"You Octopi My Heart" Nursery Art Print/Printable

Although I'm more than done having children (having four in four and a half years will cure you pretty quickly), I often get uterus cramps while looking at small babies. If anyone knows of any babies locally I could rent for an afternoon, I'm available.

I had to cure my baby hankering somehow, so I created this printable nursery art as a little stopgap. It's 8x10, but should crop smaller. It would be pretty cute as Valentine's Day cards too, now that I think about it.

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"Have Courage and Be Kind" Free Printable

While my children were sleeping over at Grandma's house this weekend, my husband and I sneaked off to the theater to see Cinderella. Yeah, we were mean and didn't take the kids yet. I didn't expect to love the movie like I did, but even though I aim for misanthrope, I land in big-softy-with-gooey-center territory more often than not. I loved this theme that they wove throughout the movie, and even during the movie, I was thinking, "I have to make a printable with that!"

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Free Printable: Love My Camera

A little while ago, I wanted to replace one of the pieces in my kitchen. It didn't have any glass in the front (it fell off the wall one too many times--kids skirting too close to the wall and before I wised up and used mounting tape for all my picture hanging needs), and it was all gross, from the lack of glass. Or maybe it just got gross because I have children. Whichever.

It was time for a change, and this is what I came up with: an 8x10 print that immortalizes for all time my love of the camera. It doesn't have the border--that's so the wording would fit.

I hope you enjoy!

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"The Voice of the Rain" Print Download

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This past week, I needed some new art for my living room. I whipped up this print, using Illustrator and Photoshop. I've never done anything quite like this before, so it was especially fun. I've done a lot work in both programs, but nothing quite so much like an illustration.

The poem making the rain is a beautiful one by Walt Whitman called "The Voice of the Rain" from Leaves of Grass. Bonus points for it being out of copyright. (Obviously, I wouldn't be offering it as a download if it wasn't.)

Right now it's 11x14", but could easily be cropped to a different aspect ratio. I hope you enjoy this print--I'd love to know if you end up using it for anything.

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The Bee's Knees Digital Scrapbooking Kit Freebie

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Apparently, I've gone too long without designing a kit. Shaunte, over at This Too Shall Pass has progressed to harassment in order to get me to design another digital kit. This is good, because I apparently need harassment levels of persuasion in order to get me motivated to do anything after graduating. While harassment isn't supposed to make you feel desirable, I feel privileged to be Shaunte's object of harassment. If she progresses to stalker I will probably never be able to deflate my ego.

(If you don't read Shaunte's blog, you should. She's the type of funny that makes me realize that my attempts at humor are. . .how can I be kind? . . .underdeveloped. Perhaps if I had gone the extra step and had five children like her instead of four, I would have gone that extra bit of insane that would have imbued me with the truly funny stuff--not that I'm commenting on Shaunte. Really. Just on me. But, it's too late now to add any more crazy to our house. I must be content with envying Shaunte's comedic ability and forever wishing I had her finely-honed thrift-store shoe-finding abilities.)

I'm also hoping that this kit will be helpful to another friend who is in charge of an girl's camp this summer. Their theme is centered around bees, hence the theme of this kit. It just so happened to work perfectly with Aubriana's Halloween costume from this past year. Even if you don't have a need for a bee theme, there are plenty of unrelated papers in this kit--I'm quite fond of the clouds and the chevrons.

So, cheers all around for my first digital kit in ages! I enjoyed making it--I forgot how much fun it is to have an excuse to watch endless TV and dink around in Illustrator. I hope you like it!

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Kit contains: 33 pattern papers, 1 set stitches, 1 overlay, 1 sheet honeycomb stickers, tags, 1 mask, 1 torn edge, 2 bee stickers, 2 flower stickers

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Sunshine Paisley Embriodery Pattern

Oooohhhh dear. Pinterest has done me in again. I kept seeing all these beautiful embroidery stitches and projects. Which means, of course, I have been embroidering a lot lately.

I had so much fun trying new stitches. My favorite site is this one, which has the best directions and such beautiful work and I used a bunch of stitches I learned there on my paisley.

I'm very proud to share my very first embroidery pattern. I have a thing for paisley. My sister doesn't get it. I think I may be talking her around with my unrelenting love, but she always compares them to a certain male reproductive cell. If she hadn't just deserted me and moved to St. Louis, she would punch me in the arm for telling you that. I'm sure the comparison has already occurred to you. If it hasn't, my apologies for putting it into your brain. Hopefully my pattern is so awesome that you will now forget about it.

I made five different squares and my recent activities (here and here) may give you a clue as to what I did with them. But, that's coming a different day.

