Commercial Use Freebie "Fabric Tag"

Friday is the last day of our Super Hot Summer Sale at Scrapper’s Zone. Most of the store is on sale at 60% off regular prices – even my newest kit. You should stop by and check it out before the sale ends.





Yesterday, I spent a couple hours unzipping and organizing all my commercial use freebies. I’ve downloaded tons of them, but hadn’t taken the time to organize everything. It felt like such an accomplishment! I also felt inspired to design a CU freebie to share with everyone – you know, “share the love!” So, click here to grab this CU fabric tag. If you like it, leave me some love!


And 1 more thing, my good friend Steph has a QP freebie on her blog. It's really cute so stop by and check it out.

Embellish It ~ Metal Odds and Ends

My newest kit is now available at scrapper’s zone! I created this kit because I have a lot of trouble finding rustic, masculine embellishments to add to my lay outs. So, "Embellish It ~ Metal Odds and Ends" was born. I hope you’ll check it out and let me know what you think – there are over 50 embellishments in this baby.

We’re having a Super Hot Summer Sale this week so you can grab my new kit at 60% off through Friday…what a steal!

If you’ve been wanting to snag on of the Scrapper’s Zone Team Kits, now’s the time to do it because you can get your Team Kits at 60% off. {Click the preview to go to the kit at scrapper's zone.}

A Gift for MJ

I digiscrapped this LO of my friend Mary Jean as a gift for her retirement. At her party this weekend, I got to see a lot of great people from my old job that I haven’t seen in YEARS! It was so much fun to reconnect with so many wonderful people. A group of us is going to get together for dinner this week. It’s so hard to stay connected with people – sometimes life just gets in the way. But I’m going to try hard to keep these great gals in my life this time around. ;o)

I created all the embellishments used on this page.
The papers are from the Festival collection by Shabby Princess.
The little flowers that I used to fill MJ's name sticker are from the "Summer Party" blog train and were created by http://poisonedprincess.com.

Grungy Pics of the Boys

I’ve been working like mad to get my latest kit finished. It’s almost ready and will be available at scrapper’s zone very soon! I always need masculine elements cause there are a lot of boys in my life…the trouble is, they’re just not as popular as the girly embellishments. So, while scrapping these pics of my nephews, I decided to make a few rustic embellishments which this turned into a great idea for a new kit.

Here, Lloyd and I are dressed as pirates, at the Mall of America’s “Park After Dark”. It was a family style Halloween celebration and we all had a great time!

This LO may look familiar as I posted it last week with a different picture. I discovered that I had already scrapped that picture and it is “snug as a bug in a rug” in my scrapbook. Well, the beauty of digiscrapping is, you can make a few changes and have a new picture in the same layout super quick. Yeay! So, here is the latest version of this LO. We were at the MOA and Luke was hungry – he had no patience for Aunt KK’s camera…he wanted to eat!

Luke in Grunge

I’m working on a kit that has a bunch of metal odds and ends. I wanted to test out some of the elements to see how they would look in a layout, so I scrapped this photo of my nephew. I also used a tutorial I found online to give the photo a grungy look and I just LOVE to colorize those gorgeous blue eyes!

I'm going to MN to visit my newphews at the end of the month. I can't wait to see how much they've grown since October.

I created all the paper and elements on this page, except for the sequins. They area CU and made by Gunhild. She doesn’t require credit, but since I love her stuff, I decided to tell you all about her. Check out her blog when you have some time.

July Team Kit Available Now @ Scrapper's Zone

My talented friends at Scrapper's Zone just released the July Team Kit! This party themed kit has of 33 papers and oodles of embellishments for all your party layouts! Click on over to Scrapper's Zone and check it out - we've got eight different mega packed Team Kits to browse through!

A Patriotic Freebie & The Flag Poem

I found this poem at the American Flag Foundation’s website. The author wrote it just a few days after September 11, 2001. The poem touched my heart so I thought I would share it with you all.

As we celebrate American Independence Day this weekend, let’s all take a moment to remember the millions of people who have died to protect our freedom. We are all so blessed to enjoy the precious gift of freedom that many have laid down their lives for. No matter what your political affiliation or personal beliefs, please take a moment this weekend to be thankful for the people who have fought and been injured or lost their lives so that we can all be free.

Here’s a fun little patriotic page decoration freebie for your 4th of July LOs. Take lots of photos this weekend! I hope everyone has a fun, safe Holiday.