New Vintage Scrapbook Art Journal Kit ON SALE 30% OFF

I was supposed to release this kit tomorrow but thought what the heck!! I think I will do it now!  I love the soothing colors in this palette and when I started creating it I had it in my mind that I wanted to do a straight scrapbook kit as many of my previous kits lately have been strictly art journal. I think I failed because this kit can be used for both scrap and art journal!! But hey its like getting double for your money right??  
Right now this kit is 30% OFF at GDS for a limited time! You can purchase it at my SHOPPE

New Artist Trading Card Kit plus FREEBIE "Only Time Will Tell" by 2CurlyheadedMonster Designs!

So I have a new kit that it out just today!! I LOVE ATC's so I had to make another ATC kit but I wanted to  do something different, a different palette for me. Normally I like pinks and purples, I seem to be drawn to them, but I went in the opposite end of the spectrum for this kit!! Hope you like it!!!

For a very limited time this kit is 30% OFF!!! You can get it in my Shoppe

A couple of awesome ATC's by Birdee! 

I also have a GREAT FREEBIE that coordinates perfectly with this kit on my Facebook Page!!

Like us on Facebook to grab this great freebie!

Created by Jill’s Homespun Recipe Card CT Blog Hop Freebie

Welcome to Created by Jill Scraps’ 1st CT Blog Hop!

What a perfect way to showcase her new collection, Homespun with a special freebie!

We’ve gathered our favorite recipes to share with you as well as created matching blanks for you to add your favorite recipes to!

Each card was created using papers and elements from her Homespun Kit!

The whole collection is 30% Off thru May 5th!

Available at:

GDS

theStudio

Take a look at the entire collection:

and a little inspiration:

Here’s my recipe card!

I hope you enjoy it!

Download it HERE

Don’t forget to stop by the other CT Blogs and snag the rest of the recipe cards along the way!

Created by Jill Scraps

Just Saskia Scraps

Jellebelleke's Designs

Nanasdinkys Scraps

2 Curly Headed Monsters  <-----You are HERE

Cajun Diva Scraps

Scraps by Jessica art-design

Tamie Is Preserving Memories

Mellys Scrapmania

ADB Designs does it AGAIN!!! New Kit in the Great Loves Series!

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE ADB Design's kits, especially for my older photos!! They just complement them beautifully!!! I love the vintage looking elements and the rich gorgeous papers!!! The newest in ADB's series Great Loves is Aida & Radames  Right now this kit is 30% off at The Studio!

I am in love with the pink, blue, reddish color palette!!! Makes for beautiful dramatic pages!!

In case you are not familiar with Aida and Radames' Love Story, here is a little bit on them "Aida & Radames are the tragic lovers from the Verdi opera, Aida. The setting is ancient Egypt and Aida is a Nubian Princess being held as a slave to the Pharaoh's daughter, Amneris. Aida keeps her royal heritage a secret, and falls in love with Radames, the new commander of the Egyptian army and Amneris's betrothed.  Radames leads the army against Nubia capturing the Nubian ruler, AIda's father.  Father and daughter are reunited and Amneris discovers AIda's love for Radames with tragic results."  Here is a link the synopsisprovided by the Metropolitan Opera for those who would like to read more.

Kit contents: 31 papers [11 Egyptian themed vintage papers, 10 embossed solids and a bonus of 10 window pane patterned solids] and 41 unique and beautiful elements.

Here is one of my layouts that I made with this beautiful kit!

We also got a bonus this week!! ADB Designs also put out another kit called Midnight Curfew This one is 50% OFF right now and you get a bonus some FREE clusters!!!

Of course this kit is just as gorgeous as all of her kits are!! check this out!

Here is what I made with this kit!

This next layout when I went to make it, I really wanted to use this one picture of my Grandmother (my father's mother) she passed a while back and I love scrapping with pictures of her as it brings back so many great memories. I loved the picture that I used but before I could even start a layout I needed to fix the picture. Some how the original had been almost ruined, it had these dark speckles on it, but I scanned it anyway. 

If you are ever looking photo editing actions for photoshop or photoshop PSE please check out Paint the Moon   I purchased her PSE Bundle of The Essentials and Miracle Makeover and haven't regretted it a second!!! I use them daily on all my photos. Well I thought what the heck, let me try it with an older photo. Here is the photo before I began the restoration.

Using the spot healing brush along with her baby soft skin action, twinkle eyes action and just playing with this and that...I ended up with a photo I could use in my layout and you can see what a classic Italian beauty she was!

