I could use these colors forever!

Ok, that's probably an exaggeration, but by the time I'm done with a kit I'm usually pretty tired of the colorscheme. This is one I'm still loving and using. I scrapped with it again today, and then made a QP out of my LO. It's my gift for you, my few ;) readers. Click the photo for credits and details, and HERE is a link for the download. I'd love a comment, if you choose to download. Thanks!

A freebie for you!

Free stuff 2 days in a row, does it get better? It's a little thing, but I think it turned out fun. Here's a May desktop for you. It comes in both regular screen and widescreen. Here's a picture of it widescreen w/ a photo dropped in. Everything (except the font used for the #s, which is DJB Liz by Darcy Baldwin) is from my Inquisitive Add-on kit. Click the preview to grab the desktop at 4shared.

The reason I've been sort of missing...

My fabulous new Inquisitive sets. I am so thrilled with how these turned out. I'm not the speediest designer in the world, and I'm a bit of a perfectionist. So most of my time on the computer has been working on my newest bundle... The May Club kit at Digital Freebies, called Inquisitive, the girly add-on to it (also a full kit), a freebie bragbook (link will be in the DF newsletter), and a QP album. Whew, I'm done, and it should be going up in the store any minute... so here are previews. I love that these are a great set to scrap both boys and girls together! You don't have to choose between putting frilly stuff on boy pages or scrapping your girls all in blue, if you're wanting to scrap them both or make coordinating pages. Oh, and be sure to check out Melanie Ann's darling girly add-on (yes, we coordinated that!). Put them all together you have one amazing mega kit! So without further ado...

Kit:
Inquisitive Papers:

Inquisitive Alpha

The add-on...


Get this freebie now at Digital Freebies...

The QP Album, made from both Inquisitive and Inquisitive Add-on...
Now I can go back and finish up a few things that have been put on hold and are calling my name from my "in process" folder on the computer.

Get Wordy!

I made a new set of Wordy frames, this time with a more boyish feel. This set is different too, because I made the inner portion of the frames separate from the outer portion. What this means is that you can mix and match and the files to download are smaller! Hooray! Also, I have a girlish set in the works that will be able to mix and match with this set, for oodles and oodles of options. Included are 7 outer frames and 8 inner ones, including the words: Boy, Boys, Bugs, Grin, Mud, Dirt, Play & Ride. AND, if you check out the DST Insider, there's a coupon code for 40% off my store at Designs In Digital through the end of April, so you can get these for a steal!

... sort of. I've been working on the most fun kit! I can't get over how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It's going to be the May Club kit at Digital Freebies. I'm coordinating with Melanie of Melanie Ann Designs. She came up with the most fab, bright, happy boy colors and it has really sparked my imagination. I've got a bunch of hand drawn elements, great papers and I can't believe I have to wait for MAY to release it... which unfortunately means you have to wait until May, too. :( You'll love it though, totally worth the wait, I promise!

Ok, on to a few recent LOs (Yes, all for the ADSR!) ...

#8 was pretty easy. Our favorite trip w/ three black and white photos. I think those were the only requirements. They said you could also scrap a dream vacation, so that's what I chose to do.

#10 is my favorite LO from the race (and I actually quite like most of them). My favorite I've done in a long time. We had to use 50 elements from at least 10 designers. And scrap about our goals in life and how to get there. Normally I would have stopped at about 25 elements. In fact, right about then, I was thinking, "How on earth am I going to double how many things I have on here and not have it look ridiculous?" But I'm so pleased I pushed on and it turned out as beautifully as it did.
#9 was kind of a nebulous challenge. Altered art. That's it, no directions beside that. It was sure interesting to see some of the different ways people interpreted that! I used an action by Jenn (one of my fab CT members) for the photo, then blended it w/ some sheet music. Blended a bunch of things for the background and layered some things on. Not my normal style of LO, but I like how it turned out.

#11 required wings. That was the only requirement... wings. I think lots of people did those mystical type with wings on a baby or child and lots of sparkle. But that's not really me. So I went with the butterflies. Hey, it worked.
Ok, I might be the very last person to actually do the bonus LO. I think most people jumped on it a month ago. Oh well, if you haven't noticed already, procrastinating is one of the things I do best. But I work well under pressure!
Well, that's it. ADSR is done. Seems odd, since I've spent so much time on it for 6 weeks now. Oh, I didn't have to do #12. I just supplied the photo and journaling and Marieta scrapped it (she doesn't like journaling and I LOVE it, so this was the best option for us. Our odds are slim of winning the grand prize, but it was a fun time, the prizes along the way were wonderful and I'm truly happy with almost all of the LOs I created for the race. There are a couple (I'm not telling which ones) that I turned into QPs for me to use later with different photos and journaling, since they're not subjects I particularly cared for. But it was all a great adventure and I can't wait for the next one.

Recent LOs and great new QP album

I forgot to post a couple of my recent ADSR LOs. So here goes...

ADSR#5 was a challenge to have a conversation with an inanimate object. I really struggled with what to do it about, but settled on the pacifier... well, I should admit that Marieta (my partner) gave me the idea. I ended up having to redo the LO a little, too, because I spaced on the part where it said it had to be 4 questions and answers. But the NDISB gals are fab and PMd me about it so I was able to change it and stay in the race.
ADSR #7 was a doozie of a challenge. I let Marieta choose which part of the challenge she wanted to do (after all, she did challege #6, so I didn't have to... it was one of the challenges just one partner had to complete) and she picked #1, so I did #2. I'm actually very happy with how it turned out, except for the photos. I didn't have any available (busted scanner), so I just put in 3 semi relevant ones to get it done. But I saved it as a QP of sorts, so I can change them out later.
And in design news... first of all, I just put this cute little Brag Book Album in my shop. It was a Friday Freebie at Digital Freebies a couple months ago. Still a pretty good deal at just $2.99...
And I created this fun QuickPage Album from my recent Lovelies kit. You can get it as an album of 8 pages, or in one of 4 sets of two (I posted a couple of them).

Thanks Mom!

Well, I just finished my newest kit. And I have to admit I would never in a million years have chosen the colors on my own. They're not "me." They are however, my mom. She was browsing through the Designs in Digital shop one day and saw a kit by Honie, called Altered, and asked me if I'd make a kit in those colors. That's kind of funny, because she doesn't even scrap. But she really wanted me to, so I thought I'd give it a go. I PM'd Honie, to make sure she didn't mind if I lifted a color scheme off of her preview and she said, "no problem." Then I set to work. It wasn't easy going at first. The colors didn't "speak to me" like so many of the schemes I choose. But after deciding to use my mom's favorite things (angels, ladybugs and hearts), it started to come together. And you know what? I LOVE it!!! Seriously! While I never would have chosen these colors to scrap with, I'm so happy with how it turned out and have ideas for a number of LOs I want to do with it. Here are previews. It'll be in Digital Freebies, tomorrow. And Designs In Digital on Friday. And you can pick up the entire kit or just papers or elements.