Bunny Cates November Color Challenge

OH GOSH!! It's so hard, for me, to resist a Color Challenge. Then add Kim B's design as the free giveaway for participating, and I'm "on board". I had been playing around with layered felt flowers recently, so I have put together some using the color palette provided.

Click on the preview to download. And if you feel inspired, join the Color Challenge.

Free Vintage Tags

It's been a day of Lifetime movies for me. Sometimes you just need to take a back seat to life and do something mindless. However, it's impossible for me to be "completely" mindless. HA! So, I opened up Photoshop during the movies and created some tags to put into my scrapbooking stash. Maybe you'd like them for your Tags stash too.

Just click on the preview for the download.

Fall in The Air - Free Kit

Here in the Bay Area of California, the air is definitely changing. We've had such a mild summer and now it seems like Fall is creeping in. Fall is my MOST favorite time of the year.

I've kind of missed building a scrapbook kit lately, so I decided to sit and spend some time creating something with the Fall colors that should be upon us pretty soon.

Feel free to click on the preview if it looks like something you could use to create a layout. AND enjoy!!

Great Grandson Anthony Gardening & FREE Quick Page

This is a scrapbook page that I just finished for our Great Grandson, Anthony. When he comes to visit, he wants me to take him to the back yard so that he can water my plants. Fortunately, his Mom, Samantha, usually has an extra change of clothes for him, since he ends up a tad wet. He's now 4 years old and such a good helper.

Scrapbook layout was started from a template by Simply Tiffany Studios. Scrapbook papers and elements from Secret Stash Digital Scrapbooking 's free kit, "Hello Fall". The kit is free if you LIKE their Facebook page and sign up for their newsletter. The BOY element is not part of the kit and I don't know the designer to give credit. If anyone knows, please let me know and I'll be glad to give credit where credit is due.

If you'd like the free layout as a quick page, click on the preview shown below to download.

Afternoon at the Rose Garden

Ron and I took a nice walk through our cities local Rose Garden since all the roses are in full bloom and gorgeous at this time of year. Also gave me a good excuse to play with the new camera. So, there was a lot of "stopping to smell the roses" going on. And an excuse for another scrapbook page.

Girlfriend Road Trip

Nothing like a girlfriend road trip to bring on the fun. This page was done by Danna. Danna Earnhardt Atkins, Judy Filkins and myself set off for Eureka, Ferndale and the Redwoods, last month, to play with our new DSLR cameras. I think that between all of us, we must have taken about 1k photos.

Coloring Eggs

Happy Easter to all. It's tradition, with my DH and myself, to color eggs the day before Easter. Kids have been gone, from home, a long time ago. But we continue the tradition. Which means it's been 34 years and counting now. Hard boiled eggs taste so much better when they are colored, don't you agree? This is the page I put together to remember it always.


Paper and Elements came from Raspberry Road Designs', Easter On the Farm, and Natali Designs, Joyful Easter.

April Color Challenge for DSO - FREE Kit

WOO HOO!! Here I go again with another Color Challenge hosted by DSO. I still find it a fun challenge after playing for the last couple of years. The other participants always come up with wonderful contributions. Together, we all show our own style and create items for our scrapbooking needs. If you have a desire to try your hand at making digital elements and papers, please feel free to jump in and join us.

These are the colors that were given to us this month. We are to choose at least 3 of the colors for our kits.

My kit is free for the taking, if you like it. Just click on the preview. Thanks for stopping by.

Grand Daughters Scrapbook Page

In December, our Grand daughters came to Calif to visit family. We were so happy to have them stay with us. They are "such" great gals. Their cousins took them to San Francisco for the day and it turned out to be a typical rainy, foggy day in the city.

To remember their visit, I completed a scrapbook page using Kim B's Designs kit called Mulberry Fields and a template that she shared with us. And be sure to check out her Blog as it's always a fun read. If you'd like the template, you'll find it at the bottom of her posting for that day and mentioning "last Friday's post".

DSO March Color Challege - FREE Kit

It's my birthday and I've been celebrating all month long. Which is only right, at my age. Never mind, I'm not telling you what that is. HA! I also figured that I deserved an iPad2 and have it on order. Can't WAIT until it arrives. When it does, I'll probably be locked in a closet somewhere so I won't be disturbed. Until then, I have lots of celebrating to do this month.

I participated in the DSO Color Challenge this month and have produced a small kit that is FREE for you. The colors this month that I had to work with are shown below.

