BOO!!

Did I scare ya?  :)

It's blog train time again! Create a Halloween brag book from the new Digital Scrap Cafe collab, Fright Night:

Here's my contribution for your brag book - I hope you like it!

CLICK HERE to download!

I would LOVE a comment if you download...and be sure to check out the rest of the blog train too!

Digital Scrap Cafe

Flora

Anne-Katrine
LaShawn
Kristin <-- YOU ARE HERE
Trish
Keley
Chelcee

Happy Halloween!!

It's blog train time!

It's been a while since I participated in a blog train...so I'm stoked that Digital Scrap Cafe is hosting one this month! I've made a frame and an alpha for you that coordinate with this month's DSC collab kit, Summer Berries. (It's a darling kit, you should go look!)

Download frame with shadow

Download frame without shadow

Download alpha

I hope you enjoy them! Be sure to check out the other stops on the blog train for more great freebies that match the kit!  :)

Digital Scrap Cafe
AKHN
Emm
Outside the Box Design Studio
Toadhughes
SnapWings
shawnbear
Tempus Fugit
Maria Designs
Keley Designs
Ragmama <--- YOU ARE HERE! And thanks for coming! :)
Three Sweet Chicks

Just Like Dad

Every once in a while, I'll be browsing through pictures on my external hard drive, looking for just the right pictures for a certain theme...only to find something completely different and feel compelled to scrap that instead. That's exactly what happened last night - I found hilarious pictures that I had snapped of my girls wearing Daddy's pants, shoes and glasses...and off I went in search of the perfect kit to scrap them with. I found it in Aprilisa's kit Dad's the Man:

Not only was it perfect for this page, but now I feel compelled to go dig out some pictures of Gene and his dad - all of the screws and other "manly" elements would be perfect for a father/son page too. Here's what I made:

Grab Dad's the Man at DSC for $5 and start scrapping the dads in your life!

My Silly Girl

I was happy to be assigned to one of my favorite designers at DSC this month - Double Dutch Designs. She makes the neatest kits...including this one, Lost in Space:

Rachael has been meandering around the house for a couple of days now with a googly eye stuck to her forehead - a situation that just demanded to be scrapped. So I yelled at her to fetch her third eyeball, snapped a pic, and scrapped:

Yeeeeeeah. I love her. :) Grab Lost in Space at DSC for $4.99 and scrap your own little space cadet (or alien, or astronaut.)

This page was made with Jellebelleke's Summer Sun Vol. 1 Templates as well - see my last post for another template page and the link to this great pack!

In a jam...

Okay, I'm not really...but I DID recently learn to make some! I was chosen as a hostess of a Ball-hosted "Discover You Can" canning party from HouseParty.com - I've been wanting to learn to can things for a while (just like Grandma used to do!) and this was a great opportunity. Of course, I took lots of pictures - and then I found a great kit for scrapping them. Check out A Pinch and A Dash by Blue Heart Designs - this one would be great for SO many cooking layouts!

As always, you can see more detail by clicking on the layout:

I used a great template from Jellebelleke's Summer Sun Vol. I template set for this page too - can't wait to use the others in the pack too!

You can buy A Pinch and A Dash at DSC for $3.00 and Summer Sun Vol. I Templates at Misses Bee Haven for $2.60 (on sale!)

Not what I had in mind...

Having gone to the beach and taken a ton of pictures in early June, I was thrilled to discover that Digital Scrap Cafe's Jully collab kit was a beachy kit. I had SO MUCH to scrap with this one!

So I sat down to create a layout or two, and started going through all of our beach pictures. I had intended to scrap pictures of my girls playing in the sand or splashing in the ocean, but another picture grabbed my attention instead:

A sweet friend had lost her newborn daughter to complications of CDH just two days before our planned beach trip. Rachael and I had been so constantly in prayer for sweet Penelope, and so in love with this strong little girl, that we just couldn't get her off our minds while we were there. Nor would we have wanted to. So we wrote her name in the sand and snapped this picture before the tide rolled in, in memory of a precious angel.

Earlier that same day, we had visited Ripley's Aquarium, and I couldn't resist scrapping some of those shots with an adorable fishy paper from the same kit:

My "Fishy Fishy" page was made with a template from the Layered Cake Templates pack by Band Geek Designs. You can find the templates at ScrapMatters for $3.99, and Beachy Keen (a HUGE collab!) at DSC for $3.49.

It's been a while...

