12 Days of Christmas- Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of my 12 Days of Christmas. For at least the next 12 days you will get a little freebie from me for just visiting my bog! How great is that?  There are mostly Christmas elements and papers, with some CU Papers throw in and a couple non-Christmas items!  And who knows maybe as I have the time to clean up my hard drive you will get even more!

So here is your second little freebie!  A CU ok paper that I call Snowy Bridge. I photographed this out my back door after we had our first snowfall.  Enjoy!

 

2nd Annual Christmas Convoy

I have joined the 2nd Annual Christmas Convoy and you get the benefits!  Click the image below to go to the list of all the participants (in case you get lost).

Here is a list of all the stops along the trains route. We are not all in the same time zone ~ so if you come to a blog and there is no download ~ please pop back later 🙂

Enjoy!

SotoCreations
TammyJo’s Creations
Angel Baby Scraps
Calliscrapdesign
Angi’s Place
Designs by the PolkaDotChicks
Whispy’s D’zines
Deborah (damc)
Melinda’s Designs
Butterfly Gypsy Designs <——YOU ARE HERE
Myst Designs
Scrap Anonymous
Pam Taylor
Michelle McCoy
Pink’s Poetic Scraps
Back to the beginning…
If you are interested in joining other of our convoys you can learn more here: Twisted Convoys

And here is the preview to my part, just click the image to get the download. I hope that you enjoy it! I tried to keep it Christmasy but at the same time make it versatile; so that you could use it for more than just Christmas layouts. There are 6 papers and 12 elements.

Also don’t forget that I have a Christmas Around the World post that has a free mini-kit attached to it plus if you visit the Christmas Around the World blog you can find the list of ALL the participants and there are a lot of us!!

And as always, don’t forget to visit DigiFree and grab a lot of other great freebies!

 

Christmas Around the World

Welcome to the Christmas Around the World train!  As the name suggests you are going to be collecting Christmas offerings from designers all over the world!  The train officially goes live on December 1st, so if you visit a blog and their offering isn’t up yet, just check back in a day or two!  I am not sure where I am at on the stop list, but if you get lost or just need to start at the beginning you will want to head over to the main blog

And if you are anxious about what you will be getting, here is a small sneek peak of the offerings for you!

Click to be taken to beginning of the train!

Ok, now here is what you have been waiting for; my part of the Christmas Around the World train.  Just click on the image to download and enjoy.  The color palette I chose actually matches the color palette of the mini-kits that are being offered at Bouquet of Pixels for this train so you may want to head over there and pick them up too!  THIS IS THE FREEBIE! CLICK THIS IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD!

Click to download!

And if that isn’t enough for you, I am also offering a second mini-kit over on my rarely used blog (once or twice only!).  So head on over there and pick it up.

Click to be taken to my other blog to download!

 

Photo Masks Freebie

Another little freebie for you! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!  You can find out how to get more freebies by using this one over at the BoP Forums.

Here’s a layout I created using one of the clipping masks from the download.

 

Siblings

 

 

 

 

Seasons Charm BB Train

Can you believe how fast Novemmber and Thanksgiving have come upon us? It is hard to believe that this year is almost over!  And now that it is the 15th of November, it is  time once again for the Digital Scrap Ink Brag Book blog train!  There are some cute pages on this train and you won’t want to miss a stop!  Here is a preview of the train

Here is a close up of my part of the slide show. If you click on it you can download it.

Here is the list of Train Stops, make sure you visit all of them!

1. Gab – http://snuggleberrypiedesigns.blogspot.com
2. Ivonne – http://craft-tastrophic.blogspot.com/
3. Denny – http://ilmioangolinocreativo.blogspot.com/
4. Tzigane – https://butterflygypsy.wordpress.com <— You Are Here
5. Janine – http://janinenezz.blogspot.com/

 

 

Candy Corn Alpha

I made this little freebie for you. Hope you enjoy it!  I know that most people prefer their alphas to be individual pngs but I just did this quickly so i didn’t seperate them.  It is all on one sheet.

 

Twisted Halloween Convoy!

Welcome to the Twisted Halloween Convoy! Hope you enjoy collecting all of these super mini-kits (although some are so stuffed full!).  Here is my preview:

Twisted Halloween Convoy!

Here is the list of convoy participants, if you get lost along the way just come back and pick up where you left off! We are not all in the same time zone ~ so if you come to a blog and there is no download ~ please pop back later 🙂 Enjoy!

1. Blind Sight Desings
2. Angi’s Place
3. SotoCreations
4. LavendelCreations
5. TammyJo’sCreations
6. Moodz Scraps
7. Yanna
8. CalliscrapDesign
9. Desertgirl Designs
10. Butterfly Gypsy Designs<—You Are Here!
11. Back to the beginning…

If you are interested in joining other of our convoys you can learn more here: Twisted Convoys

 

Do You Like A Challenge?

