Tomboy Scrapbook Set Freebie!

How lucky can I get? When I decided to start working on my Tomboy Scrapbooking set, I went online in search of a cute skull. For the most part, the best art out there is copyrighted (and I don't want to steal), so I took a chance and asked an artist if I could use his work. Daeo gave me permission to use his artwork for free on the condition that I give him credit and share the links to my work with him. Sounds like a pretty awesome deal for me. You have to go over to deviantart and check out his gallery. Here's the link. He also has his own website, www.daeoart.com. This is my take on a tomboy. Obviously they aren't all the same. My tomboy likes things like skulls, stars, skateboarding, 8 balls, and music. She also loves Star Wars, the Incredible Hulk and Angry Birds (those 3 didn't make the set.) So you understand that while I couldn't cover every interest Tomboys have, I hope I've been able to give you a fun but not too girlie scrapbooking set for those special daughters who aren't girlie girls.

This set includes 20 papers, 8 brads, stickers, frames, photo corners, shoelaces and word art. Enjoy! Can't wait to see your layouts with the set. You can download the elements here. You can download paper set 1 here. You can download paper set 2 here. For all downloads, please use the password, sodigitallyme.

Christmas Giggles Freebie! Huge set!

I am so proud of myself! I have been working hard for the last month to catch up on my scrapbooking. The girls' digital pages are current up to Christmas of 2012. I was bored with the Christmas elements I had in my stash, so I thought, why not make a Christmas set? This set is what I call Christmas Giggles. The color scheme isn't necessarily what you expect for Christmas, but that's what's going to make your pages really pop! This set includes 16 papers,5 tile alphas, scalloped edges for layering, mats, frames, buttons, brads and my very first folded paper edge. Like I said, HUGE! I hope you like it!

Please click here to download Christmas Giggles Elements. Please click here to download Christmas Giggles Papers 1. Please click here to download Christmas Giggles Papers 2. Use the password sodigitallyme for all downloads. Here are two of my layouts using the set:

Would you like to show off your layouts created with my freebies? I'd love to see your work. I am looking for a Creative Team. Please leave a comment with your contact information (I won't post the comment).

Valentines Freebie!

Hello! I am actually ahead of the game on this one! Valentines is just about a month away and I'm putting this out early so you can be sure to use it on this year's layouts. I made 6 papers, 1 torn paper, 2 clips, 1 tag and a fun wordart. I hope you like it:

You may download the set here. Please use the password, sodigitallyme .

Cute Cats Embellishments Freebie

I am so excited that so many people are enjoying my Cute Cats set. I do enjoy sharing something useful! I have been asked to split up the brad set, it never occurred to me that some programs won't allow you to crop the file. Oh well, now I know for the next time. Anyway, rather than just give you the split brad files, I think I'll give you a few more embellishments to go with the set. This set includes: 9 brads 5 buttons 1 circle border (thanks to Courtney's Digiscrappin) 4 tags 3 wordart 2 ribbons

You can download the embellishments here. Password: sodigitallyme

Cute Cats Alpha Freebie

Well, I had so much fun with the Cute Cats set that I decided to add on a couple of cute alphas. I used the amazing fonts Fontdinerdotcom, Fontdinerdotcom Sparkly and Fontdinerdotcom Loungy. All 3 are available for free from sites like daFont.com There are 2 complete sets, each has upper and lower case letters, numbers 0-9, punctuation and brackets.

You can download them here. If 4shared asks for a password, use sodigitallyme. Please note, I mistyped the password on the Cute Cats Freebie original blog entry. I have tried out the sodigitallyme password on 4shared and it is working - I have also had multiple people tell me the download worked for them. Please try to download the kit again!

My Sammi & the boys Jack (the giant tabby) and Bloo (the sweet gray baby.)

Cute Cats Freebie

I am working hard to get my scrapbooks back up to date. That means about 2 years worth of back scrapbooking. I know, I'm ahead of the game in the long run, but it's still something I pride myself on being pretty current with. But as I work, I am noticing a huge lack in free digital scrapbooking elements for certain topics: 1. Sisters (like tween age, not babies or toddlers) 2. Tomboys (this further complicates the sister issue, but it shouldn't be so hard to find elements on things like skateboarding!) 3. Martial arts (specifially Tae Kwon Do for my family - again, its for a girl so extra hard to find) 4. Tires (yeah, it's weird but my sister's husband is a tire salesman and she made a request) 5. Embroidered patches (not affiliated with any organization, just personality stuff) 6. Cats (yes, there is stuff out there but it isn't the type I'm looking for.) So, the first project I completed with the intent of sharing is this:

Please click here to download the 4 papers and 9 brad set. Cute cats was inspired by the free vector pattern that I used to create the main paper. I love them. They are so sweet without being dorky and the color scheme is awesome! I don't know, I might even make some add ons for this set, maybe a funky alpha? What would you use? As a matter of fact, what are you having trouble finding online? I'll be glad to help. I give my stuff away for free because I don't like to pay for it any more than the next person. If the download link asks for a password, use sodigitallyme.