I've slacked off my scrapping again, but there's a reason for it. The end of May was crammed full of Girl Scout activities (zip line adventure, sleepover, day camp, SPCA service project, end-of-year pizza party and awards) and then a week at the beach to follow it up! But I'm back and playing catch-up, starting with a couple of pages of my favorite little Scouts. Dutsji Designs had a darling kit that was just the thing for them, too - check out Happy Campers:

Isn't that sweet? Since Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts are licensed, there aren't many scout-y kits to be found, but this one really does work well. Here are a couple of pages from my troop's recent adventures:

LOVE my Girl Scouts, and this kit will be perfect for many more of their pictures. Snag it at Digital Scrap Cafe for $3.99!

Springy!

I've been scrapping so many boyish pages lately (well outside the realm of my comfort zone!) that I decided to do something pink and springy tonight. Check out the gorgeous April collab kit from DigitalScrapCafe, Spring Awakening:

Isn't it beautiful?! Of course I had to scrap a page of my girlies on Easter morning. For this one, I used a template from Frame It Templates Vol. I by Three Sweet Chicks:

This picture was also in need of scrapping. My Girl Scout troop had a "throwback night" last week, where the girls dressed in clothes from different eras and learned about the way Girl Scouts has progressed over the last 99 years. I'll need a bright, funky kit to scrap a picture of my 80s girl...but this one was perfect for sweet little 1940s Amelia!

Like the template? You can get it for free at DSC's current template challenge, hosted by Aprilisa Designs.

Spring Awakening is available at DSC for $4.99, and the Frame It templates are on sale now for just $2.00!

Back on task!

Here are a couple of pages of sweet Judah's fifth month, using the gorgeous blues and browns in the kit Adorable by Three Hearts Digital Designs:

Ready for some cuteness?

Adorable is available for just $2 at DSC, and comes with lots of great flowers that were just a bit too girly for Judah's pages - I can't wait to find the perfect sepia or black and white pic of my girls to use with this kit as well!

A little variation!

Taking a quick break away from my nephew's first year book to scrap a little something else...in this case, a recent Girl Scout lock-in! My daughter and I - along with three other moms and a dozen other girls - spent a night locked into a local mall, where they played games and snacked until around 4 a.m. (I never did go to sleep, and neither did Rachael - she was the only little one to stay awake all night!) Anyway, this kit was just too perfectly girly not to use it for such a girly event - Colors of Love by Aprilisa Designs:


And here are the girls - first a group shot (Rachael is third from left in purple pj's):


And some candids of the night's festivities...this page was was made using a template from Sara Ellis's Template Tools - Party. Unfortunately, I don't think Sara is currently designing, and I'm not sure where you can find her awesome templates at the moment.


If you have a girl, you really, really need this kit - there's so much cuteness that I didn't get to use in these pages! You can snag Colors of Love at DSC for $3.35.

Four months...

I feel like I've been scrapping at a snail's pace lately - life does get in the way of hobbies, doesn't it? But since Judah's first birthday has already flown by, I really need to hustle on the rest of his first year album! Here are his four month pages, using the adorable kit Connor by Designs by Brooke.

Here's the sweet boy!



Isn't his little smile just the best?! You can grab Connor at Digital Scrap Cafe for $2.80 - it's such a great kit for your little boy pages!

Yeah, it's going to be late.

With just 24 short hours to go until my nephew's first birthday...I've just finished scrapping his third month. His gift is clearly going to be a bit late...guess I'll have to send something a little more fun (like a cool toy) in the meantime.

Here's the latest that I used to scrap Judah's first year - Expecting by Dream Big Designs. Too bad his mom hid her belly in nearly every picture while she was pregnant with him, or I could have used this one for a great pre-baby page as well!


Isn't that sweet? There's enough pink and blue to make it work for either gender, and I'm a sucker for either one mixed with brown. And I have to admit, the little monkey greatly influenced my choice to use this kit:


Isn't he a precious little monkey? And he has the most amazing baby blues:


Seriously, click on that one to see it full-sized. That kid's eyes are incredible.

Like these? You can get everything you need to recreate them at Digital Scrap Cafe! As well as the Expecting kit (which is only $4.00), I used a template from Le Pingouin's Template Set 10 for the first page (coming soon) and another template from Template Set Big Pics for the second. Big Pics is $2.49 for four great templates!

More coming soon...it had better be very soon!

Working, working...

With one week to go until my nephew's first birthday, I'm working like a madwoman to get his first year scrapped (hooray for procrastination!) The latest two pages in his album were creating using the kit Family Sentiments by AVdesigns:


Isn't that perfect for family pages? There are so many great word art options, and the kit is only $4.19 at DSC. Here are my pages of the happy family:



The second page was made using a template from Le Pingouin's Template Set 9 - I just can't get enough of her templates! Snag the set of four for just $1.99!

Only a few more months' worth of pages to go... :)

More nephew pages...

