All that glitters...

...is on SALE! From now until the end of September, all of my glitter packs, INCLUDING custom glitter, are 50% off! That prices some of them as low as 75 cents! If you've ever wanted to try out my glitter, now's the time! Here's my store!

And I have something even more exciting to show you -- a new kit is in store today!! It's called Doodlebug, and I looooove it. It's full of some of my favorite colors, nice warm-toned metal, and elements that work well for either girls OR boys! And it's on sale 20% off for one week! Click on the preview to head to my store!



The kit comes with two awesome alphas, which will be available separately at some point in the near future:



I didn't give my CT members much warning on this one, so I'll come back on Monday with their amazing LOs. Until then, a little bird told me you *might* have a chance to win this kit for free, over at goDigitalScrapbooking.com. ;)

If you'd like a small sample of what's in Doodlebug, I'm handing out this awesome sampler as a participation prize for my current Progressive Layout Challenge over at GDS! Follow the steps, post your LO, and you'll get the sampler -- it's that easy! :)

Here's what the sampler looks like:


This time, we're working with white space. Here's the LO I did for the challenge:

Credits:
"In Your Arms" by Dani Alencar
bits and pieces of stitches from my kits, recolored
title font - Sidewalk

Thanks for looking! :)

It's here! It's here!!

My first collab with Val is IN STORE TODAY! I am so excited!! Congratulations to those who won RAKs of this awesome kit at DSA, DST, and GDS! Check it out:

Isn't it adorable?? Our CT has totally rocked it. Here are their awesome layouts! Just click a thumbnail to see the full image in a new window.






And I used this kit to make my new September desktop!

Credits: Hoo's My Boy collab kit by KgB Scrap Kreations, template by Christy Skaggs

If you head over to GDS this weekend, the entire store is 50% off! Hoo's My Boy is an absolute STEAL right now. And while you're there, cruise around the forum a bit -- there's a scavenger hunt going on, and you can snag a BUNCH of great freebies, including an AWESOME alpha from me! This is my favorite alpha ever, so be sure to hunt it down! (Hint: Have you checked out my Progressive Layout Challenge yet?) I'm going to cheat and show you what it looks like:

Yayyyy, it's official!!

Well, okay, it's been official for a couple of days now, but I wasn't sure if I needed to wait for an announcement or something. But Rachel says it's okay for me to post, soooooo....

I'm on the Creative Team for Steel City Scraps and Christie Lemmon Designs! I'm a LemmonCity girl! *happydance* I'm so so super excited!! The best part is, since I've been a fan for a while, I already have some older layouts I can use for my CT requirements.

But first I want to share this AWESOME new collab kit of theirs. It's called Sunshine Day and it is so bright and cheery! I love playing with it. You can snag it in the latest issue of The Daily Scrapper, on the Free Kits Page.

Looks like the first half is already expired (hopefully you've been freebie-tracking and got it already!) but the second half is now available! Get it free while you can! You can snag more LemmonCity stuff at Digital Candy here and here for TODAY ONLY, before that site closes its doors forever! Then, on the 23rd of this month, you'll find their new shops at Inspiration Lane.

Whew! Moving on, here are my first CT layouts for LemmonCity! Using Sunshine Day:
(this one is a redo of one of my DC Red Carpet LOs that I wasn't satisfied with)


(this one was done for a speed scrap I hosted at BAM)


I used Happy Days by Steel City Scraps for this one:


And Mud Puddles by Christie Lemmon for this one:


I used their "In Dreams" collab for this one:


Then, I got started on Richie's baby book (only 4 years late!) using "A Breath of Fresh Air" by Steel City Scraps:




It's so exciting! I am thrilled to be joining their CT. They are the sweetest and most laid-back designers to CT for!

...Meanwhile, I've also done a couple of other layouts, not related to my CT. :)

I made this one for my sister. It's going to be printed in an 11"x8.5" photobook.

Credits:
template (heavily modified) by ViVa Artistry
kit - Happy to Be by Scrapmuss
fonts - JaneAusten, Tracy

This one, I did for a template challenge over at ScrapMatters. I didn't realize until I posted it in the gallery that I used a kit made by the same person who made the template! *lol*

Credits:
template by WM [squared]
kit - Green & Serene by WM [squared]
fonts - Pea Kawai, Rockwell Extra Bold

This was for multiple challenges at different forums, but also an excuse to try out a new kit I bought, "Totally Buggin."

