Freebie Friday - Digital Kit

Here's a great freebie kit from retrodiva {designs}, The kit includes: a ribbon, a bow, 3 patterned papers, 1 solid paper and a photo frame. You can download this freebie here.

Adornit Summer Blog Party & Blog Hop

This two-page layout is based on a sketch I created. I freehanded the 'water' shape. It's made using Hot Off The Press' Pool Water paper. I free-handed the lines using a Marvy marker in light teal. The orange brads are just regular large brass brads that can be found at an office supply store. I coated them with Colorbox orange pigment ink. Then coated in clear embossing powder and heat set. I repeated the ink and embossing again to add a layer to give the brad a little more solid coloring. The title is created using ColorBok's alpha die cuts. I used adhesive to attach the letters to the orange cardstock. Then I outlined the letters using a Zig 005 marker. Finally, I cut out the title using both X-Acto knife and scissors.  This was inspired by Kristina Werner's Thank You card which you can see here. The background stripe paper is from an 8-sheet Sunny Days Collection scrapbooking paper set found in the dollar section of Target stores. I placed a self-adhesive 8 1/2 x 11 vellum sheet under the water element and title.  Enjoy.


 Next stop on the blog hop => Emma Hicks  http://auntieemscreatables.blogspot.com/

If this is your first stop on the blog hop, I urge you to start at the beginning of the hop here.

Sisterhood of Scrap Mystery Envie Challenge

Sisterhood of Scrap offered a lottery of Mystery Envelopes to create a layout. My name was drawn. Yay! I received my envelope in the mail yesterday. I couldn't sleep last night so I completed my layout for the challenge. My double-page layout is based on a sketch I created.

The product from the envie:
(2) My Minds Eye patterned paper
(1) My Minds Eye die cut (red arrow & "play date" journal card)
brads (green, brown, and blue)
metal anchor (silver arrow)
ribbon (cream)
leather strip (red)
button (green)

I added:
green and cream cardstock by Colorbok

brown (tone-on-tone) cardstock by Colorbok
chipboard letter (@) by Rusty Pickle 'Random Letters'
acrylic paint by Delta (wedgewood green)
Word stamp "Caution:" by Studio G VA4911 Series 17 [note: just inked part of the stamp]
StazOn ink (black)

Tools used:
Coluzzle Stampendous Swirl lowercase Alphabet
Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers (used both 1/2" & 1/4" size) - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS CORNER ROUNDER!

I hope you enjoy it,
Colleen

Sorry for the big glare on the photos and the date stamp on the right side. :(

Adornit Summer Blog Party & Blog Hop

Adornit is hosting a Summer Blog Party & Blog Hop. You can join the fun by clicking on this image. Have fun! Colleen

Freebie Friday - Digbats from Scrap n Fonts

This freebie is only available through Monday, July 13th. So, hurry and download it here!

Enjoy,

Colleen

Freebie Friday - Layered Digital Templates, Digital kit and more

I found a nice collection of freebies on Jen Caputo's blog. Grab them here. 

Enjoy,

Colleen

What's New Wednesday - EK Success Border Punches

Okay, first, I need to tell you I have not been paid to promote EK Success products. But, I'm sure it'll seem like an infomercial, because I LOVE them.

You can can view all the new punches here.

The punches lock shut for stackable storage and each punch is labeled so you can easily find the one you're looking for.  More punches, less space. Can you hear the Hallelujah chorus?

The patterns are diverse. There's everything from bats, to dinosaurs, to scallops. 

Let me know what you think.

Colleen

Freebie Friday

Here's a great freebie from Digital Scrapbooking Freebies

Enjoy,

Colleen

SBS Challenges

Have you ever heard of a SBS Challenge? I hadn't. It stands for Step-by-Step. Basically, every day the challenge leader will give you one step to complete for the day. When all steps are complete, you have a completed layout without feeling overwhelmed or having to set aside a large block of time. 

Best of all, the directions are generally very detailed, so if you're a newbie scrapbooker your page will look just as good as the scrapbooking pros.

Check out a SBS challenge at the The Scrap Witch. 

Go get creative today!

Colleen

Making Memories Slice on Sale

Making Memories new die cut machine (and its accessories) are on sale now.  

The slice is portable (only about 5 inches square), cordless, and doesn't require you to purchase a special cutting mat. It's also less expensive than most other die cut machine. But, now the deal is even better.  Regularly $150, Making Memories has it in its store for $119 ($31 off).  Buy yours here. 

Colleen

My Entry for the Paislee Press Designs Contest

Here is my entry for the Paislee Press Designs contest. 

The pink paper is from the Baby Mine collection by Atomic Cupcake. All of the other elements are from Photoshop Elements. 

I had a lot of fun creating it. I hope you enjoy seeing it.

Colleen

Freebie Friday - Layered Digital Template

Paislee Press Designs has a great freebie available - a layered digital template. 

Not only is Paislee Press Designs giving away this layer digital template, but she is also giving away two $10 gift coupons to her shop.  From her blog, "One prize will go to the most innovative/creative use of the template and the other winner will be chosen by random drawing. To enter this contest, create a layout using this template, upload your creation to an online gallery then come back here and post a link to your layout in the comments section below. I will be taking entries until Sunday, January 11th at 11:59pm."

Finally, Paislee Press Designs has a tutorial of how to use layered templates, titled Layered Templates 101, that provides step-by-step instructions on how to use her freebie. 

I'm entering the contest. I hope to see your creations there too.

Make it a creative day,

Colleen