Green kits!

Heyo! I know, we usually do a CT Spotlight on Wednesdays... but since it's St Patty's Day I thought I'd showcase some of Kristin's kits that have some beautiful greens in them - perfect for scrapping today's activities!

Fresh Start:

Daydream Believer:

Eco Friendly:

Fresh Cut:

So remember, you can easily make a great green layout for today with any kit that contains some beautiful greens! Have a happy scrappy day!!

-Monique, aka mpatry

Trivia Tuesday!

In honor of St. Patricks day.....

Your Leprechaun Name Is: Dirt-foot O'Guinness

Top of the mornin' to ya, Patty!

What's Your Leprechaun Name?

Blogthings: We'll Tell You The Truth... Someone Has To!

New Recipe Challenge

Awe...SO glad it is FRIDAY!!!! Hi everyone! Shannon here bringing you the latest recipe challenge! Spring has sprung here and with the melting snow and mud surfacing it is getting a little dirty around here! LOL and I can't seem to keep my 3 year old out of it! So for todays challenge:

Create a spring LO with the following:

1 font
1 alpha
2 ribbons or strings
2 journaling tags
 3 papers
at least 3 photos that tell a story
4 frames
4 buttons
5 flowers and /or leaves


Good luck with the challenge!  Use Kristin's products in your layout and please link us up so we can leave you some love ! I will post the winner in about a week or so! Have a great Weekend!!

Trivia Tuesday

I keep seeing all these Easter commercials and it has me longing for some candy. What is your candy?

You Are a Candy Hound

You are hedonistic... sometimes to the point of being greedy. You love to eat, and there's no chance you're sharing your candy! While you may be greedy, it's with good reason. You have great taste. The things you love are worth loving, and it's no wonder you crave them.

What Does Your Favorite Candy Say About You?

Blogthings: We'll Tell You The Truth... Someone Has To!

New Product Release!!

Kristin has paired up with the Fabulous Meg Mullens this week and has created not one but TWO awesome new kits!!!

Sisterly Love

Brotherly Love

Here are some Fabulous Layouts created by the team!

Zacola3

ajf9597

emmasmommy

Kjersti

Libbysmommy

Jennifer

nanienamou

rochelle789

KayM

tuneskids

me- rainydays

Make sure you grab these fab kits! They are on Sale for 20% off!!! Links us up to your layouts so we can leave you some love! Have a great Weekend!

Hybrid notebook how-to

Hello KCB fans! Monique here shaking things up with a hybrid post for you this week! I loooove hybrid. So since I got my ink refilled in my printer today I thought I'd whip something up for you!

So the first thing I did was measure the notebook I wanted to cover and create a document in PSP (my scrapping program of choice) to start the digital portion. Here's what that looked like (I added lines to show where the spine is, right side is front - left side is back):

Then I started scrapping :-)

Saved it as a jpg image, then inserted it into a word document.

When inserting into a word document, make sure it hasn't resized to fit. Play around with margin sizes, rotation of paper and image, and make sure the image settings are set to have it shown at original size.

Then print and gather supplies!

Now for the fun part! Cut out the notebook cover (as you can see mine's just a tiny thing). Glue it on (yes I like to use my DD's good old fashioned glue stick!). Add embelishments (I added a flower and a gem to the flower's center). And you're done!

(Before adding the flower, I used packing tape to "laminate" it so it can take the abuse of being carried around in my purse).

Digital Credits:

Kit used is called Frog Prince by KCB, found in the SSD Quarterly Assortment 2009 Version 3;

Pencil from KCB's Family Fun collab kit;

Doodles from Christy Lyle's Bonus Sipral book;

Font used is called DJB JACKED UP KINDA LUV

I think from start to finish this thing took me about 30 minutes. It's quick, it's easy, it's cute... what more can you ask for?!

March Desktop Freebie!!

Here's a little desktop freebie for you! Enjoy.


Download it here.