
-1 glitter butterfly-with-trail embellishment (as seen on the paper)
-1 curly/knotted string (2 colors)
-1 long knotted string (2 colors)
-1 pretty staple just for you. :D

And here is an example of what you can do with it; a layout I made to rack up some extra points in the color challenge. ;)


Convinced yet? Here are your download links!!

EDIT: Links expired -- check my shop! :)

BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE! (*ahem* starting to sound like Billy Mays here...)

Beautiful Blues Alpha
This colored-chrome alpha uses the font "Socially Awkward" by Kevin and Amanda (available here) and coordinates with certain elements in the mini-kit.

Click on the preview to download!

EDIT: Link expired -- check my shop! :)


Beautiful Blues Glitter
You know you wanted it! This CU glitter pack contains just 3 pretty blue glitters, in .asl format for Photoshop users AND 12x12 .jpg format for all other programs! And yep, you read right -- the glitter is commercial-use friendly! A link back or a name drop wouldn't hurt though. ;)

Click on the preview to download!

EDIT: Link expired -- check my shop! :)


Phew! Quite a day! I'm going to go collapse now!! Please leave me a comment to keep me chugging along if you enjoyed these freebies! ;)

Spring Flowers Alpha and Glitter Pack

I originally intended to release these yesterday, with the add-on, but I went to post and took a second look at my alpha. Without going into too much detail, I decided it needed an overhaul, and I think it is MUCH better this time (and completely and totally different from how it was before). I hope you like it. :) I also had to update the TOU for the glitter, since I decided to make this my first CU freebie! Woohoo!

Spring Flowers Alpha
This alpha is mostly made of the "Missed Your Exit" font, but it did not include an asterisk or curly brackets, so those are swiped from other Kevin & Amanda fonts. The alpha should match my "Spring Flowers" mini and add-on perfectly. :)

Click on the preview to download!


BAM Color Challenge #2 Glitters!
I'm excited about these, can you tell? :) I figured out how to make seamless glitter textures in Photoshop, and made you seamless layer styles (in .asl format) for PS/PSE users, AND 12x12 glitter sheets for those of you in other programs. They are CU-friendly -- this means it is perfectly okay to use my glitter to make your own elements, with or without giving me credit (though it is appreciated!), but DO NOT redistribute the original .asl file or the original glitter sheets! Thanks!

The glitter sheets are huge, so they are in two separate chunks, with the heavy ASL file in its own third chunk. Download links below the preview!

BCC2 Glitter Styles for Photoshop/Elements users: DOWNLOAD HERE
BCC2 Glitter Sheets for all other programs:
DOWNLOAD 1 HERE
DOWNLOAD 2 HERE

CU Glitter anyone?

Hey guys, I have a proposal for you.

I recently figured out how to make SEAMLESS glitter textures, so I can fill an entire 12x12 paper with glitter, no funky lines. It's awesome, and it has way increased the quality of my glitters. Anyway, thus far my glitters (the few I've put up on this blog) have been personal-use freebies. I will continue to do those when I make kits, but I was wondering if there's anyone out there who would like a custom glitter set, from your own color palette, for COMMERCIAL USE, for a small donation. You could use it any way you like (except to redistribute the exact files I give you and claim them as your own) -- you could make your own kits for freebies or to sell, make your own pretty glitzy alphas, or anything you want.

The downside of this plan is that I am not affiliated with any shops, so you would have to trust me and take my word for it (and Paypal's) that I'm an honest person who will do what I say I will. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to hook up with a shop, but for now this is all I can do.

Let me know what you think. Here's my proposal:
-You make a $3 donation to my Paypal account.
-You e-mail me a color palette, up to 5 colors (or buy an additional 5 colors for $2 extra).
-I give you an estimate of the amount of time it will take (most likely 24-28 hours, unless crazy things are happening)
-When I'm done, you get the following:
*12x12 SEAMLESS glitter papers matching each of the colors you sent me
*A custom set of layer-styles to use in Photoshop, applying the glitter texture to your images and/or text.
*Permission to use these files for making your own kits, as freebies or to sell.

This is just a "feeler" post; please comment here with some feedback for me if you'd like to see some custom CU glitter! :) How do you feel about this proposal?

Mega Freebie Friday!

(If you haven't yet, be sure to check out my previous post for a blog train and minikit freebie!)

Before I get started with the FREEBIE SPAM, I need to catch up on a couple of layouts:
This is my contribution as part of Kaelira's unofficial "CT" for her very first kit ever! Very colorful! You can still snag the kit, Emma's Toybox, and the template used for this page (#19) over at her blog, a few posts back.

