Card Design: Scribbles Designs Freebie Friday Inspiration...Sept. 2nd--Bikini

Howdy folks! The Freebie Friday is BACK over at the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog.  This time around we're offering up a cute little Bikini (#F129).  You can find the freebie over in my Freebie Friday post by clicking HERE or this image can also be found in the store HERE.
 
General Info: 

• This card has been created 100% digitally and then layered in a Mock Up (courtesy of Frisk Shop).  I will print it out and assemble it a later date.

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• #F129 Bikini:  A fun image to play with. If you click on the name you can find this image in the store.  You can also click HERE to find it in my Freebie Friday post.
• This straps of the bikini were coloured digitally. The main section of the bikini was paper pieced with a paper from Imagine That! Digistamp. Details below.

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• The sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  For great freebies and inspiration be sure to click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for awesome sets for purchase, click HERE to go to the home page of the store.

Digital Paper Details:

• The digi paper used for the background and also for paper piecing the bikini is from the Beach Combing Digital Paper Pack created by Kristy from Imagine That! Digistamp. You can find it in the store by clicking HERE.

 
OVERALL 
Digital Embellishments: 

• The shape used for matting is a basic shape created in Photoshop Elements.
• The shadows to give certain elements some depth were created with a layer style, from Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.  

Challenges I am hoping to enter... 

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ -- Anything Goes
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/  -- Always Anything Goes

So, don't forget to mark you calendars every Friday to head on over to the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog to grab the latest freebie up for grabs.  Don't forget, you can find the Bikini from Sept. 2nd's post HERE.  It is a great way to add to your SD digi stamp collection.  Remember, when you use an SD image on a project that you enter into our monthly challenges, you get extra entries!  That is a great incentive to use one of Sandy's images.  Why not this one? 

Well that is it for this post.  I'll see you all again soon.

Until next time,

Scribbles Designs July 22nd ***LIMITED TIME*** Freebie: To The Beach

Hey everyone!  It is time for another Freebie Friday over at the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog. We're returning to the vault again for this week's offering. The weather right now is a scorcher in Ontario where I live and it is the perfect time to be heading to the beach. As such, I've dipped into the store vault to find a great image & sentiment combo perfect for any summer related card or scrapbook layout! Please note that since this image/sentiment comes directly out of the store, it will ONLY BE AVAILABLE for 1 WEEK as a freebie. So, be sure to go over and grab it NOW while you can before it is slipped back into the vault.

Here is a preview of what the image looks like:

For those of you who are new to my blog or the Scribble Designs blog, if you are interested, this image/sentiment is also available as a digi paper in the Scribble Doodle Designs set called Sizzlin' Summer, along with five other patterned papers featuring other summer themed images from Sandy. There are three different ways you can buy it. You can get it, in the Patterned Paper portion of that kit for just $2.99 or for $1.00 more you can get all six patterned papers and all six textured ones, as seen in the preview image below.

#DP 001 Sizzlin' Summer Paper Set

If you'd like to get a great deal and pick up the patterned papers along with the six Scribble Designs images used to make the papers, then you can purchase the Sizzlin' Summer Mini Mish Mash 1 set for just $10.00--buying it this way saves you $4.00!

#DP 004 Sizzlin' Summer Mash Up 1

To purchase any of the paper sets or the Mini Mish Mash collection mentioned above, simply click HERE to be taken to their location in the Scribbles Designs store and don't forget to head HERE in order to pick up this week's free image over on the challenge blog!

Remember, mark your calendars every Friday to head on over to the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog to grab the latest freebie up for grabs. It is a great way to add to your SD digi stamp collection.  Remember, when you use an SD image on a project that you enter into our monthly challenges, you get extra entries! That is a great incentive to use one of Sandy's images.

Have a great weekend all! 

Until next time,

A Taste of Summer Blog Hop--EXTENDED

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BLOG HOP HAS BEEN EXTENDED!  

YOU NOW HAVE UNTIL JULY 15TH TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS &

LINK UP YOU NAME TO WIN THE PRIZES OFFERED.

Hello and welcome to a special blog hop!

I am so excited to be the

Featured Artist in the July/August edition of the

 Through The Craft Room Door Magazine!

To mark the occasion, I put together a brand new digital kit

and asked several of my crafting buddies to help out by 

creating samples for the magazine!

We've all come together to celebrate this event by bringing you a blog hop

featuring projects made by this group of incredibly talented woman using items from...

 A TASTE OF SUMMER

 

It all starts right

H E R E !

To kick off the event, I am providing a free summer themed word art creation...

This word art creation is 1851 pixels x 745 pixels, in png format and published at 300 dpi. I've used resources from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper; and Heather Green, HG Designs.  Full credits in the file. To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the word art image, its preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

 How would you like to win some goodies?

 Comment at EACH stop along the hop for your chance to win

the full digital kit as shown in the preview up above.

