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!

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!

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!

Blog Train Freebies!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday to ScrapMatters!!! Isn't this blog train GREAT??!! I can't believe all the goodies being given away made with Cupcakes & Candles by our own SM Design Team!! What a fun kit!

My best birthday memory might have to be TODAY!!! My parents came up to our house on the train and we've had a week of celebrations since my DD's 5th birthday was last weekend and we celebrated my BIL getting his US Citizenship and then yesterday we went to Seattle to celebrate mine a little early. We took the Argosy Harbour Cruise there and then we ate at the Spaghetti Factory. I cherish the times we spend together as a family since we haven't been able to get together very often, especially in the last few years. Taking time to do these things and getting the pics to scrap of it is becoming more important to me as I get older. =)


So in honor of our multiple birthday celebrations I created a QP for you!

Where you were: Tracie (marto_gal_30)
Where you are going: Erica Zane
The freebie links are now *EXPIRED*, but you can pick up this amazing collab in the store!

Release, A Guest spot and a Blog Train!!

For the month of August Jessica Edwards accepted a guest designer spot over at Zig Zag Scraps. For her Guest stay, she has created some super YUMMY kits that are so cute that you'll just want to have them! This week Jessica is releasing "Shabby Kitchen" which is kitchen themed and just Oh SO adorable! If you love cooking, then this is just the kit for you! (All Images are linked to the products in the store)



Not only is this a fantastic kit, but Jessica has created some SUPER cute add-on's to go along with the kit.



Whew! As if that wasn't enough cuteness, Jessica's Creative Team has worked over time to bring you a super cute printable recipe book! All you have to do is add your recipes, print and bind! Or upload to your favorite printing company and create a family recipe book to give away to friends and family! There's even one or 2 added extras on some of the blogs! So, how do you collect these fabulous pages & extras? All you have to do, is follow the blog train from start to finish, and you'll have a super cute recipe book! Here's a look at what you'll be getting once you've completed the whole blog train.




Our Blog Train is now done and links are expired, but you can still pick up the kit!



Links are now expired! Thanks to all that rode our blog train!

Blog Train full of FREEBIES!!!

Jessica Edwards Designs and Stolen Moments Designs have teamed up once again to bring you another awesome collab. Check out 10 Tiny Toes!!

We would like to share a piece of it with you. Follow the blogs to pick up all of the element clusters. We are all in different time zones so keep checking back if someone on the list doesn't have theirs up when you are freebie hunting!! =) Enjoy the journey!

I put together 2 WA Titles and 2 text path phrases.

LINK

Password: tentoeswa

Jessica – http://mydigiscrapblog.blogspot.com/

Melissa http://www.mamamelissa.com/

Anne Katherine http://www.looooooooovetocreate.blogspot.com/

Tricia http://theseoultosoulconnection.blogspot.com/

Dana http://www.thetatefamilyhappenings.blogspot.com/

Sasha http://www.parteeof5scraps.blogspot.com/

Nikki http://nikkisdigilayouts.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://www.kelseyll.blogspot.com/ <-------------YOU ARE HERE

Wendy – http://www.neverlandscraps.blogspot.com/

Niki – http://onceuponascraptime.blogspot.com/

Kim – http://kim21673.wordpress.com/

Stephanie – http://stefgonedigi.blogspot.com/

Tanya – http://crossbonecuts.blogspot.com/

Lisa – http://aprilisadesigns.blogspot.com/

Amber – http://stolenmomentsdesign.blogspot.com/

Plus Jessica now has a Facebook page, check it out for a coupon good for 25% off the kit. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica-Edwards-Designs/342883770515

New Valentine's Kit by Plum Dumpling Designs

Plum Dumpling Designs has just come out with "He's My Valentine". Just take a look at this amazing kit for Valentine's Day! It can be used for a boy or a girl AND the colors are great for 4th of July too! Be sure to read the whole post for info on a Freebie Blog Train and a couple of freebie goodies for you! =)

Here are a couple of layouts I made with this kit!! SUPER CUTE!!!

Plum Dumpling's CT members have collaborated to bring you a "He's My Valentine" blog train! A few of us (like me) are hosting another member's freebie if they do not have a blog so be sure to check if there are 2 links on your stops! Here is the whole list:

Mary's http://plumdumplingdesigns.blogspot.com/

Adi's http://lepingouindesigns.blogspot.com/

Janine's http://digitalscrappinrocks.blogspot.com/

Bethanny http://digidaisychain.blogspot.com/

Laura http://www.shrkmomscreations.blogspot.com/

Kelsey http://www.kelseyll.blogspot.com/ <----YOU ARE HERE

Lynn http://themathematiciansassistant.com/

Erin http://3princessesandcharming.blogspot.com/

Chel http://scrappingchelcreations.wordpress.com/

Shan http://vidoni.blogspot.com/

Becky http://myscrappingdreams.blogspot.com/

Dawn (aussiegirl) has made this cutie-patootie card QP for you! Thanks Dawn for making such a great card!!

URaQT card link

Here is a sample of my 4x6 freebie QP made into a card! Just place your pic behind and add text on top. The heart opening will be "see-through" and the round tag will be blank when you download it. =) Print out at home or upload to your favorite printing store and send out a personalized Valentine this year!!

Download LINK

Freebie from Trixie Scraps!!!

I hope you are enjoying the goodies that the Trixie Scraps Stars have made for you during this 12 Days of Christmas event! We all had a lot of fun using the items from Trixie Scraps' store to make them for you!!

Today is MY day to present you with a gift and it is the Festive Red Yuletide alpha made from her Yuletide kit!!! This kit is gorgeous with rich jewel tones and tons of fun elements!! Click the image to see this kit and all her add ons that coordinate with it!! Merry Christmas!

(click image to download)

Plum Dumpling Designs new kit & a freebie

Haven't we ALL been there with a 2 year old? That day when nothing makes them happy and you are doing your best, but according to them it just isn't good enough? Well, now you can just take a deep breath and SCRAP IT! Yep...capture that moment on film and use it to YOUR advantage later...(heh, heh...a little blackmale won't hurt 'em, right?!). I have to say, I have been very fortunate and have not had many of these episodes, but I found a few pics of Kaity when she was NOT all smiles and I really like how the page turned out. This kit has helped me capture all sides of Kaity, and even though the tears are hard I've always loved the snuggle time afterwards when they are too tired to fight anymore. Check out "Terrible Twos" by Plum Dumpling Designs at ScrapMatters and scroll down for a freebie! =)





Here's my layout with it. I simply recolored some items to match my pics. =)




And, here is a freebie QP made with "Terrible Twos".





Download HERE or click the image

*password: 2cute

Happy Anniversary...

TO MY BLOG!!! Wow..I just realized that I created this one year ago today! Seriously?? I'm having issues with how fast time seems to be going lately!

So...to celebrate I made a freebie and I sure hope this works...if not let me know and I'll see if I can figure out how to fix it! =) I don't have fancy "preview makers" or anything, but this alpha turned out to be pretty easy to make and I thought I'd share! They are just for Personal Use.

Click on the image and then one TOU. I have individual pngs too....but I'm not sure how to get them all in one folder at 4shared! I have to learn how to zip them all into one folder, but I'm too tired now to figure that all out! I hope you like these. =)

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