Friday, June 17, 2016

NEW mini kits from Over the Fence Designs

Over the Fence Designs released 4 new mini kits today 6/17/2016 - if you're a collector you may have them (they were former blog train freebies)

SCRAP ON


Available at




My layout features SCRAP ON and 
template from Marisa Lerin at Pixel Scrapper


#2 Mini - LIFE'S A BEACH


Available at 




My layout features LIFE'S A BEACH with template from Marisa Lerin at 



#3 - IN THE PARK


Available at 



(No layout yet)

#4 - AFTER SCHOOL


Available at



(No layout yet!)

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Another fabulous photo tray collection from Sherwood Studio

Sherwood Studio has created another fabulous photo tray



I always love working with Julie's photo trays.  They look complicated but they really are very easy to work with ... just choose your papers and clip them to the pieces she provides in the kit!

I combined these angular trays with Sherwood Studio DAKOTA PRAIRIES (a favorite of mine from her - I love those sunflowers!) to create my layout.




With all of the visual interest in the background, I felt that embellishments needed to be subdued.  And together, the papers and elements compliment my sunflower photo so beautifully!  The photo really gets to shine in this layout!

Head over the Scrapbook Graphics to check out Sherwood Studio's store .


It's Gotta Grab It time!

Jen C Designs has a fabulous new kit called


available in the Gotta Grab It sale at Gotta Pixel


My layout featuring BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS
with Jen C Designs template LIFE'S SNAPSHOTS V2


Head over to Gotta Pixel's sale and GRAB IT!

Dana's Footprint Digital Design SOFT MELODY

Dana's Footprint Digital Design has a fabulous new kit at Go Digital Scrapbooking called


It is full of delicate elements, and beautiful papers in soft pinks and mauves!


I used this beautiful kit to feature a favorite performance photo from my time as a volunteer at Vive les Arts (the community theater in my home town, Killeen, Texas)  From 1984 - 1997, I participated at the theater both in the spotlight and backstage - everything from actress, to music director, prop manager, costumer, fly deck, accompanist ... I participated in a record number of shows with director Ron Hanneman!  (I think it was 75 shows all together.)


Collection - Dana's Footprint Digital Designs SOFT MELODY
Template - Dana's Footprint Digital Designs OUR LIVES 

Head over to Go Digital Scrapbooking and check out 





OUTDOOR FUN with Altered Amanda's Studio

It's almost summer (it will be official on June 21), but in Texas it is SUMMER! I would love to escape to the beach ... again ... but I just did that in May, so no ... not happening anytime soon!  I'll have to do that "in pictures" I guess.

Altered Amanda's Studio OUTDOOR FUN provided me with an "escape vehicle" ... check out her fun kit which is part of the Go Digital Scrapbooking May-June Mixology.  Amanda had great fun with this collection and created 8 packs of fun!









I did one "beach" theme layout


That is my FAVORITE beach that I have visited - on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina in the Outer Banks! We visited twice in 2008 and 2009!  Hope to return there someday!

I also did a "hiking" adventure layout ... we're not much into back country hiking, but getting to the location where this photo was taken would definitely qualify as hiking ... took 30 minutes down hill, and you know the drill - more than twice that amount of time going uphill.  We gathered quite a collection of interesting folks to talk to who were always resting in the same spots as me!


Head over to Go Digital Scrapbooking and pick up Altered Amanda's Studio OUTDOOR FUN while it is still on sale.   



A FRESH NEW DAY from Leigh Penrod Designs

It is   "a fresh new day"  here in Central Texas, and I'm ready to show you one of my latest Go Digital Scrapbooking Creative Team efforts.


Leigh Penrod Digitals


This kit is full of beautiful flowers and foliage (that's what always attracts me to a kit), and some beautiful neutral backgrounds which allow the photos and artwork to shine!  I saw a couple of flower groups that reminded me quickly of a wonderful Spring encounter with a Bradford pear tree in the neighborhood, and 100's of Red Admiral butterflies.


Kit - Leigh Penrod Digitals A FRESH NEW DAY
Template - Lissy Kay Designs ARTISTIC FLAIR
(you can find the template at Go Digital Scrapbooking as well!)


Kit - Leigh Penrod Digitals A FRESH NEW DAY
Template - Lissy Kay Designs GOT THE BLUES

Just looking at these photos takes me back to that lovely early Spring day (actually, it was officially still winter, but Spring usually arrives early in Texas!)

Please head over to Go Digital Scrapbooking and check out the beautiful digital product at Leigh Penrod Digitals .  You will find a great sale going on in Leigh's store!