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Robot Love Digital Download Freebie

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I don't know what to call these anymore.

I'm planning on printing this one out and hanging it someplace in my craft room at some point. I also think it would be adorable as a card or a gift tag or as a page accent or as part of a collage. So, maybe printable freebie would work?

Anyway, this is one I did all hand sketched and then scanned. I'm surprised I like it as much as I do. Usually I end up with some funky somethings when I hand draw. I love the hybrid freedom of it. It's so easy to correct mistakes on the computer and to add fun effects.

So, here's some robot love for you all. They are 8x10 (but can be easily cropped down) and there's a plain white one and a tan colored one in the compressed file. I hope you enjoy them! As always, I'd love to see if you do anything with them. Link up in the link party on Thursdays!

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Scribbled Owls Digital Scrapbooking Kit Freebie

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Yesterday, I stumbled upon a really addicting scribbler tool. Basically, you draw a basic line drawing freehand with your mouse and it scribbles on top of it, turning it way cooler looking than your original drawing. David and I kept running back and forth from the desktop and the laptop showing each other our creations. I started drawing owls. Lots and lots of owls. Of course, I couldn't leave it there, I had to turn it into some digital art.

And then, I put my owls on colorful squares. And then I printed it out and put spray adhesive on the back and put it on a piece of mat board. And then I started grabbing pieces and arranging it on a console table. It's not going to stay like this, because I stole one of my art pieces from the kitchen. And I want to eventually frame my owls, but not having a 12x12" frame on hand, this will have to do for now.

I hate to play favorites, but I think this one might be my favorite. I want to pinch his cheeks.

And then I put the owls on a bunch of colors, and stuck them in a folder, with some png images too, so if you want they can end up on your scrapbook pages or cards or whatever.

I had planned to skip this week's download, but sometimes you find something cool and it takes on a life of its own. And you also get a lot of blisters from using your mouse too much.

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Kit Contents: 6 Owl Pattern Papers, 4 Owl Stamps

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Printable Download Freebie Man Cannot Live. . .

Today's freebie is just a quick little something I whipped up for my kitchen. It's 8.5x11 size, so it would be easy to print off on a regular piece of paper. I love this verse for the kitchen, and of course it matches my colors, but it probably wouldn't be too hard to change will a little fussing in Photoshop.

Enjoy!

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Teapots and Forks Printable Freebie

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A while ago, I did this tutorial with the alphabet frames.

I put this digi art work in it. It's pretty simple, as they print up as 5x7s. Thought I would share with you, if you like.

It would be really easy to change the colors on these, because they are just two colors each, so you could easily use the paint bucket tool. Wouldn't they look fabulous in reds and yellows? Or maybe even black and white?

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PS Happy birthday to my younger brother, Tyler! See a movie for me, and eat double popcorn. I hate you and your fast metabolism. :D

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Two Wheels Digital Scrapbook Kit Freebie

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Both Xander and Maxton both learned to ride their bikes this spring.

Sheesh. I feel like a bit of a bad mom, not helping them before this. I guess one thing about delaying these types of things is that when they are ready, they learn FAST. I guess 6 and 7 isn't that late, but I remember learning before kindergarten.

My mom helped Max a little last fall, but he didn't get the hang of it all the way. He could go a few feet. Then, when we moved, we suddenly had a lot of (safe) concrete to practice on. A few tips while Natalie was visiting and suddenly Maxton is riding around. I go out a few days later and Xander is riding all around.

Anyway, that is clearly the inspiration for this kit. When I get a second, I'm going to pop in some of the pictures I have of Max and write up some new journaling.

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Kit Contents: 8 Pattern Papers, 4 Journaling Blocks, 4 Labels, 4 Title Labels

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Pretty Purse Digital Scrapbooking Kit Freebie

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Backstory on this kit is pretty simple. Go here to see the cake I made for Aubrey's 3rd birthday.

Yep, pretty simple.

Aubrey has taken to bringing her purse along when we go places. She has her coin purse in it and a toy cell phone. She pretends to talk to people and tells us often, "Be quiet. I'm on the phone." I can't imagine where she might have heard that one.

This kit is going to come in handy, I'm thinking.

I still want to do a layout of the pictures of the cake, but I couldn't resist Aubrey's cute smile, so I had to do these first.

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Kit Contents: 7 Pattern Papers, 1 Title Block, 1 Journaling Block, 1 Label, 1 Set of Swirls, 3 Purse Stickers, 1 Paper Mask

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Spring Rain Digital Scrapbooking Kit Freebie

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We had the rainiest spring.

