On Holiday

I'm not really "on Holiday" but I am going to enjoy a few weeks away from Scrapping and this blog. Merry Christmas to you all and a many wishes of a joyous new year!

All I want for Christmas Freebie

Tracy has a new kit in her store. It's loaded with great Christmas stuff - I had a lot of fun playing around with it. Click the kit preview to head to her blog. Here's a layout from her kit (I know - no pictures. I'm waiting for this Christmas for more pictures to scrap). Click QP image to download.

Happy scrapping!

Free Kit you won't want to miss

A lot of you already get fabulous kits from Summer Driggs. She is an amazing designer with a heart of gold. She has a great Christmas Kit for free right now - You'll want to read the entire post on her blog. Her sister's friend just experienced a tragedy - a sad story about a family who just lost their daddy. Please got to her blog to see how you can help this family and get her newest kit. Tis the season for giving. Click the kit preview to go to her blog.

Christmas Spirit Kit and QP Freebie

Kathy has been busy designing mini kits for gingerscraps.net. She just came out with a darling Christmas kit that you can snag for free. Click to kit preview to go the gingerscraps site. I made a 2 pages spread with some Christmas Morning pictures and a QP for you. QP Freebie - click image to download.

Yummy new kit & QP

Tracy just came out with a cozy kit - A Warm Cup of Cocoa. Makes me want to pour myself a cup. I love the colors with a kind of pink. This kit can be used so many different ways. Click the kit preview to go to Tracy's blog. And check out my layout below followed by a freebie QP for you!

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{Be} Leaf kit and QP freebie

Love this kit! Kathy has entered her {Be} Leaf kit at Ginger Scraps, where you can get it free for a limited time (I'm not sure when that will end). Click to the kit preview to go to Kathy's blog. Here's the layout I made with it and a fun QP for you. These are prefect colors for this time of the year - hope you enjoy it.

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Fabulous Party Freebie

Here's a fun freebie for all mothers of a boy. This is not my usual QP freebie but everything you'll need to pull off a successful CARS birthday party. I have included the following invite along with a blank invite, just add the details (then print as a 4x6 photo) .

We went towing at Mater's Tow & Salvage

I hot-glued paperclips to some cheap cars and then the kids towed out as many as they could in one minute with our magnetic tow line (a stick with yarn tied to it and a magnet at the end)

Painting Race Cars

I bought some wooden cars from Michael's Craft (came with the paint and paint brushes). I wish I had opened the package sooner, because they needed to be glued together - so it would have been easier for them if the cars were already assembled. But oh well, they still had fun painting - and then their parents got to figure out putting it all together :)

We also colored pictures of CARS and tried to race some windup cars on the McQueen Speedway, but one car was out of commission. We had a yummy BBQ at Flo's V8 Cafe followed by presents and cake.

Party Favors

The favors were packages of Oreos labeled as Spare Tires. I put three labels to a sheet and had them printed as pictures also. These could easily be printed on your own printer though - I was just out of ink :)

I had labels for different stations - including the bathroom. All the labels are already designed and included!
Here's the cake. I cooked a 9x13 chocolate cake. Froze it so it would cut without falling apart. I cut it in half length-wise, frosted the bottom layer and stacked the other layer on top to make it the shape of a stoplight.

It was a super fun party. I decided that since I spent a lot of web time trying to find everything that I would offer my hard work to the rest of you. In this download you get the invites, the station labels, clipart and coloring pages. You're going to love it and so will all the party-goers!

DOWNLOAD HERE

I would love to know what you think of it so leave some comments!

Girl Friends Kit and QP

Tracy is at it again - offering up another wonderful kit for free. Girl Friends is a great kit with everything for all age girls. Click the kit preview to head to Tracy's blog. Here's my layout with some of the fun stuff in this kit - and keep going for a QP freebie!

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A Year of Quickpages - SideNote

I've had a few comments about my download of "a year of Quickpages." The resolution appears low and small. These pages were made on a different program - Microsoft PictureIt. They were made as 12x12, 300 dpi and they printed great. I didn't discover until later that they open as a low resolution in PSE. Sorry for the inconvenience. They may work if you use a different program, but they don't work in Photoshop. I've since converted entirely to Photoshop, so there shouldn't be any further problems - EXCEPT that QPs are larger when made in Photoshop so I will probably never be able to offer so many QPs at one time - it would be too big to download.

Gratitude Kit and QP freebie

Veteran's Day is definitely celebrated at our house. My husband was in the Army and both my grandpa's served during wartime. I was surprised to see that Kathy's new kit - Gratitude - has a patriotic color palate, and I couldn't wait to use it. Click the kit preview to got to Kathy's blog while she is offering this kit for free. And don't forget to grab a free QP.

