New Challenge on the GG Blog!

I am leading another Recipe Challenge over on the Golden Girls blog. Check it out, one random winner will win a gift card to her store!

http://www.ggdigitaldesigns.com/blog/?p=6

Happy 4th of July!

Just thought I'd highlight a few kits that I am in love with for this 4th of July!

Golden Girls has a new one called Lil Firecracker, available at Scrap Matters:




Bella Gypsy's Red White and You, available at Elemental Scraps & Gotta Pixel:



And Jessica Edwards' Firecracker, available at Elemental Scraps:

ES Retiring Product Sale!

Check it out! Lots of great deals! (image is linked!)

Happy Birthday, Wendy!

Wendy of WM[Squared] Designs is celebrating a birthday! Her store at at Scrapmatters is 34% off today and tomorrow only. This is an amazing deal, so don't miss it! I'm guesting for her this month and so far have created a couple of layouts for some of her newer products:

Using WM[Squared]'s Brothers & Sisters: Bundle:


Using Sea, Sand & Sun by the SM Design Team, and WM[Squared]'s Fabulously Negative - V.5 templates:


Wendy has a fantastic and versatile birthday kit coming out on Friday at Scrap Matters, and you should definitely check it out. I can't show you the layout I made with it quite yet, but I have to say it's my FAVORITE, versatile birthday kit ever!

Last but certainly not least, Wendy's CT has created an amazing template blog train for you. That's 18 free templates! Head over to Wendy's blog to begin. Happy Downloading! :)

Inspired By Challenge & a Freebie!!

Head over to the ES Blog to snag an adorable mini by Meredith Cardall, and play along in our Inspired By challenge this month! Click here!

ES Goodies

Have you checked out Elemental Scraps lately? There are some great new products out today, and the Color Play is amazing this month!

Here are some layouts I've done recently, click on them to check out the product in the ES Shoppe!

June Challenges at ES

Even though the fabulous May Daze is over, Elemental Scraps is still hosting a few challenges this month. Today's challenge includes a template freebie by Angie Kovacs. You don't want to miss this one!


And here's a layout I made with it:


What are you waiting for? Head on over to snag it! :)

Funk-a-dilly!

Golden Girls has a new kit out, called Funk-a-dilly, and a new alpha! I love the colors and whimsical elements in this kit:




Here's a layout I did with both products:

GG Recipe Challenge

I'm hosting the recipe challenge over at the Golden Girls' blog. Please join in, the prize is a $5 gift card to one random winner!

Here's the recipe you'll need to follow for your layout:

And the layout I made from the recipe:


Check the blog post for the rules! http://ggdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/2010/05/recipe-challenge-525.html

May Daze Craze

Elemental Scraps is replacing its normal monthly challenge system this month with a fabulous May Daze celebration! Challenges will be posted randomly on the blog all month long, with freebies for you to download and play with! There are some really big prizes involved, including gift certificates to Persnickety Prints, a Wacom tablet, and and an external hard drive! The first challenge and freebie was posted today, head on over to check it out!

http://www.elementalscraps.com/blog/

Happy iNSD From Me!

Here's a little template for you. I am sneaking it in before April is up! Click image to download. Please note my TOU in the sidebar!

Grab This One!

Golden Girls has a grab bag out for international Scrapbooking Day, it's perfect for boy or girl pages, Project 365, and just day to day layouts! It's only $3.99, snatch it up!


Here's a layout I made with the contents:


She also has her entire store at 30% off, an amazing sale!

You Don't Want to Miss This One!

Elemental Scraps is having a HUGE sale for international Scrapbooking Day, 40% off all products, including the tons of new releases today. They also have a collab that is free with purchase if you spend $10! Look at how chock full this thing is!

Happy iNSD and Happy Scrapping!

Bella Obsession

I am a HUGE Bella Gypsy fan. A fabulous sister duo, Lena and Tabatha crank out at least one new kit a week, usually more, plus amazingly versatile templates, and I can't snap them up fast enough. This week I was honored to be chosen for a customer spotlight on their blog!

http://bellagypsydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/04/aprils-customer-spotlight.html

Daydreaming of Spring

I was in the mood to take and scrap some spring photos the other day, so I snapped some of my daughter watering my garden plants, something she insists on doing every day! Golden Girls has a girly springy kit that was perfect for the photo I took!

