Happy New Year and STS Road Trip

Wishing everyone the best of luck in the New Year.

I fell in love with the colors of this road trip palette. If I didn't stop designing, I would have missed the stop.
Here is what you will be grabbing.


Here are all the stops along the way.

JMC Designs
Scraps by Andrea
Busy Crafting Mommy
Just For Fun Designs
CutieFruity
Scrappin Serenity
Saphira's Scraps
The Scrappy Kat
Tinadell's Tags
scraphannah
Monkey'sMusings
Leaving a Legacy
The Digi Scrapping Mama
DoubleTrouble Scraps
Queen Wild Scraps
Shel Belle Scraps
A Fish Design ---- You are here
Pizazz Pixels
Note-able Scraps
HD Creations
Let Me Scrapbook!


Here is my contribution.

And a layout I made with it.

Download Elements Here

Papers Here

by Christin is having a CT Call

As you probably know, I CT for by Christin. Do you love her kits? Would you like to work with them? How about becoming a CT member, and join our team.

Christin is expanding her team and she would like to invite you to join!

By Christin is having a call for 2012! We are looking for 3 talented layout makers for a 4 month commitment starting January 201.

Basic requirements are:

*2 Layouts and 1 freebie per kit release

*Post your layouts in BC Gallery at SNP and 2 other galleries

*Enable BC products at least once a month

*Blog, facebook, or twitter about by Christin's product releases, sales, etc.

Like to join?

email Christin at bychristin@live.com with a link to your blog, a link to your fullest gallery, and a list of any other CTs you may be on.

**If you do not have a gallery, then you may attach some layouts to your email.

**Open until filled!

A Traditional Christmas

Well, so far my Christmas decorating is not traditional. We are going to have 3 trees instead of the one big one. We are going to have each kid decorate their own tree and mom and dad will decorate the third tree.

We have planned the traditional dinner of calamari, antipasta, meat sauce, eggplant, and much more. Plus the Italian pastries and other assorted desserts not to mention a fruit plate.

Do you have the perfect kit to scrap your holiday pictures yet? Than again, you can never have too many holiday kits!!!

A Traditional Christmas by Christin is exactly as it's name implies. It has the traditional colors of red, white and green with gold and glitter. There is a Santa hat, lots of snowflakes for the white Christmas eveyone hopes to see, bows, presents, ornaments and a tree!

Image linked to Christin's store at Scraps N Pieces.

Here is a layout I made using this kit. Don't you just love the glitter and gold!
I made a QP out of this layout for you. Grab it today!

Download Here

Happy Thanksgiving and a Freebie

With Thanksgiving in a couple of days, do you have that perfect kit to scrap all those pictures you will be taking. Lovely Creations has Thanksgiving Feast in her store. Aren't those Pilgrims and Indians just so dang cute! And just look at all those food items to compliment your holiday feast! This kit can be picked up at Scraps N' Pieces. Just click the preview to be taken to her store. Chrisin is closing here store at STS, she' now at SNP and My Memories.

Here are two layouts I made using this kit.

But if you are in a rush, I've made two QP's that you could use. And they are FREE!

Download Here

Preschooler kit is on sale Tuesday and Thursday

I know you've seen the kit Preschooler by Lovely Creations. She is putting it on sale at both of her stores this week. Tuesday, tomorrow, it will be on sale at Stuff to Scrap. Saturday it will be on sale at Scraps N Pieces. It is a limited time sale (one day at each store) so hurry over.
STS

SNP

Here is the most recent layout I made using this kit. Don't those stars just pop!

I haven't forgotten about my fans! I have a cluster freebie for you today that I made from this kit.

Download Here

Nominated

Yeah! I was nominated for Layout of the Month at STS (Stuff to Scrap).
My sister, Lenora, wanted to see the layout so I told her I'll post it on my blog. Now to get her to read it! Love ya, sis!

Watch for more Disney layouts to come. I have lots, and lots of pictures left to scrap.

Summers End kit

STS had a beautiful color palette for their color challenge this month and I couldn't resist working with it. Other designers made coordinated kits that you could pick up at STS here.

I didn't think I was going to get this done on time, but I'm glad I did. (And I think you would be too once you take a look at it.) Be sure to pick up the two downloads because the kit is pretty big.

Download

part 1 here

part 2 here

Little Monsters for Halloween

How many little monsters do you have? I had some pictures left from last Halloween that still needed to be scrapped. And I know I'll be taking plenty of pictures in a couple of weeks.

Lovely Creations has the perfect kit for those Little Monsters. Actually, the name of the kit is Little Monsters. The colors are the usual Halloween colors but the elements include many little monsters including a vampire, mummy, reaper and ghost.

Here is a preview of the kit which is linked to Lovely Creations store at STS.

Aren't those little monsters to die for!!!

Here's a layout using the brighter colors.

This post wouldn't be complete unless I offered my fans a freebie. Here's two I made that coordinate with Little Monsters... a starter page and a corner cluster. Hope you enjoy them.
Download Here

Wonderful Fall Freebie and much more

This is my favorite layout I made this week. This was a challenge of the week at SNP where we had to cut the word out of a piece of paper! Yes, it's from Disney! It is on the Boardwalk. Kit used is Summer Sailor by Digital Harmony Design Studio.

This layout I made following speed scrap instructions at STS. More about this layout later.

Have you been to Scraps N' Pieces new store yet? They are in their second week of their Grand Opening Sales. This week all digital kits are on sale.

Speaking of sales, Lovely Creations is retiring some of her products at STS. Grab them while you can! They will be gone after October 17th.

