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Wildflowers and Sunshine and Template Pack 41

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I am loving Heidi and Lori’s contribution to the Gingerscraps Buffet this month. Available EXCLUSIVELY at Gingerscraps this month.

Bring the fun of summertime to your scrapbooking pages with Wildflowers & Sunshine. This sunny, whimsical kit injects pops of warmth and fun to your page with a color palette drawn from wildflowers, sunny days, and the rich summer sky twinkling with stars. Don’t let the title fool you though – there’s more to this kit than just flowers! Featured elements include a tent, a camper, a backward, a campfire (complete with marshmallows), a canteen, a lantern, moon and stars, a canoe, a compass, a flashlight, and an owl. There’s plenty of flowers, sunshine, and greenery too. There’s even a cute doodled alpha and a collection of bottle cap word art to round out your layouts. So spend your days soaking up the summer sun and your nights scrapping those stories with Wildflowers & Sunshine.

This kit is Scraps N Pieces’ August 2018 Buffet kit.  You can buy the cardstocks, papers, elements, and alpha separately or in the combined kit.  Template Pack 41 sold separately.

And here’s brand new Template Pack 41. These templates were all inspired by ME and the layouts I created.

I have three layouts to share today. The first one uses one of the templates. They all document our American Heritage Girls Troop 1516 Spring 2017 family campout.

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Wildflowers and Sunshine
Template: Scraps N Pieces – Template Pack 41
Font: KG When Oceans Rise (journal); ChunkFive Roman

These next two document the hike we took. I still need to finish the layout about the cliff swallows we saw on the hike.

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Wildflowers and Sunshine
Template: AK Designs – Two Pager Pack 3
Fonts: Titan One Regular (title); KG When Oceans Rise (date)

And a closer look at the left side of the two pager

and the right side.

Every Day Heroes

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Heroes are more than just Superman or Captain America. Those who uphold the law and put out the fires in day-to-day life are just as deserving of the title of ‘hero’. Every Day Heroes pays tributes to the firefighters and police officers in our lives. This kit draws on the rich red of ladder trucks, navy blue uniforms, and police tape yellow to emphasize the colors in your photos, while eye-catching patterns draw your eyes throughout the page. Every Day Heroes has everything you need: ladder trucks, a fire station, a police car, a jailhouse, uniforms, badges, gear, and the heroes themselves. Other featured elements include handcuffs, a gun, a fire bucket, a fire dog, flames, matches, and a fire alarm. This kit also comes with plenty of signage, flowers, and a crisp white alpha. Every Day Heroes is perfect for celebrating the heroes in your family and documenting field trips to the fire station or police station. So grab your favorite photos and pay tribute to your hero.

I have two layouts to share. The first one documents the annual fall visit from the fire department at my daughters’ preschool. I think it is really important for kids to see that under the fire suit is a regular person and that they are there to help you.

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Everyday Heroes
Template: Ponytails Designs – Spring Fling Vol 5
Fonts: Another Typewrither (date/journal); Pacifico (title)

This second layout is of my nephew Rylan. He is a big fan of the police and I love that this officer took the time to make one of his town’s citizens a little happier.

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Everyday Heroes
Template: Scraps N Pieces – Template Pack 5
Fonts: Another Typewriter (journal); ChunkFive Roman (title)

At the Horse Races

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One of the less-talked about, yet perhaps most beloved, of American sports is horse racing. This timeless sport is deserving of an equally timeless, refined scrapbook kit. At the Horse Races is a classy scrapbooking kit, toeing the (finish) line between theme and versatility. The refined color palette of light and dark blues, reds, creams, and greens perfectly complements photos from the race track – both of the horses and the mint juleps in the stands. The fun patterned papers add a sense of movement and fun without detracting from the story. Featured elements include jockey’s uniforms, helmets, saddles, hurdles, and horse racing ephemera. At the Horse Races also comes with event tickets, celebratory banners, and a bold red alpha. All you need are horses. So bring you camera to the grandstands and enjoy the sport with At the Horse Races.

Previews are linked to Gingerscraps.

I didn’t have any horse race pictures to scrap, so I brainstormed some other horse ideas and came up with these photos from when we attended the Dixie Stampede in Branson, Missouri in 2013.

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – At the Horse Races
Template: Scraps N Pieces – Template Pack 40
Font: Apple Boy BTN (title)

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – At the Horse Races
Template: Scraps N Pieces – Template Pack 11
Font: KG When Oceans Rise (journal)

Coastal Breeze

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Feel the sand between your toes and enjoy the ocean breeze on your face. With its beautiful beach tones and a shabby feel, the COASTAL BREEZE collection by Magical Scraps Galore evokes the magic of the seashore and includes gorgeous papers and embellishments such as seashells and starfish, a beach hut and fishnets, ropes and buoys, a beach bag and flip flops, among many other fabulous goodies and patterns. Perfect to scrap your favorite seaside photos and coastal memories.

Find the full collection at 58% off -or the individual kit and add-ons at 30% off– through Tuesday midnight  at and .



I really like the journal cards in this collection and wanted to make sure and use at least one. This first page is from a trip James and I took to San Francisco in 2011. This page documents one of the yummy restaurants we visited.

Digikit: Magical Scraps Galore – Coastal Breeze
Template: Fiddle-dee-dee Designs – My Darling Dressed Up
Fonts: Sunshine (title); KG When Oceans Rise (date/journal)

This double-page spread is from a weekend getaway we took to Galveston after we attended James’ friend Ray’s wedding. We ended the getaway by visiting the beach.

Digikit: Magical Scraps Galore – Coastal Breeze
Template: Dear Friends Designs – Wanderlust
Fonts: KG When Oceans Rise

Some wonderful inspiration from the Creative Team:


Stay tuned for Marina’s new collection coming to stores in July:

100 of My Favorites Vol. 7

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I’m pretty excited that Jennifer is back to designing word art after taking some time off to spend time with her family. Here’s one of her new word art packs, 100 of My Favorites Vol 7.

With the school year wrapping up, my eye was immediately drawn to the teacher word art. Now I finished this layout before I got end of year pictures this year, so I chose this photo of Jessica and her teacher Mrs. Calabrese last year. Mrs. Calabrese retired this year. Jessica told me that there was a group photo taken of all the kids who had Mrs. Calabrese (who were still at Baranoff) as part of her retirement send-off.

Digikit: Word Art World – Love Learning
Template: Scraping with Liz – Monthly Blog Challenge May 2018
Word Art: Word Art World – 100 of My Favorites Vol 7
Font: KG Primary Penmanship