Awesome photobook giveaway!

MyPublisher (now with Shutterfly) is giving away $49.99 value each month for a year for almost $600 worth of free books!  Entries must be in by May 14, so go sign up...you can always use my pictures if you need something to print. :)

http://www.photobookgirl.com/blog/the-mother-of-all-giveaways-a-year-of-photo-books-dream-prize-package-from-mypublisher/comment-page-4/#comment-26603

Snow White & a freebie

Snow White is the newest kit from Mommy Made This's Princess of the Month line.  These bright primary colors are so versatile for almost any kid pictures.  I was afraid of using red, but the woodsy style is just cute.  I've made a frame cluster just for you!  (See below.)

(The layout is one of the Cinderella templates from Memories by Digital Design)

DOWNLOAD HERE (includes both shadowed and inside-shadows-only versions)

"Cinderella" and a FREEBIE

Here's the newest kit in the Princess of the Month series from Mommy Made This--Cinderella.  These little princesses are so adorable and I can't wait to see what will be next!  Click HERE to go to the Scraps N Pieces store to see the kit.

Here's a layout I made with it.  I have lots of ideas for this one, but I need to get some pictures taken to  put on the pages...so (hopefully) I'll be back with more soon.

I saved my cluster as a png for you to try out the kit.  Download it HERE.

Here's another photo I found to scrap--my baby is getting so big!  He got this dress on all by himself (backwards, so he could zip it up.)  For this one I used the Princess of the Month--Cinderella templates from Memories by Digital Design.  You can get them HERE.

SNP blogtrain "Kids' Art"

It seems like awhile since I "designed" anything, but I joined up on the blogtrain this month with a foam sticker alphabet.  I wanted the foam texture to look real, but was very surprised at how much light the scanner left on the little holes.  It came out looking like some weird kind of glitter.  I worked on the lighting a bit and added a color overlay to smooth some of that out and it looks better--but not exactly what I wanted.

Oh well, I learned a few things.  Good news--my printer can scan at 1200!  I'm going to try scanning the same stickers with some adjustments on the brightness and see if I can get that foam to look real...I'll let you know if it works out.

Here's a tip--add a bevel to make your letters look "thicker."  In Photoshop Elements 9, just choose your letter layer, click the Effects panel, drop down to Bevels, double-click on Simple Sharp Inner.  Go back to your Layers panel, double-click the fx, set bevel at the level you like!  See the difference?

click HERE for the set I made:

And here's the blogtrain list:

True North Scraps
Prairie Song Scraps
Magical Scraps Galore
graceblossoms4u
Karen Diamond Designs
AK Designs
Scraps N Pieces
Shuckclod's Stuff
Yez Designs
Triple J Designs
Gray Dragonfly
Busy Crafting Mommy Designs
Lorien´s Workshop
Scrappin' Is My Thing
Ponytails Designs
...too busy to blog today
Stampgram's Studio
Janet's Digital Joys
Luiza Pires Designs

Spring Cleaning by Mommy Made This & a FREEBIE

Here's a new kit with lots of fun elements and plenty of basics for your spring pages.  Spring Cleaning from Mommy Made This is a collaboration with Fit 2 Be Scrapped coming soon to Scraps N Pieces.

click HERE to be taken to the store:

click HERE for a free wordart!

Princess of the Month: Belle & a FREEBIE

Yay!  A new princess kit from Mommy Made This and coordinating templates from Memories by Digital Design.  This one highlights Belle and you can get it HERE at Scraps N Pieces on 2/20/13.  Here's a look at the kit and what I've made with it.  There's also a freebie you can click to download.

Forever Friends--FREEBIE

Here's my kit for the round 2 of Stuff to Scrap Designer Darlings Contest.  They're making cuts this week, so this may be the end, but I think I learned a few things on the way.  Click picture to link to STS to get the download.  Be sure to check back the last couple posts for more freebies!