In this layout: Golden Girls' Daydreamer, Brown Plastic Alpha by Golden Girls, fence from Golden Girls' Strawberry Patch, date stamp by Darcy Baldwin

Destop Challenge at ES

I'm leading the Desktop challenge over at ES this month, please join us!

Here's the desktop I created for May:

Spring Has Sprung at ES

It's been awhile since I've highlighted the new releases at Elemental Scraps, but I specifically wanted to do so today because I've been in the mood to scrap Spring pages, and today ES is full of new springtime goodies to get your pages scrapped.

First, check out the April Color Play. I love the color swatch, truly good for boy or girl pages!

I scrapped a photo of my daughter trying her hardest to climb up onto the fort on our playset in the backyard. She will definitely have it mastered by summer I think! I used various color play items from BZB Designs, Connie Prince, and genia Beana.


Bella Gypsy has a fantastic rainy day kit called Drizzle Drops that I can't wait to get my hands on. I love how the colors would be great for baby boy pages too!

Litabells Designs has a breathtakingly beautiful kit called A Mother's Love. After this post I'm going to dig through my photos, hoping there was a Mother's Day that I have yet to scrap!


Spinky Dink Scraps has a fun girly spring kit, jam packed with elements. Rainbows, birds, flowers, grass, butterflies... what more could you want from a spring kit?

Happy Spring Scrapping!

Easter Scrapped!

The very BEST thing about digi scrapping vs. paper scrapping... I can get layouts done so quickly after the photos are taken! Just a week later, and Easter is scrapped!




Kits used are: Jelly Beanies by Bella Gypsy & Connie Prince, My Honey Bunny by Connie Prince, and The Hunt Is On by Golden Girls Digital Designs.

Golden Girls Turns Three

And Leslie is having a big sale to celebrate!

She also has a new release today, Party On:

And here's a layout I made with it, I love the bright colors, great for both boy and girl pages!

Rainy Day Freebie Kit

Golden Girls released a fantastic freebie kit called Rainy Day. It's in the store right now, go snag it! (Image is linked).


Here's a layout I made with it and also Golden Girls' Metal Outline Alpha, which coordinates perfectly!

Date Night from Golden Girls

Golden Girls has a new kit out, perfect for scrapping fancy dinners, bowling, date night, prom, or movie photos! I love the sophisticated colors this kit has! And just look at that adorable little black dress element!

And check out these glitter papers that coordinate! So elegant!

Images are linked! :)

Designer Spotlight - WM[Squared]

I was spotlighted over at the WM[Squared] blog today with a layout I created using her Beach Bum kit. I am seriously honored, Wendy is one of my favorite designers over at Scrap Matters. I thought I'd return the favor by posting about her on my blog!


Check out her blog here and her amazing designs here!

Choo Choo!

All aboard the blog train! The template CT that I'm on, Le Pingouin Designs, and the CT for Spinky Dink Scraps came together for one amazing freebie blog train. We used Spinky Dink's Little Engineer and Le Pinguoin Designs' brag book templates to create a huge brag book for you!


Here's my contribution, click preview to download:


And here are all the stops on the blog train!

Adi
Lindsay
Lisa
Lynn
Glynis
Lizzy <------ you are here!
Marla
Crystal
Sarah
Jamie
Chel

Enjoy! :)

A "Golden" Opportunity!

Sorry about the cheese factor in the title, but I am super excited to announce I was accepted to create for one of my favorite designers EVER, the Golden Girls! I absolutely love every single product Leslie cranks out. I am still in shock that she offered me a position on her team! Here's a layout I did for her amazing Easter kit, "The Hunt Is On". It's available at Scrap Matters and on her own website found here.

This is an older photo that I hadn't scrapped yet, probably because I really don't like the way I look in it. I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter at the time. Here's a trick for photos you don't like... turn them black & white!