Template Fun

I love scrapping with templates. I don't do it all the time, but I think it's a fun change. It's really amazing all the different pages that can come from the same template! Here are a few of my favorite places to get templates (all free!):

Just Two More Things has great 2-page layouts. I think 2 page templates are really hard to find, not to mention that Jueneta is my friend, which both make this a great place to peruse. Here's a layout (with Kay Miller's Tiki Tiki Tembo kit) I did with one of her templates (surprisingly a 1-pager) :)


Sweet Shoppe has a "Cookie Decorating 101" Challenge on their forum. You can check it out here. You don't have to participate in the challenges, or post your layout, but I always think the templates are super cute. Here's my layout (with Zoe Pearn's Happiness kit) with the most recent one:


Jen Caputo sells her templates at Scrapbook Graphics, but she also has lots for free on her blog. I've used a few of her free templates, but most of my layouts are pretty old, so I'm sure you don't want to see them. ;)

Peppermint Creative now has a forum, which also includes a template challenge. There's a really cute template there right now, which you can get here. If you post your layout there, you can possibly win a PC gift card or some other prizes. Here's my page (from PC's Sk8ter Boy Kit) from this template, which I thought was really fun to work with. Miss Mint also put this page on her blog (along with Ashlie's), which I was excited about!


Templates are really easy to work with. You open it up, then target the layer you want to 'paste' your paper to. Bring your paper onto your template layout, and it should come in right above your targeted layer. Then you can hit Ctrl G (or alt-and hover your mouse between the two layers and click) to "clip" your paper to it. You do that with all your papers and embellishments, then add whatever you want to it! Have fun!

Countdown to Halloween

Since it's almost October, I wanted to share some Halloween kits with you guys! Libby came out with a cute girl halloween kit, but there's a shortage of girls in my family, so I made it work just fine for boys. :)




Libby is giving away a free desktop calendar on her blog with this kit, and she also has a contest there to win one free kit!

Dani also has a really cute Halloween kit, "Happy Haunting:"I really love her style. Here is a page I made with it:

Please disregard all the dates on my scrap pages. You can tell I'm SOOOO behind!! :)

So, now go do the challenges at SSD so you can get 40% off these kits! :)

Scrapbooking Class

For those of you who are interested in Jessica Sprague's Scrapbooking classes (I love them!), she's offering her intermediate class starting September 29. I think the registration is only open until Saturday. So, if you want to take it, head on over and register! I have a coupon for 10% off: nwr0908.

New Favs

I wanted to post a few of my recent favorite kits. This first one, "Beep Boop" (by Lauren Grier & Kristin Cronin-Barrow) is one that came out last week and I'm totally loving it. I love the bright colors and the quirky elements (Previews are clickable).

Here are a few pages I made with it:

Here's another kit I'm having fun with: "Rag Tag Cowboy" by Dani Mogstad. I'm really liking her designs. She's got a few other kits that are cute (Deep Blue Sea and Little Buddies)

This is a really fun kit if you have pictures that go with it. Or, if you're like me and you want to stretch it a little, which is what I did on the "Sheriff" page. :)

I'm totally wishing I was a tag-a-long on Ashlie's photoshoot in the country for this kit. :)


Also, Peppermint Creative has an upgraded store! She's had her store down for the last 3 weeks or so, and she just opened it up, now with a forum, upgraded gallery, new products, and a SALE! Everything's 25% off right now. She has some cute new stuff!

FOBTY- 9/10

On the Sweet Shoppe's Blog, there was a link to a Crayola Quiz to see how many names of the colors you know. Well, apparently I flunked out of second grade because I missed 27 out of 64! Yikes!

Finally!

I finally got Zoe's kit that I've been coveting for a month! :) Yeah! Here's the first layout I did with it (It matches my blog background!). I got it with a 40% off coupon for doing the challenges at SSD, so it was a great deal!

Awesome deal for Printing!

Thanks to a blog I love to stalk, I found out about a GREAT deal for printing scrap pages. If you spend at least $10 on prints before September 7, you'll get a coupon code for $100 in free prints (to use before September 31). I didn't really believe it was true, but I ordered prints and got my coupon a few minutes ago. I ordered a few days ago and didn't get the coupon, but I just emailed them my order number and I had it in my inbox 2 minutes later! :) I'm not sure about the quality of them yet because I haven't gotten my pages, but I figured $10 was worth the risk. They have great prices for pages, too. I think their 8x8s are 50 cents and 12x12 are 75 cents. So, we'll see how they turn out! So, Jueneta, I'm sorry I don't have any Shutterfly coupons for you, but hopefully this will be OK for you. :)