Americana pieces

One of the moderators of DST, Trina, asked for some pieces to help make albums for a trip her daughter's class is taking. Well, I love grungy, and I am a HUGE American history buff, and I need to scrap all of my photos of those same places, so I wanted to help out a bit. There are going to be more pieces I make for this, but the only thing I have had a chance to do so far is plug her colors into some layered sets I already had made. However, today I did get home from work and make this newspaper alpha that I really liked, so I thought I would bundle some of this up for you and set it for you to download here. There will be more, and hopefully whatever I end up making will work for what Trina has in mind, but even if it doesn't I will just be happy to have pieces ready for my own pages! Happy scrapping! (this alpha is cut out into seperate PNGs for you)

The Boos

Since I scrapped my youngest son and his best friend, my little girl wanted to see the pictures of her and her best friend. Just like their brothers, the two of them look so much alike and act so much alike that it catches me off-guard sometimes. We are so fortunate to have a really good set of friends whose kids are great friends with our kids as well. The credits for this layout are here.

The only thing I made for this page was the background. It is a gradient canvas stamped with floral definitions. Feel free to download it here if you would like to!

Best Friends

I am not feeling well today and it is a bit snowy outside, so my laptop and I have taken over my husband's reclining chair. I plan on staying right where I am all day long... at least until the Nyquil knocks me out. Here is a layout I made this moring. The rest of the credits are listed here.
And here is a bundle of the pieces I made for the layout. The polar bear worked really well on my layout, so I added him to the set in case you have little boys dunking ceramic polar bears into fountains in your house. If not, maybe you can use him for something else... :0) Click here to download these pieces. If you don't already have the playing cards alpha, you can download it here.

I went browsing the gallery at DST this morning and found a couple of layouts with some of my pieces in them. Click here and here if you would like to see what these ladies have done with some of the pieces.

I might be back with more goodies later... it all depends on how I am feeling. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

A Layout Freebie

I just finished up my first page for today... I am moving at a turtle's pace again. You can see the credits here.
I saved the pieces I made and bundled them up into a little kit for you. You can download this set here. I am off to see if I can get anything else scrapped before this cold medicine I just took knocks me out! Happy scrapping!

12 Canvas Papers

After cooking all day yesterday and working today, I am taking the rest of the day to scrap. I made a set of canvas papers today before I got started. There are twelve in the set. You can download them here. (I hate the preview, but I really like how the papers turned out!)

This is one of them just to show you the blending on it. Have a good weekend!

a mom of boys

I have been making some alphas at night, and wanted to play with them a little bit. I made the alphas, the bracket, the paper, and the heart for this page. The rest of the credits are listed here.

I put together this little sampler of some of the pieces I made and used on this layout. I didn't use the white trimmed lime alpha, but since it is on the same sheet the black-trimmed set is, I added it to the sampler. The letters are not cut out in this sampler. I haven't had the time to cut them all apart, and I haven't had a chance to get one of the actions that will do it for me, but if you don't mind cutting your letters out, you are welcome to have them! The download is here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Twelve Papers

I love sanded papers. In fact, I find myself reaching for at least one on nearly every layout I make... so I felt it was time to make myself a pile of them. My husband is teasing me and asking if there is any color I didn't get to.... I think I made about 300 of them. I simply do not have the patience to upload that many files, so I put together a set of twelve of my favorites (I love rich colors), and I am probably going to be including various pieces of the others in other projects I am working on. You can download the sampler package here. Enjoy!

More cardboard schtuff

The first thing I have to tell you is that these letters are really tall.... I think around four inches on the tallest ones. I made them bigger than I expected, and I just didn't feel like re-opening, re-sizing, and re-saving everything. So hopefully you can either use a jumbo alpha, or don't mind shrinking them down.... :0) They are all cut out of cardboard and trimmed in steel. You can download these here. (ETA... sorry everyone! The link is fixed and should take you to the alpha now!)

MM asked for some boy stuff, but this is all I have had time for so far. I actually have a lot of ideas for this cardboard stuff (I wish I had as much time as I do ideas!), many of which are good for boys.... after all I have four of the stinky critters myself. I have some pretty feminine pieces started (truly more grown up looking than just being girlie) but it will be a couple of days before I can revisit those again! In the meantime, here is the download for the dumptruck, excavator, and gear I have done so far.

