This kit, “Smashology 101” by Touched By a Butterfly, just hit the store. Isn’t it sweet! It’s loaded with bright and beautiful color backgrounds and embellishments. Sooo cute! You can get it here: http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=TBAB-CP-1206-17032&r=TBAB.
I Love To Juice!
If you saw my post a couple of days ago using “I Love to Juice” and you thought “Wow! I gotta have that!”, well I’ve got good news for you. This new kit from Touched By a Butterfly is now available at http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=TBAB-CP-1206-17086. Here’s a preview of the kit. Don’t you just love all the fantastic colors! I can see such possibilities with all the fruits, vegies, juices, etc. So run on over & pick it up.
New Layout Gallery
You may notice I added a new layout gallery. I wanted to display some of my favorite digi-scrapping layouts. I did this rather quickly thinking I’d go back & add information about the designer/kit used, fonts, etc. but after checking I found this info doesn’t display with the photos! All the layouts I’ve included so far have already had that info noted with the original post so I guess that’ll have to do. Have a Fantastic Friday!
Independence Day Freebie
In the USA, Independence Day is just a couple weeks away. Here’s a cute mini kit celebrating the 4th of July http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=TBAB-CP-1206-16673&r=TBAB. Use it to scrap your celebration memories or make a invitation to your party. Here’s a little preview…
I Love to Juice
These layouts were done with Touched By a Butterfly’s new kit “I Love to Juice”. The font is Allura. Rather than trying to give up certain things in my diet I’ve been trying to add some things. Mainly fruits and vegies. Most every morning I get all my fruit servings in a fruit smoothie. At lunch, I have a Creamy Cabbage Soup and then (some days) I have a salad in the evening with my dinner. By making those changes my cholesterol was down about 10% last month.
I Love to Juice will be available soon in her store here http://www.mymemories.com/store/designers/Touched_By_A_Butterfly.
New Blinkie
I tried to clean up my blinkie a little. The first one was done in rapid succession-I decided I needed a blinkie, downloaded paintshop pro so I could make one, did the best I could to make one without knowing a thing about the psp & I was done! But it’s always bothered me because it wasn’t prefect. This one is not perfect either but I’m still experimenting & learning as I go. So here is the cleaned up version.
Celebrate Dad!
This is the layout I used for the #1 Dad Contest on the My Memories Blog. I think my son is an AWESOME Dad! He loves spending time with his daughter and he is so patient, kind and understanding with her. When she was very young I told him that he is the first man she will ever love and to always remember that and that he is the one teaching her how a man should treat her. She is a precious gift from God and he is doing a fantastic job. He adores her and she adores him. This picture is a few years old but I just love it. I love her expression and how he is holding her protectively. The kit is All in a Day from Albums to Remember and the Word Art is by A Bit Wordy Word Art.
Page Builders!
I love a challenge! Today Barbara Plett, one of the designers from My Memories, made an offer I couldn’t refuse. She would give me a product to try and all I had to do was create a layout using My Memories Suite and tell how I did it. Win, win, win.
I chose Page Builder 15. My final layout above started with the template on the right. If you have a hard time creating a layout from scratch or you’re just in a hurry, try Page Builders. They each come with a set of templates, in this case 4. Each is already laid out and all you have to do is drop in the papers, elements and photos that you want to use. You can use it as is or change and rearrange any way you’d like. To begin you create a new album with a designer template. Scroll down the list to find the page builder. Then you can add, delete, or rearrange the pages however you like. And if you want, you can actually let the program automatically insert the photos. Personally I like to do that myself.
You can use elements from any kit. I decided to use a couple of kits from Albums to Remember because they were great for these photos. I used All in a Day and Hawaii. The font is Janda Elegant Handwriting.
As you can see, I made a few changes to the overall layout. First I deleted the lower, right photo box & expanded the one beside it to accommodate the wider photo I wanted to use. Then I grouped all the clustered elements so I could easily move them, just hold the Ctrl key and select each item in the cluster, then choose arrange and group. When you’re happy with the arrangement, with the group selected choose arrange and ungroup. Then I inserted the papers & elements I wanted to use. It’s easy to do. To insert a photo or paper you just click a photo box or shape and fill it with the photo or paper you choose. I filled some of the “photo boxes” with papers I liked. I zoomed in on them so you could see the pattern better. The 2 boxes with orange background and white/blue flowers were actually banners. I just zoomed in and used the area I wanted. You can check out this and other Page Builders at http://www.mymemories.com/store/designers/Albums_to_Remember.
Rusty Gears
Two more layouts using a kit designed by Touched By a Butterfly. I love the background paper on the left layout so much! It’s another kit that I LOVE, I just want to use every thing in the kit because it’s all so fantastic. This kit, Rusty Gears, is available here http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=TBAB-CP-1206-16674&r=Touched_By_A_Butterfly. And because she is designer of the week this week every thing is on sale.
Rusted Beauty
I made these layouts using Rusted Beauty designed by Touched By a Butterfly. I love the colors (feminine) contrasting with the gears (masculine). Absolutely beautiful! You’ll be able to get this kit soon at her store plus she’s designer of the week at MyMemories this week so every thing is on special. Take a peak here http://www.mymemories.com/store/designers/Touched_By_A_Butterfly?r=TBAB.













