I went ahead and used all of the templates in Digi Diva Designs (Connie Prince of Kjoi Studios) Basics Collection! Here are the other two, scroll down to the previous entry to see the rest and the kit and templates! TFS!

Journaling:
March Twenty-Third 2008
Upon our exploration of our property, we found these really cool twisted branches. At first we thought it was a rope but upon closer inspection we realized it was actually a twisted bunch of branches. Looks pretty cool.

Credits:
All papers & elements are from the Sweet Potato Pie kit by Digi Diva Designs (Connie Prince) at kjoi studios
Fonts: 2Peas Chatter, 2Peas Chestnuts
Template is from the ‘basics’ template collection by Digi Diva Designs (Connie Prince) at kjoi studios

Website: http://www.kjoistudios.com
Link to items in store:
Kit: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=517
Templates: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=409

Journaling:
You are too SERIOUS! Please smile for mommy!

Credits:
All papers & elements are from the Sweet Potato Pie kit by Digi Diva Designs (Connie Prince) at kjoi studios
Fonts: 2Peas David Walker
Template is from the ‘basics’ template collection by Digi Diva Designs (Connie Prince) at kjoi studios

Website: http://www.kjoistudios.com
Link to items in store:
Kit: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=517
Templates: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=409

I have been busy busy busy today! Upon working with mlwCustom Designs beautiful kit I found yet another great kit in our store! There are seriously soo many great new items, you should definately stop by!

This kit is called Sweet Potato Pie and it is by Digi Diva Designs (Connie Prince).

Kit Includes:
10 12×12 Patterned/Textured Papers
1 Bow
2 Cardboard Button Elements w/ Ribbons
3 Flowers
2 Plain Frames
2 Ribbon Wrapped Frames
2 Glitter Doodles
1 Wrapped Postcard Stack
1 Button
1 Straight/Stitched Ribbon
1 Tied Ribbon
1 Bent Ribbon
1 String Bow W/ Eyelets
1 Tag
1 Tied Eyelet
1 Complete Alpha/Number Set w/ Some punctuation

 I just LOVE those flowers, they are even more amazing up close! The glitter on those swirls are too real, the papers are fantastic, the colors alone are fabulous with an earth tone mixed with some bright and bold colors! It’s a perfect kit that can be used on both sides of the spectrum. Best yet you get all this for only $5.00!!! Now take a look at the super cool templates of her’s I used as well!

Set of 4 12×12 Templates. Saved in psd format (with layers) and png format.Only $5.00 as well! Very well worth it. I was completely having a mental block as to how to put this gorgeou kit to a great use, but as soon as I grabbed these templates it all fell into place. They are must haves for some beautiful inspiration!

Here are my two layouts I created using both the kit and the templates from Digi Diva Designs:

Nature

Journaling:
My 2 year old and I decided to walk around our property and ‘explore’. This is just some of the neat things   growing around us!

Credits:
All papers, elements are from Connie Prince (DigiDiva’s Sweet Potato Pie Kit from kjoi studios)
Fonts: 2Peas Busy Babs and 2Peas Broken Flower Pot
Template - Connie Prince (DigiDiva’s Basic Templates Set from kjoi studios)

Website: http://www.kjoistudios.com
Link to store:
Kit: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=517
Templates: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=409

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Marigolds

Journaling:
Marigold’s… … Celebrate Spring

Credits:
All papers, elements are from Connie Prince (DigiDiva’s Sweet Potato Pie Kit from kjoi studios)
Fonts: 2Peas Champagne
Quote: Peppermint Creative’s Phrase Guide
Template - Connie Prince (DigiDiva’s Basic Templates Set from kjoi studios)

Website: http://www.kjoistudios.com
Link to store:
Kit: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=517
Templates: http://kjoistudios.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=409

These are definate keepers! I will be printing these for my ’show and tell’ books in the morning! Now click on the previews of the kit and templates to be directly transferred to where you can buy them for yourself and get creating!

After being away for a long time I have gotten back into the game slowly and chose a totally new rocking kit to do my CT work with for the month of March. You have GOT to check it out, it’s amazing for any type of photo. Take a look!

Blues, greens, and oranges… this is a fun fun kit for “boys” or guys that act like “boys”, but still not so boyish that if you have a little “tom-gurl” in your life that you can’t use it. This huge kit is wonderfully grungy and has soo much stuff you’ll be able to scrap multiple LO’s. See below for more previews of this kit.

Kit contains: 12 papers, an alpha in a single .png file, bookplate, 2 ribbon buckles, 3 buttons, 2 flowers, single frame, cluster frame, jean strap, overall strap, shoe laces, 2 different stars, stitched journaling circle, 3 sets of messy stitching, 5 dyno-tape label word arts, 2 ripped papers, 2 ripped hearts, 2 messy ribbons, and one stitched zipper.

It’s fabulous isn’t it? Look at all you get and for only $6! Just look at the two layouts I came up with for them:

Rough Stuff

 Journaling:
Wesley decided he could use daddy’s big tools to work on his ‘car’. It was terribly cute seeing him lug around tools as big and heavy as himself but I was afraid he would drop one on his toe or his daddy’s head and hurt something. He’s such a boy now. It amazes me everyday to see all the new and creative things he comes up with.

Credit:
All papers and elements are from Mique Walcutt (mlwCustom Design of Kjoi Studios)’s Rough n Tumble kit
Fonts: Trashed

Hungry Tortoise

This was from Boo at the Zoo last year here in North Carolina. Was my son’s first time there and he was fasinated with this tortoise.