Credits:
kit - Emma's Toybox by Kaelira
template - #19 by Kaelira
font - Tracy (the others were alphas)
actions - tear by Atomic Cupcake

This I made for BAM's first Recipe To Scrap. The requirements (taken from ScrapMatters' October rules) were:
1. Photo (as many as you want.)
2. Frame your photo, but don't use a frame
3. A Shape, any shape
4. Stitching
5. Doodles
6. 1 background paper
7. ribbon (at least 3)
8. word art
I love this photo, not for the high-def quality of it or the "perfect shot" but for the way the sunlight was just glowing off their faces and hair and how you can totally tell he adores the people he's with and that they love to be around him too. ^_^ This was an unusual moment for me, just one little picture. I'm sure I didn't do it justice, I'm no expert with the layering-around-a-photo thing. But I like it. :D

Credits:
kit - Oh Happy Day by Amanda Resende
actions - cracked paint, rub on, stitches
fonts - Oh {Photo} Shoot, Howser

Then last night we had another speed scrap at BAM. The requirements for the speed scrap were:
1. Pick two pictures
2. Pick 4 papers, to use as you like
3. Use one picture in the background. Extraction, blending mode, as you like. Or play with the opacity.
4. Frame the other picture
5. You may use up to 8 different elements, not including word art or alphas.
6. Include something BLUE! (cuz this is me)
7. Journaling or title must include song lyrics
Ironically, the title of my page rhymes with the name of the kit I used. Subliminal messaging? *lol* I really like how it turned out. I don't mean to sound at all conceited, but it was so cool scrapping with a button I've actually held in my hand, and bows I tied and photographed and extracted, and stitches I took in a piece of plastic canvas. SO STINKIN FUN!

Credits:
kit - Ready for Sun expansion kit by Kimi's Kreations (see where this is going? keep on reading!!)
actions - wild tear, small tear by Atomic Cupcake
fonts - His Name Is Honey, Goudy Stout
lyrics - "Ready to Run" by the Dixie Chicks (chorus)

And last but not least (for the layouts anyway) is a layout for the Weekly Challenge. The requirements for this one:
1. template by one of the BAM girls
2. graphic by one of the BAM girls
3. something yellow
4. black&white or sepia photo
5. personalize the font that you use in your title
This was a great challenge. I loved using all BAM stuff, and Kasie's template was gorgeous!

Credits:
template - #3 by Kasie
bg paper and chunky square border - BCC1 Retro Rainbow by Kaelira
orange/green papers, string and star element - Playtime mini and expansion by geniaBeana (expansion to be released this weekend).
font - Goudy Stout, personalized with my own glitter. :)
actions - AC rub on used on date.

So as I mentioned once or twice, I got a little carried away while making things for the Color Challenge. And now that the blog train has left the station, I'm free to release the extras I'll be packing on to the minikit!

BAM-CC1 Ready For Sun Mix and Match Alphas
You may remember these alphas from earlier -- eight alpha sets to mix and match. This time, they've been separated out of their alpha sheets, unlike when I released them before. I also added in a few characters I missed last time.

Click on the preview to download!

EDIT: Link expired -- check my shop! :)


BAM-CC1 Glitter Styles
Yay for glitter! In this pack are 8 glitter styles for Photoshop in .asl format, as well as 8 .jpg sheets for use in any program. Feel free to use them for any of your projects, but personal use only please. ;)

Click on the preview to download!

EDIT: Link expired -- check my shop! :)



BAM-CC1 Ready For Sun Expansion Kit
This kit contains 16 papers and 21 unique elements. There are several different versions of some of the elements, but only one of each is included in the count. ;)


EDIT: Links expired -- check my shop! :)

I could really use some feedback from this stuff, so let me know what you like, what you don't like, and what you'd like to see in the future! I'm tempted to add more to this but I'll save it for a future kit. *lol* This WAS supposed to be a minikit, after all. And as always, I would LOVE to see your layouts made with this kit, so feel free to send me an email or comment with a link so I can leave you some love! :)

Fun With Glitter

So now for something completely random... I posted a while back that I got Art Rage, this lovely program that does gorgeous glitter that's just perfect for digiscrapping. I've been messing with it, and today, by request, I made a few pink glittery swirls and doodles for Sara's layout. I thought you might like to play with them. They don't really go with anything in particular, but they are a pretty shade of pink. :) They're very heartsy and girly, too.

Pink "Sara" Glitter Doodles
Included in this pack: Two corner swirls, two flower doodles, four random swirls, and a 1000x1000-pixel glitter sheet to play with however you like. :) You can easily make a pattern from it to use as a layer style or whatever. Personal Use only, please!

Click on the preview to download!


Coming up later this week (Friday, to be specific) I will be participating in my very first blog train! You've already seen a sneak peek with the two (or nine, depending on how you tally it up) alphas I've released already, but on Friday everyone who has participated in the BAM Color Challenge will post their minikits (3 papers, 3 elements each) in the blog train. There will be updates to my alphas, matching glitter styles, at least one huge addon courtesy of geniaBeana, and possibly a quickpage or two, so watch for it!! :)