Marmee: New Kit For Mother's Day

Growing up, Mother's Day was always a special occasion where my mother's family gathered at Grandma Hopkins' house for a big meal and an afternoon of fellowship. We made a lot of happy memories on those days. Now I'm a Mom and I live 850 miles away from family and I miss those times.  Marmee was created to document the special mother's day gatherings or other occasions that honor your Moms, Grandmas, Aunts or other special ladies.  Naturally I love vintage and heritage styles, but I also wanted this to be a touch modern too so that it would adapt well to current photos as well as those from the past.  And since I love doing Project Life, I've included some 3x4 and 4x6 journaling cards as well. Of course I didn't leave my heritage roots. There are 2 pedigree charts - one is four generation and the other five - just in case you want to add a little genealogy to your family photos. Here is the description from the store listing:

Marmee is a digital scrapbook kit designed to honor our Moms and Grandmothers whether we call them Marmee or "just plain 'ol Mom". Bright spring and summer colors are perfect for scrapbooking your photos of Mother's Day or other events honoring the ladies in your life.  Included are 18 gold titles and two pieces of word art about mothers, as well as two gold pedigree charts if you want to include a little family history. The 3x4 and 4x6 journal cards are perfect for those doing pocket scrapbooking projects as well as for getting all the details down about your matriarch. Elements included have a garden and bird theme.  Happy scrapbooking! Thank you for looking.
 
31 300 dpi Papers
24 12x12 Background Papers
  7 12x12 Card Stock Papers
 
86 Elements
1 Beadspill
1 Bird
1 Lacy Border
3 Bows
1 Braid
1 Button
1 Charm
1 Lace
1 Fern
3 Leaves
8 Flowers (1 Recolored)
1 Doily
3 Ribbons
2 Ribbon Banners
2 Rosettes (1 Recolored)
1 Tag Cluster
1 Twine
2 Pedigree Charts  (4 & 5 Generation)
2 Autograph Books
9 Frames
1 Journal Note
1 Tab
6 3x4 Journal Cards
6 4x6 Journal Cards
3 Labels (2 Recolored)
2 Post Cards
1 Tag
18 Titles
2 Word Art

Elements

Journal and Frames

Journal Cards

Papers

Card Stock, Titles & Word Art

Thanks for taking time to stop by and see my new kit. I hope you like it! Happy Scrapping!

New Kit: Rosen

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Hot off the press!  Rosen was a really fun kit to create.  I was inspired by my friend who loves roses and this kit is full of them!  The name Rosen is taken from the German word for roses.  It should be in the store any moment and when it is, I will come back and put a direct link.  For now you can go directly to my store at Heritage Scrap.

Here you can see the flowered papers that have a little touch of vintage, a little shabby chic, a little elegance and a whole lot of fun.



Included are two worn and torn overlays and a lovely mat.  This preview also shows some of the rosy journaling options.

In the elements, I wanted to be sure and include a lot of components to make your own flowery creations.



There are many frame options for you to choose from.

Soft coral pink and green tones compliment the roses.  The colored papers are subtly designed so as to coordinate with the floral prints.

This is one of the layouts I created with Rosen.  The photograph was taken from the Evergreen Washelli blog, where you can read a little about her.  She was one of the first children born in Seattle, Washington and comes from two of the founding families.  She was an author and painter in her own right.

Thank you for looking.  I hope you will enjoy Rosen digital scrapbooking kit!





Hot Off The Presses

Feminine and romantic are not words that describe my home.  My Hubby (and incredibly wonderful man!) does not like flowers and frou frou and fluff.  In fact when I asked him if he had any preferences for my wedding dress, he said, "I don't like lace".  Do you know how hard it was to find a wedding dress without lace in 1998? I did.  Just a trim of lace at the bottom and he was okay with that.  So instead of "shabby chic", I'd say my home style is "shabby comfy".  It's only in my dreams that I have a room all to myself - robin's egg blue walls and white trim.  Rose covered fabrics, lace, damasks and brocades and soft feminine touches everywhere with antiques and re-purposed pieces and all orderly.  No one can bring Legos in the room or stuffed animals or found treasures from the backyard!  Well, one can dream, right?  I am perfectly content in my happily shabby home and with my family.  The feminine touches will need to pop in for my scrapbooking kits!

So with all my back issues of Victoria Magazine in mind, I created Cottage.

I've tried to create the same cottage style feel with a quilt paper, damask, plaids and flowers with "bits and bobs" to brighten up your feminine and lovely photo pages.

I think the papers are my favorite - I've tried to include more texture.  As an almost life long fabric enthusiast I wish some of these could be in my fabric stash!

Here you can see some of the elements.  In each kit I try to give you all the basics, plus a little surprise here and there.  The button in this kit was extracted from scans of my friend's grandmother's button collection and is an antique.

You might have noticed I include a lot of frames and journaling elements.  That is because even though I design kits, I still am of the opinion that our photos and written memories should take the center stage in the midst of our art.

As always, I would love to see what you create with my kits.  And I would like to thank all my loyal customers for their purchases over Digital Scrapbook Day weekend.  My family appreciates you!  Thank you!  Happy Scrapping!



5x7 Shutterfly Ready Album

At Heritage Scrap

At Faith Sisters

I really enjoyed creating the Heroine Kit.  While I was working on the My Family Tree Shutterfly Album, it struck me that Heroine would make a nice brag book.  So I set to work creating an album that would work for Shutterfly's 5x7 brag book size which is not too expensive, so it makes a great gift. 

This would make a great Mother's Day gift - too bad I didn't think of it sooner!  If it fits your wedding colors it would make a beautiful wedding brag book, a small heritage overview book, pictures of the ladies in your family or other elegant occasions or a just because book.  I hope you will enjoy this!  Thank you for looking!