New kit {My Animal Friends}

In celebration of my shiny, new nephew I decided to make a fun kit filled with super cute animals this week! Can you smell the baby powder oozing out of this kit?!

Truth be told, this was a nice departure for me since I usually base my personal designs around the two, four-legged, furry girls that wander our house. I bet if you asked any psychologist, this is probably a “healthy” step. : )

The inspiration for this design (outside of my new nephew) came from the color combination—I really liked the muted, non-gender tones and “quiet” feel of the combined elements. Of course, my favorite part are all the hand-drawn animals…and library card.

Since it’s pretty rare that I can look at my final design and say, “Yes! That’s exactly how I imagined it in my mind!”, I really appreciate the finished product! 

Plus I’ll be honest, I was sort of surprised how well I seemed to tap right into the “mom mode”—it left me wondering if my design side has been having secret meetings with my biological clock?!

Nah.

I’ve still got some living to do, wine to drink, and rows to hoe before I cross that bridge. : )

Since my 2Peas link isn’t working properly this evening, I decided to include an animated preview of some of the kit elements…Click to view better.  

Thanks for looking! ; )

New kits! {Punky Monkey & Destination Anywhere}

Okay, I have to admit—I’m absolutely in love with these two kits.

I got the idea for “Punky Monkey” a couple months back and have been slowly working on it since. You’d be surprised what a gal can learn designing a punk kit—like what “Emo” means (yeah, I know I’m dating myself here). For those of you playing along at home, in laymens terms ”Emo” is a cross between punk and goth—and apparently it’s all the rage because it kept coming up in my internet searches!

Anyway, I just love the bright colors of this kit and my spray painted shapes. Such a cute and punky kit, I hope you enjoy it as much as I have! (Special thanks to Amanda Rockwell @ Scrap Orchard for the twine).

 The second kit I created this past week is called “Destination Anywhere.”

You know when you come back from a trip and you can find all sorts of vacation papers, but nothing for those “In Transit” sorts of pictures (say, when you’re at the airport for hours on end). I ran into that problem a lot when I was designing my vacation pages and decided to take matters into my own hands, er, mouse. : ) 

I spent hours and I mean hours painstakingly designing the little treasures in this kit so I’m psyched to see how scrappers will use it! I couldn’t have asked this kit to turn out any better! Enjoy!!! : )

Special thanks to Sarah Laming @ Sassy, Amy Wolff @ The Lilypad, and Jana McCarthy @ The DigiChick. Thank you ladies!!!

 

 

Freebie kit! {Harvest Fest}

Alright, fun news! I’m posting a freebie kit called “Harvest Fest.”

I made this kit waaaaay back in September (before I started at 2Peas). Now that fall is definitely upon us (and we’re all busy designing our Halloween pages), I thought I’d be a nice time to post this goodie.

Enjoy—and click here to download this freebie kit! Just a heads up, this kit is 100 MB of pure freebie goodness, so be patient. : )

Also, don’t forget to check out the 2Peas Creative Team Call!! If you’re thinking about applying you really should! : )

New kits! {Scrappy Holidays & Recycled Plastic}

In true holiday style, I thought I’d bring out the Christmas spirit three days after Halloween. : )

Actually, I have to admit, I had a lot of fun creating “Scrappy Holidays.” I thought I’d try a few different things with this kit—the mint and red color combo and real “whimsy” wire pieces.  I really excited to see the designs that come from this kit!!!

But that’s not all!

One of my favorite things to use—that’s super hard to find—are clear plastic pieces. I’m not sure if other digi scrappers have this same feeling, but hopefully that will be no more because I created an embellishment kit called “Recycled Plastic” and it’s filled with 50 plastic pieces! I’m super excited to see how scrappers use it!

In the meantime, be sure to check out the 2Peas creative call! What’s better than FREE digi kits, eh? ; )

It pays to recycle!

New kits @ 2Peas!

Lots of new kits this week—so I’ll just cut to my favorites! : )

It was my birthday a few weeks back and one of the items I had on my wish list was a Wacom tablet. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s tablet that allows you to draw freehand on the computer.

I’m excited how the plaid paper pattern and frames turned out—so cute and whimsical! When I called my husband into the room to check out my first Wacom kit (and recommend any names he might have) and the first thing he said was “Bumble Tumble.” I thought it was a perfect fit, so there you have it, “Bumble Tumble” available at 2 Peas! (Big thanks to Emily Card @ Scrap Orchard for the bees!)

I also ran across this unique fall color combo and I just had to make something out of it—introducing “Willow Tree.”

This kit is packed with 30 embellishments, a hand drawn alpha (thanks Wacom tablet!) and 24 beautifully coordinated  papers. “Willow Tree” has a lot of unique items you won’t find anywhere else, like the “tag” word art and antique bus ticket. I’m really happy with this kit and I can’t wait to see how it’s used! (Thanks Natalie Braxton @ The Lilypad for the twine!)

