YULETIDE BUTTON FREEBIE

Slack again... busy busy busy girl with work and family but a last I return to the fold!



SOme cute little buttons to add that little something to any LO or card.

Download here ...

http://www.4shared.com/file/75992028/b5fcb549/xmas_buttons.html

Hallowembellies freebie embellishments

Just a couple of little embellishments to help with all those halloween pages. 5 png files - bat, cat, spider, pumpkin and ghost :)



Available for Download here :
http://www.4shared.com/file/69791642/244b2317/HALLOWELLIES.html

SLACKNESS

OK I have been busy so haven't even thought about doing a template laely (hanging my head in shame) I was dstracted with our new spa purchase and a weekend away. Sorrrrrrrry!!!! I do have a couple of things done for Halloween. Will try and organise them today. In the mean time check out my latest LO with Chris Greiser's Sketch Me If You Can zam-pop blog freebie. Her link is on the left if you'd like it. There isn't much mini about it - you get heaps of stuff. The full kit to follow over at divine digital!

Freebie BOO template

Hey have been away with work n things have been a little quiet on the template front. Hope this breaks my drought!!! Happy halloween folks. A little template to help you celebrate the special occasion.

BOO template

Made with Photoshop Elements 6 shapes and graphics. Isn't the ghost cute!






Available for download here :

http://www.4shared.com/file/67385896/e5ba33e5/BOO_template_by_kayjaybee.html

Day 2 - Party On Freebies :)

Day 2 - I have a busy day ahead - fixing the toilet :( , raking grass and cleaning bathrooms. Wow sounds fun doesn't it... Trust you can hear the sarcasm dripping off my words there. It's funny I whinge about doing things like that and then this morning I read a post at Divine from Sandy who was asking us to give her a bit more time to post her QP's as her oldest daughter was diagnosed with chronic leukemia this past week. Reality check folks. In this week where we are blogging for breast cancer our passion should be waking up every morning and having a big stretch, hugging our loved ones, laughing at a joke, jumping in the deep end of the pool with a yell, playing fetch with the dog, talking to friends... you get the picture. Recognise each little gift as special and by the end of the day you realise how great your life is. I wish Sandy all the best in this difficult time as I am sure you all would.

My pink thing today is my pink Winnie the Pooh coffee cup that I use at work. It was a freebie from a local servo and I have had it for seven years now... hence no photo. It is a little 'well-lived in'. Over the years of working at police stations and having my cups go walkies quite often (the worst was one that went missing for three months and I later found it right up the back under a counter. I can only describe it as a science experiment and leave it at that!) I found it best to let your cup get a little 'grungy' (to steal a scrappin' term) and then most people don't touch it. Ah hah I am a genius. So I love my cup and it serves me well and nobody but nobody else is willing to steal it :)

My freebies for today are a frame complete with lollypop and ribbon
(Credits Anne Schlegel Creative Dreams Frame Freebie) and two alpha sheets. I had intended to do individual letters but things got a bit hectic this week with work, kids, CT assignments, Blog Me QP's and this so I apologise ahead of time to those who prefer individual files! Anyway they go with yesterday's 'sugar' and then I also did up a template which is what I am more used to doing. Would love to see what you come up with. Passionately Pink with lots of flowers... just for Charlee.







The file is available for download here :

http://www.4shared.com/file/66576146/bf0ea6b1/Just_One_More_Wont_Hurt.html



Thanks for popping over - remember tomorrow is Cyndi Ritter's soiree!!! Drop by.

Divine Digital Blogging for Breast Cancer Blog Party

Hi everybody. Welcome to my stint at the blog party. I'm sure everyone is a little weary after a big week with Cyndi, Mandy and Cinda. We partied hard and got lots of great gifts with papers, wordart, QP's and styles just to mention a few. If you slept in and missed it retrace as per below to catch their gifts.

www.wetfishscraps.blogspot.com
mandyraedesigns.blogspot.com
www.digitalcompilations.com

and once you are done here over the weekend (I have two days remember) don't forget Cyndi Ritter takes over the baton for the next step at cyndiritterdigiscrap.blogspot.com

So what is my 'pink thing' and what is my 'passion'? It was funny I asked my daughter what she thought of when I said the word pink and she said 'flowers', my son said 'girly stuff like unicorns, flowers and fairies' and my partner said 'pink ribbons from the breast cancer campaign'. Me... when I hear the word pink I think fairy floss (I think you guys in the US call it cotton candy). God I used to love it when I was little. I'd feed it to the dog and it would melt as soon as it got in his mouth and he'd be wondering what on earth was going on :) I think you can actually feel you teeth decaying as you eat and you end up with a hot pink tongue but it is great. So I used that train of thought when I designed my freebie and fairy floss lead to lollies and I thought of those little lollies we used to get with the sayings on them. I figured they might be fun.

