My mom --

Betty Franc Smith

July 6, 1926 - Feb 18, 2008

My mom passed away this morning

Happy Valentine's Day :-)

I have a new kit for you today. It's a nice little mini, 5 papers & 11 elements - Ready for Spring -

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I'm almost finished with my next kit, Bright & Dark. See yesterday's post for a peek. It's my best and favorite so far. It has dark & grungy papers with bright & glittery elements. Make sure you stop by tomorrow :-)

I still have my layout challenge for kit Over the Rainbow on-going. Send me a layout to munchkinscraps@yahoo.com. I have an add-ons pack of the kit leftovers for a posting gift :-)

Anna - Thank you so much for your lovely comments!! Thank you also for letting me know about the link to elements pack 5 part 2. The link is fixed now. I can't wait to see your layout :-)

Over the Rainbow Part 5 & a Peek :-)

YEA!!! Digiscrapdepot is back!! I'm sure you've read this on other blogs, but --- Digiscrapdepot needs our help. Their old server crashed from high traffic volume. They have found & moved the site to a new server but the costs for this server are considerably higher than the old one. Vicky has asked us, the digiscrap community, for a $1.34 donation. $1 for the server and the 34 cents it costs for paypal processing. She is leaving the donation buttons on the digiscrapdepot blog up until there is enough in the kitty to pay the server costs for 1 year. I honestly don't think this is too much to ask. We the community are basically the cause for the server crash with 150 hits every 20 seconds. A dollar seems a very reasonable, CHEAP, donation to help keep a very beloved site open, Want another reason to donate?? How about getting some free kits too. Crystal aka DigiScrapalicious and a few other designers have put together a collab kit "Spring Fling" for donators. To get these great kits click here to go to her blog for more details :-)

I have part 5 of Over the Rainbow ready. This is the last part. The layout challenge is on-going. Send in your layouts & I have an add-ons package of the kit leftovers as a posting gift. Sorry, no peeks at the posting gift yet. The only way to see it is send me a layout munchkinscraps@yahoo.com. Here is the last elements pack, part 5, make sure you get you both parts -

Download Here - Part 1 Part 2 (part 2 link fixed)

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I have a new layout to show off. It also gives a peek at an upcoming kit. The template for this month's Blueprint Challenge at Gotta Pixel is round. This was my first time doing a round layout. I liked it alot and had a lot of fun with it. I've had this kit in the works and the round template gave me a boost of inspiration. Many of the elements in the layout I was making as I went. I call the new kit Bright & Dark. Here's my layout and peek at the new kit -

Check out the Blueprint Challenge Gallery. There are lots of great layouts!!

I have a new mini kit all ready. Make sure you stop by tomorrow :-)

First Layout & a Freebie

I've received the first layout for my Over the Rainbow challenge :-D This layout was sent in by Alice aka DreamOfSunshine --

I love how you've used the hearts & arrows!! Beautiful layout!! Thank you so much for sending it in!!

I'm almost done with the final elements pack. What doesn't go in it, goes into the posting gift add-on. Alice - I'll be sending you the link as soon as I have it uploaded to 4-shared.
I'm going to try to leave the layout challenge up for as long as I have the files up. My intention at this point to is to try to keep my links alive as long as possible. Send me your layouts made with Over the Rainbow and I have a very nice add-ons package for a posting gift. I'm still adding things to it. I'll have a peek up as soon as I have finished.

I'm feeling a bit guilty that the final elements pack is taking me so long, it will be worth the wait I promise. In the meantime I put together my first quickpage from the kit. Here is my layout -

My beautiful grandkids!! :-)

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Getting Caught Up ---

I'm so sorry I'm so far behind. Our cable company has been working on the lines in our neighborhood this past week so my internet connection has been in & out. I was getting very pissed at being cut off every time I tried to upload a file to 4-shared that I just had to put it away til today.

I've had a request to break the glitter pack part 3 for Over the Rainbow into smaller file sizes for dial-up. I used winrar to break down the original .zip file but it only uses .rar for multipart files. Here are the links for the glitters part 3 broke down into 4 parts --
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

There is one more element pack, I'm almost finished then have the preview to do. I hope to be back with it today, tomorrow for sure. :-)

Fat Tuesday & a Challenge:-)

It's Fat Tuesday and Moo Two Designs is having a Mardi Gras blog train, click here for info. There are several designers participating with lots of neat goodies. They are also having a great sale in the store. I grabbed 2 full size kits and a commercial use grabbag for $1 each. :-)

I have part 4 ready. This is the last paper pack. There is 1 more elements pack and that's it. Oh, Wait, maybe not --

It's challenge time! I would really love to see some layouts made with this, my first kit. Everyone that sends me a layout gets my extra goodies add-on package. I won't be releasing this add-on to the public. The only way to get it, is to send me a layout. Please send layouts or a link to your layout to - munchkinscraps@yahoo.com There are more papers in the pack than I could fit into the preview :-)