Finally, I have one last kit—”Distressed Frames“—a frame mask kit. My beautiful doodles Lola and Violet got to take center stage as my kit preview models. So hey, even if you don’t pick it up, you get to admire the two prettiest doodlebugs around! : )

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out the 2Peas Creative Team Call! : )

{2 Peas} Creative Team Call!!!

Are you a digital or hybrid papercrafter? Would you like to receive the latest and greatest digital kits released at Two Peas each week for FREE? We thought so! This is your chance to become a part of the Two Peas Digital Creative Team. What does a Digital Creative Team member do, you ask? Here are some details for you to consider. Every month, each creative member is asked to do the following :

- Create at least eight projects featuring the newest Two Peas digital designs. You are able to sign up for which kits you’d like to use and even better – you’ll receive these kits for FREE!

- Post projects created promoting Two Peas digital designs in the Two Peas gallery, two additional online scrapbook galleries of your choice and your personal blog.

- Participate in the Two Peas Digital Scrapbooking message board by completing a minimum of 20 posts.

So what do you say – care to join us? To be considered for a position on the Two Peas Digital Creative Team, send an e-mail to ggsub@twopeasinabucket.com with the subject line : TWO PEAS DIGITAL CREATIVE TEAM. Please include your name, contact information, Two Peas username, a link to your work and the link to your personal blog. Any questions can also be sent to the same address.

We can’t wait to hear from you! For consideration, e-mails from interested applicants must be received by Friday, November 13, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Two Peas Digital Creative Team members will be announced on or before Friday, November 20, 2009.

New kit! {Fall Primitives}

Exciting news! I just released my first kit at Two Peas, it’s call Fall Primitives.  : )

This kit is packed with 20+ papers, an alpha, and over 45 embellishments! It’s perfect for all those warm, fuzzy fall layouts.

Here’s a glance….

 

Of course I had to try out the kit myself, so here’s the layout I created—a great day at our local CSA harvesting all sorts of veggies. : )

Woo to the Hoo! {2Ps Digi-Designer!}

Alright gang, big news!

I’m gonna be a digital kit designer at Two Peas in a Bucket!!!

First, before I say anything more about that, I want to give a shout out to Nicole over at Stuff to Scrap. Now that I’m going to be a kit designer, I won’t be able to be on Nicole’s Creative Team—which really stinks because I’ve had a lot of fun working with her kits. : (

Thanks Nicole for being an awesome designer to work with and for giving me a chance to work on your Creative Team!!

 

As for the Two Peas gig, I’m slated to release my first kit this Tuesday. In the coming weeks I’m also hoping to start a little Creative Team of my own to help show off the kits. : )

So stay tuned…lots of changes on the horizon!

New kit! {Soccer Time}

Nicole just released a fun kit called “Soccer Time” available at Stuff to Scrap. I have never played soccer in my life—and I mean never. I don’t think I’ve even watched it before. In fact, now that I think of it, I think this kit is the closest I’ve ever been to a soccer ball!!

That being said, I had a blast designing with this kit. Something about the black and white soccer ball colors mixed with the bright paper colors resonated with me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicole included so many fun elements with this kit that I was able to design this page in about 30 minutes. I’ll admit, it didn’t start as a Halloween page. In fact, I was trying to design a “soccer-themed” quick page, but once I finished the page it didn’t anything like a soccer page—it looked like a Halloween page. And I had the perfect Halloween picture for it! Goth Halloween from 2006. : )

 

 

So back to designing a soccer page. I was scared. Here I had tried to design a soccer page that turned out like a Halloween page. Not even close—unless of course, you dressed up as a soccer player for Halloween, but that was a pretty tall order for a quick page. (My sincerest apologies to the few people who may have actually benefited from the above page).

It was time to pull out the big guns. I needed to harken Caddyshack logic—”Be the ball Brandy,” I thought to myself.

I needed to think like a soccer player. 

And then my iTunes shuffled to “All Fired Up” by Tralala (click here to listen to the song on YouTube)—”This is it!” I thought.

So there you have it—a half an hour later I designed what I would consider to be a punky soccer quick page available at Stuff to Scrap!

 

All this because of Tralala and Caddyshack—something I’m certain many of the kids who will eventually wind up on this page probably have never heard of!

Oh the irony! : )

Digital kit freebie! {Happy Birthday, me}

Ahh yes, today is the big day. Goodbye 20s, hello 30.

Surprisingly, I’m alright with turning 30—I thought my 20s went rather well, so I’m excited to see what this new phase brings. Plus, my favorite musician Mike Doughty commemorated the big event with the release of his new CD Sad Man Happy Man. So how can you not be psyched about that?!

Okay, I made that last part up.

But…

(you knew this part was coming, didn’t you?)

…if there was one thing I could do differently, I wish I would have discovered my inner “punk” a bit sooner. Who knows, maybe that’s the sort of stuff you figure out when you turn 30?

At any rate, I decided to make a freebie kit that embraces my inner ”me”—which I would describe as girly punk.

 

In celebration of my big day, take a moment to think about who you really are and how you’re going to express that to the world today.

Me? I’m going to wear all-black. And, extra mascara. : )

 

Click here to download the birthday file!