Chelle's Creations has a fun new kit perfect for preschoolers coming out this Friday.  You can enter for a chance to win it by clicking the image below!! =)

Freebie for you!

Oh poor, neglected blog!! A lot has happened since I last posted here! One new thing for me is that I started designing a little last October! I design under the name Kelsey {Inspired} Studios or KISS. =) I'm learning as I go, but am really having fun with it! Here is an alpha for sale in my store at With Love Studios and below that is a link to a freebie wordart made with the alpha!! Click the image below to find this alpha in my shop.





Click the image below for your freebie! Enjoy!

Up, Up & Away

Scrap Matters just released this new collab Up, Up and Away!

The 80's are HERE!

Are you looking for a "flashback to the 80's" kind of kit? The Scrap Matters Design team has put together a kit that will knock your socks off! Be sure to check this out while it is still on sale! Image is clickable.

Are you still scrapping Valentine's Day pics??

If you are still scrapping your Valentine's Day pics or just need a good versatile "Love" kit check out this Warm Fuzzies kit by the Scrap Matters Design Team! The colors can work for both boys and girls and it is jam packed with so many fun elements!! Click the image to see it in the store!

Happy Valentines Day!

I love this new template by Cindy Schneider! It is just so CUTE!! I made a 12x12 page for our family album and then turned it into a calendar topper for next year's calendar thanks to the I'll Pencil You In challenge at Scrap Matters! I might actually have everything scrapped BEFORE the end of November for our 2012 calendar this time!! Woo HOO!!

Here are a couple other calendar toppers I've done so far....

Embrace the Day!!

Embrace the Day is a new collab kit available at Scrap Matters! This kit is fantastic for all your p365 layouts, calendar toppers and so much more!! Be sure to check this out while it is on sale for $5.99!

Who's at the Zoo kit

This is a darling kit and really versatile for lots of scrapping topics! Who's at the Zoo by Just So Scrappy is FANTASTIC!! Image is linked! Be sure to check this kit out! =)

Christmas JOY is here!!

Just So Scrappy has a new Christmas kit out called Joy! It is darling and has a ton of fun elements to use, embossed papers, paper tears, scalloped mats and so much more!! Click the image to see this in her store!

Happy Fall Y'all by Just So Scrappy

Fall is NOT my favorite season because it ends my Summer (LOL!) so it is always hard for me to get in the mood to scrap Fall pics! However, when I got my hands on this Happy Fall Y'all kit by Just So Scrappy I was actually excited! I mean, how can you NOT be excited with a kit when it has 219 elements and over 30 papers to choose from! Of course she didn't stop there! She made add on pack with frame clusters and extra alphas too! I can use this kit again and again for all kinds of fall related activities!!!

AND....to help you fall in love with it I made one of my pages into a QP for you...FREE!! Click the image to download it! =) I hope you'll enjoy it and run to check out this fun kit in Just So Scrappy's store at Sunflower Scraps Boutique. =) You won't be sorry and you just might find a few others there you'll want!!

And here is your freebie QP as promised! Click the preview to download!

Retirement SALE!!!

You do NOT want to miss this great opportunity to buy Jessica Edward's store!! I'm so sad that she is closing up shop, but you will want to snag your fave kits before 12-31-10!! Click the notice below to go to her store.

YAY for DSD

There will be so many fun events, chats and sales this weekend!! I'm clearing my calendar so I can just play! =) I'm crossing my fingers to win a few freebies and here is one I'm hoping for!!! Stolen Moments has a PU grab bag coming out! How exciting!! She has so many great designs in her shop! Take a peek on her blog for all she has got going on for DSD!! Click the image below to be taken to her blog! Happy DSD Everyone!

Toil and Trouble FREEBIE!!

Toil and Trouble by Just So Scrappy is a fun Halloween kit! There are so many element choices in this and the embossed papers are really cool! Be sure to check this out in her store by clicking on the kit preview below and don't forget to scroll down for your FREEBIE!







