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!

Heritage Scrap Blog Train

Happy Inter/National Scrapbook Day Weekend!  Are you having fun yet?!  I hope so!  You have arrived safely at the Heritage Scrap Blog Train.  First let me tell you about the kit that inspired our project.

My Portion of Le Jardin

Papers From Le Jardin

Our fearless leader, Kate Mc Clellan is an unabashed Francophile. Her inspiration for the Le Jardin kit came from the vintage rose, Malmaison from the garden of Napoleon Bonaparte's Empress Josephine.  The soft colors are springy, feminine and elegant.  Each designer has created a portion in her own style and yet they all work together.  You can view them all here.  Keep an eye out in the store as there are some free goodies from a few of the designers, some of which also coordinate with the kit.

Now, the moment you've all been waiting for... the blog train freebies!  Each designer has created a quick page from her portion of the kit.  Mine is Shutterfly Ready (thus, slightly smaller than 12x12 but easily increased in size to print as 12x12 elsewhere without reducing quality) and can be downloaded HERE.  Make sure to visit every one's blog to get to know them and to download their portion as well.  Then stop in at the shop for some great sales!

Annie's Digital Things (on the Heritage Scrap Blog)

Rachael Hudnall

Idgie's Heartsong

Cheryl McCain Designs

***YOU ARE HERE*** Forget-Me-Nots by Theresa Lindamood

***NEXT STOP*** Star Song Studio

Cari Lopez

Rebel Without A Pause

Lynn Griffin (at the Heritage Scrap Blog) and other Surprises

Have fun!  Happy Scrapping!  Come back again real soon!

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!



Heroine - New Kit

My new kit "Heroine" is available at Heritage Scrap and...

in my store at Faith Sisters too.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I spent a lot of time hiking, beach combing and camping.  We really know how to "make hay when the sun shines"!  We take advantage of the beautiful weather when we have it. Those are some of my happiest memories, but equally pleasing are my memories of being curled up under the blankets or on the couch with a kitty, reading an intriguing book.  My Grandma Hopkins, a voracious reader and student of life, as well as teacher, fed my love of reading and stories with books like the Little House on the Prairie series and others.  My 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Baldwin encouraged my love of reading even more - she read out whole books to our class.  There were silly stories like Stuart Little and The Borrowers and Charlotte's Web.  Then she moved on to more complex stories like A Little Princess, Sounder and Where The Red Fern Grows.  There was not a dry eye in the classroom when she read Where the Red Fern Grows.

My little world was expanding and growing.  The world of literature opened doors in my mind, spirit and emotions and often offered a way to escape.  It was around 3rd grade that I became "the little nerd in the library".  I discovered the books of Marguerite Henry which delighted me and all the other girls who "played horse" on the playground at recess.

Then one day, my reading journey changed forever.  I discovered the biography section!  There were a whole series for girls about young women who had made differences in their world.  As a young girl feeling trapped in a hopeless situation, these books gave my imagination wings.  There were books about first ladies and queens and politicians and doctors and nurses.  I was really fascinated with Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale.  Later I ended up working in pediatrics nursing as a medical assistant for ten years.  I worked with a doctor who would put his head out the door and say, "Come take a look at this!" and he would teach me something new because I loved to learn and was fascinated by medicine.  I'm certain that this interest began by reading about Clara and Florence - women who paved the way for nursing to become a respected profession for women.

I've never outgrown my love of biographies.  Truth truly is stranger than fiction.  And I also find that the story God writes on our hearts and in our lives, is more fascinating than anything Hollywood could accomplish.

When I discovered the beautiful artwork of Idgie's Heartsong, I was reminded all over again, how passionately I devoured those biographies as a young girl.  She inspired me to create my kit, Regina which features many of England's queens.

Idgie's Heartsongs' Women in History brushes inspired me to Heroine, in which I've honored just a few of the women whose stories I've enjoyed.

I've included art featuring Joan of Arc, Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale, Louisa May Alcott, Helen Keller and Marie Curie.

I realize that not everyone will want to scrapbook about these historical women or their love of history or reading biographies, so I have included lots of elements to help you design in other areas as well.  This kit will work well for heritage, feminine and elegant occasions such as weddings, dances, teas and other occasions.

If you create something with Heroine or have a heroine story of your own - I would love to know.  Thank you for looking and happy scrapping!

May 2011 Heritage Scrap Designer Collaboration Kit

First of all, thank you to all the scrapbookers who stopped by for the recent Faith Sisters Blog train.  I would especially like to thank those of you who took the time to comment and say thank you for the downloads! :-)

Spring is here with gardens, teas, Mother's Day and other special events.  And to help you scrap these special times, the design team at Heritage Scrap has created a beautiful collab called Le Jardin, which means "The Garden" in French.  You can find my portion here.  Click on "New Products" at the site to see the other designer's portions.  A few more will be added this week.

As always, during the month, the collaboration kits will be 1/2 off, which makes them $2.50 for each portion.  The portions mix and match and it is a great way to get to know the style of a designer before trying out one of their big kits.

These are the papers for my portions. When I put them together for the preview, I wished that they were quilting fabric because I think they'd make a pretty shabby chic quilt!  The colors actually remind me of my mother, so I am thinking about making a Mother's Day picture with them.

"Stay tuned" as I will be posting some new releases on the blog this week and there will be some surprises for National Scrapbooking Day weekend.

Thank you for looking.  Happy Scrapping!