Grateful Heart

Speaking of DSD sales… did you check out what’s going on at Digital Design Essentials?? Everything is 40% off, and there is a gorgeous new collection called Grateful Heart that is just a steal! Grab it by Friday before it’s gone!
Here’s my first page with it. I loved all the pretty embellishments, so I covered my page with these little bits and pieces.

Have a great week!

More DSD sales

Are you all DSDed out? I hope not, because I have some more enabling to do!! 🙂 Everything in Jenn Barrette’s store is 30% off, including this gorgeous new kit. I am so in love with that floral + bird print, that I made it the base of this card.

It is so easy to whip up a hybrid card when you have such pretty papers. Just add a sentiment for the focal point, and you’re all set.

Make a Wish

The November challenges are up at The Lilypad, and I made a page for the template challenge using one of the lovely new kits released this weekend.

My mom sent me this picture of my dad blowing out a candle on his birthday. I am so grateful for technology and for a tech savvy mom! 🙂

Credits:
Fete and Fete journaling cards by One Little Bird

And I am SO happy to report that my wish is coming true and my parents will be here in a little over three weeks!!! Eeeeek!

DSD at The Lilypad

Oh my goodness… I don’t even know where to start!! But there’s one thing I know. The Lilypad sure knows how to throw a DSD party!! There’s fun games and challenges going on; a store-wide sale and free with purchase collab, and some amazing new releases. And then… wait for it… there’s a new monthly subscription called Memory Pockets Monthly. Seriously, I was blown away with all the gorgeous new designs!
Let me start with the Memory Pockets Monthly. Here is this month’s collaboration kit.

And here’s my first page with it.

Credits:
Background paper from Documentary papers by Sahlin Studio
Pockets no. 3 the basics and Pockets no. 3 templates by Valorie Wibbens
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

Isn’t it funny how well our clothes matched the kit colors?? 🙂
In addition to the monthly collaboration, the designers also made coordinating add ons. The next page uses the add ons by Sahlin Studio.

Credits:
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

I left the page simple to let the word art and that lovely leaf shine.
The shop has lots of new releases as well. Here’s what I made with some of them.

Credits:
Nutmeg papers and Cut It Out: Gather by Valorie Wibbens
Sweet Boos by CD Muckosky
Layers of Leaves by Amy Martin
Monthly by Paislee Press
Font: CK Chloe

I will leave you with the gorgeous free with $15 purchase kit:

And here is a page I made with the fabulous free with purchase kit! Did you grab part 1 on the free hop?


Credits:

Currently collaboration by The Lilypad designers – get part 1 on the freebie hop and find part 2 in the store (it’s free with a $15 purchase over DSD weekend!)
Sweet Treat Cards by CD Muckosky
Font: gimme space

Happy DSD, and Happy Halloween!!

Hey Pumpkin

Hello hello! As we are gearing up for DSD (Digital Scrapbooking Day) that is this Saturday, I will have lots of pages to share with the new releases over the next couple of days. To start the party, there’s this new collab by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie.
It was perfect to scrap my favorite of the photos from the pumpkin patch.. and one of my favorite photos ever!!

Credits:
Happy Haunting by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Streetwear

I wanted to keep the photo big, so I just created a design that showcases the lovely papers in the kit. While the kit is Halloween-themed, as you can see it works very well for fall photos as well.

Also to get in the mood for DSD, check out the gorgeous free collab from The Lilypad, that you can collect on a blog hop!

Keep an eye on the special DSD forum too for more fun games and prizes.
See you soon with more DSD inspiration!

Fall Favorites

I scrapped some more pumpkin pictures using a new release from The Lilypad.

This kit is 20% off through the weekend. The pops of orange and those cute pumpkins were perfect to scrap these pictures.

Credits:
Sweater Weather by Valorie Wibbens and France M Designs
Border It Up #1 by Studio Basic
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

I decided to make two matching pages because I wanted to keep the photos big.

Credits:
Sweater Weather by Valorie Wibbens and France M Designs
Border It Up #1 by Studio Basic

Happy Friday!

Sweater Weather

Oh how I love fall! I love to scrap fall too. And the newest collection by Digital Design Essentials makes me so happy!

This is a steal at only $4.99! Here’s what I made.

Credits:
Happy Fall collection bundle by Digital Design Essentials

Sweater weather indeed! The picture is from last weekend, when it was chilly but sunny – my favorite kind of weather!

Pumpkin Patch

I have a hybrid/paper page to share today, made with a bunch of digital products by Ali Edwards. I love how by using the digital elements I can start my design in Photoshop, so all of the guesswork is taken out of the assembly part.

Credits:

I created the background using a combination of digital stamps, and printed it out on American Crafts 8.5″x11″ card stock. Then I added my photos, a couple pieces of paper cut to fit one of the diamonds in the background, and some embellishments.
I couldn’t resist painting that word bubble to make it look like a pumpkin! 🙂 I love how this page turned out.

I Love Fall!

Mari Koegelenberg has a new collab in the store.. and I love the organic feel of it!
Fall is such a pretty season.. and so many awesome photo opportunities! 🙂 Here’s a photo I took last weekend.

Credits:
At the Farmers Market by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

Have a good weekend! I most definitely have some crafty plans, I need to relax after a super stressful week. 🙂