I'm not a fan of winter. Once March 21st is here, I'm wanting warm weather and at least a little sunshine. Instead, we got cold and wet.

You can see in the layout, it's May 18th and Aubrey needs a winter coat. For crying out loud, seriously!

Anyway, we did have the unique (for Utah's near desert climate) opportunity to take some pictures with umbrellas. This was my favorite of Aubrey:

So, of course, I created this kit so I could make a cute layout with it:

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Kit Contents: 20 Pattern Papers, 2 Sheets of Umbrella Stickers, 3 Journaling Blocks, 4 Labels, 1 Stitched Border

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A Hoot and A 1/2 Digital Scrapbook Kit Freebie

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I think I might have missed the owl trend craze by a little bit. I've heard that roosters are the new owl (although that is almost a year old). I think that is crazy talk. I love owls. Chickens scare me. Hopefully, we won't move onto ducks/geese from here. If we do, I will be the trendiest person ever, because my thrift store is full of ceramic ducks of all shapes and sizes, and I can totally do that for nearly nothing.

Anyway, considering I still like owls, I ignored the trend and designed this kit. I'm cool challenged, so I will continue to like owls.

This layout is my nephew, Miles, with two of my little guys. Miles is a hoot. He's freakin' hilarious, even though he doesn't really talk much and when he does, they are all one syllables and sound exactly the same. Only my sister has the code cracking skills necessary to understand him. Doesn't matter. He's got a glint in his eye that always makes me grin right back. It's like I don't even have a choice.

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Kit Contents: 9 Pattern Papers, 4 Colors Ric Rac, 2 Journaling Blocks, 1 Date Label, 1 Set Stitching, 4 Owl Stickers, 1 Branch Sticker

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Printable Cards #1 Digital Scrapbook Freebie

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 I recently found myself needing a card. I have a collection of cards I've made over the years, but I just didn't have the right one. I'm not a huge cardmaker (the ones I do have were usually design team assignments, I almost never choose to do cards on my own), so I thought I'd do a quick printable this week, with two cards per page. They are super easy, just print on an 8.5X11" sheet of cardstock, cut apart, fold and you're done!

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Kit Contents: 8 Printable Cards

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Up & Away Hot Air Balloons Digital Scrapbook Kit Freebie

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This week spring is in the air in Utah, thank goodness (or at least it was when I wrote this. Now it's been snowing). I hate winter. This has put me in the mood for bright colors, patterns and pretty stuff. I saw a hot air balloon on a card and just needed to do this kit.

I picked a picture of my boys being silly in the backyard for the layout. It was kind of being overwhelmed with color, so I thought I'd turn the photo black and white. While I was trying to do that in my layout, it turned the background black and white and I actually loved the pops of color. It really put the focus back on the photo and those adorable hot air balloons.

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Kit Contents: 12 Pattern Papers, 1 Set Hot Air Balloon Stickers, 3 Tags, Eyelets, 2 Labels

PS Now that you've settled in after Easter, don't forget to check out last week's free kit, Easter Egg Hunt, if you haven't already. I know you have Easter pictures you're itching to scrapbook!

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Easter Egg Hunt Digital Scrapbook Kit Freebie

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You know, I don't like scrapbooking layouts with set themes. I'm not a theme kind of girl. Probably because they tend to be repetitive. I mean, Christmas comes every year, so does Independence Day, plus all the other holidays, and then on top of that, you have birthdays, all of which provide photos that are basically interchangeable. That's not to say I don't think they are important days. I do. I think traditions and rituals especially in family life are enormously important. It's just that they are repetitive.

So, I was surprised this year when I was excited to design an Easter kit. I knew we were going to my dad's side of the family for their annual Easter egg hunt, so I started this paper about a week before that. It wasn't until I got the photos in front of me that it really started to gel, and I think this is one of my favorite kits ever. Aside from these papers (which aren't in the thumb, you couldn't see anything but the top), the rest aren't overtly Easter and would be perfect for other themes.

Anyway, I was pretty excited about the pictures I took, especially this one of Aubriana and my nephew, Miles. I knew it was going to be the star of my layout.

Which it was:

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Kit Contents: 15 Pattern Papers, 1 Overlay, 3 Bunny Masks, 2 Styles of Grass Masks (that just makes me laugh), 3 Egg Masks, 1 Butterfly Mask, 3 Labels, 1 Journaling Spot, 1 Set Stitches

As a bonus for this kit, I made my layout into a two page, 12x12 quick page (it's a .psd file), that you can easily slip your pictures into--you know, in case scrapbooking the same holidays over and over makes you a little crazy too. And, there's room for 10 shots; a must if you are a click-a-holic, like me.

