Happy Birthday! *FREEBIE!*

Today is my birthday! 

YAY! I'm so weird that I even set this post to publish at the exact time I was born. LOL I love to give away things on my birthday, which means that you get to benefit from it!

For my birthday this year I created a brand new template based off of one of my favorite layouts I did in 2015 when I took my nieces to meet Cinderella at a local apple orchard. They had a blast and were just in love with her and she was so super sweet with them.

Credits: Believe In Magic - Glass Slipper by Amber Shaw & Studio Flergs, I'm Yours by Britt-ish Designs and DeCrow Designs, and Princess Talk by Sahlin Studio

You can click on the image above to download or CLICK HERE. 

The download link will be good until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on May 31, 2016. 

I hope you enjoy the template! I would love to see any layouts you create. You can leave a link the comment section below or email them to me at yzerbear19 at gmail dot com. 

I'm now off to enjoy my birthday with my two favorite little girls and Melinda. We're going to go see Thomas the Tank Engine at Greenfield Village. Then we're going to a local mall and having dinner with my brother. It should be a fun filled day. :)

Later!

-Melissa

FREEBIE time!

Since my birthday is in two weeks, I'm feeling a bit generous. :)

It's been over two years since I offered this template. So if you missed it when it was offered before you can get it now.

***This will be the LAST TIME it is ever offered.*** 

Sorry. This download has expired. This template has been retired.

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 generosity I may have to reconsider it.

This is your last chance to get this template. Please remember that the download is only available until 11:59 PM ET on April 29, 2016. 

If you already have this template be sure to come back on April 30th for a brand new template freebie. :)

Enjoy!
-Melissa

Yes I'm alive!

I know I haven't been the best blogger, but didn't realize just how bad until I recently checked. Yikes! Guess I've just been busy living life.

I have a few exciting things coming up, starting this weekend. :) One of my most popular templates will be offered again for free. And then at the end of the month it's my birthday and I have something special planned for that as well.

I will try to be a better blogger! LOL

- Melissa

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.

SORRY!
These downloads have expired

 

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