Happy Thanksgiving + FREEBIE!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I know I'm a little early but with all the chaos of the actual holiday I know I won't have time to post a message tomorrow. So Happy Thanksgiving a day early!

I have so many things to be thankful for in my life (in no particular order):

My family - my Mom, my sister Melinda, my brothers Chris and Pat, my sister-in-law Emily, and my two beautiful nieces Juno and Annika. Also thankful for all of my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and ancestors.

My kitties. They are like children to me even though they can be a royal pain in the butt! I still love them.

To have a home to live in, food to eat, and a job.

For my talents like scrapbooking. Creativity is such an amazing thing and I am thankful I have found some great outlets for it.

These are just a few of the things I am thankful for this year.

I'm also thankful for all those who download and like my designs. Thank you!

I know in my last post I may have mentioned offering up another template for free. The template that I am going to share, people have been begging me to release for years. It was given out previously to people who participated in a challenge at MouseScrappers. But from now until the end of the year, you can download it for FREE in my forum.

In order to download this template, you will have to register for my forum. I changed the settings so now anyone can see the freebies there, but only members will see the download links. You can click on the picture above or the link below to be taken to the forum.

If you want to download it, YOU MUST REGISTER!!!!

The template will be offered from now until December 31st. After that, it's going back into the vault!!!

Enjoy! And I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!! :)

Melissa

Long December template freebie and IMPORTANT NEWS!!!

I had signed up to host a Tuesday Template challenge at ScrapMatters in December, but with the site closing that challenge won't get posted. Since I had already made the template, I decided to offer it as a freebie here.

The title is inspired by one of my favorite Counting Crows songs. My favorite line in it is "A long December and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last . . . "

Here is the layout I created with it:

Credits: So This is Christmas by Clever Monkey Graphics

Since ScrapMatters is closing and I will be losing my most complete gallery, I decided to create a message board where I can post all my layouts. It will also serve as a place to post my freebies. In order to access the downloads you will have to sign up for my message board. I will no longer be posting the links directly on my blog.

And this isn't the only freebie that is currently being offered! If you missed your chance to download any of the following, you can still get them through the message board. :)

 

On the message board you can also download, "Annika's Closet" paper pack, "Find Your Roots" kit, and "I Love Auntie" mini kit. I may have one additional template to add. It is a template that people have been BEGGING for. So check back often to see what other freebies I add.

 

You can find all these freebies at: YB Designs Digital Scrapbooking. Only members are allowed to view the freebies and download them. So you will have to register as a member.

 

Enjoy! :)

 

Annika's Closet

I am so excited by this new product! I bring you, "Annika's Closet."

 My nieces have closets full of clothes! And when I scrap photos of them I like the papers to match their outfits, but I don't always have a paper to match so I will then create my own. This paper pack is inspired by 7 outfits worn by my youngest niece, Annika. Here is what inspired this colorful paper pack:

This paper pack will be available to download for free until October 1, 2013.

Below are the links to download the papers. There are two zip files, so please make sure you download both for the complete paper pack.

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IMPORTANT: While I offer these for free here on my site, please do not share the files with others. Please do not post the download links to other sites, etc. If you want to share with others please direct them back to this blog so they can download the files themselves. I've been very generous in sharing my creations and offering them as freebies and would like to do so, but if people take advantage of this genorsity I may have to reconsider it.

 

I hope you enjoy this fun and unique paper pack! And look forward to "Juno's Closet." :)

 

Melissa

My beautiful nieces

Melinda and I took the girls to Dow Gardens on Sunday to take photos for Annika's 1st birthday invitations. We had a lot of fun. Annika was really hamming it up for the cameras. Juno didn't want to get her beloved red shoes dirty. Silly girl.

ANNIKA- 10.5 months old - She is such a happy, easy going baby. She is so much fun. She has the cutest little dimple when she smiles.