As I was working on the dumptruck, I thought I would play a little to see if I could give a more textured look. This is actually in the trucks download already as an extra piece.

I am off to edit some photos. Two of my kids were in a play tonight, and I am looking forward to getting some of the shots from it scrapped. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

2nd Soprano

I am missing my mom tonight, and wishing she could move closer to me, so I decided to scrap about her. I used the cardboard background that I gave away in the post below, as well as the pink paper and the music brushes.. The rest of the credits are here.

I made these music notes when I started the layout thinking I might use them. I changed my mind along the way, though, so I uploaded them for you to download. Click here to grab them. I am tired, so I just uploaded the file without zipping it or adding a TOU or preview file. SFO and personal use is fine. I only ask that you don't resell them or redistribute them as your own.

I am off to get some sleep now. Have a good night!

This is for you, Jean....

and everyone else who might like it... :0) Thank you very much for the great response to my freebies! Jean left a message asking if I could make a corrugated cardboard background, so this is what I came up with. One is made with layers of cardboard pieces, and the other is solid. You can download them here. I plan on making some new cardboard goodies with these in the next day or two, so feel free to check back and see if I get them posted.

Cardboard Borders

I put together some strips of cardboard so I could use them to make some packaging items I have been thinking about. There are three stapled cardboard strips (one of the strips has backwards staples) in this set. You can download them here. As always.... please send me a link if you make something with them. I would love to see what you come up with!

Coming out of the dark

This has to be one of the simplest layouts I have ever made, either in paper or digi. I really wanted to emphasize the light and dark theme, so I used a white to black gradient over the top of the layout. The credits are listed here.

Cardboard Alpha

I wanted a set of alphas where the letters weren't cut out of cardboard, soI scanned in some cardboard the other day and used it to play around with a couple of Atomic Cupcake actions to see whether I liked how they came out or not. I was going for a painted look, but it looks more like the letters are stamped. Things happen when you are experimenting... :0) This set has the entire alpha and numbers 0-9. The drop shadows are only on the preview, which is a good thing because I really don't like how the shadows came out. The letters vary in size, but most of them are around 2 - 2.5 inches high. You can click here to download it. Enjoy!

Brought to you by the Letter B

I got a lot of "have to get this done" projects completed today, so I decided to reward myself with some scrapping time. I just finished this one up, and am off to start another. Click here for credits. Thanks for looking!

One layout at a time

It seems to take me a few hours minimum to get one layout done, but bit by bit I am getting them scrapped. I worked on this one Saturday, I think. Maybe Friday... lol... sometimes my days are all a blur. Click here for credits.

I have been wanting a set of digi cards like this, so last night I started them and I got them finished up today. They are all 1.5 wide by 2 high. There are technically four complete alphas in here... one full set for each of the four suits. These dropshadows are only for the preview...the cards themselves have no shadows. Each letter is a seperate png file in 300 dpi, trimmed to remove excess pixel space... :0) There are four different folds on different cards, and a variety of different brown shades on the letters to give them some interest. The best part is that they are free right now. You can download them here. I would love to see what you do with them!

Friday Night Scrapping

Tonight I was able to sit down and get some scrapping done. I should be writing my research paper, but I really needed to get some creative juices flowing! Here is the second one I made this evening. Click here for credits.

Journaling reads: I really admire your dedication to every group you get involved in. Football practice and games kept you away from your drama club practice so your teacher had to give your part to somebody else. You could have gotten upset but instead you picked up a paintbrush and hammer and started to help build the set. You show up for the fundraisers and do whatever you can to be involved. Things don't always happen the way you want them to,but you show up anyway. I love that about you. I love how you get involved with groups and activities and give them your all. I love how you embrace life. Keep showing up, M, and your life will be richer for it

Punk Rock Fairies

My girls went trick or treating as fairies this year, but with their crazy wigs and the pink leg warmers, they looked more like 80's punk rock fairies... lol. I used the papers from the post under this one. The rest of the credits are here.

free paper pack

I was playing around with some overlay blending modes and gradients today, and made a quick pack of papers. I haven't had a chance to do anything with them yet, so if you make anything with them please send me a link and let me know... :0) You can download it here.

Here is an imageof one of them full size so you can see the textures in it.

Here are all eight of them. Have fun!