Meet Olivia and Etienne

The last year has been a very exciting one. In September our beautiful twins Etienne and Olivia were born. They were two months early but healthy. Since then they've been growing, getting their first teeth (currently Etienne has one and Olivia two) and starting to crawl.

It is not possible to put into words how happy our babies make us. So I'll just quickly share a picture with the people still visiting this blog:

Tidying up a bit

In case anybody is wondering: I deleted a big part of my old blog posts today. Mostly posts where I was advertising scrapbooking kits by Meagan's Creations or Shel Belle Scraps. Quite a few of the layouts in the posts were deleted from galleries and therefore not visible anymore and a lot of the information in the posts was outdated (including freebie links).

I didn't want anyone to visit my blog in search of a freebie just to find out that it's no longer available.

I'm still a big fan of Meagan though. Her shop is now at Scrap Matters and I think she's just getting better and better.

Template freebies

Inspiration is all you need. I was inspired by a layout by "Stampin Rachel" at The Lilypad. You can have a look at it here:  "Yes please, more of this". I really liked the clean and simple, graphic style design. Reminds me of the pages Cathy Zielske is doing (I took a scrapbooking class with her quite a while ago). Rachel allowed me to turn her beautiful layout into a template. And because I liked it so much, I made two more similar templates.

There's a spot for a journaling card on each layout. So if you are more into graphic style and want to use your stash of cards, you might like my templates.

Here's the preview. Click on the picture to download the three templates (only PSD files, made in CS2). As always, they are for free, but it would be nice if you leave a comment.

 

 

And here are two layouts I did with the templates:

 

 

Credits for supplies: Destination adventure blogtrain freebies by

Amy Wolff, Little Butterfly Wings, ald

 

 



Credits for supplies: That's life blogtrain freebies by

Amy Wolff, 2am Designs, Pink Reptile Designs, Erica Zane and Penny Springman



BLOG TRAIN Hello February

After a long while without designing, I really enjoyed playing around with the pretty colors given for the Stuff to Scrap "Hello February" blogtrain. And here is what I came up with:

Have fun downloading all the other goodies!! Here are the links:

Please note: Due to different timezones it might take a little while until all links are working.

 

Desert Digi Scrap
A-M Digital Designs
Karen Diamond Designs
Shuckclod's Stuff
Cajun Diva Scraps
Lots of Pretty Things YOU ARE HERE
Baby Yaks
MDK Scraps
Wendy Tunison Designs
Scrappin Serenity
WinksArt Graphics
Growing Pains Scrapped
Scraps by Andrea
KapiScrap & Art
Scrappy Chicka
DinkeekDooScraps
Saphira's Scraps
The Scrappy Kat
Studio Linda Renee
Scraps N Pieces
Queen Bee Scraps
Sairi Designs
Digital Scrapbooking Resource Center
Joyful Expressions

Rustic Autum Kit and Freebies

Hello scrappers! Meagan's Creations has a new release today, Rustic Autumn. This fall kit is elegant and timeless with a brillant palette for scrapping our memories under the falling leaves. Enjoy the reds, oranges, golds and plums of fall with this versatile kit.

And her amazing creative team also created 7 quick pages (12x12) which you can also purchase!

Both packs are on sale for 30% off this first week!

And check out some of the amazing layouts by her Creative Team (of which I am a part!):

Dana

Here's mine: I also used a template from the "Cluster Me Template Set" by Meagan's Creations

Kandice: This layout also uses the "Girls Word Art" by Meagan's Creations

Kendra used a template by Memories by Digital Design.

The amazing creative team of Meagan's Creations has also made some gorgeous freebies for you!

HERE'S MINE (click on preview to download):

 

Don't forget to leave some love!

August Color Challenge Freebies

I love the color challenge at Stuff to Scrap. One monthly color swatch and all those generous and talented girls that share mini-kits and quickpages ... I wanted to contribute something as well, so I used the beautiful mini by Adriana's Café called "Raining in my flowers" to make two quickpages.

If you like them, click on the preview to download them. If you want to grab the other freebies as well, go to the August Color Challenge thread at STS (registration required).

Ride it cowgirl kit and a freebie

I think I did mention before that I joined SAHM Scrapper's (aka Becky) creative team. Together with Christi she's "Designing Divas" and they've just released a super-cute kit today, that's called "Ride it Cowgirl"(goes for boys just as well!).

Here's the preview (linked to store). If you like it, it's a good idea to get it now because this week it will only be $ 2.50.

If you want to have a closer look before you buy the kit, enjoy downloading the cluster freebie I made for you (just a bit further down)!! HAVE FUN!