Parkscapades by Kat's Creations

This is an older kit by Kat's Creations. I love all the playground elements in it. I made a cute little playground scene at the bottom of the page. It was as fun as playing on the swings!

Here is the preview. You can find the kit at Scrapables.

The font I used is called Becca and is by Victoria Feemster at Sugar Hill. I did put the white border around each letter.

Been doing so much promo...

that I haven't had a chance to post on my own blog for my own pleasure but i have to share this.  It's so exciting.

I have been playing in PSP and I found a great way to finish off a layout.  I had heard about using a soft focus on a duplicate layer of your final page which lead me to this.

I duplicated my final layout
double clicked on the top layer to open the layer properties dialogue box
changed blend mode to SOFT LIGHT
Then within that same dialogue box I clicked on LAYER STYLES
click INNER GLOW and leave "layer" also chosen.
Click OK
Merge layers

Here is my before and after so you can see the difference in the layout.  I created this layout with inner Beauty by kat's Creations. The Preview for the kit is below.  You can find Kat's kits at Polka Dot Plum.

BEFORE

AFTER

Isn't that just fabulous1  The layout comes alive.  I like this effect better than my usual Unsharp Mask.
Hope you liked this too!

Its time for another Tuesday Tidbit over at Kat's Creations

Check out my itdbit about White Balance. We could all use a little more balance in our lives.

Kat's got another sweet kit!

This one is called Sweet Baby and boy is it sweet... or girl!  This baby kit fits either gender. Isn't that nice!
Newly releasedover at Polka Dot Plum.

Here is a little inspiration for you.  This is my youngest who is gigantic and FIVE now. But wasn't he a cutie back then.  I mean, he is still cute but now he is gigantic cute.

I love all these little elements tucked under the baby. I mean, lets face it, they are everywhere when the babies are little.  No pacifiers at my house anymore.  *sniff*

This layout was created with the help of Kat's new template pack.  You can find them over at Polka Dot Plum also.  Both the kit and templates are 30% off right now.  Go check them out!

Kat's Creations is having a Promo Call

Pirate NOT Allowed!

This months Blog train over at The Blog Train Blog is about digital piracy. There are over 103 Blogs involved in this train from all over the world.  It starts at The Blog Train Blog and each blog after that will direct you to the next.  Visiting each blog will get you a free download anbd each and maybe a good education about piracy and file sharing are wrong.  I hope you will participate in the fun!You might even see some familiar faces over there.

CHOO CHOO! Get on the Blog Train!

Well you are in for some excitement.  A blog train is when you jump from blog to blog and gets lots of good freebies along the way.

Polkadot Plum is having a Spring Blog Train.  Once you get through the whole train you will have gathered a mega kit free.  The first stop is Farynar's Wing's. From there you will be told where to go next.

Have fun!

Tummy ache anyone?

This is Princess Sasha. For most of Avery's life we have called her Princess Sasha and it is because of this photo. When Avery was a baby my mom sent her the most wonderful clothing. And as a mother of a newborn I had the perogative of dressing her in anything I wanted. (Now that she is 7 its a no go.) Edward thought she looked like a Russian princess and dubbed her "Princess Sasha". It stuck.

These photos are some of my favorites of Avery.  I took them so my mom could see how cute she looked in the ensemble. And though I love them, I have never scrapped them.  So during a challenge at Polkadot Plum, I decided to do just that. 

The challenge was to scrap with lots of "white space". Now white space does not necessarily mean "white" it just means to scrap with lots of the background paper showing.  This layout is called "I Could Eat You Up". I think she is cute enough to give anyone a tummy ache. I used Spoonful of Sugar by Kat's Creations. It is sold exclusively at Scrapable. 

Oh how exciting. I have to add that this layout was highlights in the Polkdot Plum Blog for outstanding layouts posted for their monthly challenges. That makes me happy.

Tuesday Tidbit with Stephanie

Every week I will be writing a " TuesdayTidbit" over at Kat's Creations Blog.  This Tuesday will be a post about the "dreaded drop shadow".   Come on over and take a peek. It's gonna be yummy!

In these insane moment....

I got a new kit yesterday called Insane Moments.  Isn't that just perfect for my life.  I have been scrapping with it today doing a couple challenges over at Polkadot Plum.  They have some  pretty fun little challenges over there and like many sites you can earn points to their store.  So I went to town.

My first layout was for a challenge about what Home is to me.  I scrapped our home on the bayou in MS.  We plan on moving when the market gets better but i know the kids will have great memories of this 6 acres place so i wanted to preserve it.  I loved the papers in the kit so I wanted to use as many as possible without overwhelming the page.  I actually used one of the frames in the kit to make swatches.  I like how it turned out.

This second LO was for a photography challenge.  The challenge was to get some close ups. LOL Yopu can see that my son would not cooperate.  But I got my revenge. I scrapped his bratty behavior. hehe  I used primarily the Insane Moments kit by Kat's Creations.  There are also some Camera Doodles that were created by Miss Tiina over at Sugar Hill.

Here is Kat's Insane Moments Kit.  You can see more of her kits at Scrapables and Polkadot Plum.

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