FunTime

A new dimension to my blog from today - I've opened a BlogShop!

No, please don't think I've given up on freebies already - certainly not. But it costs a lot to buy commercial use resources, so ... I will make digiscrapping kits, some free, some not in the hope that you lovely scrappers will buy from this store, so that I can afford to buy more commercial resources and make more freebies!!

Today I've got my first store kit complete with a matching freebie of course - I hope you like them. Look out too at the weekend for my Weekly Top Ten Freebies review - if you only download a few scrapping supplies a week, these are the ones to get.

Today's kit is called FunTime.

First the papers:

and two sets of elements:

In all you get

• 8 papers


• 6 frames


• 3 journalling balloons


• 5 butterflies


• 3 flowers


• 4 paperclips


• 4 ricrac ribbons


• 4 corners


• and 3 tags.

The price of the complete Funtime kit is £1.50

I also have a matching freebie for you, Funtime Extra. If you buy the kit, don't forget to download the freebie too.

You can download FunTime Extra here.

My Favourite Freebies

Here are my Favourite Freebies for this week. Thank you to everyone who has been so generous with these postings - it wasn't until I started designing digiscrapping kits that I realised just how time consuming it can be.

http://pamleforsdesigns.blogspot.com/2007/11/two-free-holiday-paper-packs.html

http://www.myscrapworks.com/mswdigi/?p=200

http://toutunscrap.blogspot.com/2007/11/rose-tendre.html

http://www.scrap-shop.fr/infos.php?lang=1&info=117

http://www.pbrickscrap.blogspot.com/

http://noctismediusdesigns.blogspot.com/2007/11/be-thankful-freebie.html

http://scrappybluestones.blogspot.com/2007/11/bollywood-kit-once-again.html

http://sugarinkstudio.blogspot.com/2007/11/gift-of-love-first-kit-for-sale-sampler.html

http://bonscrapatitdesigns.blogspot.com/2007/11/happy-fantabulous-freebie-friday-yall_23.html#links

http://www.kleopatra-scrap.de/freebie_engl.htm

Midnight Again

Here's the Midnight kit in action. I love the template, an (unfortunately now expired) freebie from Scrap Andrea - thanks for this Andrea it's a great template.

The layout is called 'Catriona's Party'.

Midnight

I meant to post this a few days ago, but I've just been too busy this week - so at last I'm back. The theme tonight is Midnight, so here are a few greeting cards on that theme. The cards can be personalised inside and out, so it's a perfect way to get a totally individual card that I guarantee you will be delighted with!



The first is Mangrove and Moon - not quite midnight, but it's just beautiful and I love the colours in this card.

Now onto deepest night with Moonlit Seranade:

And finally, here's one of my favourite cards. It's called Nightfall, is really unusual and just perfect for any friend who always wears black!

You can see all of the cards in much more detail at the
www.CardsAtYourFingertips.co.uk website. Just click on any of the images above.

This brings me to tonight's digiscrapping freebie 'Midnight'. If you like it, please leave me a comment. If you download it, how about making a little donation to the BBC's Children In Need Appeal. If lots of us just give a little, many, many children's lives can be made better. You can find out about Children In Need at the BBC Children In Need website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/.

And you can download Midnight here.

Silver Frames

I have used Photoshop for a long time as a photographer, and used to think I was quite an advanced user - that was before I discovered DigiScrapping. Now I'm finding a whole new set of tools that I never even realised existed - and have opened my eyes to brushes, patterns, custom shapes and layer styles. I feel like a kid with a new toy!! The great thing is, just as in the digi scrapping world, there are many, many freebies out there to help with Photoshop designing. Tutorials abound and there are some wonderful sites offering free brushes and layer styles. You'll see I've started a Top Ten Design Resources Sites list - not quite got to ten yet, but if you know of any others worth adding, please do let me know.

With my last freebie, I included a little silver frame. I so much enjoyed making it, that I've made a whole freebie set of silver frames today. There are four frames included and a background paper to show them off.

I've now realised that I shouldn't be including drop shadows in my designs. If you are new to digiscrapping, please do remember to add these in though to suit you layout. The elements do look so much better with some shadowing included, but by doing it this way, you get to choose the depth of shadow and what colour the shadow will be (a darker shade of your background paper is usually better than the standard black).

You can download the kit here.

Please leave some comments if you download. Half the fun is getting some feedback!

The Lilac Tree

Thank you to everyone who sent me nice comments on my first blog entry. Very sad, I know, but it's been exciting watching how many hits the site has had and how many people have downloaded my scrapbooking freebie!

Today, I'm feeling in a purple, glittery mood :-) so I've added some examples of purpley (is that a word?) cards below. You can still get a 25% discount at http://www.cardsatyourfingertips.co.uk/. Just enter the coupon code SFSCRAPS at the checkout and your discount will be applied. This will only be available until 4th November.

All of the cards at Cards At Your Fingertips can be personalised at no extra cost. You can choose the greeting on the front of the card and any message you would like printed inside.

And now for my purpley freebie - The Lilac Tree. I've included a few glitter papers and a very expensive silver frame (well, it would be if it was real!). I hope you enjoy this download. It's for personal use only and I would love to see any layouts you create using any part of the kit.

You can download it here