Boy, I didn't realize how neglected my blog was!  I guess time does fly when you're having fun ;-)

I have taken a ton of photos in the past few months, so I'll have a lot of layouts to showcase.  Some of them will even include the newest member of our family, Lady!

Lady is a rescue dog that we took in all the way from Arkansas!  We got her right before Thanksgiving and she fits so perfectly into our family!  We did have a couple of mishaps where she thought the girls' stuffties were her personal chew toys, but other than that, she's been awesome.

We're currently fostering her, as she had heartworms and needed to be treated.  As soon as she gets a clean bill of health, we'll officially be adopting her!!

Anyway, I did do a layout - the first one in over a month - and I wanted to share it with you.

I used a fabulous new kit by Bekah E. Designs called 'Fan Favorite'.  And guess what?  You can get it for FREE!!  Just head on over to her blog and sign up for her newsletter.  Not only will you get the links to the ellies and papers, but links to get free styles and a free alpha, too!  How awesome is that?

Here's a preview of the kit -

And here's my layout -

 

Thank you so much for taking the time to look and read - now go get your FREE kit!!

'Red, White and Blue-tiful' by Bekah E. Designs

Hi everyone!

I hope that those of you in America that celebrate the 4th of July had a wonderful holiday!  I bet you took a lot of photos, right?  Well, I have the perfect digital scrapbooking kit to showcase those wonderful holiday photos.

It's Bekah E. Designs' brand new kit, 'Red, White and Blue-tiful'.  It's full of all sorts of patriotic ellies and beautiful papers.  Just what you would expect from Bekah!

And, it's on sale for 50% off until tomorrow, July 7th!!  You can find it in her stores at Gotta Pixel and GingerScraps.

Here are the previews of the kit and it's coordinating packs.

 Red, White and Blue-tiful

 Red, White and Blue-tiful - Clusters

 Red, White and Blue-tiful - Patterned Papers

 Red, White and Blue-tiful - Stacked Papers

 Red, White and Blue-tiful - Word Art

And here's what I did with it!

Aubrey - July 2008

Bailey - July 2008

Thanks so much for looking!!

'She Thing' by Mandy King

Hello everyone!

I wanted to showcase a fun and spunky kit by Mandy King called 'She Thing'.  It's absolutely perfect for all of your girly-girl, and not so girly-girl, layouts.

It's full of pinks, purples and oranges, cute ellies and great papers.  Go over to her Gotta Pixel store and take a look!

Here's a layout that I made using this kit and a freebie template by LoriM Designs.

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon!

'Autumn Breeze' by Papier Creatif

Papier Creatif has a brand new kit out in her Scrappity-Doo-Dah store.  The kit is 'Autumn Breeze' and it's absolutely gorgeous!

The color scheme is filled with the most vibrant and beautiful colors of fall - pumpkin, apricot, sage and plum - which really gives the kit an earthy, romantic feel.

It contains: 20 papers, both patterned and solid - 64 ellies - 33 assorted frames, mats and wordart; all are high quality digital products, created at 300 dpi and is PU/S4O/S4H OK.

Here's a layout that I created using this fantabulous kit!

 Make sure to check out this wonderful kit, as well as all of the other ones in Papier Creatif's SDD shop!

New Designers at SDD!

Scrappity-Doo-Dah is overflowing with new designers!  This month, I'm lucky enough to work with two of them - Dagi's Temp-tations and Lilacs In Bloom.

Here is a layout that I made using 'Lemonade Crunchy Ice' by Lilacs In Bloom and 'Color Me Pretty Cluster Templates - Set 1' by Dagi's Temp-tations.

 

'Lemonade Crunchy Ice' has a beautiful color palette and super summer-y elements.  Perfect for all of those summer photos that you still need to scrap.  And, it's super cheery to work with on dreary days, which we've had quite a few of lately here in Southern Maine!

I love to leave 'white space' on my layouts, and Dagi's cluster templates allow me to do so.  They are balanced perfectly between space and elements, although is would be very easy to use the templates as a jumping off point and cluster 'til your heart's content.

Thanks for looking and I can't wait to show you what else I come up with from these two fabulous designers!!

SDD's scraplift challenge for the 2nd half of the month

Hi everyone!

It's time for another 'You Lift Me Up' scraplift challenge over at Scrappity-Doo-Dah!

This month, I've chosen a beautiful layout by seatrout, called 'BEACH'.

I love the background paper she chose and all of the clustering around the photos.  The circle frames really bring the eye to the beginning of the layout, as well.  She used a kit by Keep In Touch Designs called 'Blue Marine'.