Do you like challenges? How about free stuff?  Well if you said yes to both those questions, you need to head on over to Bouquet of Pixels and participate in our monthly challenges!  Not only will you challenge yourself with each task and complete layouts, you will have the opportunity to get one of the BoP monthly collab kits for FREE!

BoP Collabs
Here is what you have the opportunity win this month.  Each person that completes all 7 challenges get their choice of one of the two collabs each month!

Scraplift Challenge
Each month, an outstanding layout from our gallery is chosen to be scraplifted. I really try to vary the layouts that are chosen each month but they are ones that typically have clean lines and some element or technique use that really stands out to me.  This month’s layout is by Kirsten and you can see more of her work in her gallery.  Here is the layout that was chosen:

I loved the clean lines of the layout and the way the pictures are stacked and staggered.  Here is my scraplifted layout, changed just a little.

For my layout I used the Daddy’s Girl collab that you can chose as your prize this month! I love the collab, it is filled with great papers and elements and is soo cute!

Trend/Element Challenge
One of our other challenges tha you will find in the Challenge Forum is the Trend/Element Challenge.  Each month, I focus on an emerging trend whether it is in the world of scrapping or not or a specific element.  It is then your job to incorporate these into your layout.  This month the challenge is all about Monochromatic Layouts.  So go pick out your favorite color and scrap a layout centered around that color!  Here is my inspiration for you! Now pink is not my favorite color but it went well with my photo!

Freebie
For this month’s scraplift challenge, I created a template of my layout and want to give it to you.

Until next time,

 

Purple Spotlight, Sketchpads and a Freebie

I love being on the 3 Creative Teams I am on; especially the two that are store CT’s as it gives me the opportunity to work with some amazing designers each month! Of course the personal CT that I am on is for an equally amazing designer, but the store teams are different as it gives me a variety and that is what I need!  So this past month over at DSI, I got to download and work with some great kits.  Probably the most I have ever worked with and I am so please to show some of them off to you.  So over the next few days, you will be seeing all kinds of work from various designers! Enjoy

In the Purple Spotlight
I don’t use a lot of purples in my scrapping, I tend to stick to more earthy colors or go with pinks for my daughter and blues for my son.  So when I had the opportunity to work with In the Purple Spotlight by Misty O’Brien Designs, I was a tad worried about what I would do with it!  Here is a preview of the kit:

The kit is great as it ranges in hues from strong purples to very pale purples.   And the elements are so cute! You won’t be disappointed when you purchase this kit.  I can’t wait to use it for some layouts of my husband as purple is his favorite color!  Here is a layout made with the kit

Memories

Sketchpads
I am in love with templates! They are so easy to use and really make my scrapping so much faster than it normally would.  I guess some people would feel they are the easy way out but I don’t. I like to take them and mix them up too by subtracting elements or flipping the design, or maybe adding another picture.  They are so much fun.  And some of the best I have found and gotten to play with are by Susan Robinson Designs.  Her Sketchpad series are wonderful! I love all of the ones that I have gotten to play with.  And although I haven’t played with them yet, she also has card templates!  I can’t wait to get my hands on those since I love making and sending cards to people; think of all the possibilities!  Here are just a couple of her products:

Here are some of the layouts that I have created using her templates

I have been trying my hand at making templates lately and although I do enjoy using them, I don’t see myself branching out to making them full time! But you get to benefit from my expirements!  Here is a preview of your freebie today

Well that is all for now, see you tomorrow for more goodies!

Until next time,

 

October Color Challenge

October has arrived! I love the Fall, it is probably my favorite season with Spring coming in a close second.  I absolutely love to watch the turning of the leaves and to feel and smell the fresh brisk fall air.

New challenges are up at Bouquet of Pixels and waiting for you to jump right in!  Remember, when you complete all our challenges you get to choose one of the Monthly Collab kits for FREE!  You can read more about that here.  And just buzz on into our shop to see the collabs!

The Color Challenge is up in the forum and waiting for you to get inspired!  The color palette this month is called Vintae Halloween. The hex numbers for the palette are: D8700F, F6C76F, 031501, 8697A1, 4B515D

October Color Challenge Palette

Here is a preview of my layout that I created for the challenge!

Here is the freebie for this challenge! Remember if you participate in the challenge you don’t have to use the freebie, it is just an added bonus to say thanks for being a part of Bouquet of Pixels!

October Color Challenge Mini-kit Freebie

Hope to see you in the forums! And if you are looking for more freebies, head on over to DigiFree and see what they have!