More dragonflies and another freebie

After doing Tuesday's LO I decided I had to do one using all 3 of the different dragonflies I had managed to get pics of. Sadly there were 3 or 4 other types that I didn't manage to catch a shot of. For this kit I used Butterfly Bling by Creative Dreams. This gorgeous kit will be available in the Creative Dreams store tomorrow! I have many other ideas for this kit and just need the time to actually do them!

I also have the second desktop wallpaper that I promised last post. I had actually made this one first, but when I thought about which photos I wanted to use in it I couldn't come up with 2 I liked together so I made the other one. Like the other wallpapers this one is made with the Ocean Friends charity kit. It is also made for 1024 by 768 and in 72dpi like the other desktop wallpapers.

Grab it here!

I'm back.... for now.

I'm back from the mini vacation at my dad's. The good news is the boys had a ball and I got some good pictures too! We went to the Zoo, fishing, a pig roast etc. The boys even got to ride a pony and swim. I have only just started to work with the pictures I took while I was there but I do have one LO done. And it doesn't even have a person in the picture! While we were at the pond helping the boys fish I took some pictures of the many many dragonflies. I managed to get a couple good ones even. Here is a layout I did with my favorite of those dragonfly pictures. I did it for the DSO color challenge, because I think when Kim picked her colors at the beginning of this month she knew about that shot I would get, the colors were so dead on!

The credits are as follows : template - jenuineartistry.blogspot, photo clip - trivette's designs, background paper - WHB Designs - quiet elegance, paper on back frame - jamiescreations.blogspot, front frame - calvinawalsh.blogspot, green flower - LDrag designs, bottom flower / dragonflies - Saniscraps - strawberry vanilla, fiber rope - Atomic cupcake, fonts - Trajan Pro & Papyrus

Since getting home I have also been working on that August Desktop wallpaper that I promised using the Ocean Friends kit. I actually have 2 done. I did a one photo wallpaper and a two photo wallpaper. Today I will be offering the 1 photo version. Like the other one this one is in 1024 by 768 format and at 72 resolution.

Get it here!

Lots of news!

I have a good bit of news to share today. I am hosting my first challenge over at Creative Dreams! It is a font challenge and I would love to see what you can do with the font I chose. I am also offering a posting bonus of an alpha that matches the July released Independence kit (on sale for half off through July 31st!) in the Creative Dreams store. Here is a preview of that posting bonus.

A few months ago Anne at Creative Dreams put out a call to designers to help her crate a mega charity kit to benefit the Shriner's Hospital in Chicago and let me tell you they really came through. This kit contains over 120 papers and over 375 elements! It is in great colors for all your summertime photos. You can check out Anne's blog for more info about the kit and how it came about. This amazing kit can be purchased here!

And to help kick this off I have a freebie quick page for your desktop here. It is made for screen resolutions of 1024 by 768. I made it for this month, and since it is so late in the month I promise to also make one for August for you all. I will be posting it next week as my boys and I are headed to visit Grandpa for a few days. I hope you enjoy it!Find it here!

I just realized...

that I forgot to post my fourth and currently final Creative Dreams kit freebie! So here is the link to the QP freebie. It is the one that I used a few posts back so if you want an idea of how I used it scroll back a few days.
If you haven't checked out the new Creative Dreams Forums yet come on over and introduce yourself! We would love to see you there! Grab it here!

Challenge at Creative Dreams

Have you been over to Creative Dreams yet to check it out? There are a couple challenges there with some more in the works. One of them is a color challenge. Rachael has chosen a fun color palette for us to work with. I have done 2 layouts for it. After doing the first I didn't feel there was enough color for the challenge, but I loved the LO, so I did a second one. What do you think?

The kit I used is Dancing Feet that sweetasmel made for the challenge, and the word art is by Elegant Word Art with an atomic cupcake action used on it.

And today I will give you all the final portion of the alpha that coordinates with the Creative Dreams kit. Here are the numbers & punctuation.

Grab it here!

I'm speechless....

I have to share this today. I have a couple of the best boys. A few days ago my oldest (8 year old) came to me and said "Mom, I want to make a scrapbook page too!" I told him to write a draft of the things he wanted to say and we would work on it. Last night he came to me with his draft and said he was ready. We sat down together and he picked his which paper and elements he wanted to use. I opened a new document for him and moved all of his choices onto it. I put the picture (one he took) in the frame for him and started the text box for him. From there he took over, typed his journaling and moved the stuff to where he wanted it on the page. The only suggestion I had to make was for him to capitalize his title. And here is his LO!

The kit he used was Vintage Blush by Creative Dreams. See why I'm speechless? Isn't that pretty darn good for an 8 year old?

And on to the promised freebie. Here is the matching lowercase alpha to yesterday's freebie. Please be sure to come on over to Creative Dreams and check it out. There are more freebies to be found there from some of the other Dream Team members. Grab it here!

Its here!

The big day is here! Today Creative Dreams is going live with a new forum and gallery! The best part is that this is not only a forum for digital scrappers, and designers, but it will also be for learning how to design! Isn't that cool! Anyhow, this is where I have been hiding the last week. I am excited to be a part of the Dream Team! I have also made some freebies to share the next few days so you can celebrate with us! I made a LO to tell a little about me, and how excited I was when I found out.


Come and check us out at Creative Dreams! There are a couple challenges posted already with more in the works. Come learn and grow with us.

On to the freebie. I have created an alpha that coordinates with the Creative Dreams kit. Today you can get the Uppercase of this alpha. Check back in days to come for the lowercase and numbers/punctuation. Now the Creative Dreams kit is just one of the FREE kits available at the Creative Dreams Store! You just can't beat that, can you?

Grab it here!

Check out my Slide Show!

Adding a slide show of my layouts that were posted to the other blog, with a few new ones thrown in.

Welcome!

Welcome to my new digital scrapbooking blog! I decided to create the new blog since my papercrafting one was getting run over with digi stuff. You can see some of my past layouts on my papercrafting blog. There are lots of fun things to come so bear with me as I get started and keep checking back!