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!!

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New Artist Trading Card Kit "Yes! I I Play with Dolls!" PLUS a Facebook Freebie!

So I am very happy to announce that June 1, 2013 my new kit "Yes I play with Dolls" will be released!!! It is  an Artist Trading Card kit (meaning all the papers are 2.5 x 3.5 and accents are the prefect size!) and ATCs are one of my favorite mediums of mixed media both digitally and when I create with paper!!!

Check out my preview!

This kit comes with 10 unique ATC sized Papers and 35 Accents!! So many possibilities!!

You can find it in my STORE

Here are a few incredible examples of some ATCs:

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By Birdee of Birdee's Nest Designs

By Birdee of Birdee's Nest Designs

By Amanda of Outside the Box Design Shoppe

 By Vicki of Dana's Footprints Digital Designs

All of these are by Marci one of our CT members!

But I'm not done yet!!! You can snag this FREEBIE on my FACEBOOK  page! Just LIKE us to grab this and each freebie we post for each new kit!!! 

Exciting News for Outside the Box Design Studio!!

I am VERY excited to announce that Outside the Box Design Studio now has it's own SHOPPE!! YAY!  You can hit the shoppe HERE but don't forget to check out the forum!! There is a bunch of GREAT challenges going on..which gets you free product..yup I said FREEEEE my favorite shade of shopping!  I am hosting a challenge called "Just My Type" where I give you a choice of a few sayings and a couple of fonts and then YOU come up with an amazing art journal page or ACT!! Everyone gets a participation bonus which is shown on the challenge page!!!

Here is MY submission:

There are many other unique challenges for you to try your hand at such as :  "Yup I made this!" "Word Up",
Thank You Very Much Challenge , and "The Best Of Me"

There is also the big Contest: So you think you can Art Journal??

I know that Art Journaling can be a little scary for people who have never tried it, but truly there are no rules you just create how you feel. There are no right or wrong ways....everyone's is unique!!! So come give it a shot!! You can get all these posting bonuses and build up your stash! I promise once you do one, you wont be able to stop!!!

Right now I am working with this brand new in the shoppe kit called "Flea Stylin'"  I am in LOVE with this kit!!!  You can go and grab it right now because it is ON SALE!

Art Journal Stuffage ~ NEW Facebook Group!

Check out my new Facebook Group ~ Art Journal Stuffage. It is a group that is completely dedicated to Art Journaling. Post your pages, art journal kits that you love, designers that are your favorite etc!! You can find the group ----->>  HERE

Art Journaling with Places in the Heart

So for this week's A.O.S workshop we are using this new great kit by Outside the Box called Places in the Heart its one of those kinds of kits that I just love and had to make a few layouts with it. OTBDS also has been collaborating with Precepts & Promises. Here is their part of Places in the Heart by Precepts & Promises  Here is what I came up with by using both parts of the collab.

Eyes to Heart

Life is Good

Heart Song

Families are Forever

Express Me

I also have been creating with Outside the Box's new kit Asian Persuasion ARC Kit along with using images by Itkupilli:

Shabby Vintage Romanc & Amazing Love by Outside the Box Design Studio

Outside of the Box Design Studio has a new kit in the GDS store!!! Check out Shabby Vintage Romance when you purchase this kit you get Amazing Love for FREE!!! YAY FREE! Love FREE!

These are two beautiful, romantic kits!!! I couldn't keep my hands off them!!! This is what I came up with!

From Amazing Love:

Shabby Vintage Romance:

I love the elements in both of these kits...but the backgrounds are my favorite!!! Just very pretty backgrounds!!!! Perfect for Valentine's Day!!!



Outside the Box Design Studio ~ ARTchaeology of the Soul

I am in love with this kit!! I can NOT wait until the Workshop starts on Feb 1st!!! Check out my Art Journal layouts from ARTchaeology of the Soul

This Art Journal took me FOREVER!!! Mainly because of the girl. I had purchased a collection of old flapper photos (LOVE flappers!) and she is just so pretty!!! So I extracted her from her background so she would fit into the trunk....and then recolored her. I think I am getting better with the recoloring.  I thought it would be a cute play on the Outside the Box Designs name because we are all learning more and more about how to not stick to the layout norms and structure!!

Here is another:

and then an ATC....the one above this LOOKS like an ATC but it isn't its an 8x10 page!



Art Journaling is so much fun!!! You can do anything you want!!!

Want to learn? Get some great elements? Then you HAVE to join up with the Workshop!!!!

ATC Swap

So I am taking a break from cleaning my kitchen. Seriously, I LOATH white kitchen cabinets and appliances....with kids and dogs...almost impossible to keep clean and I hate to have to wash them almost daily.

But anyway.....today we had to do our swap with the ATC's thru Outside the Box Designs on GDS, links are all on the side of my blog, I'm being lazy and don't feel like linking today!!!!

So here was mine!

I used mostly Outside of the Box Designs, but I also used a few (umbrella, drops and pattern in cloud) from Simply You, Simply Me Chance of Rain kit. My partner hasn't finished hers yet, but will post when she does!!!

Of course I made a few others, can't just make one! ATC's are like potato chips! So here are a few others!

These are all done using elements from Outside the Box Design Studio. I have no idea which kits as I own ALL of their kits so I was mixing!

The following ATC's were made using kits by CrowAbout Designs from Deviant Scrap

Ok so I am Addicted to Digital Scrapping & Art Journalling!

Just finished my "Decorate your Desktop Challenge" at GDS. I already did one once this month for my mom before I left NY...she wanted something with all the kids on it.

Here is the one I did for her:

I dont normally do "pretty" but I really liked how this came out!!!

So I did one for myself, I used a kit called MudPies and Finger Paint by Outside The Box Design Studio.

I think it came out pretty cute!!!

I also fell in love with a kit from Eena's Creations that I got at Deviant Scrap called "All the Small Things" and used it to created these. (There are also element in these layouts from TumbleFish Studios and Beth Rimmer, both of which can be found at Deviant Scrap, but there are also elements in them from Lisa's Altered Art and Itkupilli)

Come Dance with Me

Sitting Pretty

and In my Younger Days