I used a kit by Snapwings called 'Sweet Kiss', and here's what I came up with...

 
Please come and join the fun!  I'd love to see what you all come up with!

Monica

New Guest Designer at SDD

Simple Girl Scraps is the guest designer for the month of June over at Scrappity-Doo-Dah and I've gotten the privilege to work with her all month!!

The first kit I worked with is called 'Funky Fresh', a collab with 3 Lil' Monsters Designs.  It has funky, bright colors and tons of wonderful elements, including the cutest little sun and a string of clouds.

I had so much fun playing it with that I came up with 2 layouts!

I've also gotten the privilege to work with Mandy King for this month.  I love Mandy's designs and was so excited to work on a new kit called 'Tulip Tiptoe'.

I had so much fun with this kit, too!  The colors are perfect for Spring photos and I absolutely love the little birdies she's included.

Thanks so much for looking and make sure to hop on over to SDD to check out all of the new goodies!

'Wishes in White' by LiseteScrap - Freebie QP

Hi Everyone!

I have wonderful news today!!  Lisete is back at Scrappity-Doo-Dah for the month of December!

She has created an absolutely gorgeous kit exclusively for SDD called 'Wishes in White'.

Here's a layout that I did using this kit, which I've made into a Quick Page for you!

Here is the download link for the QP.

She has also kindly created a new holiday look for SDD, so go check it out!  While your there, make sure to check out all of the wonderful challenges that we have going on, as well as the Daily Download!

It's a Scrappity-Doo-Dah Blog Hop!!

Scrappity-Doo-Dah, Scrappity YAY! My Oh My, it's a wonderful day... for a blog train that is.

The designers and creative team at Scrappity-Doo-Dah got together to create this fantastic mega kit, 'First Snow'.  Hop on the train to grab mini kits, quick pages, and much more!  Be on the look-out for special coupons and deals as you make your way through.

We hope you enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday and we want you to enjoy this kit as our way of showing how thankful we are for all of you!

At this stop you will get the goodies that I created using the mini kits from the SDD Designers.  The preview is shown below.  Just click the image to download.

Please remember that we are all in different time zones.  If a designer does not have their portion up at this time, check back in a few hours.

Blog Train Stops:

Scrappity-Doo-Dah

Inspiredbydominic Designs 

RoseyToes Designs
jusme digital

Rainy Dayz Designs

3LilMonsters

Snackpackgu

Mandy King

Bekah E Designs

Crystal's Creations

Three Dogs and a Baby Designs - SDD CT Treats

Bain's Bits - SDD CT Treats
You Are Here ------>  2GirlzDesigns - SDD CT Treats <------ You Are Here
Claudio - SDD CT Treats
Glyss - SDD CT Treats

Enjoy your treats and have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

It's DSD Weekend!!

It's iDSD!  Are you ready to shop and have some fun?  GingerScraps is having a big celebration, including Bingo, Speed Scraps and a store-wide sale.  Hop on over and take a look!

Marie H. Designs is also having a huge DSD sale at her GingerScraps store.

The grab bag she created for this special occasion is fabulous!  You get 4 full-size kits for only $4.00.  Here's a layout I made with just one part of the grab bag (wordart is not included)...

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend!!

 

New Exclusive Designer at SDD

Hi everyone!  I'm so excited to let you know that Jusme Digital has opened her new, exclusive shop at Scrappity-Doo-Dah!

She's filled her store with gorgeously soft, but vibrant, kits that are perfect for so many different kids of layouts.  Here's a look at a few of her kits... (click on the previews to be taken to her store)

 

 

 

And here's a layout I did using 'Assuming'...

Make sure to check out her store - it's on sale for 40% off until October 8th!!

'Fall Affair' by Bekah E. Designs

Well, I didn't make it to the 4th round in theStudio's Next Designer Contest :-(  I was a little sad when the results were posted, but I learned a lot and I can work on my designing a little more (using what I've learned).  It was a wonderful contest, full of super talented ladies, and I'm sure the judges had a hard time choosing only 10 contestants to go forward.

Anyway, recently I was able to work with an absolutely beautiful kit created by Bekah E. Designs called 'Fall Affair'.

 It has a very elegant feel to it and a beautiful color scheme featuring shades of teal, brown, rust and gold.  It's currently on sale for 40% off, so hurry over to her store at Scrappity-Doo-Dah and pick it up!

Here's a layout that I did using this wonderful kit...

I will be participating in a design contest over at Scrapping Fairytales starting October 1st, so be sure to come back and snag the freebies that I'll be making!