Monday, June 6, 2016

New from Ginger's Scraps N Pixels

Got travel pictures to scrap?  Or "Boy Toys" to remember?  Ginger's Scraps N Pixels has the perfect kit to go with your car photos


Vintage travel or autos would be perfect with this one, found exclusively at Go Digital Scrapbooking


I had fun highlighting a recent visit to an antique car show in Waxahachie, Texas.


Kit - Ginger's Scraps N Pixels FILLER UP
Template - freebie from Kim B





Saturday, June 4, 2016

COMING TO LIFE - collab from GDS Designers

The talented designers at Go Digital Scrapbooking have created another fabulous collaboration called


I love the peach and green color palette with loads of flower and foliage to compliment my own flower photo archive (Flowers ARE my best "models" of course)




There is so much variety in the components included in the collab

54 patterned papers


2 templates (Brenian Designs, and Lissy Kay Designs



12 elements


and so much more:  clusters, splatters, journal cards, wordart, typography, and an alpha!  And the best part - you can have this collab FREE if you make a $15 purchase at the GDS store during June!  Just make sure you add the collab kit to your cart with your $15 purchase!  

I had fun playing with this beautiful collection:


Template - Lissy Kay Designs COMING TO LIFE template - 
included in the collab
Roses in Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, TX


Template - Dana's Footprint Digital Design OUR LIVES template 2
Tree peonies in Linwood Gardens in Pavilion, NY

Head over to Go Digital Scrapbooking and add COMING TO LIFE to your collection!








Friday, June 3, 2016

Studio Sherwood THE FAITH PROJECT - (GOODNESS)

Studio Sherwood has a new kit in her series 



I combined it with a relatively new template pack (released last week)



and featured the two products with my layout showing my niece Julie with her sweet boys!  Love them all!


Head over to Studio Sherwood at Scrapbook Graphics to locate other products in THE FAITH PROJECT and other product from this great designer!







CHARISMA - from Over the Fence Designs

The newest collection from Over the Fence Designs arrived in stores today 6/3/2016

CHARISMA


available at 

It is full of luscious natural things ... flowers, foliage, and loads of green papers!!!  (I think I'm in heaven)

I have one layout ... so far!  I'm sure there will be more in the future since you know I love green!!!


Kit - Over the Fence Designs CHARISMA
Template - Sherwood Studio 
THE PHOTO PROJECT-PHOTO CLUSTERS-BIG PICTURE 3

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

New team - new designers

I just joined the Creative Team at CT HOT SPOT http://thecthotspotforum.com/

as a layout artist ... but after being on Creative Teams since February of 2011, my publish-and-promote urge is strong, and I just cannot resist doing a little promotion for this lovely kit from ADB Designs called

BLUE SKIES

available at



As a nature photographer, I had to search out all the greens in the kit for my layouts.  Layout #1 uses BLUE SKIES and Dana's Footprint Digital Design OUR LIVES template


(Love that quote!)

Layout #2 features BLUE SKIES and
 Jen C Designs LIFE'S SNAPSHOTS Set 1


(Another favorite quote to go along with my favorite flowers!)






FASCINATION from Over the Fence Designs

Today I have two new layouts featuring new bundle from Over the Fence Designs (PattyB Scraps) called

FASCINATION

available at 


Although I am not a great lover of "pink" I discovered that the "pink" in this collection perfectly matched my peoni photos and my azalea photos!  So I'm decked out in more pink today!

Be sure to visit the Over the Fence Designs and Patty B Scraps stores at

Go Digital Scrapbooking PBS

Digital Scrapbooking Studio OTFD

or My Memories  OTFD  PBS

It's June!

It's June ... and that is amazing!  I'm glad to be back working with new product from my favorite designers.

Dana's Footprint Digital Design has a sweet new kit called


The musical notation has been used in a delicate way in the papers and elements of this kit!  So sweet, so vintage ... a truly beautiful kit!


As a life-long musician (I have always loved to sing!) this kit one a special place in my heart.  Vicki designed it so well, with so many beautiful possibilities.  I used the SOFT MELODY kit to highlight a favorite photo of me, taken during performance of George M at Vive les Arts theater in Killeen, TX.  I was singing "Mary is a Grand Old Name" which was composed by George M Cohan.  The director of the musical framed this photo for me as a gift for all the work I did on the production, as performer, costumer, and chorus director! - I was a very busy girl!  But I did take my "moment in the spotlight!" and cherish it to this day!


Kit:  Dana's Footprint Digital Designs SOFT MELODY
Template:  Dana's Footprint Digital Design OUR LIVES