I made sure that the title was able to be edited, in case you want to change it. If you want to leave it how it is, you need to make sure you have Franklin Gothic and Titillium on your computer (again, I can't verify these fonts are free from viruses--use caution). I used a font called Fish Face for the "egg," but I actually couldn't find Fish Face even with my mad google skills, so I also rasterized one layer and left one the font, just delete the one you don't want.

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Enjoy! I hope you have a fabulous Easter!

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Quick Pages Set 1 Digital Scrapbooking Freebie

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I do have a new kit in the works, but I didn't have enough time to get one finished this week, so I'm trying something new. I whipped up some quick pages based on a few of my green/pink kits.

Basically, you are downloading a psd file for Photoshop, which you can then put your own photos and journaling on, and voila! instant page.

One thing to note is that fonts vary across computers. I used some free downloadable fonts on my pages, but you can use the standard fonts that come with your computer. A list of fonts I used on each quick page is at the bottom. If you want to use the same fonts I used, check to see if you have them on your computer. If you don't, you can download them, install them and they will be ready to use in Photoshop. If you want to change the font, open up the file and when it asks if you want to update, say yes. It will substitute a font on your computer for the unknown font, and you can change it from there. I include a link to the font when I can, but please note that I can not verify that these downloads are clean and free from viruses. Always download fonts with extreme caution.

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Fonts Used:
Wrapped in Love: Arial, Impact and Century Gothic
The BreeBree: Chunk Five, Times New Roman
Juicy Strawberries: Arial

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The Xander Digital Scrapbooking Kit Freebie

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Awww, it's the last in my four part series. Maybe I need to keep going with The Kara and The David, because I had a lot of fun designing these kits for my kids.

This week has two inspirations. A while ago on Project Runway, Amy designed these pants:

Now, I'm not saying I like these pants or that I would like to own these pants or that these pants should exist in a world where you can buy perfectly sane black pants that don't do that fluttering thing, enlarge the look of your butt and turn you into a strange mermaid from the waist down, but I do like the colors together and the pattern was really inspiring.

The judges main criticism was that they were a weird color combination. Now, I can see criticizing the weird petals and too many colors, but the color scheme is your basic complimentary colors. Blue and orange are across the color wheel. This makes me wonder about the judges. Have they never studied color theory? Because I guarantee that blue/orange is one of the first ones you learn.

On the other hand, isn't that petal skirt on the girl so cute!?! I must make one for Aubrey, ASAP.

The other inspiration would be some vintage fabric, and I could throw Xander in there, for being totally adorable and sharp as a lawn mower (and nearly as loud).

I love the slightly retro feel of these papers. The blue and orange really pop. And here is my cutie, Xander. He's one of the smartest kids you will ever meet and he's super affectionate too. I did this page about how he is starting to read chapter books on his own (he's in 1st grade). I don't get it, but he really likes non-fiction. I keep thinking he'll like fantasy, but he doesn't. Of course, his favorite series is the Magic Treehouse series, because those are packed with non-fiction type information. I mean, I love some types of non-fiction, but they generally have some sort of meaningful or deeply interesting story, while Xander just wants to memorize the facts.

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Kit Contents: 5 Pattern Papers, 2 Background Papers, 1 Overlay, 1 Journaling Block

(Do you see my pant-inspired paper there at the bottom? Love it!)

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We've Moved (House) Digital Scrapbooking Kit Freebie

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We are in the process of buying our first house, which is so utterly thrilling and exciting. If everything goes smoothly, we will be moving soon and I will be doing a lot of decorating, which will probably pop up on the blog from time to time.

In other house-y type things, I've been admiring some house block quilts lately. I love the funky and fun ones. This one is so cute! Love the fun fabrics in this one! And the spooky Halloween houses in this one (also a tutorial, if you want to learn to piece these. I'm thinking I might have another project on my list).

So, put those together and I have the kit this week. I loved the idea of sending out new address post cards, so I designed one (with a 5X7 aspect ratio, but you can easily crop it down to fit on a smaller card). To get the look I wanted, I had to design a bunch of papers, so those are included here too. I'm very tempted to print out the big one on 12x12 paper and frame it, but I'm restraining myself until I know it will really go with my overall vision for the house's decor. I love the rest of the patterns and I might be doing a full-fledged layout with some of them soon (wouldn't they be perfect for family photos?)

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Kit Contents: 13 Pattern Papers, 2 sets of stickers, 1 Postcard template

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