Here's a layout I made using 4th of July Celebration. And it has nothing to do with the 4th!

Lovely Creations has released her newest kit Wonderful Fall.

Here is a look at the kit! Aren't those owl eyes to die for! This kit has great fall colors, beautiful fall flowers and leaves. It also has two full alphas.

Well, remember that layout I said I'd tell you more about later... I made it into a QP for you! And if you haven't been to my blog in a while, you need to read down a couple of posts too, to see what you missed!

Download here

What's New

A lot is new, that's for sure.

Have you seen the new Scraps 'N Pieces store, forum (SNP). They are having their Grand Opening Sale all month long. Check out the flier for details. Flier linked to forum.

I joined there already! They have some fantastic new challenges and new designers I haven't seen at STS. Christin from Lovely Creations (you remember, I'm on her CT) has also joined at SNP.
And if you like sales, SNP is the place to be all month long. Each week they are putting different things on sale in their store; commercial use items, kits, QP's, and word art and templates. See flier (which is linked to store).

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Speaking of Lovely Creations... Christin made three parts to the October BAK which when put together make a full kit. I used pieces from all three pieces for the layout below.

And here is the layout.

School has started, did you scrap it yet? And More...

If you still need to scrap your first day of school pages, Lovely Creations has the perfect kit. And it is only $2 on Tuesday, after that it goes back to $4.99. Hurry, it's a one day sale at STS (Stuff to Scrap) tomorrow, Tuesday. Check back every Tuesday when select kits are put on sale for $2.

Here is the preview of Preschooler. It is linked to Christin's store at STS.

Chrisin of Lovely Creations also has a commercial use basic shapes bundle in the $2 bin. They are in grey scale so they can be recolored to fit any kit you are using. Hurry they are only on sale tomorrow. Then these essential frames go back up to $3.99.


For those that asked, and those that didn't, my vacation was a blast. Here is the first layout I did since I got back. Oh, and in case you are wondering, I don't scrap chronologically.

Kit used is Start Your Engines by Designs by Snowlady.

Than I did this one. The two pictures were taken at the same spot in Hollywood Studios but two years apart.

Kit used is Mister Moon by 3 Lil Monsters Designs.

Stay tuned for more layouts of my Disney Dream vacation.

Traci Ann you mentioned in a comment that you couldn't download my "Little Bit of Me" kit I released at the beginning of the month, I tried to email you but you didn't have an email address. Please let me know how to contact you so I could get you a working link. If you did try again and you got it, please let me know that as well.

The train has left the station and so did I

By the time you read this post, I'll be in Disney World. We would have completed our first ever cruise. With our first cruise being the most magical, we went on the Disney Dream. I'm sure you'll see lots and lots of layouts from this experience over the next few months and probably years because I know I still grab a picture or two from our trip in 2009 to scrap.

Anyway, the theme for this month's blog train is a Little Bit of Me Time. I LOVE the colors of this train and had this completed probably two weeks ago. I could have done more but trip plans and other obligations got in the way.

I don't have all the other links to post because not everyone is done with their contribution yet. I did grab the one's that were ready when I wrote this post. You can always follow another contributors post. Don't forget to leave love. Everyone likes hearing what you think.

Here are some of the other stops along the way.

AmyDane Designs
Scrappin Serenity
Adriana's Cafe
Inkin & Thinkin
Sweet Maple
A Fish Design ----> You are here
Queen Bee Scraps
Growing Pains Scrapped
Leaving a Legacy
scraphannah
Saphira's Scraps
Pizazz Pixels
scrapN2Nspire
Amy's Designs
Memories by Digital Design
FamilyScrapper
Let Me Scrapbook!

Don't forget, there are more than what I have here. If you get lost you can check the train at the STS blog here.

Here is my Download Here

School is opening and a new Lovely Creations kit

Lovely Creations has a new kit that was just released. It is called Preschooler. It is not only useful for preschool pictures but for art pictures as well.


Christin has done it again with her fantastic kit specific elements. There is a ruler, paint splats, a bookbag, paints, crayons and whole bunch of kit necessities like ribbons and bows and flowers.



Before I show you Preschooler, I want to show you my portion of the blog train that will be released on September 1st. The theme is "Me Time." You will have to come back on the first to pick it up. This time I will not have the whole list of participants on my blog, just some to get you started. I'm leaving for vacation and I'll be scheduling the post before I leave. Not everyone has their portion ready yet so I can only get the codes for those that are ready so far.


Here is the sneak peak!!!

Now on to Preschooler. Here is the kit which is linked to Lovely Creation store at STS.

Here is a brag book page I made using this kit.

You can grab it here. Download Here

Christin's Birthday Bash and an old freebie request

Christin from Lovely Creations is having a birthday this week. For her birthday she has decided to expand Cupcake Creations into a full size kit. She'll have it free on her blog for a limited time. Her CT members were asked to make a freebie using this kit. We were also asked to blog about a special birthday we remember. Check the flyer and her blog for details. Flyer is linked to her blog.Here is a look at the kit, Cupcake Creations, that Christin is expanding and the kit that I made the freebie from.

This is a preview of the alpha I made. It will be released on August 23. It will only be available on Lovely Creations blog for a limited time so hurry over and snag it. While you're there why don't you read about my special birthday memory!

Release date of this freebie is August 23.

Here is a special request for an old kit Family Tree and the layout that I made using the kit.

Part 1 Here

Part 2 Here

Part 3 Here

Part 4 Here