So much Scrapping Goodness

I have several fun pages to share with you this week! The designers have been super busy. It feels like every time I go online, there's a new kit! Now that school is out, I feel like I'm getting a handle on everything again!

I made a freebie for Dream Big Designs. It's on the Dream Big blog. Grab it soon, before the link expires. I made the card to go on a page in my kids' school albums. I hope you like it.

Amber Shaw teamed up with the dynamic duo Bella Gypsy. Their Wild Boy kit is awesome. Because I'm still trying to finish up the cheer trip to Disney in March (I have a free Shutterfly coupon that expires on Tuesday!), it was perfect for the parade at California Adventure.

 

Wild Boys by Amber Shaw and Bella Gypsy

It's also Pickle Barrel time again. Amber created a super fun Geocaching kit called Cache Me. Grab the elements, papers, and a coordinating template.

Dream Big Designs released super cute InstaLife and Journaling cards that coordinate with the Splash Zone kit. If you don't have the kit already, you really need to grab it. The orange and blues are fabulous for your summer pictures.

Splash Zone by Dream Big Designs

Little Rad Trio has been super busy as well. The move to MScraps is complete and Jennifer is quickly filling her store with new kits and templates. I made a page with her new template set Seven-Eight Don't Be Late. As for content, it's mainly the Way to Go kit with a little bit of Retirement thrown in. 

Little Rad Trio's 7 8 Don't Be Late and Way to Go

 This next kit is a newer release from Little Rad Trio. It's called Is the Grass Really Greener? Isn't that chevron paper awesome? If you are a lover of green and browns, you need to add this to your collection.

Little Rad Trio's Is the Grass Really Greener?

 I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before, but I LOVE the challenges at Scrap Orchard. In particular, I love the MIS challenges. (Make it Snappy). This one was from last week. It was the template challenge where Fiddle Dee Dee donates a template and then everyone who participates gets a 40% off coupon. She is so generous and makes lovely templates too. I was super excited to use a new kit that I actually bought! This is Once Upon a Time by Megan Turnidge with a Fuss Free Freebie from Fiddle Dee Dee. One more page closer to finishing Disney!! Yippee!!!

Chalking Up More Layouts

Are you here for the Dream Big Designs birthday blog hop? The April 22nd post has all the information for you. I hope you enjoyed my card and all the other goodies on the train!

This week I have two layouts to share with you. Dream Big Designs released a super cute kit called Chalk Art. If you have little ones around with sidewalk chalk and bubbles, it is the perfect kit. Even if you don't, it's still a great addition to your digi collection.

The colors are lovely and Cheri included many great embellies. With the bundle, you get the base kit, stickers, layered graffiti and journal cards.

It's Fresh Fruit at Scrap Orchard this week. Find it here.




I originally tried to take a picture of my patio with April written on it. It was *going* to be the title for a Project Life-ish layout with all my random April pictures. Unfortunately, my sweet pup couldn't STAND not being the center of all my attention. She photo bombed my pictures and then laid down right in the middle of my shot. This is all after she snaked my chalk when I walked into the house to grab the camera. I was all ready to blame my typical trouble maker German Shepherd until I spied the chalk build up in the corner of the Golden's mouth. In all honesty, when I finally gave up on taking any more pictures, I did briefly give her the chalk in the bottom left picture. I figured since she had derailed my original plans, I may as well get a picture of her eating the chalk. Lest you worry about my treatment of my pooch, it was short lived and I only took one picture. I promise!! :) I know for a fact that she's eaten more nastiness than a few bites from the chalk.

Love Her using Chalked Art and Fiddle Dee Dee template

I also used Chalk Art to complete a challenge over at Scrap Orchard. This is for the SCRAPO challenge. The pictures are not that great, but I guess that's what I get for forgetting to bring the good camera to the football game.

Game Time using Chalked Art

I want to share how I made the title. I started with PWSerifScratch font. I used the red flower in the kit and kept duplicating (Cmd J or Alt-drag with mouse in Mac PSE 11) and clipping the flowers over the alpha. I then simplified and stroked the words. (I color sampled to match the cream in the polka dot paper.) I decided that I did not like the spacing, so I cut up the title (rectangle marquee tool and Cmd J) and smooshed it together so it slightly overlapped).

That's all for today. I know that I'll be digi shopping next weekend for NSD (iNSD) and I'll have a layout with a new release from Designs by Amber Shaw. See ya later!!

New Release from Amber Shaw & Stretch Your Stash

Designs by Amber Shaw is releasing a new kit this week. Enjoy the Ride is a lovely kit in brown, red, gray, blue, and yellow. It's a multipurpose kit and I'm certain I'll be creating a few more layouts with it. It's 20% off for a limited time.

New Release 4/5/13

Created with Enjoy the Ride

I scrapped a few of the pictures of my girl at one of her cheer competitions. I love the movement and joy that shows through while she performed. In addition to Amber's lovely designs, I used one Little Green Frog's Fab Five templates (and removed 2 of the clipping masks).

Stretch Your Stash

 Don't forget to look to your stash for color inspiration and move beyond the theme of your kit. When I started thinking about Amber's kit, above, I went looking for bike and phone pictures because of the adorable embellishments. Ultimately, I ended up using the kit for cheer pictures. You can't get much more off theme that that! I love the page though because the colors work nicely with the navy blue in her uniform.

Another recent page that went totally off theme was a layout I made for our latest trip to Disneyland.  The bright colors were PERFECT for a page highlighting Lightning McQueen. As you can see, the kit is a super hero kit. Normally I wouldn't get past the "booms" and "pows" to make a Disney page. It's a busy and loud page, but I used the little bit of craft paper to give my eyes a rest around my picture. It also provided a convenient place to journal.

Amber Shaw's Kinda Super

Kinda Super Release 2/28/13

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and make some time to EnjoyYourPix! See you next time.