Map Papers

I am working on a special project right now and was disappointed in the available free map papers for digital scrappers. So, I made myself a cute set of papers and decided to share them with you. Here they are: Just click on the previews to download the full sized papers from photobucket. You will notice the center line has repeated states, when I made my 2-page layout, I used torn edges to break the paper where I needed it -- for my project, I needed most of Nebraska intact. This project of mine is a secret so I can't show you my layouts just yet, but I'll post them eventually. Happy Scrapping!

Girl Scouts Scrapbooking Sets are still free!!

PLEASE NOTE: ALL DOWNLOADS FROM THIS BLOG WILL WORK WITH THE PASSWORD sodigitallyme. I am so sorry for any confusion with my Girl Scouts themed scrapbooking sets. For some reason the download links are asking for passwords. Please try the following links: Girl Scout Embellishments Girl Scout Papers Vintage Girl Scouts Papers Vintage Girl Scouts Embellishments 1 Vintage Girl Scouts Embellishments 2 Vintage Girl Scouts Add-On If these do not work, please do not hesitate to contact me!!!

Sneak Peak of a new set! Vintage Girl Scout Add-On FREEBIE

I am working very hard on a new set of Girl Scout Scrapbooking elements, alphas and papers. I'm really excited because I'm teaching myself all kinds of new stuff and I'm really impressed with how good the elements are looking. I don't mean to sound conceited, it's just that up unto this point, I've thought items (slowly and painfully) extracted from photographs look better than items created in a photo editor like Photoshop. I don't use Photoshop and there is very little literature on the software I use, but using a great book about creating your own scrapbooking elements in Photoshop, I've been able to figure out how to do most of the effects in my program. You may want to look into the book yourself:

It's by Renee Pearson. This Vintage Girl Scout Add-On includes 7 papers, 4 Girl Scout Poem Cards (Daisy, Brownie, Junior & Cadette) and 1 piece of Girl Scout ephemera. It is for PERSONAL USE ONLY.

To download Vintage Girl Scout Add-on, please click here. Hopefully the big set will be out within the month, keep an eye out for it! Use the password: sodigitallyme

First a question, then another freebie.

Where or where has deco-pages gone? Does anyone else out there use deco-pages.com? I post in the gallery there and I can't connect to their site. I am starting to get paranoid and I hope their server will be back online soon. Any news anyone??

Now for the freebie! I don't know where all this creativity is coming from, but I have a theory! My husband recently asked me to stop playing all Facebook games. I played Farmville for a long time, then I quit last summer. Then I started playing Fashion World and one like civilization. But I quit back in September or October. Since then I've had a lot of extra time for stuff around the house, my traditional scrapbooking, my digital scrapbooking and of course creating freebies. I found the grayscale templates for these flowers on the microsoft clip gallery quite awhile ago and I have had them on my desktop staring at me for ages. So last night I decided to do something with them. There are 11 flowers and 4 stems in the set. I added the shadow for the preview but not to the png files. I also left the grayscale originals in the folder for you if you needed to make a flower or two in a specific color. Just add a layer over the flower of your choice and adjust it, most of these are set to Multiply or Screen, but on some I used Dodge or Color in my photo editor. I don't use Photoshop so I'm not 100% sure of the lingo to explain it to the rest of the world. Here is the result!

You can download the flowers here.
Remember, leaving me some love is free!

Little Stamp Ornaments Freebie tonight.

I'm just on a freebie roll! I was working away on my traditional book today when INSPIRATION hit me. I am working on last year's Christmas layout. I decided to make a free form Christmas tree out of a green yarn stitched onto the page. Then I wanted some sort of ornaments. I was looking around at my collection of odds and ends and I came upon some old Christmas postage stamps. Now what to frame them out with?? I found some little tiny paper stars that I'd picked up on eBay for a 4th of July page. I used some ModPodge (best stuff ever!) to decoupage the stamps onto some white cardstock and then the white and red stars onto them as frames. The only drawback was that I had a hard time framing out the best parts of the stamps with the star's shape, like on the stamps with Mary and baby Jesus, it's hard to get both into the center of the star. They dried very quickly, so I cut them out and to dress them up I wrapped a little bit of decorative wire around them. I also used the wire to "hang" them from the tree on the paper. I wish the layout was complete, I can't share it with you until it is!

In celebration of this wonderful idea, I've created basically the same thing for you, except that I warped the stars a little when I wanted to get a little more of the picture into the frame, and I made them with glitter. Oh, and just because I love you all so much, I made 4 Love stamp ornaments. These are made with scans of actual stamps, some are American and some are foreign.

To download the ornaments, please click here.

Sparkly-Pink Alpha Freebie

Well I was working on my daughter's birthday page for her 4th birthday and I needed a sparkly-pink 4. I decided that I'd have to make my own, and once I decided to do that, I figured should make the whole number set. But then it occurred to me that I should also make the alpha and of course I had to add some punctuation. So anyway, here you go.

