New Kit!!! Best of all....its FREE!!!!

Here is the second part of the kit. It's the papers for you! The elements download is still available too. Hope you like and don't forget to leave some love!

Here is my sample layout:




Here is a preview of the entire kit:




Elements Download
Paper Download

Working on a new kit!! Oh yeah...and a freebie!!

I have been working away on a new kit! I love the new techniques I have learned and I think I am able to give you some great papers! You will love them!

Here is the paper preview.



Here is your freebie! I am giving you one of the papers to hold you over. Hope you like it.



Click the image for the download.

One Year Anniversary!!!

One year ago today, I married my husband! It was the happiest day of my life! I am so thankful and grateful for the life, experience, and love it has brought to me. Here's to many more!!

Great New Kit from Monica Evan!! Freebie Coming Soon!!

Love My Jeans is the name of it and its fabulous! It is so girly, but can be taken to a boy level too. Its cute denim, paper, paper clips, bows, frames, and much much more! Below is my layout. Click the picture to be taken to the store to purchase it!




**Stay tuned for a freebie QP of this layout!

A Little Off The Beaten Path

Okay, so this is not a scrapbooking post, but I saw a movie this weekend and I must comment on it. For one, it is so similar to another movie I saw recently and for two, it was just great!

I saw Wall*E this past Friday and I loved it. However, I don't really recommend it for children that are too young simply because it there is no talking in the first 30 mins. Therefore if you your child is still to young to understand gestures and sound instead of actual verbal communication, they will be bored to tears. Although, these days even older kids have problems communicating without verbal communications so be your own child's judge.

Anywho this is a description of Wall*E:

In a futuristic world, human beings have destroyed Earth and evacuated the planet, leaving the cleanup to an army of robots they've programmed to do their dirty work. Due to a mishap, the dutiful WALL-E is the only one left. But with the arrival of a female probe named EVE, the monotony of WALL-E's existence is broken -- and he experiences love for the first time. Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) directs this Pixar tale with a sci-fi twist. Here is the review from the Los Angeles Times.

The other movie I have seen is Idiocracy. It is so eerily like this Disney movie its well.....eerie! lol It is nearly the same thing, just an adult version. I think its rated PG-13. Maybe even R. Below is a description of it too.

Description of Idiocracy:

To test its top secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find -- an Army private (Luke Wilson) and a prostitute (Maya Rudolph) -- and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around. Mike Judge and Etan Cohen ("Beavis and Butthead") re-teamed for this futuristic farce. Here is a review by the Los Angeles Times.

I recommend them both! It is so realistic of how this world is going. Basically "hell in a hand basket". Its eye opening (both of them) and they are also both hilarious. I think you should watch Idiocracy and then watch Wall*E with your children. Its a good conversation piece and a real eye opener for how the world is beginning to lean!

Guest CT Spot Up For Grabs!

What an exciting challenge and prize we have for you! Isabel Mendez is hosting a challenge and it comes with great rewards. If you have ever wanted to be a CT for a designer and you want to get your feet wet, this challenge is DEFINITELY for you! Click the photo to be taken to Isabel's blog. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Learning Photoshop

I am trying my best to learn photoshop so much. I am learning so many new things everyday. I FINALLY learned where to do vignetting. Here is my sample. I am so proud of it.

Time for the scrapping community to VOLUNTEER!!!!!

Hi ladies! Jennifer here. I just wanted to let everyone know of a fantastic website and what is for and invite you to join and become a member!

On Monday I was selected as a CT Member for Benevolent Boutique. The site is a place for digital scrappers mostly because they only sale digital kits. However, if you paper scrappers have ever been interested in trying out digi, after you purchase your first kit from ACOT, come on over and purchase a kit there and get started!

See, BB is a charity site. All of the kits created there are created for free and then sold for charity. Last month they sponsored Make-A-Wish Foundation and raised over $230.00!!! That is fantastic but I know the scrapbooking community can do better than that. There is a forum, shop, blog, and great kits waiting to be bought! Hope we see you there! When you sign up, just let us know where you found out about the site.

Thanks and HAPPY SCRAPPING!!!

Nothing is more beautiful than a....

garden at sunset.

Hi readers! Sorry to overwhelm you with FANTASTIC stuff tonight, but I have one more GREAT kit to share with you! This kit by Monica Evan is called Sunset Garden. It is so full of bright and crisp colors, yet it is so soft! I can't get enough of it.

Here is the layout I did with it.



You can get the kit at Scrap Matters.

Here are some views of it to tease you and get your mouth watering! Click the image to go to the store to buy it though!



It's not always about looking at the flowers during the sun-
light hours. Sometimes they are even more beautiful as
the sun is going down. This kit is inspired by those night
time viewings.

This kit includes:

• 10 papers, all 12"x12" at 300 dpi
• 2 Full Sheet Chipboard Alphas
• 5 paper flowers
• 2 folded flowers
• 2 buttons
• 1 ribbon border
• 1 folded ribbon
• 1 straight ribbon
• 2 paper frames
• 2 folded flower frames
• 1 folded journal strip
• 1 notebook paper journal
• 2 overlays
• 2 ribbon flowers
• 3 flower stickers
• 1 flower corner
• 3 stitched buttons
• 2 ribbon ties

Summer days on the "Back Porch ".

