I have a wonderful announcement! 

Do you LOVE to scrap but struggle when it comes time to add journaling to your layouts?  I do.  Sometimes I just don’t know where to begin with telling the story that goes with the photos.  Other times the story comes to me easily but getting it into the LO to look just right can be a challenge. That is why I was so excited when I found out Chelle, of Chelle’s Creations, was going to be hosting a journaling class. I am all signed up!!! 

You can hurry and get all signed up too,  just click here.

Classes (and other services) are not part of storewide sales at ScrapMatters, so don’t miss the coupon below!  So…do you want to see that kit up close?  Sure you do:

21 papers!  62 elements! and that super-fun watercolor-doodled alpha in 4 colors! 
The kit downloads are available immediately after purchase, so you could be scrapping with this awesome kit TODAY!  And this kit is ONLY available to CLASS MEMBERS.  It is not available individually in the store.  The class begins Jan 4th and runs through Jan 29th, but the materials and special class forum are available for an entire year!  Class size is limited, so enroll today!

I love my calendars. I have many. A large one on my refrigerator that is a record of my family’s comings and goings. I use my cell phone calendar to help remind me, with alerts, that I need to be somewhere. Calendars are part of our lives. We all have them and we all use them. That is why a calendar makes such a great gift. Right now, at ScrapMatters, we have a wonderful calendar in the store.  Andilynn’s creative team, of which I am a member, has designed a beautiful calendar using various designs by Andilynn.

The top halves all come in a PNG format, just waiting for you to add your own photos. The bottom is a JPEG so you can add text, photos, what ever you need to to make it your own.  Here is a sample of what I like to do to the calendars I give away as gifts.

As you can see I like to add the birthday boy, or girl, and thier name and ages (for kiddos under thirty) to help make the calendar a little more personal and help the recipient remember all our family birthdays.

You can dress your calendar up anyway you want to.  Hurry over to ScrapMatters and purchase your calendars, the gift giving season is just around the corner.

*As a CT member for Andilynn Designs I received these items at no cost to myself.

I don’t know about you but I love using templates so when I can get my hands on a great set I get pretty excited. Andilynn Designs has a new set out and I love them. I love the clean block design with the touch of round.

You can find them here

I have had so much fun playing with these. Here is what I have created so far…

Credits can be found here

Credit  for this one here

Don’t these just make the cutest pages. Head over to ScrapMatters to pick them up now.

If you know ScrapMatters you know we have the best parties. This is a celebration you are not going to want to miss. So come on over to ScrapMatters, where the place will be rockin!

Here is a LO I just did using  FUNTIMES and BEAUTY PARLOR Alphas (altered) by Andilynn Designs
OH MY STARS Alpha by Chelle’s Creations. The ribbon, staples, flower, heart and string from ENJOY THE MOMENT by Sahlin Studio. All found at ScrapMatters.  I even made the papers and some of the elements myself. It was fun to dabble in designing again.

Mega Template Kit FREE with $20 purchase! 

This is a huge kit with the most incredible templates. Our DT really out did themselves with this one.

There will also be a Hybrid Grab bag free with a $10 purchase of various hybrid products. Our hybrid designers will also have hybrid grab bag or two for sale.

Hybrid greatness is at SM and while we’ve always had such a great hybrid team at SM, they haven’t always had much to work with, their very resourcefulness has been amazing. Anyway to remedy the situation SM is going to start selling Kaiser Craft’s amazing pressboard albums. These are perfect for mini-albums, they are sturdier than chipboard, yet light weight. We also have new hybrid designers as well as a new hybrid CT just waiting to show off their skills. Since this is SM’s first time selling tangible, IRL (in real life) products it should be quite an adventure. The hybrid celebration will continue all month long during July, so keep checking the shop, forum and gallery to see what fun ideas the hybrid team is creating.

Hope you will be joining us for the big kickoff at ScrapMatters!

Coming this Friday you can grab some fabulously fun grab bags for awsome prices. You won’t want to miss it. It’s all happening at ScrapMatters

Andilynn is at it again. She has designed a fun new kit with a beauty parlor theme but certainly not limited to that. The best part is it’s on sale right now at ScrapMatters.

Oh my gosh, there is going to be so much going on at ScrapMatters starting this weekend. You really won’t want to miss a thing. It is National Scrapbook Day or as we like to call it at ScrapMatters (inter)National Scrapbook Day because we have so many great designers and community members from all over the world. Just look at the add to see everything that will be happening and then mark you calendars for a fun time starting May 1st. See you at ScrapMatters!

I can’t even remember the last time I made a template let alone gave one away. It has been a while. I found this really cool advertisement in a magazine and it just screamed “template” at me so I designed a LO with it then made you all a free template to play with. I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the LO I made. You can find the credits here

And here is the template I made for all of you.

Pick up the template here…DOWNLOAD