Happy Scrapping!

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Artscow Freebie - act now!

Here's your chance for a great Christmas gift. Artscow.com is offering free 5x7 books. With the following code you will get 3 free 5x7 books (40 pages). This will make great gifts - without scrapbooking. Or course you could scrap it, but for a quick book just load pictures of something special like a vacation, daddy with his kids, honeymoon, grandkids, etc. If you don't have an artscow account click the link on my sidebar to get even more freebies from artscow. Oh, and act now - this code won't work after tomorrow.

Coupon code: 40PAGEBOOK
Expires on: 11/12/2009

NOTE**these free credits expire in one month. But to get it by Christmas you want to order by the end of November.

Snow Days Kit & QP freebie

Just in time for our first snowfall -Tracy has come out with a wonderful winter kit called Snow Day. Click the kit preview to grab this kit for free from her blog. We had a random snow storm the week of Halloween - dropping more than 3" of snow. Here's my layout of with this great kit!

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Baby Girl - Blessings day & Zoo

Here's a few pages I've got done for Sadie. I'm using the same layouts as Trenton's book - just switching out the papers and elements. It shouldn't take too long to get done two more baby books (ha!).

Dogs & Frogs Add on - Free for now

Dogs and Frogs has been my most popular QPs yet. I thought you might like to know about an add on that Tracy has for it. Click the image to go to her blog - and don't wait, it's only free until Wednesday. Happy Scrapping!

Finally another Freebie

I've been having so much fun scrapping a baby book and not a lot of CTing going on. So here's a 2-page spread of my favorite pages. Click preview to download QP.

(melty pops kit - Sweetshopdesigns.com)

Baby Book - Month by Month

YEA! I just finished 31 pages of my sons baby book. It was really fun to look through his baby pictures. Now I get to do the girls!

Baby Book - 1st Easter & 1st Birthday

Baby Book - swimming time

Things have slowed down for a week or so with CTing - which is great for me, since I've got a big project to get done. I think this page turned out so cute. Bright - but that's perfect for a sun-shiny day at the pool.

Baby Book - Milestones & Blessing Day

Baby Book

I first set up this blog to post my scrapbook layouts on. And now that I have a new project to work on, I'll be posting my project layouts again. Instead of the fun book I had planned for my son (it was proving hard to find quality pictures) - I've decided to go ahead and make a "First Year" book. I've gotta get cracking because I have 2 other kids to do it for also and one more month to do it in (I try to have all artscow orders done by the end of November to ensure I get it by Christmas). Here's the "title" page.

Thank You - Mega Freebie

I am SO surprised and grateful to all of you who have downloaded my designs. I was blown away by the amount of downloads made of my Dogs & Frogs QP - it has passed 1000 downloads. WOW - and THANK YOU. To celebrate I am offering up a fabulous freebie. I designed 10 QPs using the Norwegian Wood kit I used a couple weeks ago. A friend of mine wanted to make a 30 page book so I designed these QPs for her to use. Duplicate the pages a couple times and you'll have a 30 page book in no time! I love ordering books!!! Nine pages shown below. When you repeat the pages, page 1 will cordinate with page 10 - smooth sailing from there. Happy Scrapping!

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Beach Bum Kit and QP Freebie

It's a busy week for new kits and freebies - but that's only good news for you! Tracy just came out with a fabulous beach kit called Beach Bums (click kit preview to get it). I only wish I had recent pictures of a vacation to the beach. I do, however, have about 13 years of memories (and pictures) of camping on the beach in Mexico when I was a kid. I plan to do a book just about that and here's the first layout.

Your QP freebie below - enjoy!

I Heart Primary Kit and Freebie

What a fun kit Kathy has come out with. Actually, this is a collab kit - so you'll get two full kits that coordinate - I love that! Click the kit preview to head to Kathy's blog and grab this kit. This kit's theme goes along with the children's program at our church - but the possibilities are truly endless. I had so much fun playing around with it. Here's my layout and a free QP for you.

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Invite & QP Freebie

I made this invite for a church activity a few months back. I think it is a great card for any party and any age. I also made a QP to match. You can download both below. Enjoy!

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Dogs & Frogs Kit

I love this kit and wish I had more time to play around with it. Tracy has this kit free during the next week -you won't want to miss it. Kit preview is linked. I'm hoping to do some more with this kit - but for now I've got one layout. I love how it turned out - adorable boys to go with this adorable kit!

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I couldn't just leave such a fun kit with only one layout, so I just finished another layout and QP.

Click QP previews below to download