A Captivating Blog Train - This is Me - Stacked Papers Freebie

The Captivating Sistas have joined Rachel to celebrate her birthday this week!
If you haven’t seen all the fun and games visit this post on Rachels blog Here!

Her store is still on sale for 30% off until May 29th, and the freebie links to the ‘This Is Me’ Alpha on her blog and the ‘This Is Me’ Papers on her Facebook fan page are still active until Sunday only! 

Plus a little birdy tells me that if you missed the freebie from the Newsletter on Thursday (‘This Is Me’ Elements), if you sign up by 2pm EST on Sunday May 29th it will be sent out again one final time to all new subscribers so sign up if you haven't already! 

The 'This Is Me' Full Kit will also be available for sale in the store on June 3rd for everyone else who missed it after these freebies end!

Rachel and the Sistas have been creating some pretty awesome stacked papers for you with the This Is Me Kit, you can download all nine papers free by following this fun train!! 

You can download my portion of this freebie HERE, follow the blog links from the list below to the next freebie, all participating Sistas have been noted in the list so if you’ve got lost or missed a paper check all of the blog links below for the freebies!

Don’t forget to check out Rachel’s Sale and enjoy the freebies and leave us some love in the comments while you are here!
These Stacked Paper freebies will only be available for thirty days so snap them up while you can!

Incase you get lost, here's the full list of the train :)

Rachel
Christie
Lynn 
Ellie < You are Here
Tammy 
Melissa 
Carrie 
Tamara 
Andrea
Lita

Enjoy your goodies - I hope you like them!

Not Going To Pretend...

So, I'm not going to pretend anymore that I'm going to become a better blogger. It's just not going to happen, no matter how nice my blog looks, once I've finished with the design, it just gets pushed to the bottom of my list. I haven't gotten rid of it though as occasionally I'll make a freebie that I want to offer you and this is the place to do it!!

So in my last post I had a Christmas project in hand, well I just quickly want to show you the end result...

I ended up using a stocking template from Hybrid by Samara and also Christmas Whimsy by SuzyQ Scraps. I added a little tag and Christmas brad and then filled with the gift voucher and a few choccies! I think they turned out quite well (I know the recipients liked them!), although in hind sight, next time I may add some ribbon or something as well :)

Anyway, onto the freebie! Are you taking part in Project: Love, Me? Well, I'm trying my best to keep up with it because I really want to have a book about me as a person not just Mummy, to be able to share with my kiddies when they're older. I'm nearly finished with February's pages, and for the week 1 prompt I made this page...

I used the PLM kit: iLove by SuzyQ Scraps & Ziggle Designs, and I want to share with you the mask I made for my page.

So here ya go! Just click on the image to download from box.net - enjoy!

Train Tracks Freebie

So I have 2 kiddies - both are absolutely obsessed with Thomas the Train. It's their favourite thing EVER - even with my little girl!
They went to the zoo with their grandparents a couple of months ago and guess who was there?! Yep - Thomas - apprently my little boy would not move once he was standing next to Thomas. My sister-in-law was also there & she took a FAB picture so of course I just had to scrap it!
Now because of copyright etc I was having a hard time finding exactly what I wanted for my page. So I used the collab Vromm, Zoom, Chugga Choo by SuzyQ Scraps and Kristen Aagard as a base and then added some other bits by SuzyQ. I still couldn't find some train tracks that I was happy with, so I broke out my tablet and Illustrator and decided to draw my own!
Here's my page (click for full credits please)

And you can have the tracks too as I'd like to share them. You can use them for personal use and scrap for hire/others. If you download I would really appreciate a comment! Click on the preview to take you to box.net to download.

Thanks for stopping by!

Template Freebie!

So I've finally got my back sorted out so I'm able to sit at the PC long enough to scrap a page! Yay! I was getting serious withdrawls there for a while!
The page I want to show you today I've had in my head for a while (before I hurt my back) and I've been completing it in bits and pieces as my back has allowed lol. I'm very happy with the end result, I was aiming for a kids style notebook & I think I got there in the end :)

I used a LOAD of SuzyQ Scraps Oopsie-Doodles, some Digital Stamps and also her HUGE Land of Learning Bundle.
As for the book/pages I made them myself & I'm pretty impressed on how they turned out! I've never used the warp tool so much in one layout!
And you may've guessed that the digital scrapbooking freebie I have for you today is the book/pages but I've made it a double page spread. So if you use the template as it is, you'll have a 12"x24" page. Or you can always just select all the layers and move it onto a 12"x12" page like I did :)
Another tip - if you use a patterned paper it makes it easier to warp the paper and make it look right.
Oh & you'll also have to warp your elements to make them flow with the warped paper.
(You'll find the warp tool under Edit > Transform - that's where it is in CS3 anyway lol)
That's all the tips I have for you at the moment, if you have any specific questions then please feel free to contact me via the little envelope under my blog header & I'll get back to you :)
SO here's your freebie - just click on the image to download.

I always appreciate your comments too ;)
Thanks for stopping by!

Yay Me - My First Freebie!!

I quick post from me today - I'm busy making Christmas decorations with my 2 yr old - think glitter, glue & mess! Boy I'm having fun lol

Anyway I just wanted to share some news - a freebie from me is on the Duchess Designs blog! I made some 'Holiday Flings' using Duchess Designs 'Chic Flings' & her 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' kit! Here's a preview:



And you can get them here! If you download I'd appreciate a comment :)