Thats right! You get to see TWO fabulous kits from TWO fabulous designers in ONE blog!! What a deal! :-) Okay, now that I got you here, let me tell what I got for ya!

The first kit is from Isabel Mendez with Crisdam Designs. The name of it is so perfectly titled "Back Porch". It reminds me of sweet summer days, sitting on my grandparents front porch drinking lemonade or sweet tea. It has a fabulous vintage feel with classic and gorgeous colors.


This is my layout created with it!

You can get the papers only, elements only, or you can buy the whole shebang and create glorious digital pages. Click each photo to go the store. Click here to get to the main page for Crisdam Designs at A Cherry On Top.

My First Template Freebie!

So on Fathers Day I was able to create my brother the cutest little thing. It was a template that made a book. When closed it looked like it spelled out DADDY (see pics in previous posts). Well today I gor creative and created one that spelled out MOMMY. I am very proud of it. Best part of all, is that I have posted it here for you FOR FREE!!!




Of course the template will be shaded gray. My sample has papers (Grungy Grub by Raspberry Road) on it. Just click the photo and it wil take you to the link!

Hope you like!!

I Have GREAT News!!

PickleBerryPop has their entire store on sale for $45.00!!! Thats right ladies! (For you ACOT gals, I didn't know if it was cool to post about another store over there!) Just thought I would share the wealth! (**Edit.... its not the whole store, just one store within the website! Sorry to get you all excited!)

And now the most exciting part of my week........

I have been selected to be a part of Monica Evan CT! I am so excited to begin this venture with her and the other girls. There will be many more things to be offered in the future; I am also still with Isabel Mendez at Crisdam Designs! I am so happy to have someone think of my creations as beautiful work!

June Digi-Swap in ACOT

This is the layout I have been working on the June Digi-Swap over at ACOT. I love doing these so much because it gives me chance to be super creative and play with someone elses pictures! Its so much fun!

This is Vincent. Isn't he adorable?!?!

I have found the BEST website EVER.

Okay, so I was browsing the internet today and found the GREATEST website ever. This woman is fabulous and has just inspired me to do SO MANY things! I love blogging and just never really felt like I had enough to talk about. I didn't realize how ones life could be so entertaining! Now I do!

Go to The Pioneer Woman and see for yourself! She is amazing and so informative, especially if you are in to photography and cooking.

Also, there is a new kit from Isabel Mendez coming soon! Stay tuned for more information!

My First Hybrid Project!

I am sooo proud of myself. I think I am in a creating mood again and these last two projects are just coming out of nowhere! I just wanted to share them with you.

The first is a hybrid project I have been working on.











The kit used to create this was the "So SUNny Collaboration Kit" by Scrap Orchard and Sunshine Studio Scraps. The template used was created by Mimi's Digi-Scraps.



The next thing I created was a page about me.



The kit used in this layour was Summer Driggs "Inspiration".

Thanks for looking, hope you enjoy!

Cool Sensation Add-Ons Freebie

Hello Crisdam Design Fans and Scrapper Delight Fans!

I have another freebie for you! This is an element pack for the Cool Sensation Kit created by Crisdam Designs. You can buy the complete kit at A Cherry On Top. The kit is fantastic. It has cool and calming colors and designs. The element add ons I created were geared more towards the beach or ocean, but they can be used for anything. I hope you enjoy.



Click on this link to download. Be sure to leave some love! Also, make sure you visit Crisdam's website, there are links to more freebies and links to the AMAZING kits Isabel has created!

Cute wittle freebie!

I have another gift for you! Someone on ACOT was needing a dragon the other day for a layout and I created this one quickly. Hope you like!



Click here for the download link!

It's time for a new QP page!!!!

Here is my next page in the "QP A Day Giveaway". The page was made using Crisdam Designs Coll Sensation Kit. I absolutely love the colors and elements used in creating this kit. Its such a cool and calm collection.





You can click here to get the download! Hope you enjoy! Don't forget to leave some love. We CT's have worked hard to bring you this! :-)

DADDY Book

Have you ever been to Scrap Orchard? They have a FANTASTIC site! I love that place. And the big hunt and freebies didn't hurt either...lol Well they recently had a contest called "So You Think You Can Scrap" and some GREAT designers came out of the woodworks.

I found on their site this fabulous freebie template and I am in love. In pieces it looks like nothing, but when put together, it becomes a chipboard album that spells DADDY. The template was created by Mimi with Mimi's Digi-Designs and the papers and elements I used are from the collaboration kit offered by Scrap Orchard and Sunshine Studio Scraps.

Word Art Freebie!!

I was over at Suzee Q's Blog and noticed she had a quote on there she really liked a lot. She suggested that someone should make a word art with it and I found that it went with my Americana kit very well so I did! Here is one more freebie for you!



Just click here for the download link! (.psd format)