Credits:
All papers and elements are from the Rough and Tumble kit by mlw designs of kjoi studios
Template: Amy Watson
Font: 2Peas Beef Broccoli

 Aren’t those amazing? The kit makes it, totally! So what are you waiting for? Click on the kit preview up top and go grab it for yourself today!

Here are the grunge papers add-on to the ‘Springingly Good Time’ Minikit I posted early this morning. Enjoy and let me know what you think! Thanks

Includes:

6 Fully textured and Patterned papers

Spring Time Grunge Paper Add-on Set 1
Spring Time Grunge Paper Add-on Set 2

After a very long yet relaxing week and weekend I was able to come up with a fun springy minikit for you all. I will be adding a alternative grungey paper pack as an add-on in a day or so. I hope you all like this, please leave feedback Thanks!

Mini-kit includes:

5 Textured Papers

1 Patterned Paper

2 Fun & Funky Stitchings

2 Fun & Wild Flowers

1 Patterned Overlay

Download Links:

Elements

Stitching

Overlay

Papers Set 1

Papers Set 2

Sorry it’s been so long. I just recently got back from a 3 month long vacation to Missouri with my family. I needed some time to visit with my family whom I hadn’t seen in awhile and they truly LOVED the time with my son. Which he turned 2 while we were out there! He is growing so fast! It is so amazing how different he is now than he was 2 months ago. Anyhow, I took LOADS of photos and hope to get those scrapped in the near future. I haven’t actually touched Photoshop in so long I am not sure if I will remember what to do Sadly, I think it will be best if I step down from a few of my Creative Teams and my Design Team as well. They are all lovely positions and I truly love the people but am just not able to keep up that rigorous of a schedule on the computer anymore. I have a new respect for designers after I tried to do it professionally and couldn’t keep up with it. I hope one day that will change but I think for now, the best decision for my family and myself is if I slow my pace down and balance my life more evenly. This will not effect my giving out freebies and participating in challenges here and there. I will also keep on at least 2 of my CT’s for now and go with the flow I hope you all have been well and I will be getting a new freebie up for you sometime this week. Take care and see you all later

Here is what I have been working on recently from Jan Bolton Designs over at scrapdish.
First here is Jan’s beautiful kit called ‘Gently Washed’.

It is designed beautifully in soft green and yellow fabrics and really is just perfect for about any kind of layout. I highly recommend this kit for everyday layouts. Here is what all you get in this kit:

If you are looking for a kit with gently washed fabric textures, that is what you will get with Gently Washed.

Special thanks to Monica Larson.

Includes:
11 papers
2 borders
2 folded ribbons
1 flower
1 spiral clip
1 gold belt with jewels
1 knotted ribbon
1 patch
3 jewels
1 frame
1 photo corner
6 brads
2 staples
1 button

All for $5.00! Great deal for such great quality products. Below are some layouts I made with this kit.

Journaling:
Just how close can you get to a Beaver?

Credits:
All papers, ribbons, flower, photo tacks and embroidered journal circle are from Jan Bolton’s ‘Gently Washed’ kit from Scrapdish
Font is Euphoric BRK

Journaling:

This is my son ‘helping’ mommy plant some mums in her small garden out front this month. He has this obsession with pulling his arm out of his shirt and pulling his shirt up but only on one arm. I call him ‘Spartacus’ when he does this as it sort of looks like he is wearing a toga So he was my ‘Gardening Spartacus’ I scraplifted smanda’s ‘cousins’ layout seen here:
http://www.rakscraps.com/photopost/s…;limit=la st7
It was just so fun and fresh I knew I had to scraplift it! Thanks smanda!

Credits:
Papers, Ribbon and Flower are from Jan Bolton’s ‘Gently Washed’ kit from Scrapdish
Font is Exotc350 Bd BT
Inspiration came from a scraplift of smanda’s ‘cousins’ layout

Journaling:
Mid Ohio
Racetrack
Lexington, OH
September 2007

Credits:
Papers, frames, staples, embroidered label are from Jan Bolton’s ‘Gently Washed’ kit from Scrapdish
Font is Euphoric BRK

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 You can see, you can do alot with this kit! It’s a great, high quality kit. You can get it here:

Gently Washed Kit by Jan Bolton at Scrapdish

As of last month I started hosting a themed challenge over at Natural Designs in Scrapbooking (http://www.ndisb.com) and make a prize for anyone who participates. I wanted to extend this to all of my friends on here because it is alot of fun and hey you get great prizes just for one layout! Here is a preview of the prize you will received upon uploading a layout to the ndisb gallery for my challenges

Be sure to come check out the challenge I am hosting (I host it every month) as well as everyone else’s great challenges there!

NDISB Challenges

I have a ton of links and blinkies over there in my sidebar —>

but they aren’t always showing up. I have tried to fix it and the only thing I know to do is to hit refresh and they should all show up LOL! So If the sidebar is blank, hit refresh up top because I have ALOT of really great links to freebies from myself, some great announcements, and a WHOLE BUNCH of really fabulous friends sites you gotta check out!

I just got accepted to be on the CT for Jan Bolton’s designs over at Scrapdish!!! I am so excited to be working with her, I have known her for about a year now through RAKscraps and I just couldn’t be happier working for some that is so genuinely sweet and an awesome designer! If there is anything you do, check out her works over at Scrapdish dot com.

Jan’s Designs