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The Glitter Pack is ready :-)

I'm so sorry I've made you all wait so long for part 3, I hope it's worth the wait. This part is all me, I didn't use any designer resources, just ArtRage 2, Photoshop & Eyecandy Impact. Now that I'm learning to design, I've started noticing little things I recognize in other designer's kits. There are quite a few of us that use ArtRage, lol. I made some glittered hearts using the stencils in ArtRage, I have seen some of these same heart shapes in a couple of other kits. No worries, we aren't using each others work, we just use the same program :-) I also used Eyecandy Impact, the glass filter so hopefully you will find my hearts a bit different. I threw in a few extra in valentine colors. The preview only shows 4 of the shaped brads, there are 16 in the package, each shape in each color. Next up, the second paper pack. My preview pages aren't the greatest yet. I promise, I'm working on them. :-)

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This pack is 45 mb. If anyone has problems with the size, please leave a comment & I will break the pack down into a multi-part download with sizes more compatible with dial-up.

I'm so bad!

I'm so bad, I still don't have the glitter pack ready. I remembered that today was my last chance to submit a layout for the template challenge at Cen's Loft. So I spent the afternoon working on that instead. I don't know how the busy designers do it. I've been spending several hours everyday working on my kit, plus there's the challenges I want to participate in and of course, the daily freebie hunt. If I'm feeling like there isn't enough hours in the day, those designers with little ones must never sleep. Here's my layout with a pic of my granddaughter taken by my daughter a couple of days ago when they went swimming -


Credits - Flutter Fairies kit by June Schutrups of Cen's Loft Alpha from Blossoms kit by Boo Silva of BooLand Designs.

Cute Denim quickpages available :-)

Just a quick post, I'm trying to get part 3 of Over the Rainbow, the glitters, ready. It's taking me longer than I expected. I wasn't happy with the final look of the brads so I started over :-) I've been saving the parts I didn't want in the kit with the idea of my own layout challenge with all the leftovers as the posting gift, there's a peek at what's to come, lol. But the first set of brads were so bad I wouldn't even save them for that.

Julia P. has posted the results of her Cute Denim kit challenge. There are some great quickpages ready for download, including mine ;-)!! One of the members of my fav designer Sindiego's creative & design team, Cra-z-cat, has a great layout & quickpage available too. Click here to check it out!
The surprise posting gift is fabulous!! Here's a peek at the beautiful set of overlays we received -


I love playing with overlays. I've been learning alot about blending modes in photoshop with them. I can't wait to have some extra time to play with these.

I hope to be back by the end of the day with the glitters ready. :-)

Part 2 ready for download :-)

I have part 2 of Over the Rainbow ready for you. I spent most of yesterday playing with a new program. When most women are shopping for shoes or clothes, I pass those stores by and go straight to the nearest software/computer store. Better yet, I stay home and shop ebay and amazon.com, lol. My latest acquisition is ArtRage 2. I haven't been happy with the glitter layer styles and actions I've found for photoshop. I've found several blogs whose writers have been using ArtRage and like it. I can see why now, it's wonderful. Along with glitters, it does several other art media as well, oil paints, paint roller, paint tubes, crayons, airbrush, and more. It also has really great stencils and lots of options. What does all this mean for you?? Part 3 of course, lol. Part 3 will be another elements pack. Lots of glitters & other goodies. Here's my preview of today's elements pack.

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I'm going to try to have part 3 ready tomorrow but no promises, lol. The first day of the month is always a very busy one for me. If not tomorrow, Saturday for sure. Cya then :-)

Over the Rainbow Elements Part 2 ----

I almost have part 2 ready, it's taking a bit longer than I expected, but I do have a good reason. Scrap designer Julia P. is back, she moved and was without internet for quite a while. She released a new freebie kit called Cute Denim along with a challenge. Make a layout with the cute denim kit and turn it into a quickpage and send them both to her by Feb 1st. I've been so caught up with trying to finish off Over the Rainbow that I almost forgot. The posting gift is a surprise, I can't wait to see what it is. I sent my layout & quickpage this afternoon. Here is a peek at one of the previews for the Cute Denim kit -


And here is my layout & a peek at my quickpage. I'm not sure yet when all the quickpages for the challenge will be available. Keep checking back. As soon as they are, I'll post the links.


My daughter has the greatest significant other. He's exactly what every mom wants for her daughter, he takes wonderful care of her and their children. He bought her a new ring last night, it's so pretty. The colors in the ring go so well with the dark pink background, I think the paper sets the ring off nicely. This is probably the closest to a valentine layout as you'll see from me. I tend to get tired of the actually holiday before it even gets here, there's so much advance hype these days. But, before I forget to mention it, Julia P. has new freebies on her blog. She has a very nice valentine kit, click here to check it out.