Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies

WOW!!!!  December already?!!??!  I cannot believe how fast 2014 has flown by!

This year I am so thrilled to be invited to participate in the WWCSF event!  I have a new kit releasing today, Cyber Monday and I am here as part of the blog train freebies to share with you a preview of the kit and a mini sample!   I hope that you enjoy it and will check the whole kit out at my brand new Etsy shop here.  Please enjoy the freebie and don't forget to leave some love for the other designers as well!

If you get lost the master list is here:  http://dschristmasaroundtheworld.blogspot.com/

Have a great holiday season and happy scrappin'!

Christmas Wishes Mini Freebie

The whole kit includes:

-16 Papers 

-1 Gold foiled Vellum paper 

-8 Journal cards

-6 Polaroid frames (and matching cut files!)

-1 Hand drawn font (which is mobile ready)

-26 Embellishments from flair and washi tape to cork and gold foil goodies 

-7 Cut files in SVG format 

Here are a few pages made from the whole kit:  

By Chelle BB

By:  Karen Fitting

by Karen Fitting

By Hannah Wilde

Project Life week 2

So a quick review of the weeks.  I am feeling very motivated to keep this going.  I have a great process that is keeping my time involved a little less than last year.  Before I start a week I pick out my Pocket Page Protectors and then label each "slot" with what I am going to put into it.  I then print out all the pictures I need and gather all the ephemera.  Finally I can focus on the scrapping and getting it all inserted.  It seems to work well.  Last year I noticed that some weeks were taking me nearly 2-3 days to complete (minus the time I was at work and doing family stuff).  Now I can complete a week in a matter of hours... 1 evening after the kids are in bed.   Which is currently hopeful because I am about 3 weeks behind.  *Sigh*  I guess that is the glory for being on vacation for a week and having a fulfilled and happy life! :)

With out further ado.... here are the last couple of weeks! 

Week 2: 

For this week I added in some tickets from movies, a filmstrip of pics we took at the movies in a photo booth.  Some screenshots of the weather this week.  It went from 61+ to the teens in the middle of the night!  YUCK!! I wrote out our entire week schedule on a 4x6 card from the Clementine edition of PL by Becky Higgins. And I used my Silhouette to cut the "Week 2" title.   I am providing that freebie link for those Silhouette files here.  Here is a preview of the file: 

  The right side of this week includes a rare Facebook update from the husband.  As well as a scanned drawing from my son and a cute random note I found on the back of one of his homework pages "I like my mom".  I included a picture of the process I discussed in the opening of
this post with the organization tips I am loving to keep me on the "get it done" track.  I used some of the Cobalt and Baby for Him Cards by Becky Higgins.

Lastly here is a 6x12 insert of a cute story from my son using a clipped 3x4 card as the title from Clementine edition of Becky Higgins,  some Reminisce washi tape and a shaped clip from Staples.

New Year, New Project Life

Well I feel like I am starting the year off on a positive note.  My title page is done... whew!  Let's hope that I can keep up this pace all year and then there won't be the pain and agony of being so far behind like last year!  Enough chatter time to show the pages off.... I am really excited about this!  I feel like it is unique and fun and kicking the project off just how I want it!  

I used the Becky Higgins Pocket Page A protectors for this title page.  I really love the idea of all of us holding on to numbers coordinating with the year "2013" in the center.  

Here is a close up view of my "shaker" window.  I used a canvas heart (by Basically Bare) and Chit Chat (by Tim Holtz idea-ology) stickers to outline my title "Our family, our memories, our story."  Behind that I added in some confetti from New Years and then sealed the top by sewing it closed.

Here is a close up view of my new favorite photo of me and my husband playing with sparklers.  I used the following settings on my Nikon D3200 camera: TRIPOD!!  Shutter speed 2" f/stop 5.6, White balance to fluorescent.  If you are doing longer words or numbers then adjust the shutter speed for longer.  Have the subjects stand very still, as you can see we did not, but I am ok with that.  Lastly WRITE ALL NUMBERS AND LETTERS BACKWARDS!! 

 Share your pages with me... join our Facebook group for some good cheerleading, ideas, and great friends!  Here we root each other on especially in times of falling behind or stress, share ideas when we get stuck and for pages, and just chat.  We have some great gals making freebies pretty often... how could you not!!!?

Project Life Week 29

It is a slowly but surely ordeal lately!  With school starting, soccer at full speed, and the new work schedule I am bidding for a few minutes here and there but I am trying!  Here is a peek at Week 29:

The 12x12 page highlighting the big event of the week:

This one is all digi (as usual most of the time) of our hiking trip on Sunday.

Here is the overview of the 12x12 page protector and all of the events this week.

A close up shot of a few of the inserts both 4x6 some hybrid scrapbooking.  Photo and stamp are digi the left side is scrapbooking traditional.  I like the mixed look of 2 different 3x4 themes on one insert.

 This is a close up of another 4x6 insert divided into two 3x4 parts.  Then of course MY highlight of the week.  Before our hike I saw this road sign for "Memory Lane" of course who could resist?  Well we drove right passed it and on to our hike *sad face*  After the hike my amazing husband was so sweet to stop and pull over.... The heart of a happy scrapbooker and the find of a lifetime!  ;) 

Sisters layout plus FREEBIE

Don't forget to stop by Scrapping Fairytales to grab the NEW kit "My Tunes" from Simple Girl Scraps! This kit has everything from amazing colors, to great embellishments, to a very cool clear alpha!  Sure to whet you appetite!  

Here is a layout I made with the kit.  One of my favorites for sure!

A  CT freebie from the brand NEW "My Tunes" kit. A set of journaling cards to include 2 cards easily set up for photo additions!  Click here to download.

Spring Has Sprung Freebie

Morning all! :)

I have a Freebie for you from the *NEW* "Spring Has Sprung" kit by Simple Girl Scraps. You can find the full kit at Scrapping Fairytales.

Here is a CT Layout I did:

Be sure to head on over to the store and the kit now... it's 40% off this week! :)

And now here is the freebie I made for you to go along with all those great pages!

*Download*

WEEK 6 - Project Life

Front side of 8.5x11 and ATC pocket attached to side of sheet

View of 4x6 sheet and back side of 8.5x11

The 12x12 layout for title page of week 6.

So I have been keeping up pretty well, until my trip two weeks ago. I am have finally found time and finished week 6... glad to be using the multiple sizes of photo pages so I can keep my week all 'gathered' in one area. Here I used an 8.5x11 sheet and made a double layout in one sheet (front and back) and then I added an ATC sized pocket to describe the pics and hold my airplane ticket. Finally on the last page I used a We are Memory Keepers 4x6 divided sheet to finish of random parts of the week.... enjoy! :) and now on to week 7... weeeee!