You will also need to add your name to the Link Up below

so that I have a way of contacting the winner.

One lucky person will also have the chance to win a

1 year subscription to the TTCRD Magazine!

In addition to leaving a comment on EACH stop along the hop,

AND adding your name to the Link Up below,

in order to qualify to receive this special prize graciously offered by 

Cara Malmrose, Owner & Publisher of Through the Craft Room Door, 

you will also need to be a FOLLOWER of my blog.

Additionally, each person in the blog hop will be offering up

one of the individual section of the kit.

Simply comment on that person's post for 

your chance to win the offered set.

You have until 11:55 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 8th, Friday, July 15th to submit 
your comments for a chance to win one of the above mentioned prizes.

Blog Hop Participants

If you can't wait to check out what the projects are going to look like,

here is a little tease for you....
 

The hop continues RIGHT NOW over on Susan's blog.

Click HERE to head on over there!

In case you get lost along the way, here is the whole list...

LISA<-You're HERE

SUSAN 

MARJI

PIPPA

HELEN
   

DONNA

KATRINA

SUZE
 

JULIE

PAT

H A V E    F U N    E V E R Y O N E !

We hope you enjoy this little
TASTE OF SUMMER!!!

Link Up Below:

Journal Pages: Imagine That...Journal Cards

 I'm walking on sunshine , woooah
I'm walking on sunshine, woooah
I'm walking on sunshine, woooah
and don't it feel good!!

If you happen to be a child of the 80s, you might recognize that song from Katrina and the Waves.  As I started thinking about this post, this song started flitting through my head.  I figured I'd stick it in yours as well. Hee, hee.

It happens to be the perfect song to be humming while taking a look at what is going on over at the Imagine That! Digis by Kris blog right now.  We are smack dab in the middle of summer (in the northern hemisphere anyway) and there is lots of sunshine all around.  That makes it the perfect time to celebrate one of summer's biggest gathering places--the beach!

As such Kris has created some fabulous new releases perfect for the season.  Check them out...

   

   

   

So many wonderful options for creating summer memories.  Now, if you were to purchase all the sets within this kit, you would spend $15, but for a limited time you can get the Beach Combers Mega Kit which includes all the sets you see above PLUS four bonus surf boards for 50% OFF!!  How's that for a great summer deal?!!

 You can see all the new sets in the 'Featured Products' section of the shop by clicking HERE, or you can click on the individual watermarks to find their page in the store.

Now as I mentioned at the end of my last IT! DbK post, Kris has started something new.  YOU will have 5 chances of winning a New Release set just by leaving comments on designated blog posts over on the main blog all this week! The key is to look for the word 'Giveaway' in the post title.

So far this week, there have been two other giveaways and today marks the third.

First off on Sunday, Kris offered up the set, Beach Blanket Girl (you can find that post by clicking HERE).  Then on Monday, she offered up Beach Girl Framed (you can find that post by clicking HERE).  Today, the Beach Journal Cards set is on the menu (that post can be found by clicking HERE). Later this week you'll have the opportunity to win the remaining two sets.

For your chance to win, you simply need to leave a comment on the corresponding posts over on the MAIN IT! DbK BLOG, answering the question that Kris has posed for that particular day.  You have one week in which to get your comments in.  For example, the winner of the Beach Blanket Set will be announced on August 9th, the winner of the Beach Girl Framed set will be announced August 11 and the winner of today's Beach Journal Cards will be announced on August 12. So, even if you missed the posts earlier this week, you still have time to enter to win!

I had the pleasure of working with elements from each one of the sets in the new release when I put together a couple of  journal pages.  Kris' journal cards were perfect for getting some old summer memories down on 'paper'.  Check them out...

Details:

• I have used papers from the Beach Combers Digi Papers set for the background of both these pages and one as matting in behind the sentiment on the second page.  And of course, the journal cards in each came from the Beach Journal Cards set.  
• The umbrella on the first page is from the Beach Blanket Girl set, the string is from the Beach Journal Cards set and the image of the girl is from the Beach Floaty Girl set.
• The seashells and sand dollar images on the second page are from the Beach Girl Framed set, as is the sentiment.

Don't miss your chance to win these Beach Journal Cards.  Click HERE to find the original giveaway post on the main IT! DbK blog.

Before you go, check this out...

Are you a fan of progressive challenges?  Would you love to earn fabulous sets from Imagine That! Digis by Kris?  Have you been wanting to join in the Digi of the Month Challenge over at IT! but just haven't been able to afford to buy in?  Well, if you answered yes to all three questions, then you are in luck this month.

August is a "Jump Back In Month", so whether you are brand new to the challenge or it's been a while since you've played along, everyone can jump in this month with a freebie from the August DOTM set! 