Round 3 Mini Kit Freebie - and an add-on!!

I'm a few days late posting this, but I've made it to Round 3 of theStudio's Next Designer Contest!  Wahoo!!

This round was very difficult, as it was the infamous 'No CU' round.  Everything in the kit had to be made by us!  We could use our camera, scanner and any tools that came with our design software or computer.  We were given a theme, 'The Evening News' and color palette, but could add a pop of color to it.

I had so much fun making this kit, even though it stretched my designing 'chops'.  I loved making the papers and have an add-on for all of you, as I got a little carried away with them!!

Here is the preview of my mini kit...

Here are the download links for the papers and the ellies.

And here is the preview of the papers add-on...

You can click on the preview or here to download.

I hope you enjoy it!  Don't forget to stop by theStudio to see the other entries and download some wonderful goodies!!

I've made it to Round 2!! and a freebie...

I made it through to round 2 of theStudio's Next Designer Contest!

It was a little harder this round - We were given a theme/name 'Summer Afternoon' and a preview template and we had to come up with our own color palette, 6 papers and at least 20 ellies, including 1 cluster.
I immediately thought of late summer afternoons - the greens and pinks, the flowers...

Here's my preview and the link to the kit.  Also, don't forget to check out the rest of the entries; the talent is huge and everyone's entry is so unique.  This challenge really let our individual style show.

I hope you enjoy it!

NDC 2011 at theStudio - Mini kit freebie

Yippee!!  I've decided to join in the Next Designer Contest over at theStudio, which is going on throughout the month.  I really would like to take the plunge into designing and thought that this would be a perfect learning experience for me.  I did do it last year and had a blast!

Our first challenge was to come up with a mini kit containing 5 papers and 12 unique elements with 'Daybreak' as our theme.  Our color palette was made up of soft blues, pinks, purples and grays; perfect early morning colors!

Here's what I came up with - Daybreak mini
You can download it here, or click on the preview.

There are many, many talented entries, so go take a look in the gallery and grab a few freebies, too!!

'Indian Summer' by Farynar's Wings

Hi Everyone!

I have a beautiful new kit to share with you; it's called 'Indian Summer' by Farynar's Wings.  It has fourteen papers (eight solids) and many gorgeous elements, along with a full alpha, which includes uppercase, lowercase, numbers and most punctuation.

As you can see from the preview, it contains all the beautiful colors that you'd expect for an 'end of summer' kit; gorgeous bold plums, yellows, turquoise and greens, just to name a few.

It can be found exclusively at Scrappity-Doo-Dah, so go check it out today!!

Here's a layout that I did using the kit, as well as a template from 'Summer Ends Template Pack' by Jellebelleke's Designs, which can also be found at SDD.

Thanks for reading!!

New Template Pack from Alegna - and a Freebie. Really!

Okay, I have to admit that I completely forgot to upload the freebie that I've been teasing you with the past few posts.  It's all set now and you'll find it at the bottom of this post.

First, I want to tell you (gush) about Alegna's new template pack.  It's called Memory Blocks Vol. 1 and is perfect for all scrappers.  It has templates for those of us who love 'white space' and for those of you who like full page layouts.  Go check it out!  It's on sale for 25% off - but only for this weekend!  She also has an awesome freebie on her blog, as well.

Here's my layout using one of the templates...

And, since it's the last weekend of the month, Scrappity-Doo-Dah is having their $1.00 Tweets sale.  Perfect time to 'dust' off your Paypal account!  Hurry - it only lasts for the weekend!

Okay, here's what you've been waiting for, hopefully!  I have a cute little snail that was made using Alla's portion of the SDD July Mega Grab Bag.  It's for personal use only.  I hope you can find a use for it!

Just click on the preview, or here, to go to the download.

Two new kits and come back tomorrow for a freebie!!

Happy Saturday!

I still don't have a freebie, yet, but I will tomorrow!!  I just need to package it up and upload it to 4shared.

This week, I've had the please of working with 2 new fantastic kits; 'Water Fun' by Farynar's Wings and 'Mysterious Sea' by Lisete.
Both have the same theme, water, but are completely different styles.  I love the 'papery' feel of  'Water Fun'; it lends itself to the more whimsical layouts of summer-time fun.  I also love the more elegant feel of 'Mysterious Sea'; it lends itself to more romantic and mystical layouts.  Both would be excellent additions to your stash!

'Water Fun' by Farynar's Wings

And here's the layout that I did...

'Mysterious Sea' by Lisete

And my layout...

Thanks so much for looking!!  And, stayed tuned for the freebie tomorrow!