Click on the preview to download

Jan Color Challenge-Free Kit

All I can say is, thank goodness that December is over with. The day after Thanksgiving, I had a Diverticulitis/Colitis attack and found myself in the hospital for 10 days. Then I spent another 30 days gathering my strength back to normal. Needless to say, Christmas just wasn't the same this year. But the highlight of the whole month was a visit, by our 2 Tennessee Granddaughters for a few days. They put a smile on my face and I miss them already.

And now that I'm feeling like my old self again, I'm finding that I actually want to create something. So, I jumped into the DSO Color Challenge this month and created this small scrapbooking kit.

It's free for you to use in your personal scrapbooking layouts. Click on the preview to download.

On The Road Again - FREE Kit

Here is my last scrapbooking kit that I will be making for About.com's Graphic site. I had such fun designing kits for them during the last 2 years. But the time has come to move on and step up creating the layouts that I need for my own family.

Thanks to everyone for all the kind words about my kits.

Click on the preview to download this free kit.

Childhood memories

I grew up on a street called Rutland Ave in my town. I moved there when I was 7 years old. My sister was just born and I was no longer an only child getting all my parent's attention. While in the front yard, soon after moving in, a blond little girl, named Pat came to my house and introduced herself. After that, we spent many, many days together playing and sharing our little lives together.

Recently, we met up again, thanks to Facebook, and had such a good time going over our childhood lives. I put together this scrapbook page to remember that special time in the 50's.

FREEBIE-Round Mat Cut Apart Frame

Here's a freebie that I made for you today. I made a circular mat and sliced it up into sections, so that I could fill the sections with different papers. In the center, I wanted to be able to put a photograph.

By using the clipping mask in PS, you can easily attach your papers and/or photos to the sections. I have included a finished one to give you an idea of how it can look.

Also, in the download, I have included a Style that I made and used on each filled section to make them "pop". Just click on the template to get the download. The template is in .psd format with each section being on a separate layer.

I hope you enjoy it and find it useful with your scrapbooking layouts.

A Time to Remember - Free Kit

My newest scrapbook kit, A Time To Remember, is on the About.com's site and free for the taking. I have used blues, reds and yellows for this vintage, Fall kit and hope you find it useful when creating a layout for your scrapbooks.

You'll also find a Quick Page with the kit, if you want to put a layout together quickly, by just adding text and a photo.

Click on the preview to reach the download site at About.com.

Kims October Color Challenge

It IS Fall, right? You'd sure not know it by the 81 degree weather we are having here in the Bay Area of Northern Calif. I don't know whether to start packing away my summer clothes or not. GEESH!

I've just completed a small kit for Kim's DSO Color Challenge, this month. It's FREE to anyone who wants to download it. And be sure to check out all the other great contributions that others are posting throughout the month.

Click on the preview to download.

These are the colors that we were given to play with.

Vintage Tea - FREE Scrap Kit

I've just finished another Scrapbooking Kit for About.com and it's FREE for the taking. The kit is called Vintage Tea and is done in greens, blues and yellows. I hope you enjoy it and use it for a future scrap layout.

Click on the preview to reach the download site at About.com.

Enjoy the kit and be sure to leave me a note if you grab it. Thanks.

NOTE: When saving the files at About.com, click on the small thumbnail to get an individual image, then right click and choose:

IE: Save Target As...
Firefox or Google Chrome: Save Link As...
Safari: Save Linked File
Opera: Save Linked Content As...

Otherwise, you will not get the correct filename or filetype.

KIM'S DSO SEPT COLOR CHALLENGE

Oh, these monthly color challenges are always such fun for me. I love having a variety of colors thrown at me and trying to put together a kit. So it's fun for me and FREE for you. A win/win situation, I hope. These are the colors this month and the, free to you, kit that I put together.

Click on the preview to download.

Now I'm free from Photoshop for awhile to get ready for a visit from a couple girlfriends and attend the DSP Laptop Crop at Adobe.

Once Upon a Memory-Free Scrap Kit

About.com has posted my new FREE kit, in their graphics section. It's called "Once Upon a Memory". Just click on the preview to be taken to the download section.

Enjoy the kit and be sure to leave me a note if you grab it. Thanks.

NOTE: When saving the files at About.com, click on the small thumbnail to get an individual image, then right click and choose:

IE: Save Target As...
Firefox or Google Chrome: Save Link As...
Safari: Save Linked File
Opera: Save Linked Content As...

Otherwise, you will not get the correct filename or filetype.

Kim's DSO Aug Color Challenge

WOW, look at these colors that Kim, at DSO, tossed at us, for the August Color Challenge. I usually go for the Vintage/Shabby Chic colors, and tend to design in that direction. But this time, it woke up something else in my creative brain. I had a fun time designing this FREE kit and hope that you'll find a use for it too.

Click on the preview to download the kit for free.