I probably could have done some more work on it...it isn't perfect, but it is a photo that is probably 65 years old so I don't want it to look new, but I love how it came out and I think she would have loved this layout!

New Great Love Kits by ADB Designs

I have to admit, I am way way behind in posting to my blog. I don't know why. I am just terrible at updating it which is a shame because I am on the Creative Teams for some really amazing designers and I should share these designs with everyone more often!!! So here it goes!!

ADB Designs has been one of my favorites for a while. I positively drool when looking thru her stores! I love the vintage, heritage feel of her designs. So different from the other designers I CT for!

ADB is now in TWO places! You can find her store at Heritage Scraps and The Studio.  I love both sites and so glad that she has stores in both places!!

BOTH KITS 30% OFF for a limited time!

Her newest kits are themed Great Loves and they are GORGEOUS! Seriously!

Check out Great Love: Abelard & Heloise

This kit includes : 20 rich papers and 34 romantic elements!

The story:
Abelard and Heloise lived in 12th century France and were highly intelligent and well educated. Unusual for a man during the Middle Ages, and certainly a rarity for a woman. Abelard was 20 years senior to Heloise and her tutor.  They fell in love and had an affair which resulted in the birth of their son, Astrolabe (named for the maritime instrument).  They married but Heloise's Uncle and guardian, remained obsessed and angry and acted against Abelard in a vicious attack. The lovers wrote volumes of letters to each other, many of which survive and that include beautiful prose that continues to speak to lovers today. 

The next Great Love kit is : Great Love: Tristan & Isolde

This kit includes 18 papers and 38 elements!

Tristan & Isolde are the inspiration for the second kit in my Great Love series.  Their love story has been told in one form or another since the 12th century and has inspired many wonderful and tragic tales of love. Wagner's opera "Tristan & Isolde" was first performed in 1865 and is known for its influence on later Western composers.

The basic narrative (there are multiple versions):
Isolde, a princess of Ireland is betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. Tristan, the King's nephew goes to Ireland to accompany Isolde on the journey to meet to her future husband. On the ship to Cornwall, Tristan & Isolde accidently drink a love portion that was intended for isolde and Mark; they fall madly in love.  Though in love with Tristan, Isolde marries King Mark and on her wedding night she substitutes her trusted friend and maid, Brangaene, in her marital bed to conceal her loss of maidenhood. Later, fearing Brangaene will reveal her secret, Isolde tries to have her friend killed. Mark is not a fool, he suspects Isolde and Tristan and they are charged with treason.

Family Gathering Collab At Heritage Scrap by ADB Designs

I am a huge fan of ADB Designs, I swear I just drool looking thru her stores!! This month's Collab with Heritage Scrap is no different!!! It's beautiful! Check out Family Gathering. This is ADB's portion of the collab. Just gorgeous!

Here is what I made with it:

Pool Party Palooza Collab by Daybreak Scraps

Great new collab with Daybreak Scraps and Mandy King called Pool Party Palooza Right now it is 30% OFF!

Check out this beautiful preview!

Sooo Cute!!! This is what it says you get in this kit! :


The kit includes twenty-two patterned papers, seven solid papers, two pieces of flair, pool girl and pool boy, a button, fish, five frames, eight worded labels, two blank labels, six trims, three pieces of stitching, a swimsuit, four buttons, a border, three flowers, one piece of greenery, bead scatter, staple, three stickers, sun tag, three towel mattes, a water splash and two complete alphas (a-z and 0-9). 
Also includes two 12x12 templates in psd and tiff formats for doing some quick layouts. 
All pieces created at 300 dpi.

Dreams and Wishes by Created by Jill Scraps

I have to say this is one of my favorite kits....you can't really tell in the preview how beautiful the colors and the elements are, the preview just doesn't do this kit justice!  I loved making layouts for this kit. I did it a while ago...when this was released at Stuff to Scrap, and now that it is being released at GDS, and I am uploading my layouts to my gallery there, I realize just how much I love this kit, so I'm thinking I need to make more layouts!!! My only wish with this kit..is that it was bigger!! Maybe she will make us an add on?  Hint hint!!!  Right now it is ON SALE at GDS for 30% OFF!! So grab it at a great price...you won't be sorry! I promise!!! 

You can get it ---------------------------> HERE

Ohhh and did I mention that you get a FREE Facebook Timeline Cover..made by yours truely! :-)

Normally I post my layouts I make with a kit under the designers tab, but I am going to post them here because I just love them. I love the pictures I took with my daughter. It was the first set with my new camera (my Cannon Rebel) and my first time using actions to clean up the pics...so I am very happy with them!!!