Archive for February, 2009

I have completed week  #2 of the Designer Challenge at Brownie Scraps and I here is my kit for your scrapping pleasure!

This kit includes:
11 textured papers; 3 patterned and 8 solid
1 beaver graphic, 1 beaver sticker
1 tree graphic, 1 tree sticker
1 stick frame, plus another copy with string ties
1 string tie
1 string bow
1 screw
2 wooden signs
2 wordarts
1 stick
1 row of stitches

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Please leave me some love, I really want to hear your feedback, I’m learning so much but have so far to go! And if you scrap a layout with my kit, please please please let me see!!!!
Also, don’t forget to post your layouts at Brownie Scraps….the winning layout each week will win a coupon to the store, and so will the person who designed the kit they used!

Don’t forget to go check out Jen’s blog and download her kit too….she has an adorable kit waiting to be scrapped!

My very first layout to be published ever, was released by The Daily Scrapper this weekend! Yay me!

Check me out:

http://www.thedailyscrapper.com/2009/issue03/whatascrap2.html

Yep, that’s my page! I used the Something Cutsie collab by Christie Lemmon Designs and Steel City Scraps, check it out at www.enchantedstudioscraps.com

*pats self on the back*

Make sure you go download my kit, “Sheep Dreams” and post your layout in the forum to be entered to win!

Here is a layout I made with my kit:

I have entered into a design contest at Brownie Scraps. I mainly did it to keep my digiscrap BFF company, Jen, but also to learn a few new things. And I sure have! This week we had to learn more about the pen tool, and let me tell you it isn’t easy! All that amazing art you see in these digital kits is from some very talented people!! Here is my very first kit, Sheep Dreams:

Click HERE or on the image to go to Brownie Scraps to download my kit, and the other 30+ free kits from some fabulous up-and-coming designers! You must be a registered member of Brownie Scraps to download the kits, but its a great community with friendly people, good challenges and lots of learning opportunity! Even better, they are running a contest; if you download my kit and  make a layout with it, make sure to link it up in the forum for the chance to win a gift certificate to the store! (and hey, it gives me a chance to win too, so help a girl out, won’t ya? hehe)

And while you’re there, make sure you download Jen’s kit too, ok?

Rachel of Steel City Scraps put out a new kit on Friday called Happy Days:

It is so sweet and soft, it just inspired me to scrap older photos of my daughter when she was a wee lil’ babe. Here are my two layouts:

Images are linked. Isn’t it so sweet?

And I’ve made my wordart into a freebie for you!

Click HERE or on the image to download your freebie! Now go head over to ESS and pick up Rachel’s kit, its on sale right now for only $2!

Well, its official, I’m addicted to Creative Teams!

I saw a call at Enchanted Studio Scraps for SuzyQ Scraps, for her very first creative team. She is a brand new designer at ESS and I was so impressed with her designs that I thought, jeez, I can’t *not* apply for this one! I was lucky enough to be selected for her team and this is the amazing first product that I got to play with, Capture Life: The Collection -

Can you believe this amazing kit!?! It is full of wonderfully textured and brightly colored papers and elements that are the mainstay of any digiscrapper’s kit!

Here is the first layout I made with it – this kit is perfect for the Project 365 layouts with all of the labels and tags and alphas in it:

Don’t you just love the fun colors of it? Don’t mind the fact that my seven day week turned into four *sigh*. And lucky you, you get a freebie quickpage of my layout!

Click HERE or on the image to download your freebie! Now go over to ESS and pick up this kit…it is 70% off but only until Feb 12th!

I’ve had a few questions about my first Shadows post and I wanted to link you up to two other fabulous resources, both by the amazing Flergs.

First is a FREE copy of her shadow styles for you to download. Go to her blog HERE to download.

I use her shadow styles on most of my layouts.

And here is a tutorial she did on using the warp tool. Go to her blog HERE.

Done reading? Good. It takes a bit of extra time to do your shadows properly but it is so worth it. Since I’ve started using the techniques desribed in these two posts my layouts have come miles as far is looking realistic. One extra tip I would share is that I will often place all of my elements, photos and papers, etc where I want them and have the layout pretty much finished before I start playing with the shadows. Then to make sure I don’t miss any layers, I scroll up to the the top of my layers list and work down one at time, creating a new shadow layer, warping and reducing the opacity.

Good luck with your shadows everyone. If you make a new layout using these shadow techniques, link me up so I can go leave you some love on your new mad skillz!

Rachel of Steel City Scraps and Christie of Christie Lemmon Designs have teamed up to bring you Something Cutsie, a huge kit full of gorgeousness just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Here is the first layout I made with this adorable kit:

Images are linked. Make sure you go pick up this kit at Enchanted Studio Scraps, I love it!

And to get your scrapping started with this kit, here is a quickpage of my layout:

Click the image or HERE to download your freebie. Leave me some love and then head over to ESS to buy your kit!

Oh yeah, and do you like my title? Leave me  a comment and I just may make into a wordart for you!

You figure there is a 50/50 chance whether the Groundhog see’s his shadow, right? So why not have a 50% off sale?? Chanin is!! The entire store is on sale for 50% off, 1 day only!!! February 2, 2009 you can get anything in the store at half price!! Woo hoo!! Click the ad to go to the sale!

Got a couple cute QP’s for you today from the Snowflake Beach CT, Megan & me! These are made with the new mini kit, Noel’s Color Me Sweet!

Download HERE

Download HERE

Now go check out the sale!