Junes challenge is Beach babies

Here is my June kit, it's the last one from the challenge group for a while. I've got to work on my daughters Brownie scrap book and I'm going to be making some stuff for that. May put some on my blog later.
The colors this month came from my youngest daughters swim suit, I wanted to be able to make some beach scrap pages of our trip to the beach. I wanted the papers to be bright and playful, so I suggested Beach Babies as the theme so the kit would be bright and colorful for kids. I planed on adding more elements, and I'm probably going to add more soon, so just keep looking. I just didn't have time to finish them this month.
There are lots of different papers here for all styles and likes. There are a few torn papers.

Papers: http://www.4shared.com/file/110700291/b770dbc4/4hd_Beach_Babies_Paper.html

Elements: http://www.4shared.com/file/114289693/b78da3df/4hd_Beach_Babies_element.html

Blog train coming here:

Humbug Graphics Galore
Greyashowl
Ryn Creations
Kathy's Scraps
Eadie Designs
A Fish Design

This is my part of the I Love My Pet kit for ScrapKitChallenge. Hope you have fun with it.







Here are the three links
Papers: http://www.4shared.com/file/105539099/53dd3cf0/4hd_I_Love_my_pets_paper.html

Elements: http://www.4shared.com/file/106656177/4b7bdb8b/4hd_I_Love_my_pets_element.html

Elements part 2: http://www.4shared.com/file/108224186/6863da02/4hd_I_Love_my_pets_element_pt2.html

The blog train for ScrapKitChallenge is going to be here:
Humbug Graphics Galore
Ryn Creations
Greyashowl Designs
Shastakitty Scraps
Kathy's Scraps
A Fish Design

Preview of what's to come at the end of this month. We are doing "I Love My Pet" and mine is a dog kit.

April's Scrap Kit Challenge kit

April's Scrap Kit Challenge kit is the home improvement kit. Mine is a girly version for me and my mom who are the home improvement queens in our family.


Papers are here: http://www.4shared.com/file/97595811/811ef44f/4hd_homeimprovement_girl_paper.html

Elements are here: http://www.4shared.com/file/97852100/46a0871/4hd_homeimprovement_girl_element.html

Blog Train comming soon here:

A Fish Design
Greyashowl
Humbug Graphics Galore
Ryn Creations
Trixy DoodleBugs

Just a sample of what's to come this month.

This month is Home improvement for Scrap Kit Challenge. Well, I have to admit that I twisted the theme a bit. Because the women in my family are the ones who do the home improvement stuff I had to make it girly. Yes, I do plumbing too. I have actually spent this week doing home repairs as well as making this kit this month. So here is a little sneak peak. We will be putting up the blog train at the end of this month.

New favorite tool

OK, I was playing around with this blog, trying to learn more about it and how to make it more fun. I found photo tips to add, I can always use new tips about taking photos. My nickname at home is Mamarotzi, because I'm after the kids with the camera all the time like a Papariatzi.
But, my new favorite is the random color scheme genorator. You can go to the website, pull colors out of photos to come up with your own scheme, or use one of the ones already created. You can save them as Photoshop color scheme files, which is too cool because they will be in your photo shop menu under Window, then color swatches. You have to load it into there, but then it's there to use. I think that's too cool. colr.org is the website to make the schemes, you can even load your own photo and extract a scheme out of it. I'm going to totally play with that one later. I made a pretty color scheme for myself, I will make something with it soon.

So I've been designing these shopping bags/totes

So I've been designing these shopping bags/totes

I have been working on getting them just right. I have some of these papery shopping bags, that just don't seem to hold up. I've used them only a few times and they are stretching out and falling apart, so frustrating. I just don't see how GREEN they are if you have to throw them out after a few months and buy more.

I liked the size of them, they are BIG and the fact that they stand up in the car and don't roll all over like plastic, or softer bags. Not to mention that they are kind of plain looking. So I've used them as my inspiration. The fabric I chose is the same kind of stiff fabric to stand up in the car when they are full. I layered the bottom for more support and to keep it's shape. Like the papery ones I made the straps long enough to hang over my shoulder or tie the top closed when I don't want the kids to see what's inside. I think they are cute. I'm posting the black ones here, but I have other colors that I'm going to put together later today. I use it as a tote as well, for my craft supplies when I want to bring them out with me. Big enough to pack things for trips when I travel with 4 kid, that equals lots of stuff, and big enough to put lots of groceries in. I buy those big family size boxes of cereal and they fit sideways in the bags. Here's a picture, but check them and other stuff out on my etsy site at http://www.4heartdesign.etsy.com/ .