Time For Spring Cleaning and The Pixel Scrapper Blog Train!

Spring has arrived but it's been so warm where I live it feels closer to summer.  I jumped on the Pixel Scrapper blog train this month which has the theme Spring Cleaning.  I'm not sure who scraps about cleaning, but hopefully you can use these papers and elements for other topics as well.  Be sure to check out the rest of the train, there are some great designs!

Download links are below the previews.

Spring Cleaning Papers

 Download the papers from google drive here.

Spring Cleaning Elements

 Download the elements from google drive here.


What kind of scrapbooking do you find yourself doing most often (i.e. pocket scrapping, hybrid scrapping, strictly digital, etc.)?  I'd love to know because I'm always wondering whether to make things with more or less texture, grunge etc.  I really want to make things that are useful and versatile!  Please let me know in the comments!

So glad you stopped by and I hope you enjoy scrapping some fun Spring memories!  Feel free to leave a link in the comments so I can see what you come up with!

Pixel Scrapper Blog Train: Raindrops and Rainbows

Hello again!  Time for another blog train at Pixel Scrapper.  This month is all about raindrops and rainbows.  I played around a bit making the patterned papers by learning how to make rain in Photoshop and attempting to make some gradients, and generally just having a little creative fun.  I hope you can find some use for them in your projects.

Download links are below the previews.

Raindrops & Rainbows-patterned papers

Download patterned papers from Google Drive here.

Raindrops & Rainbows-solid papers

Download the solid papers from Google Drive here.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the blog train creations at Pixel Scrapper this month!

As always, I'd love to see what you create, so feel free to leave some links!  

Have a Craft Day!
 

 

Have You Seen It? The SVG Cuts Spring Blossoms SVG Kit Rocks!

Have you seen the new kit from SVGCuts.com?  It is awesome!  Just in time for Spring, an Asian themed kit complete with a pagoda!  Check out the new Spring Blossoms SVG Kit!

 This kit is FREE with a purchase of $9.98 or more!  You save $6.99!

 I am in love with the pagoda and the lantern.  In fact, I've already made both of them, but I'm only going to show the lantern today.  Here's my version of it, which looks eerily similar (lol, yeah no creative license taken here!) to the one Mary from SVGCuts made.

 I didn't use the same paper as Mary, since from what I've heard it's difficult to find.  Of course, any excuse to buy more paper is fine with me! 

This lantern is very simple, but I love the clean look of it and I can't wait to put it up on my mantle in the living room with a tea light this evening.  

Here's another view.

 I can't wait to show you the pagoda I made, so stop by again and in the meantime I'd love to know what you think of my lantern!  

What will you make from the Spring Blossoms SVG Kit?  Be sure to tell me in the comments!

Have a Crafty Day!

Items used:
Spring Blossoms SVG Kit
Silhouette Cameo
Make The Cut! software
DCWV Wind Butterfly from Far East Stack
Bazzill Basics cardstock

I'm an affiliate for SVGCuts.com and Make The Cut! because I LOVE them and you will too! 
 

April Calendar

Happy April Fool's Day!  Can't say I'm the sort of person who likes to play jokes on people, nor do I care to have one played on me, so I rarely participate in the festivities of this day.  Of course, with April comes more spring like weather, and that means rain.  Rain to provide ample water for the beautiful flowers.  I've already got daffodils in my yard, courtesy of whoever lived here before me, since I didn't plant them.  And what do you need for rain?  The same thing my April calendar has plenty of, clouds!

Rain, rain DON'T go away, keep watering the flowers!

I actually don't mind the rain with the warmer temperatures.  I can't wait to see the flowers bloom!

To make the clouds for the calendar I selected a cloud from the background paper using the magic wand tool, right clicked, chose layer via copy and filled the cloud with white.  Next I duplicated the cloud several times and lined them up to form the grid.  I also now have the cloud shape that I saved as a .png file for future use.

I chose not to line up the numbers since I wanted them to look random, like they were floating on the clouds.  This made creating the calendar much quicker. 

The raindrops are actually another paper from this collection, I just selected the white background with the magic wand and deleted it, then I changed the blending mode to multiply.

So, what do you think, should the rain go away or stick around?  Let me know what you think!

Hope your day isn't too tricky and Have a Crafty Day!

Items used:
Photoshop
Splendid Sunshine Collection by Echo Park
Aishart Extended (font-days, month, events)
LD Woodland (font- numbers)
 

Feeling Lucky SVG Kit Released!

The wait is over!  It's been well over a month since SVGCuts.com released their last SVG kit.  They've finally released their Feeling Lucky kit just in time for St. Patrick's Day!  Check it out HERE.  If you spend 9.98 the kit is FREE!!(6.99 value).

 I can't wait to get started on that beer mug!  It will go nicely with the beer bottle from the Surf Shack SVG Kit.

Have you ever shopped at SVGCuts?  If not you really should check them out, they've got tons of cutting files for sale, as well as plenty for absolutely free! 

So, what will you make from the Feeling Lucky kit?  Hope it inspires you to feel lucky!