Credits:
kit - Totally Buggin by Mira Designs and Britt-ish Designs
font - Pea Kawai

That's all I'll flood you with for now. ;) I'm hoping to put up a freebie later today though, so check back!

Happy Scrappy Weekend!

Hey everybody! Hope you scrappy ladies (and gents?) had a wonderful National Scrapbooking Day/Weekend! I hung out at one of my favorite scrapbooking forums, Digital Candy, where they had a bunch of awesome speed scraps and challenges for us to play with! There were 10 main "Scrap-a-Thon" challenges for points, and a bunch of extras for the overachievers. I missed all three speed scraps, and was too burned out for the extra challenges, BUT I managed to complete all TEN of the Red Carpet challenges -- and I was the first one at DC to complete and post ten entries! What a rush, let me tell you! Here are my layouts. If you get through all of them, there's a prize at the end ;)

Challenge #1
(use a kit you've had for a long time and never used)

Credits:
kit - I Miss You by Aisyah Roslan
font - Pea Kawai

Challenge #2
(grand theft layout/scraplift challenge)

Credits:
Scraplifted from Just Born by Linz
kit - Where the Heart Grows by Golden Girls
string - Growing Up by Stolen Moments
font - Pea Kawai

Challenge #3
(use this minikit)

Credits:
kit - Red High Heel mini by Little Missy

Challenge #4
This LO is my absolute FAVORITE.
(formula challenge - certain numbers of papers and elements)

Credits:
kit - "Ooga Booga" by Tracie Stroud
staple - "Snips & Snails" by Tracie Stroud
font - Pea Kawai

Challenge #5
(use a line from "Pure Imagination" the song from the original Willy Wonka movie)

Credits:
kit - "Retro Boy" by Fairytale Studio
font - Pea Kawai

Challenge #6
(scrap one thing, abstract and simple, about yourself)

Credits:
kit - "Pure Perfection" by Stolen Moments
font - Pea Kawai

Challenge #7
(template challenge)

Credits:
template - Christie Lemmon Designs
kit - "Mud Puddles" by Christie Lemmon Designs

Challenge #8
(scrap about WHY you scrap)

Credits:
template - Kimi's Kreations
kit - "Quite Contrary" by Christie Lemmon Designs and Steel City Scraps
fonts - Cafe Rojo, Pea Kawai

Challenge #9
(use one of three given Dr Seuss quotes)

Credits:
kit - Happy To Be by Scrapmuss Designs
font - Pea Kawai

Challenge #10
(every element must come from a different kit)

green paper - The Way I Are by Fairytale Studios
orange strip - Ooga Booga by Tracie Stroud
yellow strip - My Little Artist by Creations By Rachael
light blue strip - Snips & Snails by Tracie Stroud
blue spotty strip - Bee Happy by Andrea
orange patterned strip - Boys Will Be Boys by Jaya Prem
blue circle - (cut from paper) Totally Buggin by Mira and Britt
brown stitches - Day at the Zoo by Jessica Edwards and Fairytale Studios
light blue string - Playtime by geniaBeana
brown string - Frosty Winter by Fairytale Studios
Silly - Clementine alpha by geniaBeana
boy font - Smiley Monster

Phew! Did you get through all of that? Good! Because having shown you all of my pretties, I'm ready to give a couple to YOU! I took a couple of my most useful layouts and turned them into templates for you!

Template 36
This template is based on my "Make a Wish" layout. There is room for 5 photos, cascading down the page, with white mats that are easily toggled off. ;)
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!


Template 37
This template is based on my "Kimi" layout (the one with the shoes). Please note that since I used this for blocking apart ONE picture, the squares are NOT separated into layers as they were in Template 35. Instead, there is the simple direction to click one layer and paste, and it will automatically group your photo in so that it is masked this way. Feel free to e-mail me (addy in the TOU) if you have questions about how you can layer in some papers in those rectangles. Anyway, I hope it's not too complicated! Have fun with it and I'd love to see what you do with it!
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!