If you would like to jump in and join us, then you can grab the freebie you see below.  Click HERE to find the current link up and the freebie.  Then if you use one of the images from this set, create a project and link it up to the challenge, you will automatically receive next month's set for free so that you can continue to play with us.  How great is that?!!

For regular players, returning players or new ones, please note that the cut off date to have your entry uploaded is now the 28th of each month.  The reason for this is that we will now be awarding one player a "Cherry on Top" Award who will win a cute blog badge & a FREE set of their choice.  These extra couple days will allow us to choose our award winner.

Don't Forget

The special Any Vendor Embellishment Contest is still going on.  Simply link up a maximum of three of your best cards featuring your favourite embellishment(s)!  Cards do not have to be new, they just have to be yours AND the card can showcase ANY vendors' images, it doesn't have to be a card with an IT! DbK image on it (although we'd love to see any that do).  Kris will draw a winner or winners (depending on the number of links we get) on August 15th who will win a $15 gift certificate to the digi shop!  So, start looking through all your old cards now!  You can find the link up and all the details you need by clicking HERE.

With so much going on, it is a great time to head on over...

Well folks, that is it for today.  

Stay tuned for more Imagine That! Digis by Kris creations coming your way soon, along with all my regular features and design team posts. 

Until next time,

Card Design: August New Releases at Fresh Brewed Designs

It is time for some brand new release from Fresh Brewed Designs.  This time around we're hitting the beach and visiting with some magical mermaids.  I'll be back on Friday to introduce you to the whole new collection but for today, I'm going to show you the creation I made with the image called, Maluhia.  If you click on the watermark, it will open up the home page over at FBD where you can find this cool mermaid tail and all the rest of the new releases...

This digi release will continue on until Saturday.  Heather has an event page set up over on Facebook.  Click HERE to join in on all the fun.

Here are my card and details.  I hope I haven't forgotten anything important...

General Information:

• Thanks to Heather, I found out that Maluhia, a word derived from the Hawaiian language, means peace, serenity, calmness, quiet, etc.  As I glanced at the digi and thought about the definition, it finally came to me.  This would make a perfect, if untraditional, condolences card.   Inspired with that in mind, this is what I came up with.

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Mahulia: Part of the new release collection of Mermaids coming out today. This is such a unique image and I had fun playing around with it.  You can find all the new releases over at the store right now by clicking HERE.
• This image was coloured in digitally and then printed out.  Now since the sandbank that the mermaid is on is underwater, it took me some time to figure out how to colour it.  I decided the best thing to do would be to overlay it with the water but make it transparent so you can see the sand underneath.  It might look a little odd to some but I am hoping that it looks okay for the most part and actually looks like what it is supposed to. Digital credits include:
• Cloud and water patterns courtesy of Webtreats, Etc.
• Sand is a layer style from Sheila Reid, purchased at Pixel Scrapper.
• The lower body of the mermaid was digitally paper pieced using a scanned version of the paper I used on the inside.
• The tail colours were added digitally as well.
• Then I added some shading to all the different elements to help give it a bit of depth.

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• I added the word Mahulia to the front of the card before printing it out. 

 
INSIDE

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• Both of the sentiments on the inside have been designed by me. The colours were matched to the designer paper that was used on the inside.
• Now since I figured the recipient wouldn't understand the meaning behind the card, I added the definition to the inside right hand side.  Hopefully, this isn't weird and will help the person understand the meaning.

OVERALL

Paper Products: 

• Image and sentiment base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.  
• Card base, matting and extra pieces on the inside right: Crafts Brand Cardstock, brown -- purchased at Dollarama
• The paisley paper is from the Recollection's Paisley and Damask Paper Pad.

Challenges I am hoping to enter...  

• Avenue 613 -- Anything Goes with optional twist
• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://www.allwayssomethingcreative.blogspot.ca/ -- Water
• http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Seaside/Nautical
• http://stempelgartenchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Sun, Beach and Ocean
• http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Sun, Beach and Sea
• http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Use a Digi
• http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.ca/  -- Anything Goes

Just a reminder about our current challenge...

Don't forget, you have until Tuesday, August 5th at 11:55 p.m., to enter our current challenge with the theme, "By the Sea/Summer". Just click the image below to be taken to the link up!

One winner will receive 3 FBD Digital Stamps and one winner from the month of July will win our BLOG CANDY!  You can find out everything you need to know in order to be eligible by clicking the link above.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my card and one of the latest new releases over at Fresh Brewed Designs.  Remember to come back on Friday to meet the rest of the new mermaids.  I hope you have the chance to take some time for yourself, grab a cuppa and relax while browsing through the store.  Maybe one or two of Heather's wonderful images will find their way back home with you.  

At Fresh Brewed Designs we always have a fresh pot of creativity brewing. So stop by and join us for a cuppa whenever you want!

 

You can also find FBD on Facebook by clicking HERE.

Until next time,