Irish Green Freebie

Welcome to St Patrick's Day... nearly!

Here's a freebie paper pack for you - Irish Green. Click on the preview or on the link to download.

Download

Have fun!
Kylie

Coming soon: pugnacious pirates!

Keep an eye out for my add-on to Pretty Pirates: Pugnacious Pirates, setting sail for my blog soon!

Pugnacious: eager or quick to argue, quarrel or fight; combative... as suitable a term for pirates as any, methinks!

Pugnacious Pirates will blend beautifully with Pretty Pirates and offer some sea blue papers and boy elements, as well as some additional elements suitable for all.

I hope you had the chance to celebrate International Speak Like a Pirate day on Sunday. My boys were away visiting grandparents, so I think we'll have to have a belated celebration, arrr!

DSO Colour Challenge for July

Here's my DSO Colour Challenge paper pack for July... download here.

Toothy Smile - Girl QP freebie

As promised, here's the toothy smile QP for your young ladies! Thanks to the ladies who commented that they'd like a girl version.


Here's the preview, download here. Enjoy!

Toothy Smile freebie!

Can't believe it's been so long since I posted! Sometimes life gets in the way of good intentions.

Do you have a little person who's lost a tooth? If so, you might like Lliella & Armina's gorgeous kit, Toothy Smile, which you can pick up here. I've had fun playing with the kit this week, and - below the kit preview - you'll find a freebie quick page. Enjoy!

Download here

This is boy-centric - since I have two sons - so if you'd like a girl version, just let me know!

Happy scrapping!
Kylie

Romance kit... just beautiful (and freebie)

Here's a beautiful kit I discovered at ScrappinDigiKreations, Romance by Cay'sCreation Designs.
I fell in love with the gorgeous gazebo and just had to use it in a layout:

While it's a love and romance kit with lots of the elements clearly around that theme, it can be used for other things. I thought it went well with these photos of my Ryan, taken when we visited the tulips at Table Cape, northern Tasmania in late 2007.

Here's the kit preview - it's even on sale if you're quick for just $2.39.

Here's the QP from my tulips page:

Download here.

Kylie

The Kiss of Spring Freebie part 2

Here are the elements for my DSO colour challenge kit, The Kiss of Spring.

 Download here

Don't forget the papers from yesterday, too!

Kylie

The Kiss of Spring Freebie

As promised, here's the direct link to the papers for my colour challenge kit. I'll be back tomorrow with the link to the elements.

Download here.

Kylie

Have Kids? Fabulous kit - and freebie!

Do you have children in your life? Or want to scrap pictures from your childhood?
Kelly-Jo has a fabulous new kit just perfect for capturing the fun and colour of childhood.

It's called Kids, and has 25 papers, 77 elements and 2 alphas. Here are the previews - and keep going down for the link to Kelly-Jo's site and your freebie!

You can snag Kelly-Jo's kit at www.angelbabyscraps.com/store/ or www.enchanteddreamsboutique.com. Kids is available for the bargain price of just $1 - and she has her other kits on sale for $1 too during April.

You can see lots of inspiration from her creative team on her website - and Kelly-Jo has a freebie for you, as well. Grab it at her website, www.k-josscraps.blogspot.com.

Of course I have a freebie for you as well!

Download here

Enjoy! I will be back soon with more freebies!

Kylie

Challenge Prizes, Challenge Sites and freebie!

I'm back with part 1 of the list of challenge forums today. Before you start challenges though, I wanted to tell you about the common types of posting bonuses / prizes that are available. Keep reading... there's a freebie for you at the end. Once I've posted about a number of these forums, I'll put together a post with all the links in one place, and ask you to tell me if I've missed any.

Prizes and Posting Bonuses

1. The minikit / part of a megakit prize: some sites reward people with part of a kit for posting their layout. I love these challenges. I get a prize and they keep me coming back (and often heading to the store!). The downside: sometimes you won't like the kits.
2. The points system. Post a layout, get X points, and when you get enough points you can redeem them for products in the shop. You get to choose what you'd like. The downside: you have to wait until you've done several challenges to redeem your points. If you're a challenge-o-holic, though, this won't be a problem! As my 7yo says, sweet!
3. The big prize system. One winner, and perhaps a runner-up or two, are chosen, and they get the prize. The downside: you might not win. However, I've noticed these challenges can be less popular so there's still a good chance to come away with a prize.

Of course, many of the challenges come complete with free templates, wordart or minikits - a double bonus!

One more thing you should check... most challenge sites have rules about whether you need to use their products to qualify for the posting bonus. Some require exclusive use of their products, others ask you to use at least some elements by their designers.

If you need to buy a kit, think about whether you like it and will use it again, and whether the posting bonus is worth any expense.

Let's start on the challenge site list!

One blog entry can't possible cover all the available sites. I'll break this list down and give you one, two or three each day. That way, you'll have a chance to check them out, choose what you like, instead of becoming befuddled by too much choice. The one I've chosen to start with is a big one, so I'll just cover it for today.


Digital Scrapbook Pages (Digitals)
This is one of my favourites with more than 20 challenges each month.

Challenges include:

• Scrap daily challenge (March has 31 days, make 31 layouts)
• Weekly double challenge (one two-page per week)
• Ad challenge
• Font challenge
• Quickpage challenge
• Designer challenge (use a specific kit)
• Swap
• He said, she said - quote
• Scripture challenge - quote or wordart
• Sketchy challenge - template
• Picture this - theme challenge
• Calendar page
• It's only words - wordart challenge
• Scraplift
• iChallenge - theme
• Around the world - theme
• Let's talk about - theme
• Lyrics 
• Q&A - theme (you're asked to create a layout based on a question)
• Digitals deja vu - use last month's megakit to create a layout
• Simply the best - theme
• Scrap therapy - theme
• The whole kit & caboodle - get a bonus for posting in 12 or more challenges.