And as promised....a FREE QP. Just click on the image to download!! =) This IS a png file with "see-through" windows to easily slip your pics in behind even though it doesn't appear that way in the preview.

*password* is bewitching

Applelicious by Just So Scrappy

This was the perfect kit to make a school layout! I'm trying really hard to keep up and scrap school events IN the year they happened so I can have the printed book sometime the following summer and be ready to go for the next school year. It might be the first time I've kept up and been on target with my scrapping. We won't discuss baby albums or wedding books (yikes!). My excuse is that I didn't have SBC3 then!

So, look how fun my page turned out using this fantastic kit! Applelicious by Just So Scrappy can be used for school, apple picking, pie baking, apple cider and with all that red and green don't you think of Christmas too??! I even managed to make a wedding layout (see below!) Click on the image to see this kit in her store and click on my layout to see full credits as a few of the items pictured came from different sources.

Simple as That! giveaway

Check out this amazing giveaway of Life. Camera. Actions. on Simple as That! http://rebeccacooper.blogspot.com/

Fall is HERE and I have a FREEBIE for you!

Well, it's official. My favorite season has ended and the weather is starting to turn to rainy old gray skies (sigh!). To keep my spirits up I pulling out all the "rainy day" projects that you do indoors....sewing, crocheting and COOKING! I was looking through some old magazines that I picked up last year and "re-found" this recipe that I didn't get time then.

So, after we got back from the pumpkin patch yesterday we got busy with these cookies!!

(the weather was sooooo nice yesterday, so glad we went then! It's raining now!)

This recipe is for Night Owl Cookies and below I have a freebie recipe card if you'd like to have it. =) Click on the card to download it.

These are cute (for owls) and a great project to do with kids! =) I tried the recipe pretty much as written but didn't need near the amount of flour and cocoa as they suggested. It calls for the refrigerated pre-made sugar cookie dough, but your favorite recipe can substitue and my next batch with be Gluten-Free so my hubby can enjoy them too! =) It is torture for him if I'm cooking/baking something delicious and he can't eat it!

So, here we go. After mixing the flour and cocoa in this is what the log looks like....notice that flat edge on the bottom? That is the edge used to join the cookies! =) My white dough isn't perfectly centered because I overlapped the chocolate wrapper to make it a little thicker on one side for the owl face. Now the recipe says you can get 20 owl cookies, I got 14 so maybe my log was thicker than it was supposed to be or I cut them a little thicker (or both!). I actually like the size they are though.

I used thread to make the slices and they are pretty cute once assembled (again, for owls). =)

I even got creative and put oatmeal around the eyes to see how that would turn out!

Be sure to space them far enough apart. I'm so glad I did a test run! I don't normally use pre-made dough so I wasn't sure how much they would GROW when baked! YIKES!

I mean, seriously! This.....

became THAT! LOL!

You still can get 12 on a larger pan though! =)

Then it's just a matter of decorating with some chocolate and vanilla or cream cheese frosting!

Gotta add those M&M eyes too!

Then you end up with a pretty cute cookie that was easy to make!

Our little "owl family"! =)

I got this recipe from a magazine last year, but you can view the FULL RECIPE HERE!

Oh this is TUTU CUTE!!!

I recently became a CT Member for Just So Scrappy! Now, I've known about her before she even HAD a CT so when I saw a call from her I was thrilled!! I just love this ballerina kit called "Tutu Cute"!! It has several add ons AND a QP offer so you can just put your pics right in! Here is the page I did with the kit! Click HERE or the kit preview to find this in her store! =)

ScrapMatters recently revealed their September collab and if you are ready for fall layouts then this kit is a MUST HAVE!!! Five incredible designers got together to bring you Autumn Splendor!

SMG call

New Releases!

I love this new Strawberry Delight kit out by LDrag designs!! It has so many fantastic elements and is very versatile! =)

This Any Which Way kit by Man in the Moon is so bright and colorful and I love all the arrows! Click on the images to be taken to their stores!