Happy New Year! First Pixel Scrapper Blog Train 2017

Happy New Year everyone!  Are you ready for another blog train?  I hope so!

Here's my contribution to "The Guys" Pixel Scrapper blog train:

The Guys

Download the papers here.

I'm still working on a set of tags, so you may want to stop back later this week.

Don't forget to check out the other amazing contributions on this blog train here.

Thanks for coming by, and I hope to see some of your creations.  If you'd like, please leave a link in the comments so I can check them out!  Also, I LOVE comments, they really make my day:)!

Hope your New Year is a crafty one!

Hello December! Another Pixel Scrapper Blog Train!

Another month has passed and it's time for another blog train at Pixel Scrapper.  To tell you the truth, I just barely got this one done.  The theme this month is "At the Table", and for some reason I couldn't get very inspired.  It's difficult not to think of the holidays in December, but I didn't want to do a holiday themed kit because many designers on the blog train already had that area covered quite nicely.  So I stuck to something more generic which can be used for any time of year.

I hope you can use these papers and journal cards along with the other beautiful creations the designers have come up with this month!  Find them here.  Download my contributions below the previews.

 Download the papers here.

 Download the journal cards here.

Thanks for coming by and I'd love to hear from you in the comments.  I appreciate every one of them, they make my day!  Seeing what you create would make my day even more, so please leave a link if you feel like sharing!

I hope your holidays are peaceful and full of joy!

Have a crafty day!

Pixel Scrapper Blog Train: Enchanting Autumn

This month has been quite busy for me, so I didn't get much done for this month's blog train at Pixel Scrapper.  

I did manage to get some papers done, however, and I hope you can use them with the other creative offerings on the train which you can get here.

Download the papers below the preview.

Download here.

Thanks so much for coming by!  If you use these papers in a layout I'd love to see what you created!  Please leave a link and/or a comment,  I really appreciate knowing what you think!

Have a Crafty Day!

The Pixel Scrapper Blog Train - Running Late!

Phew!  I didn't think I was going to make it!  I've finally finished this month's blog train kit, for which the theme is "School of Art".  This one was quite a challenge because I had so many ideas, but not the ability to bring them to fruition!  

My take on the theme is "Kid Art".  I thought it might be useful to those who have kids who bring home so many wonderful pieces of art.  Sometimes the art itself doesn't last, so how about scrapping it and keeping the memory forever?

I hope you find this kit useful!  Download links are below each preview.

 Download elements here.

Download paper pack 1 here.

 Download paper pack 2 here.

Don't forget to check out the kits from the other designers at the Pixel Scrapper forum.  While you're there, ask them how they get done so fast (LOL)!

Thanks so much for coming by!  I'd love to know what you think, and I'd love to see what you create!  Feel free to leave a link or a comment, or both :).  I really appreciate it!  Have a Crafty Day!

 

Oh Happy Day! The Pixel Scrapper Blog Train is Here!

Hello digi scrappers!  The Pixel Scrapper blog train has returned, and freebies await you...  (If you don't know what a blog train is, see this post.)

This month's theme is "Keep It Moving".  My favorite (and only) exercise is the simple act of walking.  I enjoy walking owner-less dogs with my friend Betty, and I also love to walk my dog every night with my 14 year old son.  Since I started walking regularly I've felt the benefits both mentally and physically.  I have more energy and feel more positive, not to mention I'm missing a few pounds and I'm not looking for them!  I thought walking fit perfectly into the "Keep It Moving" theme, so I went with it.

Hopefully you can use these papers and elements to tell your story, and if you do, please leave me a link so I can see your creations!  And don't forget to check out all of the other amazing blog train contributions on the Pixel Scrapper forum.

Download my contributions below: 

Download paper pack 1 here.

 Download paper pack 2 here.

 Download paper pack 3 here.

Download the element pack here. 

Happy scrapping to all of you.  And remember I'd love to know what you think and I'd love to see what you make so leave a link in the comments!

Thanks so much for stopping by and Have a Crafty Day!  

Hello Again! A Digital Scrapbooking Freebie for You! Links UPDATED!