As I said, the set contains the numbers 0-9, the alphabet A-Z and the font I used (Santa's Sleigh Full Deluxe) had the exclamation point, question mark and period that fit with the style I was creating. Please enjoy! Click here to download.

Girl Scout Scrapbooking Set Freebie! 2 Pc Download

I received a comment yesterday that I should break my GS set into 2 pieces to make for easier downloading. So here are the new links. I apologize, I never thought of it.



Download the Embellishments here.

Download the Papers here. Use the password: sodigitallyme

Girl Scout Scrapbooking Set Freebie!

As many people know, I am a Girl Scout Leader for my daughter's troop. It's one of the biggest joys in my life. I absolutely love the experiences I'm able to provide to my daughter and her friends. And it's all thanks to the founder, Juliette Gordon Low. In honor of Juliette Gordon Low's birthday (October 31st), I am releasing a Girl Scout Scrapbooking set. I tried to include all of the levels of Girl Scouts, Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior, Ambassador & Leader. Not all items are shown in the preview. Drop shadow are for preview only.

This set includes:
14 coordinating papers, 12x12
14 coordinating distressed cardboard frames
A-Z alpha set
7 Bridging-related items
3 word art
4 cards
2 Juliette Gordon Low picture charms
Bronze, Silver & Gold Awards

You can download the set here.

Please leave me some comments or send me the layouts you make with the kit, I'd love to post them for others to see!

Spice of Life Freebie!

As many of you know, I work at the local library. One of the perks of the job is getting to look at all the books donated by people cleaning out their basements and attics. Now going through boxes of old books isn't always as glamorous as it sounds. For example, one Friday I picked through a box of books, trying not to touch them because they were so dusty and mildewed (some people just cannot throw books away). I decided none were salvageable and left them for the janitor to throw out on Monday. When the janitor came in on Monday he kept hearing a scratching sound...he checked in the box and there was a live mouse in it!!! But, once in awhile I stumble on a really great treasure, as I did today. This fun little book of funny quotes was titled, The Spice of Life. It has no author or illustrator listed, but it is full of wonderful bird themed doodles. This freebie set includes 24 bird doodles and 2 frames made using my favorites from the doodles. All are .png files. Please enjoy!

To download, please click here.

Freebie Baking Overlay

Another freebie, yay!

I started a new scrapbook album and I decided that the title page should be a recipe scrapbook page with pictures of me making cookies with my two girls. But, how to scrap it and make it look really special -- my title pages are always very detailed and I put a lot of thought and work into them. Knowing that I wanted to scrapbook the recipe, I decided to print a recipe card that would look retro and really very fun. Here is what I came up with:

I found the graphic of the "chef" online and then I spent 2 days searching for a 1950s retro frame. I could not find one! So I experimented with the warping tool on my photo editor and came up with this frame. I think I accomplished my goal. To finish off the effect, I downloaded fonts from daFont mainly the title font called, Fontdiner.comSparkly.
Here is the .png file that can be used as an overlay for a digital page or printed on paper for traditional scrapbooking. I printed mine on 5x7 tea-stained paper. I was trying to make it look well worn and a little shortening/butter stained like my mom's recipe cards always were.

Click here to download. Please leave me some love if you like my work, and please enjoy!! Also, feel free to try my cookie recipe, we love it at our house!

Journal Card Overlay Freebie!

Hi all! I have been working hard on getting my traditional scrapbooks up to date, and is it hard! I'm working right now on a self-portrait layout. It has been interesting to say the least. I had bought some little journal cards at the scrapbook store for this layout but they were on a yellowish card stock, and that didn't work with my color scheme. I used the purchased cards as an inspiration for these overlays. I tweaked them to reflect my personality a little more as well. They can be put onto blank card, paper or tag .pngs or you could print them onto paper and use in a traditional book. I hope you like them.

Please leave me some love if you download them!
Click here to download!

Rock and Roll Princess Freebie!

I originally set out to make this set as a Rock and Roll Christmas -- to use with pictures of my daughter discovering her guitar left for her by Santa this year. But as it turns out, the pink worked much better and I love it! I have included:
10 coordinated papers (300dpi 12x12)
9 coordinated brads
13 random elements -- bling, ribbon, frames
Alpha - includes 26 letters, 10 numbers and ? !

Download HERE.
Please feel free to leave me some love, and if you would send me the layouts you make with it, I'll post them for others to see!

Zoo QP & Felt Alpha Freebie!

Please click here to download.
I needed a really cute page for the pictures from our trip to the Omaha Zoo in October of last year (can't believe I'm saying that about 2009!) I created this QP and the matching felt alpha -- there are 7 color variations -- to share. Please enjoy!

Masquerade Freebie!

Hi all, I had an evening planned and it fell through. Oh well, at least I had some time to be creative! I made a set of 12 masks. These masks are a throw-back to my teenage years when I collected masks and even designed a few. I hope you like them. The shadows are for display only.

Click HERE to download.