My passion is digital scrapbooking but hey everybody who is likely to read this would be the same so I won't waffle on about that. One of my other passions is teaching. I taught adults for eight years before my promotion and I just loved it. It is great to see the lightbulb go on above their head as they finally understand something new. I was lucky enough to work with my best friend, who was a highly experienced high school teacher, and she taught me so much about how to help others learn. It's funny over the years I had the high flyers who only had to glance at the book and they knew it back to front, I had students who got 98% in exams, I had students who would cruise through the academic component of the police training so easily and yet my best memory was when one of my mature age students was given his exam back and he broke into the biggest grin before telling me that that was the first time in his life that he had ever got over 80% in a test. He was just soooooo happy and that's when I knew I was doing something right. I love it!!!

Anyway enough about me now it's your turn. Here is Saturday's freebie 'It's All About The Sugar'.



You can find it here. I put it into two folders to make the download just a little quicker.

http://www.4shared.com/file/66326114/32ce5fb5/Its_All_About_The_Sugar_1.html


http://www.4shared.com/file/66326558/581d7e46/Its_All_About_The_Sugar_2.html



Credits :

Paper - Vintage Grunge textures by Princess of Shadows

Jar concept : Based on CU Jar Set by ScrappinCop

DON'T FORGET

I am the host for the blog party for Divine Digital this weekend. I am still trying to work out the time difference :) but once I do that I will get your Saturday freebie up for you to grab. Think pink. Think yummy. Think delish...

BLOG ME 2 - QP FREEBIES

The Blog Me Challenge has moved into October following the success of our September Halloween Brag Book Pages. I was rapt... with 2 of my 3 pages being downloaded over 300 times and the third in the high 200's. WOW!!!

So this month we get to play with the Charming Memories kit by Cindy Ritter which is available here if you are interested.

http://www.divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=6600&cat=0&page=1


It is actually pretty cool for those nature pages with it's earthy and leafy undertones. We have been challenged to make some 12x12's this time around. These are my two. Hope you enjoy.






They can be downloaded here ;

http://www.4shared.com/file/66384387/9938b102/BLOGME2ENTWINED.html


http://www.4shared.com/file/66385571/4bf2132f/BLOGME2NATUREWALK.html



Don't forget to check my fellow bloggers blogs to grab theirs as well :

http://sandy-angelkisses.blogspot.com/

http://angmag55.blogspot.com/

mandyraedesigns.blogspot.com

http://claysmommy.blogspot.com/

http://sublimetoridiculous-kayjaybee.blogspot.com/

http://groovygrannysplace.blogspot.com/

http://franscraps.blogspot.com

http://kiden.blogspot.com/

Little Ray of Sunshine template freebie

Mmmmm I wasn't overly happy with yesterday's offering. I was rushed and distracted and felt I didn't put enough of ME in it. Today's I love!!! There are a lot of sunburst papers about at the moment so I used that as the basis for this template and Little Ray was born! I love the layout I did with it using Chris Greiser's Yummy Fall kit and Midnight Plum kit alpha. Both available from her store over at Divine Digital.





Available for download here :

http://www.4shared.com/file/65433590/dc204adf/LittleRayofSunshine_template_by_kayjaybee.html

Today's Freebie - Rough Around The Edges template

Rough Around the Edges template by kayjaybee

Here is another template. I decided to rough up some shapes instead of all those clean lines. There is a template over at mmmmm Scrapmatters I think with circles

Thanks for your visits :





I used Donna Phillips Pixel Princess Diva Papers avalable over at divine digital.

Available for download here :

http://www.4shared.com/file/65299304/fd5652e5/Rougharoundthe_edges_template_by_kayjaybee.html

PASSIONATELY PINK BLOG PARTY

Hi. Over at divine we are running a blog party but this one has a theme which is close to many people's hearts. It's all about the pink and in this case the pink is associated with the fight against cancer. There are a heap of designers and CT's who will be hosting the party and giving away freebies. I have October 11 and 12 so please make sure you drop in and pick up my offerings - there will be a template or two for sure!!! During the next month take the time to think of someone you know who has been effected by cancer in some way. There are few who can claim to be immune to its treacherous shadow. I lost both of my grandfather's to cancer so I have felt its cruel bite.

Another template freebie...

Hi here's another template for your enjoyment.





'Even the smallest star shines in the dark'

I used these wonderful products that are a real fave at the moment!!! They are available at Scrapmatters.com.

Britt-ish Designs - Used and Abused Papers 2 and Hang In There hangers

Lisa Habisreutinger Two-toned Denim alpha

Available for download here :

http://www.4shared.com/file/64905511/1bdccd27/swingonastar1.html

I'm back with another freebie

Been away painting my Mum's house until I could paint no more. Here is my new freebie 'Lotsashots Template' to celebrate my return.





