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!

My Life and Scrap~

So it's official! I now have a shop!! I'll be selling my designs at My Life and Scrap as of Thursday, May 28th (two days from now). For those of you who follow this blog and might be concerned about what's going to happen to my freebies, here's a rundown:
-I won't be releasing large kits on the blog any more. For the color challenges, I will still give away the minikits as freebies, but the addon/expansions that I do will go up in the shop instead.
-I WILL still have freebies. For every kit I put up in the shop, I will do an add-on or a sampler to put here on the blog for you.
-I am removing links to the kits I'm putting up in the shop, such as Ready For Sun and Beautiful Blues.
-The templates aren't going anywhere! All of the ones I've released so far will still be here on the blog. In the future, I'll make a coordinating template pack to put in the shop, and one template freebie to go with it here on the blog.

So the freebies will still be around. The difference is that I'll be doing some selling, too. :D Grand opening is in two days, folks! I'll keep you posted and pop up a link here once there's something for you to see!

Kimi's Kreations TOU - Commercial Use

Kimi's Kreations COMMERCIAL TOU
Accompanying files copyright (c) 2009 Kimi Weldon
Last updated: 8/4/09
**THIS IS MY MOST UP-TO-DATE TOU. Check back here for updates as needed!**

Thank you so much for your purchase! I hope that you enjoy my digital scrapbooking supplies. Please read these Terms Of Use thoroughly and abide by them.

*The supplies you have downloaded accompanying this TOU are for COMMERCIAL USE. This means:
-YOU MAY keep these files on your personal computer(s), with one backup for your use only.
-YOU MAY use these files to make your own digital scrapbooking supplies and elements for use in kits for sale or as freebies, PROVIDED that credit is given to Kimi's Kreations somewhere in your TOU.
-YOU MAY use these files to create backgrounds/headers/blogwear for yourself and for others, provided that the original files are not shared.
-The original files MUST be altered to be included in one of your own kits. Example: You may sell elements made with my glitter; you may not sell the 12x12 glitter sheets or the .asl file.

*Please respect my rights as the designer and creator of these files. This means:
-DO NOT take credit for or assume rights to these files or any derivative of them. Altering, resizing, changing, rearranging, etc, does not make them your own. I retain all rights to my work.
-DO NOT redistribute the original files in any way, shape or form. You may not sell, trade, give away, or share these files. Please direct people to http://kimiskreations.blogspot.com to find information about obtaining their own copy.
-DO NOT use these files for any purpose other than digital scrapbooking without contacting me first.

I would LOVE to see any layouts, kits or projects you make using my supplies!

If you have any questions about this TOU or anything else, please e-mail me: kimi dot weldon at gmail dot com.

Kimi's Kreations TOU - Personal Use

Kimi's Kreations PERSONAL TOU
Digital files copyright (c) 2009 Kimi Weldon
Last updated: 10/19/09
**THIS IS MY MOST UP-TO-DATE TOU. Check back here for updates as needed!**

Thank you so much for your purchase! I hope that you enjoy my digital scrapbooking supplies. Please read these Terms Of Use thoroughly and abide by them.

*The supplies you have downloaded accompanying this TOU are for PERSONAL USE only. This means:
-YOU MAY keep these files on your personal computer(s), with one backup for your use only.
-YOU MAY use these files to make your own, personal use digiscrap layouts using, altering, resizing, or changing these files any way you like.
-YOU MAY upload your FLATTENED layouts to online sharing sites such as galleries, forums, etc. Please give credit for the graphics used to Kimi's Kreations.

*My designs are S4H/S4O friendly. This means:
-YOU MAY use these files to create gifts, projects, photobooks, layouts, and any other PRINTED projects for friends and family.
-YOU MAY use these files in your scrap-for-hire services, provided the final copy is given to the customer in a flattened format, such as a digital .jpg or a printed format.

*My designs can be used on the web, for LIMITED PERSONAL USE. This means:
-YOU MAY use my files to create backgrounds, headers, and blogwear for YOUR blog, provided that you are not selling or advertising any designs or products of your own creation at that site. DO NOT share the graphics you make or create blog backgrounds/headers, etc for hire or for others.
-YOU MAY use my files to create forum signatures and graphics to be attached to your personal profile. No credit is required for this use unlrdd someone asks, just don't claim them as your own.
-DO NOT use my files to advertise your own designs. This should go without saying -- use your own kits to advertise your own kits. ;)
-PLEASE e-mail me to let me know if you have used my graphics on your blog. I would love to see! :)

*Please respect my rights as the designer and creator of these files. This means:
-DO NOT take credit for or assume rights to these files or any derivative of them. Altering, resizing, changing, rearranging, etc, does not make them your own. I retain all rights to my work.
-DO NOT redistribute these files in any way, shape or form. You may not sell, trade, give away, or share this kit. Please direct people to http://kimiskreations.blogspot.com to find information about obtaining their own copy.
-DO NOT use these files for any purpose other than personal digital scrapbooking without contacting me first.