Yep, I'm making progress, slowly but surely. For his 3-6 week pages, my little nephew was wearing the cutest little striped sleeper and hanging out on an animal print blanket...and I couldn't believe it when I searched for an animal-themed kit and found a perfect match! Check out Jungle Friends by Elker W. Designs:


And now look at sweet little Judah, getting to know his dad and sister...


Talk about a kit that's JUST right! There are so many more cute animal graphics that I didn't work into these pages - be sure to check the preview to see it all. Jungle Friends is perfect for little-kid-at-the-zoo pics too, and it's available for $6.49 at Digital Scrap Cafe!

It's crunch time!

Yep, I'm officially behind...my little nephew will be ONE in February, and I'm barely getting started on his first year scrapbook. I've actually done a couple of pages, but just am not in love with them...so here's starting over.

The kit I chose for the first couple of pages (two and three, just behind the title page) was My Boy by Double Dutch Designs. Check out this cuteness!



And here are the pages...fingers crossed that his mom doesn't happen to read my scrap blog. ;) Just click if you'd like to see them larger.

Isn't he just precious?! There are so many adorable elements in this pack that I'm sure I'll do another couple of pages with it later on. Want it for yourself? It's only $3.49 at Digital Scrap Cafe!

Both pages were created with templates from Template Set 8 by Le Pingouin Designs - coming soon!

Thankful...

Slowly but surely, I will catch up on holiday scrapping...I didn't take many pictures on Thanksgiving (too busy stuffing my face), but had to find a use for this super kit, Give Thanks, by Double Dutch Designs:


Isn't it great? I haven't found a use for the (live) turkey yet, but I WILL!


I'm so thankful to have had two wonderful little chef's helpers this year...it was the first time that Milly has really taken an interest in helping cook!


(This page was scraplifted from a great page I spotted on DigiShopTalk - big props to Jennifer Valencia on the original layout!)

Give Thanks is available at Digital Scrap Cafe for $3.49...you know, in case you're a little behind the way that I am. Or in case you want to be really prepared for next Thanksgiving. Either way. ;)

Okay, so I seem to be the teensiest bit behind again. I just finished two Halloween pages, and I have a couple of Thanksgiving pages to go...and then I'm free to scrap Milly's birthday (next week) and then CHRISTMAS. Holy cow, where did 2010 go?!

Anyway...check out the super cute kit that I chose for this year's Halloween pages - Witches Brew, by Big Dream Designs:

There are so many more cute elements than I managed to work into my own pages in my scrap-deprived state...but here's what I came up with. In case you can't tell, my girls were Rainbow Brite and Alice (in Wonderland) this year. :)



I especially loved the "bootiful" tag, since they are. :)

Have you scrapped your Halloween pics yet? If not, better get on it soon. Witches Brew is on sale for only $2.80 at DSC, and Le Pingouin has some great templates to help you get started - my first page was created using a template from her Template Set 8!

Ode to Fall

As promised, here are two layouts (finally, now that Photoshop has decided to cooperate with me again) using DSC's October collab, Falling For You. Wanna see the preview? Good! :)


If it's fall-ish, it's in there - and it's only $4.99 at DSC! Now for a couple of pages. One from a geocaching trip last fall...

This one was made with a template from Le Pingouin's Template Set Seven, also available at DSC - four great templates for $1.49 (this one isn't even my favorite from the set - seriously, go look!)

And another from Rachael's very first pumpkin patch visit, way back in October 2004. (Why no, I haven't taken many outdoor pics yet this fall...why do you ask?!)


Wasn't she a cute little chubster? :)

And now...I shall resolve to take some outdoor fall pics of my girls, post haste, so that I can make some current fall pics. Leave me a note to some of your favorite fall pages too - I could use the inspiration!

It's blog train time again!

We're FINALLY having a day here in southern Virginia that truly feels like fall. It's windy, cool enough for jeans and long sleeves, and yellow, orange and brown leaves are swirling everywhere. I LOVE IT! Fall is absolutely my favorite season, and I'm thrilled to see it return. To help celebrate, I've joined in a blog train with some other ladies from Digital Scrap Cafe...and here is a fall-ish luggage tag frame just por vous. Click on the image to download!


Then jump on board and visit the other girls too, for even more free frames!

Digtal scrap Cafe
Tempusfugit
The Beale Five
sugar Pie Scraps
tincancanoe
Kristen's Scrappy Life <-- YOU ARE HERE!
Pom
Cage Bird Designs
Three Hearts Digital D
Milly Dee Designs

All frames in this blog train were created using DSC's October designer collab kit, Falling For You. It's a huge collab, and only $4.99 this month. I have a couple of pages in the works using this kit too, so I'll be back with those soon. Meanwhile, enjoy the train...and thanks for stopping by! :)