Available for download here folks :) :
http://www.4shared.com/file/64772535/3b7aee65/lotsashotstemplate_by_kayjaybee.html

Flower Power freebie template

It's my first day at home with the kids on school hols today so I managed to get a snappy template done. I was thinking flowers but groovy flowers not flowery flowers if that makes sense. I reckon you could even use this one for a boy LO... there's a challenge :) If anyone does then let me know I'd love to see what you came up with.

I used Ellie Lash's beautiful Dream Kit which I received as a welcome gift at Scapmatters.com. Isn't it lovely.

Enjoy Flower Power..





It's available for download here :

http://www.4shared.com/file/64196988/492e785c/Flower_Power_template_by_kayjaybee.html

U Spin Me Round Round Baby Template freebie

This is my last one for the day... gotta vaccuum and mop now :(





You can download it here :
http://www.4shared.com/file/63724079/78474b83/Upinme.html

Enjoying the peace and quiet (oh and a freebie template!)

Can you tell I am home alone.... There is just me, the dog and the canary and wonderful silence! That means I can do stuff without anyone interrupting so here iss another template. It looks a bit blahhh but gee I am happy with how it came out as a LO. This is my mate's little girl. She has such a chubby face and so gorgeous but man what a livewire :) thus this LO...

I used some wonderful freebies I found over at Scrapmatters.com designed by Simply Sweet Designs - 'Hoo's Ready For Fall' Add-on and Autumn Crisp Alpha Pack. I snagged them whilst visiting her blog - http://simplysweetdesigns.blogspot.com/

The actual kits are just incredible so go check them out.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did :






You can download it here :
http://www.4shared.com/file/63688118/93e2c218/I_was_Framed_template_by_kayjaybee_2_edited-1.html

Little Boxes on the Hillside template

Wow how prolific - another template for my visitors...





http://www.4shared.com/file/63609772/a92cdc96/Little_boxes_on_the_hillside_edited-1.html

Chic Template

I made a new template today. My boy is home sick so I've had the day at home as well. Had a little play between nursemaid duty... Hope you enjoy.





It is available to download here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/63549885/c898c6a9/ChicTemplate_by_kayjaybee.html

Watermelon Summer

Here in Australia we are just leaving winter and it won't be long until our hot summer is upon us. I was mucking around with Chris Greiser's Spring In My Step Kit and when I saw these two papers together immediately thought water melon which then led me to cold on a hot day which in turn led me to thoughts of summer and thus this LO was born. I rarely do a LO without photos but this was fun and I quite like how it came out. Sorta graphic artist!!! The font is Blomster from dafont.com.

Third page for Blog Me Challenge...

Here is number three...



Download here


http://www.4shared.com/file/62942051/72fc618b/kjb_haloween.html

Missing someone...

Is there someone in your life you miss? You mightn't think about them every minute of every day but they are there in all the things you do. For me it is my Nan. She and I were very close and even though I lost her years ago I still tear up every now and then. This is a LO I did today for my CT at divinedigital.com (mmm yeah I had a little cry). It's a gorgeous kit and so, so, so detailed that I sat there for ages just checking out different bits and pieces. Nice job Scrappin Diva - Afternoon tea kit.

Trick or Treat QP

Here it is - QP No.2 for the Blog Me challenge. Once again using
Cyndi Wetmiller - Wetfish Designs 'Spooky Fun' Kit - available here :
http://www.divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=7025&cat=0&page=1

I called this one 'Trick or Treat?' Love the little felt star and moon shapes and of course my favourite the spider!!!

Download it here ... ?

http://www.4shared.com/file/62920059/596ed492/kjb_trickortreat.html

BLOG ME - QP FREEBIE

Here it is the first instalment of my Blog Me challenge...



And an example. Bit stuck though as we don't really celebrate Halloween in Australia! So just had to make do with silly photos of the kids :) I'm sure you get the idea though.




You can download it here :

http://www.4shared.com/file/62788850/9baf6cb0/kjbbooQP.html

This challenge is sponsored by Cyndi Wetmiller - Wetfish Designs with her great 'Spooky Fun' kit. So with Halloween fast approaching it's the perfect kit to grab - lots of fun elements and frames to go with a range of gorgeous papers. All in the back, purple, orange & yellow colour scheme that screams 'BOO'. You can grab the kit for yourself here :
Cyndi Wetmiller's 'Spooky Fun' Kit - http://www.divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=7025&cat=0&page=1

Visit these blogs over the coming days to pick up more pages from my fellow participants:

www.digiskrapnmomma.blogspot.com

http://kiden.blogspot.com

http://mandyraedesigns.blogspot.com/

http://angmag55.blogspot.com/

http://scrappinhillbilly.blogspot.com

http://groovygrannysplace.blogspot.com/

www.wetfishscraps.blogspot.com

http://www.divinedigital.com/blog/

http://tessthescrapper.bloggerspot.com

http://claysmommy.blogspot.com/

TGIF!!!

