Friday Freebie : Altered Frame

Friday again? Just as well, are you hanging out for a quality digi freebie? Well, you've come to the right place. It's SkrappyKathy here (Katharyn Brine) and today we have for you a PNG frame altered with some goodies from Jennifer's Won't You Tell Me Your Name kit, released this week @ The Digi Chick.

Download here.

I just love the paper figures. And the alpha prints out really well too. I know this because I got 80+ layouts in the mail today (Yip-Yip-Yippee!!) And no, they weren't all made with this kit, silly ...

It's my favourite part of scrapping - seeing the actual, tangible page in my hot little hands. The kids love them too. Tonight I did a show 'n tell presentation to them as they all had a bath. They were begging for me to read out more pages "about me! about me!" Well, as the night progressed, the layouts were sorted into 6 piles according to album and before I could insert them all, my 2-year-old DD spilt green cordial ALL OVER THEM. Like, I'm talking a whole cup full. What's worse, is that I didn't discover the scene of the crime until I came back to it after dinner and bedtime stories. By then, a lot of my pages had a bespeckled green tinge to them. Oh dear. The prints are advertised as "archival" and "waterproof", so I guess we'll see.... They were soaking for too long for a lot of them to escape real damage. But I guess I'll have to learn to live with it. They are hanging up drying out at the moment.

Anyway, enough commiserating and back to this freebie - this is the whole kit it is made from;

Don't forget to post your layouts in the gallery - we'd love to check them out.

See you next time!

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Guest Designer Template Challenge Chat at Log Your Memory

Plan to join us this evening at 7 p.m. Mountain/9 p.m. Eastern for our Template Challenge Chat with July Guest Designer Jennifer Fox of Jennifer Fox Designs. The chat takes place in the Log Your Memory Chat Room.

A free layered template, a fun scrapbooking challenge, a reward for posting your layout before the deadline, and the chance to hang out with friends & get to know Jen.

Everyone welcome!!

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Shaped Card

Hi everyone!  Happy Wednesday to you all!  Jackie here enjoying some chocolate pudding as today (July 7th) is Chocolate Day.  Did you know that?  Go grab a candy bar, some chocolate milk, or if you're like me and on a diet, the chocolate pudding!  Want another way to celebrate Chocolate Day?  Create something fun with some of Jennifer's goodies, of course!

I'm going to show you a fairly detailed tutorial today.  If you already know how to do most of this, then feel free to proceed on with other steps.  If you want to learn step by step how I make this, then this is the tutorial for you!  Beginners with hybrid and PSE or other photo-editing software look no further!

I'm going to show you how to make a fun shaped card with Jennifer's collaboration with Shawna Clingerman - Sweetiekins.

First off, I opened up the elements and papers I wanted to use in PSE 7.  I knew that I wanted my card to be 5x7 in size so I used the crop tool and changed the width and height.  

 Then I created a 5x7 work area (the size my finished card will be).  

Next, I placed the paper and element on the 5x7 work area and laid it how I wanted it to be.

Then I decided to add a greeting that played along with the ice cream theme.  Clever, huh?

The next step was to create the 8.5x11 work area that would be printed off.  

I dragged all the items over to the new workspace and then was ready to print.

I then gathered my supplies.

I cut out the paper and the ice cream cone and laid it out on the card base and tried to figure out where I liked it best.  

Then I added the adhesive to the back (left side when it's right-side up) side of the paper the ice cream cone would sit on and placed it on the card base.

Then I adhered the ice cream cone and cut along the right edge to shape the card.  The next thing I did was add the glitter.  I used Stickles - it's a very easy way to add some shimmer things!

And voila - the finished product!  A card that's not your typical card - it's got some shape to the front of it - but very easy to make.  

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Tidbit Tuesday

Its Heather here with your tidbit tuesday. I hope everyone had a good long weekend for the forth. I do believe tuesdays after a monday holiday are worse than normal mondays LOL. Today I am going to talk about coupon codes online. I tell people all the time, before you shop for anything online make sure to look for coupon codes. Especially places like childrens place or even dominos. Just go to google and type in "dominos codes" or "childrens place codes" and then click around. Occassionally you will find a code that doesn't work but don't give up. Seriously the other day I got two pizzas, bread sticks, cinnastix, and two two liters for 16 dollars. Which was amazing, we fed all 7 of us for that price. Anyway hope that helps someone :)

-Heather

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Meals in Minutes: A Picnic Favorite

Hi! Kristin here, bringing you this week's Meal in Minutes. Now, obviously you can't just eat these and these alone for lunch or dinner, but you could... because they are that good! I'm not a huge baked bean fan, generally. But I was in charge of the baked beans for our last family get-together and I had heard nothing but awesomeness about the Best Baked Beans Ever on the Pioneer Woman's blog. So I gave it a whirl. In the past, if I made baked beans, I dumped them out of a can and heated them up on the stove. So this was quite the project for me. It wasn't hard. But there were definitely more steps than opening a can, dumping them in, and heating the beans up. But it was well worth it. I highly recommend you make these for your next picnic or family reunion. But just know- they'll keep asking you to bring them.

Quick Southern-Style Baked Beans
recipe by Pam Anderson

Serves up to 18

8 slices bacon, halved

1 medium onion, cut into small dice

1/2 medium green pepper, cut into small dice

3 large cans (28 ounces each) pork and beans

3/4 cup barbecue sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup distilled or cider vinegar

2 teaspoons dry mustard or 2 tablespoons Dijon

Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Fry bacon in large, deep sauté pan skillet until bacon has partially cooked and released about 1/4 cup drippings. Remove bacon from pan and drain on paper towels. Add onions and peppers to drippings in pan and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add beans and remaining ingredients bring to a simmer. (If skillet is not large enough, add beans and heat to a simmer then transfer to a large bowl and stir in remaining ingredients). Pour flavored beans into a greased 13-by 9-inch (or similar size) ovenproof pan. Top with bacon, then bake until beans are bubbly and sauce is the consistency of pancake syrup, about 2 hours. Let stand to thicken slightly and serve.

That's it! Easy peasy! And, while you're waiting for them to bake, you might as well get those 4th of July pictures off of your camera and start scrapping! While it's not made to be a 4th of July kit, I love Jen's Rough & Tumble kit and it would definitely make some CUTE 4th of July layouts with the color scheme and all the stars she's included in the kit.

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