FOOTBALL FREEBIES and SALE!

 It's time to party! The super bowl is almost here! Click the images to visit my store for the SALE price!

Do you have Super Bowl fever? If you're a football fan (college or NFL), play fantasy football, or are the adult of a little one who loves to play football, this collection was made just for you!

From word art to party banners, a marching band, a trophy, and even delicious party snacks, this kit has it all and a lot more!!! Just check out the customizable score board, jerseys, flags, and helmets!!! Just add numbers to the scoreboard or helmet, or your favorite player's name to a jersey or flag!

This full kit includes 25 total papers, 121 elements, 35 word arts, and 2 full alphas (lowercase, uppercase, numbers and punctuation/symbols) in both individual characters and alpha sheet format. There's also a bonus pack of 14 textured cardstock papers that are 12x12 inch, 300 dpi, JPG format.

The freebies are in my store HERE!

The color of 2024 is...

Pantone has announced its color of the year for 2024!

Peach Fuzz!

Peach Fuzz captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It's a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul!

The color of 2023 is...

Pantone has announced its color of the year for 2023!

Viva Magenta!

Viva Magenta vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. Viva Magenta is brave and fearless, and a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative.

The color of 2022 is...

Pantone has announced its color of the year for 2022! 

Very Peri! 

A New Pantone Color Whose Courageous Presence Encourages Personal Inventiveness and Creativity!

Country Wildflower Journaling Cards!

40 Country Wildflower Journaling Cards for Project Life, Planners, Scrapbooking, and more! 4x6 and 6x4 and 4x4 inch! Use digitally or print! On sale now HERE!

The color of 2021 is...

Pantone has announced its color of the year for 2021! It's a double duo of ultimate gray and illuminating yellow! 

PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, two independent colors that highlight how different elements come together to support one another, best express the mood for Pantone Color of the Year 2021. 

Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimistic, the union of Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow is one of strength and positivity. It is a story of color that encapsulates deeper feelings of thoughtfulness with the promise of something sunny and friendly. A message of happiness supported by fortitude, the combination of Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow is aspirational and gives us hope. We need to feel that everything is going to get brighter -- this is essential to the human spirit. 

As people look for ways to fortify themselves with energy, clarity, and hope to overcome the continuing uncertainty, spirited and emboldening shades satisfy our quest for vitality. Illuminating Yellow is a bright and cheerful yellow sparkling with vivacity, a warming yellow shade imbued with solar power. 

Ultimate Gray is emblematic of solid and dependable elements which are everlasting and provide a firm foundation. The colors of pebbles on the beach and natural elements whose weathered appearance highlights an ability to stand the test of time, Ultimate Gray quietly assures, encouraging feelings of composure, steadiness and resilience.

My ultimate illuminating kit SHINE will help you feel the brightness of the new year with the promise of so many good things to come!

A Year of Double Page Spreads: December

DPSs don't have to be complicated or full of photos and embellishments. I am a huge proponent of white space, and this is a gorgeous example of how even simple can be elegantly beautiful, and still look like the layouts belong together as one giant DPS!


image courtesy of Becky Higgins

A Year of Double Page Spreads: November

This has got to be one of my most favorite ways to create a DPS... the photo that spans both pages! It's a tricky technique because you want to make sure you aren't splitting the photo in a spot that cuts something important in half. It's a bit hard to tell where one layout begins and the other ends in this example (as it should be!) but the line is just to the right of the baby's right arm. This is such a cool way to make your DPS really seamless!


image courtesy of Kelly Hensen

A Year of Double Page Spreads: October

Another DPS trick is to have at least one element that moves your eye from one layout to the other. In the example below, the striping goes from one layout to the other, it draws your eye across the entire DPS. The title is also helpful here because it forces your brain to see both pages as one layout. While each layout looks great on its own, having connecting elements makes them shine. More importantly, connecting elements say these two pages belong to the same story.