Earlier this summer my in-laws took my husband and I on an Alaskan cruise for a graduation present. I know, awesome graduation gift. Anyways, how do you thank someone for a gift like that? I decided to scrap all of our pictures and print them into a book to give them. I wanted to try to use the same kit for the entire book for flow purposes. Also to prove that it could be done. I love how it turned out! It is the first time that I could say that I actually made/drew an entire scrapbook all on my own (except for the font-High Fiber, and one template from Shabby Princess). The cover was my favorite! I love drawing on my tablet in Illustrator! woodland adventure kit. This kit works for anything outside (all those summer camping trips or playing in the backyard) plus it will be perfect for fall photos. And it's another kit that is boy-friendly. Two in a row-hooray for me! I kind of skimped on the elements, sorry, but I ran out of ideas. If you have a suggestion of something you need, feel free to shoot me an email with your request! ([email protected]) .............................................................click on "Read More" below to get the download links and see example layouts
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I finally finished another free kit for y'all! I'm averaging one kit a season, which I think is pretty good for a beginner designer with a toddler. It's all summer, beach, and surfing, but you can use it for anything. And for once, I designed something that y'all can use for your boys too. My husband is a surfer and misses the ocean terribly. The California Dreamin' kit is dedicated to him. (He was very picky about my surfboards. I finally stopped asking him if they looked okay.) Download links (you must click all of them to get the entire kit) --Elle Designs is now Citrus and Mint so find the links at www.citrusandmint.weebly.com-- A simple layout I did with it. Leave a comment and let me know what you think! So, I was working on an Easter kit. Then it turned into two different mini-kits. Oh well, you get both for free. There aren't many elements because I lost steam and ideas and ability. The good news is that I finally got Photoshop CS and Illustrator! That means that once I learn how to use these intimidating programs, you will get even better free stuff. The bad news is that this will probably be my last post for a while. I am moving across the country and taking several long vacations over the next two months, and I won't have a computer. So, I am taking a short break, but I will be back with tons of creative ideas in July. I'm very sad to leave y'all for so long because I just started the site. Please stick with me and I promise I will be back! I will still post freebies to my pinterest board "Scrapbooking Freebies," so make sure that you follow that board for the latest freebies during my absence from the blog. (scroll down for my free Easter mini-kits) Here are some inspiring Easter/springtime layouts to help you scrap your Easter pictures. Click on the picture to link to the original page. free easter mini-kit (number 1) free hoppy easter mini-kit (number 2) See you in two months! (I will have access to email so I can answer questions if you have any)
I got some questions about the tutorial yesterday and other random things. how do I use your alphas? why do my shapes stay the same color instead of changing even though I used the color picker tool? how do I get my paper to clip to my mat in the template I created? This method will work for anything you want to clip to a shape in your template. It's hard to see, but step three instructions is written in the blue part. Hope that helps! As always, let me know if you have any other questions!
I got the Nordstrom catalog in the mail this week. Talk about inspiration! I love that color is in season! (I am a color gal. Case in point: I only own one black shirt and no white shirts at all.) Plus you don't have to spend a million to get the spring look--Target has caught onto the trend and has tons of really cute colorful clothes, shoes, jewelry, dishes, etc. When I saw the above title in the Nordstrom catalog I loved it. I thought I would copy it by making a scrapbooking alpha and post it for y'all to download. It will eventually become part of a spring kit that I'm working on right now! There are full alpha sets for each of the 8 colors. I hate it when designers do multicolored alphas, but don't include all colors for each letter so I usually get two letters in the title that are the same color and next to each other. No problems with that here. Also remember to subscribe to email updates so you don't miss a freebie! Check back in on Monday for layout inspiration! here. Download the alpha sets Download the font used to create the alphas here. Thank you Fontfabric for free CU fonts! I also just discovered that Scrap Orchard puts new free templates up each week on their blog. This is this week's free template. Perfect for when you are stuck in a scrapbooking rut.
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