Hello there! If you're into digital scrapping, stick around, there's a freebie in it for you.

As much as I love paper crafting, I've grown to love digital scrapping even more, so much so that I'm trying my hand at designing some things.  Along my journey I've found a wonderful site called Pixel Scrapper.  It's a great place to learn as well as pick up some freebies that the talented designers over there create. It's also a relaxed environment for newbie designers like myself to dip their foot into the design pool and see how it goes.  Every month they host a blog train.  What's a blog train?  It's an event where designers spend their time creating digital goodies and share them freely on a blog or in the forum at Pixel Scrapper.  For the month of August the theme is "Back to Nature", and everyone who participated has graciously created free digital scrapbook papers and elements with this theme in mind.

As for my blog train contribution, this will be the very first time I've shared anything I've created with anyone.  I am both very excited and scared to death! I hope you can use what I've spent the last month creating.  I'd love to know what you think as well, both good and bad, because it's the only way I can learn.

The Back to Nature theme brought visions of mountains to my head when I first thought of it, and I wanted to focus on the beauty of nature and not so much camping and s'mores.  I'm not sure I accomplished this, but you can take a look at the previews and decide for yourself!

My heart is beating fast as I type this.  Yes.  That's how nervous I am! 

My design name is now Cindalia, as I did not think icraft2create was appropriate.  If all goes well I'll start another blog with this name.

You can download these files here and here. 

Once again, I hope you can use these papers and elements when you're telling your story.  I would also love to know what you think, so please leave a comment.  I would love honest opinions, as I really want to learn so I can improve!  Thanks so much for sticking around!

Have a Crafty Day!

Happy 1st Day of School!

Several Cool Hours Of Ongoing Laughter!!

It's the first day of school in my area, so I made a set of cards for the three of my children who are going back.  My son told me about the acronym "Seven Crappy Hours Of Our Lives", and I knew I had to come up with something better!  Honestly, none of my kids appreciated these cards, but I had a blast making them!

It feels so good to get back into crafting mode, as well as on a schedule again.  I've been quite sick for several weeks, and finally I feel like I'm on the mend.  I've never gotten such a nasty cold in the middle of August!

How about a calendar?  Yup, made a calendar for September, with you guessed it, a back to school theme.

Once again I printed it out at 8in.x8in.  Last month I made a stand to put my calendars on in this post.  So far it's working out well and I don't miss having a larger 12in.x12in. calendar.

I found a great place to learn Photoshop techniques called Digitalscrapper.com.  They have plenty of free videos, and you can also sign up for Premier which gives you even more videos as well as digital goodies!  This is where I learned to create folded corners, which I tried out on this calendar.  It's an easy technique, but I want to practice a bit more.

Of course with today being the first day of school, I had to take some pictures of my two Middle Schoolers getting on the bus.  They did not want any part of it, but how could they deprive their mother of a scrapbooking opportunity?  I had already made a layout using files from SVGCuts.com.  Making a digital page this way is so quick and easy!  I put this layout together much the same way I did the one in this post.  Now the memory of my daughter's first day of Middle School and my son's first day of 8th grade is on a page.

I decided to include the countdown calendar I made from a previous post in this layout because I wanted to try blending two photos together.  Believe it or not, that was the most time consuming part of creating this page.

That's it for now.  Let me know what you think, or if you have any questions.  Until next time.....
Have a Crafty Day!

Items Used:
 Acronym cards:
 Lunchbag digital paper from Sassy Designs
 Kraft Solid digital paper from Weekend at Home Kit by Kate Hadfield
 Georgia-Pacific white cardstock
 Bebas (Font)
 SNF Sketchy (A+)
 Advert (Font- Are you ready...)

 September Calendar:
 Off To School digital kit from Fancy Pants
 LD Writer's Cramp (Font(colored in)- September, 2015)
 Arial (Font- Numbers)

 Layout:
 Make The Cut
 Miss Baker's Classroom SVG Kit
 School Rules digital collection by Lori Whitlock
 LD Charming Bold (Font-Middle)
 LD Chalky (Font-6th & 8th grade)
 LD Hand (Font- Journaling)