Did up a snappy LO with Chris Greiser's new Midnight Plum Kit available at divinedigital.com. It's funny but the kit is full of these lovely colours yet it is the quieter, softer ones that are drawing me in. Hence this one... I had a play at creating my own tears and bent over paper to get the double-sided paper look. I was quite pleased with the final product really.

I neeeeeeeeed sleep

Big week - getting DL ready for travellin', picked up kids, got hmpfff'd at by my ex (wish he'd build a bridge and get over it!), friends over, out for dinner, out to formal dinner to get my clasp for 20 years with the police service. Don't seem to have managed eight hours yet! AND I don't do mornings at the best of times!!!

Now I have my lovely blog I have signed up for the 'Blog Me' challenge at divine. We get to play with Wetfish (Love that name!) Designs halloween kit and make QP's etc which we will post in our blogs for people to pick up. We'll also list the names of everyone else participating so our lovely visitors can pick up all of our gifts. Great idea I reckon!

MY FIRST EVER TEMPLATE

You know I only discovered templates through the wonderful Sketchabilities series from Hetty over at divinedigital.com. I am up to No.36 (though I do have to go back and do some of the early ones as they were around before I joined divine). Then of course Chris is a bit handy with a template as well so I guess I am lucky to have a couple of rolemodels as such. Anyway I thought I would give it a shot. For ages I couldn't figure out how to make thenm and then ... well you've seen the cartoons where the big lightbulb goes on over your head :) Anyways here it is my first ever one. I decided to name them ... Hetty has the numbers covered :) so here is my Lunar-cy Template - All the circles made me think of the moon true... I'm not insane :)

You can download it here -
http://www.4shared.com/file/62458824/ad878871/Lunar-cy_by_kayjaybee.html

Now I just have to get brave enough to let people know it is here!

And here is my example LO called PROUD. This is my big tough guy Dad and his brand new baby grand daughter. He was in the labour ward for her birth and just adores her. He is so PROUD in this photo as he tries to hold this tiny little soul.

This is one of the many LO's I managed to churn out over the weekend... and churn was the word. Firstly if I haven't mentioned in my previous posts... argggghhhh post... I am on the Creative Team for Chris Greiser aka Scrappinpeep aka Sketch Me If You Can Designs. I always loved Chris's stuff (mmm I think it was a serious designer crush actually :) ) so when I saw the call for her CT I was first in line. I was absolutely rapt when I was selected so do my best to produce as many LO's as possible with her gear. Anyway (whoa back Kaz - back to the original train of thought) I was home alone on the weekend - DL (darling love) is off on a conference and FB (first born) & MG (my girl) were with the father one. So I scrapped ... ummm I scrapped a lot to be honest. Chris gave us a free pass to her new Grab Bag and it was seriously chockers with excellent stuff. First and foremost she answered my request for some frames - crumpled and with shadows ... oh and skinny NOT FAT!!! I get a little frustrated when I drag a frame out to fit some bigger photos and proceed to lose the paper cos it is massive so skinny was the request. Perfect I say perfect... the lovely lady got it just right! Then just to make it even better we got these super cool sorta hippy tie dye papers and these super cool corrugated leaves in the full autumn colour range. Accompanying these were these great glitter trails. Then we got an alpha and also some lovely templates. So I got to play with them and then on Sunday night I discovered a wonderful freebie template on Chris's blog so I downloaded that and had a play. I am hopeless with templates and tend to do twenty versions before I find the one I like (lucky for digital scrappin huh!!!). Anyway this LO was version 16 or something like that. I ended up reverting to an earlier CT assignment and using Maui Breeze. Love the brown and green colour combination and it suited the photo sooooo well. Michelle was sitting in the back of the car at our car park party and I took this shot with the new SLR. Some of the shots have the moon in the background - a gorgeous winter evening. So here it is - SPECIAL. My favourite bits - the circles (so technically actually Chris's work), the date stamp on the frame (mmm Chris again) and the font. Isn't it just delicious - BIRTH OF A HERO at dafont. Don't get me started on fonts ... that's a whole other entry :)

A new day...

I had a blog. I think the dog ate it after it finished with my homework. Or maybe I accidently hit the delete button when I leant over to grab my coffee. Or maybe I left the window open and someone came in and stole it. Or maybe it was never real and I just imagined the whole thing. Or maybe just maybe I didn't reeeeeeeeeeally like it so I have decided to start afresh and do it bigger... and better. So this is it - my new blog - my first entry. Welcome to my humble blogbode... May your visits be many and your fun be much.