JUNO - 27 months old - This photo was completely spontaneous. I didn't pose her. This is also nearly straight out of the camera. I only removed a few little blemishes on her cheek. She is such a gorgeous girl. She is super silly, fun, and smart. She is really growing up to an awesome little lady. It makes me sad to see how grown up she looks now. She has lost a lot of her "baby-ness."



Auntie is so proud of both of them and loves them so much! They are such a joy.

Melissa

Project Mouse: Princess Edition! + FREEBIE!!!

I am sooooo excited by the latest installment of Project Mouse by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio. It's a bundle of royal goodness!!! Introducing Project Mouse (princess edition). The collection comes in a bundle as well as individual pieces. It is super versatile.

You can buy this AWESOME collection from both Britt's and Krista's stores. Here are the layouts I've created with it:

Isn't She Lovely - These are Annika's 9 month photos. I came home and knew I had to scrap them. I love how they turned out. She is such a doll and turning into such a ham. :)

Unforgettable - These photos were taken the day Annika was born. This was the first time I got to hold her. It was one of the most memorable moments of my life.

And since it is a Princess bundle, I had to scrap some Disney Princess photos. :)

Meeting Princess Cinderella - These photos were taken at Walt Disney World in December 2010.

I love how versatile this bundle is. And with two beautiful nieces, I know I will be using it a lot.

And I have a template FREEBIE for you! I decided to turn my "Isn't She Lovely" layout into a template

You can click on the above image or CLICK HERE to download. Please let me know if you have any problems with the download.

ENJOY! I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! We're staring our weekend with a trip to the Vera Bradley outlet sale. So excited!

Melissa

Project Mouse LOs

I haven't posted any of my Project Mouse layouts lately so here are my latest creations with the Project Mouse goodies. Click on any of the pictures for the full credits.

To start with, I finished the Disneyland recap pages. YAY!

Day 6 Recap

Day 7 Recap

I also used Project Mouse goodies to scrap all of the fun characters we met at Storyteller's Cafe

I had so much fun scrapping these pages I decided to do a daily recap for our Decemeber 2010 trip to Walt Disney World. I haven't scrapped the first day yet, but will do so soon. So for right now it starts on Day 2 of that trip. LOL

WDW - Day 2 Recap

Come back to tomorrow to see the newest Project Mouse goodies. :)

Melissa

More Project Mouse LOs

Britt and Krista will be releasing some more fabulous Project Mouse stuff tomorrow.  Be sure to check out their sites for more details. For now though I'm going to post two more Project Mouse layouts I did.

Day 5 Recap

  

 

Be sure to come back tomorrow to see my layouts with the newest Project Mouse products. :)

 

Melissa

 

New at ScrapMatters!

There are sooooo many awesome new goodies out today at ScrapMatters! I was lucky to play with some of them. Click on the product thumbnails to be taken to the store.

Amy Stoffel has an adorable new kit and extras pack called "Oh Toodles!"

  

 

Here is my layout. The photos are of Juno watching the Mickey Mouse Club at Grandma's house from March 2012.

 



 

Cluster Queen Creations released some fabulous add-ons to her collab kit with Erica Zane, "You Are Amazing."

 

 



   

 

I scrapped this really cute photo of a really super happy Annika from the Mid-Michigan's Children Museum.

 



And finally Valorie Wibbens and Clever Monkey Graphics have this awesome collab kit, "How's the Weather."

I used this to scrap about the awful heat and humidity from when we went to Walt Disney World in April/May 2010.

You can find the rest of the awesome goodies at ScrapMatters here. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

Melissa

Tuesday Template

I'm hosting another Tuesday Template challenge at ScrapMatters. :) Here is the template:

 

Here is my layout with it:

 

 

Credits: "The Luckiest" by Stolen Moments

 

 

Be sure to head over to ScrapMatters to download the template!

 

Melissa

Project Mouse Layouts

I've been busy working on my Disneyland recap pages using the Project Mouse goodies. Click on the layout for full credits.