Special thanks to the following designers for their commercial-use resources, which may or may not have been used in the creation of my kits:
Amanda Rockwell
Aubrey's Mom
Atomic Cupcake
Bittbox
C130 and ka05 of DeviantArt
Cindy Doerkson
Cindy Ritter
Cinnamon Designs
Delicious Scraps
Disasterpiece Studios
Flergs
geniaBeana Scraps
Gunhild Storeide
Karen Stimson
Kevin and Amanda
kikinou
Laitha
Lara Payton
Micheline Martin
Nick Curtis
Obsidian Dawn
Phuong Ton
Rachael's Scraps
Royanna Fritschmann
Scrappin Cop
Sherri Tierney
Smashing Magazine
Studio Flergs
Thaty Borges
Theres K
Traci Murphy
Wendy Page
Wetfish Designs

I would LOVE to see any layouts or projects you make using my supplies!

If you have any questions about this TOU or anything else, please e-mail me: kimi dot weldon at gmail dot com.

So check these out...

I've got two awesome kits to show off for you today. The first one just came out yesterday in Christie Lemmon's shop. It's called Brighter Days. Isn't it adorable? Click on the image to visit her shop and check it out in detail!


Here are the two layouts I've done with it:



It's such a fun and colorful kit! Lots of fun to work with. ^_^

Next up I have something from my brand-new CT job for Madame Wing! This is a minikit she made for DigiscrapAddicts' "So You Think You Can Design" contest, Week 3. The challenge was to do a Beatles-song-based kit, so this one is called "Eight Days A Week." I love the soft colors and the doodly elements. Click on the preview to go download it for FREE! (You will need to be registered with DSA, but it's MORE than worth it -- there are already hundreds of minis entered in this contest!)


And here are my layouts!

Gyuck, but YAY!

Sorry I've been MIA lately! First I got all caught up in my new CT, then all of the sudden, everyone in my family got sick, all in a row. First my husband, then both boys, then, after fighting it off ALL month as we have batted it around the house, I finally succumbed and spent Thursday totally out of commission. I got back on the computer to find that I'd been accepted to another CT! I am now a proud member of Madame Wing's creative team! Very exciting. ^_^

And speaking of CT's, did you know that Christie Lemmon and Steel City Scraps both opened their new shiny shops at Inspiration Lane today? No? Go see, go see! There are new pretty kits to look at! HERE is Christie's shop, and HERE is Rachel's!

I do have a couple of layouts to show you from both of my CTs, but I am still exhausted and recovering from this crazy week, so that will have to come later. Just wanted to let you all know I'm still alive!

And in ADDITION to all of this fun stuff (the good CT stuff, not the icky sick stuff) I have even MORE exciting news to share! ...next time. ;) It's not official yet, but I just may be able to open my own store in the very near future!! ^_^ Yay!

Sale alert, take 2!

I got all excited and forgot to check for more info -- guess who ELSE is having a sale? Steel City Scraps, of course!!


Check it out! And if you didn't see it, check out my previous post for Christie Lemmon's sale too. ;)

SALE Alert!

Hey guys! Guess what? Christie Lemmon (one of the awesome ladies I CT for) is having a closing sale for her shop! Check it out!


Snag your favorite Christie kit while you can!

As promised...

Here's your freebie for today! If you haven't yet, be sure to check today's other post for an exciting announcement, and scroll a few posts back for a free minikit! :)

Template 39
PSD format as usual, 12x12" template with room for 4 pictures. Mats included! Please read the TOU and enjoy~
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!

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!

Template 38~

Hey everyone! Sorry, it's been pretty busy and brain-foggy around here lately. But I dug up an older LO I thought you might like a template of (I'll post the LO another day, short on time), so here you are~

Template 38
This is a pretty simple template, with rounded corners, white mats and room for 5 square photos. I'd love to see what you come up with. :) Have fun 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!

A Quiet Week

Sorry to drop a kit on you and then go MIA! I've been busy working on a few other hobbies and haven't had much time for scrapping! I have also been working on this month's Color Challenge over at BAM, and it's going to be adorable! ;) I'm so excited for the end of the month to come so I can show you! This blog train will be the best yet.

I do have something exciting to announce, but I'm not sure if it's safe to say so just yet. I'll keep you posted on that one. ;)

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! ;)

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!

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

Spring Flowers Addon~

Hey everybody! Are you enjoying yesterday's freebies from the blog train? (Still available for those of you just joining me!) How about some more? :) I made an addon for my minikit; it's just a bunch of random bits and bobs that I jumbled up together. I'd love to see any layouts you might come up with!

BAM Color Challenge #2 Random Add-on
This add-on contains 13 papers and 11 unique elements. It's not a lot, but hopefully you will find some fun things to do with it. ;) Included, but not shown, are two glittery side-borders.
Click the preview to download!


Thanks for stopping by! Come back tomorrow for the alpha and some CU glitter!