Challenges updated: monthly (beginning of the month)

Prizes: A section from a mega-kit for each challenge. One layout from the gallery is chosen each day as "layout of the day". You get a special blinkie to use if you want to!

Do you need to use their products for a posting bonus? Not exclusively. Most challenges ask that you use at least 3 elements from their designers... but they really love it if you use their products! There are a couple where you need to buy a kit, and a couple more where they give you a minikit to use for free.

The forum is extensive so check it out while you're there!

I'll have another site or two for you tomorrow. In the meantime, here's more challenge-related wordart for you. Pick it up here or simply right click and "save as".

Have fun scrapping!
Kylie

Do you need to be challenged? (with freebie!)

There are some fantastic challenges out in there in digiscrap-land. Some of them aren't easy to find at first, so I thought I'd put together a list to help you out! First, I wanted to tell you about some of the common challenges that you'll see out there.

Common types of challenges

• Scrap daily - for people who are working on a P365 (project 365). Make a layout each day (or 31 layouts in a month with 31 days, and so on) to get the posting bonus.
• Ad challenge - an advertisement is shown, create your own page using the colours, layout etc for inspiration
• Colour challenge - a colour palette is given, create either a layout or mini-kit based on the palette.
• Template challenge - I love these! Pick up the (usually free) template and use it to create a layout.
• Wordart challenge - use the given wordart on a page. These come in various 'flavours' including scripture challenges.
• Desktop challenge - create a desktop background for your computer.
• Clean & Simple (C&S) - create a really simple but effective layout
• Clutter it - start with a simple template or layout, and add elements to jazz it up
• Recipe challenge - these come in two flavours. One type has you scrap a recipe for a favourite meal or dish. The other will give you a list of ingredients - eg 2 flowers, one frame, one ribbon - which you need to use on your page to win the prize.
• Font challenge - use a given font
• Scraplift - a layout is shown as inpiration for your own designing
• Journalling challenge - journal around a specific topic, or create a page where the journalling takes centre stage, rather than the photo or elements.
• Quote / motto / slogan challenge - use a given quote on a page, and let it inspire your layout.
• Calendar challenge - create a calendar page
• Lyrics / song challenge - use the lyrics to a song to create your page
• QP exchange - create a quickpage from a specific kit. At the end of the challenge, you get everyone's QPs
• Swap - you send a photo to another challengee, and they send you their photo. You scrap each other's photos
• Kit challenge - design a page from a specific kit. (Similar challenges for elements are around, too)
• Progressive scrap - instructions are given progressively over several days. You can't change anything on the page you've already done!
• Photo techniques - these focus more on the photo and how it is treated, and often teach a new technique as well - such as converting a colour photo to a B&W photo with a small coloured section.

Stay tuned for info about challenge sites over the next few days!

Here's some wordart on the theme...

Either right-click and "Save as" to save the image, or go here to pick it up from 4shared.

Have fun... I'll be back soon with some challenge sites to keep you busy!
Kylie

Three Cheeky Monkeys and a Freebie!

Kelly-Jo has a fun new kit, 3 Cheeky Monkeys... just perfect for scrapping cheeky children! And even better, it's a bargain at only 75 cents until the end of March! Here are the previews:

You can pick it up at Angel Baby Scraps or Enchanted Dreams Boutique. While you're there, you might like to get a copy of Cupid's Kiss - also just 75 cents during March. Here's a reminder of Cupid's Kiss:

Kelly-Jo has a free quickpage on her blog here. I've made a couple of layouts - from our last trip to Taronga Zoo in Sydney! Of course I've got a quickpage for you too... just scroll down!

 

 

 

Download here

Enjoy!

Kylie

Enchant me - awesome collab and freebie

A wonderful new shop has just opened, Enchanted Dreams Boutique. Kelly-Jo contributed to their opening collab - Enchant Me - with the gorgeous kit below:

 

These are some of my favourite colours! You can see more on Kelly-Jo's blog here, or you can check out the whole collab here. (It's only $7, or spend just $5 in the shop and you'll get the collab for FREE!!)

Of course I had to do a layout...

and give you the QP as a freebie!

Download (12 Mb)

A little magic... and a freebie

I love looking at kits and designs from all over the world, and there are some fantastic ones coming from Europe.

Rena has some beautiful kits on her blog here, including My Little Magic World, here, shown below. Google Translate does a reasonable job of translating between languages - but even where it doesn't, it's usually fairly easy to find download links and even navigate through foreign scrapbooking shops!

I enjoyed making a layout for this kit, so I've also made it into a QP for you:

 

Download here

Enjoy!

Kylie

Ruffy Saurus Romp is out - and freebie

Rebecca B has a wonderful new kit out that's just perfect for little boys, Ruffy Saurus Romp. Click on the image to check it out at her new shop!

She also has some other fabulous kits and collaborations for free on her blog here.

I thought his kit would be lovely for my two little dinosaurs - um, sons - so I've made a QP which I want to share with you!

 

Download here

Have fun!
Kylie

Layout of the Day and Freebie

I've been entering challenges on the www.digitalscrapbookingpages.com forum. I'm delighted - and somewhat astonished! - that I was awarded layout of the day for this page featuring my elder son's first visit to the snow:

I used Natasha Nast's gorgeous new kit, Winter Fairytale, (available here) for the background and most of the elements; with a mask by Kathryn Estry's Clipping Masks Vol 2, and frame from Lucy Hampton's Winter Wonderland sampler.


Freebie
Here's a wordart freebie for you... enjoy! It's the first zip file I've created so let me know if you have any problems.

Download here (230 KB)

Till next time,

Kylie