Day 3 Recap

Page 4 Recap

I really like how the pages are turning out. I think I might go back and try to do a similar thing with each of trips. I'm going to definitely do it for future trips.

Melissa

Juno's 2nd Birthday

Last Sunday (Feb. 24) was my niece Juno's 2nd birthday. It was a super busy day, but also a fun one. Juno is such a beautiful, smart, fun, curious, and amazing little girl. Auntie loves her lots!!! Here are some photos from her party:



As you can see we went with a Lady Bug theme since we have always called her "Bug." My sister Melinda made the cake and it turned out so cute. I made the outfits the girls were wearing. I was happy with how they turned out. My brother's one friend dressed up like Batman to surprise Juno since she LOVES Batman, but she was a bit freaked out initially. Juno had requested coloring at her party so we had lots of coloring books and crayons. She loved it! Juno got a lot of really great presents though she really wasn't interested in opening them herself. Annika had a lot of fun watching her crazy big sister, especially when big sister was playing with the balloons.

It was a really fun party. Happy Birthday Bug!!! :)

Melissa

Project Mouse by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio

Earlier this month Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio unveiled their newest collaboration . . . . PROJECT MOUSE!!! Here is the intro layout that explains what Project Mouse is.

 

Here is the mission statement for Project Mouse
 

 

 

It is seriously AWESOME!!! So full of goodies to help you scrap those magical memories. Here was the first bundle:

It is available at Britt-ish Designs Shop and The Lilypad

Here are my layouts with it. I decided to scrap a recap for each day of our 2012 Disneyland Trip

Day 1:

Day 2:

The second bundle includes more cards all reagarding to leading up to the magic covering topics like planning, traveling, hotel, etc.

Available at Britt-ish Designs Shop and The Lilypad

Here are my layouts with this bundle. I opted to scrap our stay at Pop Century in April 2010.

Look forward to more Project Mouse products in the coming weeks!!!

ScrapMatters Products

I just want to say that I'm still here! I'm still alive! The past couple of months have been INSANE with the holidays, being sick in January, and then my niece's 2nd birthday. I've been busy scrapping though! So far in 2013 I have scrapped 28 layouts. My goal is to get at least 2 more done this month. I'm going to post some of the layouts I've done.

Erica Zane has been guesting at ScrapMatters this month and has some amazing products! I was so looking forward to working with this kit, "Bring on Spring." It is GORGEOUS!!!



Here is the layout I created it with it, "Beautiful Girl."



During her guest spot at ScrapMatters, Erica also released a great collab with Cluster Queen Creations called "You are Amazing."



Here is my layout with it, "Be Unique."



The layout also uses a fabulous template by Eudora Designs, "Dream Land - Part 1"



I love the designer collab kits at ScrapMatters and finally got a chance to work with "My Frog Prince." It is currently onsale for $5.99 which is a fantastic price for this gorgeous kit!



Here is my layout, "Princess Annika." These photos are from when she was just 1 month old. It seems so long ago!



Earlier this month Amy Stoffel released a beautiful kit, "Things I Should Have Said." I knew I had to scrap with it and that I had to use it for a layout about my Dad. I love the vintage feel and elements. It is perfect for my style!



My layout, "If I could go back in time"



Adorable Pixel's kit "Perfect Little Princess" is so pretty and girly. I love all the princess elements like the castle, coach, etc. Plus there are LOTS of flowers. :)  It was perfect for the photos I had of Juno playing with her Little People castle.



Here is my layout, "Princess Castle"



Alissa Jones retired from designing, but before she retired I was able to work with her amazing kit, "American Vacation." I love all the different bits that are perfect for all kinds of trips all over the United States. I used it to scrap some photos from our trip "Up North" but I know I will be using it again and again.



Here is my layout, "Driving Up North"



This layout also uses a template I made for the February 12th Tuesday Template challenge at ScrapMatters. Click on the picture to be taken to the forum where you can download the template.



That's enough for now! My goal tomorrow is to blog about the awesome special project that Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio have been working. You won't want to miss that!

Melissa