Metallica

No, not the band.

If you have been here before you probably know about my love for metal style designs and today I have made more. A few days ago I went shopping (yes, again!) and my purchases included an overlay pack freebie from Sweet Made INC. They were all beautiful but one of them really caught my eye and I wanted to make something more out of it than “just” an overlay. Bring on the metals… I used some of my Atomic Cupcake actions to change the overlay into metal overlays and today you can enjoy them too.

I found that they look really great if you use a rustic/aged background so I have taken the liberty and included 2 of Jerry Jones’ textures converted into 12x12 backgrounds (I hope he doesn’t mind) but go visit his site - Shadowhouse Creations - and get LOTS more - it's a GOLD MINE…

As the files are BIG I have separated them into 2 downloads, but they are still big (app. 45 MB each) so pour yourself a cup of coffee and lean back while downloading :o)

Download part 1
Download part 2

Have a great weekend - see you soon?

I forgot...

This is to Chanelle who left me a comment on 12/11 (thank you for that :o) ) and to everyone else on the lookout for a nutcracker:

You might want to take a look here: http://blueridgemeadows.blogspot.com/2009/11/nutcracker-cu-freebie.html

See you soon!

Gold Stars

Just a quick stop-by to leave you yet another freebie from my Christmas Workshop. This time a great alpha made with Kim B’s excellent Christmas Star Sparkles Style (free). The letters are transparent so you can choose any background colour you like or just let your background decide…

I have included 4 bonus papers for you to make you “ready to scrap”.

Click on image to download.

Have fun - and come back soon.

A Little Bit (Holy) Friday

With Christmas coming up one can’t help thinking about religion - religious or not. So instead of Christmas stuff this week’s A Little Bit Friday is of the Holy kind. And yes, of course you can make Christmas layouts with it… I hope you’ll enjoy it.

Click on image to download.

Credit: Most of the kit is self-made but the open medallion is taken from “Victorian Afternoon Add-On” by So Digitally Me.

Have a blessed weekend - and see you soon.

Broken Promises

Since my birthday is on 28th November I early on made an informal promise that Christmas could not start until after that date. No decorations, no Christmas songs and no Christmas shopping. But this year something happened - I broke that promise!

Being in the world of digital scrapbooking you are being bombarded with Christmas early and as a designer you need to have the material ready for your users before it is too late. So I found myself in a very early Christmas spirit this year and took a serious talk with myself. I decided that it was OK to “stretch” the terms of my promise if it could make all of you happy.

Conclusion: Today’s freebie is very Christmassy! I have made you 20 Christmas charms, 10 gold and 10 silver.

Click on preview to download.

If you need chains for the charms you can get them from my July charm freebie HERE.

A very happy pre-Christmas to you all!

Box It!

Today’s freebie is a collection of boxes made in my budding Christmas spirit. That means they can be used all year but also matches your Christmas layouts. They are app. 8x8 but can be enlarged to 12x12 without spoiling the quality. So start boxing your memories…

There are 10 boxes in the collection and as they are quite heavy pngs I have slit them into 2 downloads.

Download Part 1

Download Part 2

See you again very soon.

I’m back

Wow! What a holiday…

I believe Rome is the most beautiful city in the world. And on top of that the weather was great, and the food was simply heaven. I could have stayed there forever! But all good things come to an end and here I am again back in “real life” trying to gather my thoughts and memories from the trip. I was right - Rome is an inspirational city and I am working hard to pass some of it on to you - but it takes time. So until I am done you’ll have to stay contend with the usuals…

Today’s A Little Bit Friday brings you a somewhat different alpha. I hope you can find use for it in some way.

Click on image to download.

Oh, by the way... Just because I had such a great time I decided to add 10 more days to my sale at Scrap it Sassy so you can still get 50% off until 12/11. Just click on ad to get there.

Have a great weekend - see you again very soon.