There are few things cuter than a pair of baby feet (and I really wish I had more photos of my own daughters’ feet when they were little). Bailey(Aka Starlite) has created this wonderful page with very cute foot pics:

I just love how she has torn the photo to focus on the essential part. That is definitely something you could lift - as is the wonderful use of elements. (Small and perfectly placed!). Lovely color scheme too. Just a lovely page all round!

And look what it inspired:

Credits: layout by Heidi, Baby Mine brushes and Clean and Serene paper by Jesse Edwards, Hipster Plumes 21, Chunky torn edges and Bling silver photo turns by Anna Aspnes, Double Dates brushes by Kellie Mize.

Credits: layout by Cassie, Naturally Krafty paper, spring trees, Vintage frames-large and touch up paint by Katie Pertiet, Monoblendz Lima(blended with background), Mama kit (stitching) and painted overlay by Anna Aspnes (coming soon), leaves made from paper by Jesse Edwards and Mindy Terasawa.

Credits: layout by Kim, Spot Dots No.7 paper, Scalloped photo masks, photo wraps 4, paper flowers and Primarily buttons by Katie Pertiet, Breezy Hearts and Glitter thread stitching by Lynn Grieveson, chunky torn edges and painted frames by Anna Aspnes, double dates by Kellie Mize and Be Mine alpha by Pattie Knox.

If you decide to play along and lift Bailey’s adorable page, don’t forget to post in the Saturday Scraplift, which was full to bursting last week with these fantastic layouts:

~ Lynn

Make sure to checkout our Thrifty Thursday specials today.  There are 174 items marked down 30% AND 1 NEW item marked down to $ .99!  These specials last only until 6am EST Friday so don’t miss out!

Welcome to our new Thursday Template Challenge!!!

Not only is it Thrifty Thursday with over 170 items 30% off, but now we’re adding a challenge on Thursdays. Each week, either Debi Boler or myself will be choosing a template [on special for 30% off today] and our creative team will create pages with it to inspire you to the different ways templates can be used! Templates are such an amazing jumping off point—you won’t want to miss the inspiration they provide!

This week we’ve chosen the 9-disc layered template! Check out how the creative team has used this template and join in on the challenge and post your page in our Template Challenge Gallery!

The 9-disc layered template

Patricia’s take on the template

Tara’s take on the template

Check out all the pages here!
Can’t wait to see what you create!

For this week’s IdeaBooks4u challenge, we’re tearing paper!  We’re getting our inspiration from Ashley Calder’s fabulous new book, Scraptastic! - 50 Messy, Sparkly, Touchy-Feely, Snazzy Ways to Jazz Up Your Scrapbook Pages.
In this book, Calder shows step-by-step directions to incorporate different art mediums into your layouts or home craft projects (i.e., think batik-style painting, watercolors, gold leafing, collage, and much more).

Here’s our inspiration layout:

I picked this torn paper strip example so you would have the choice to do this either as a paper or a digital page.  For all you digi scrappers, check out some of the torn elements in the Designer Digitals store.

Come check out the step-by-step directions over at The IdeaBooks4u blog and then start tearing! 

It’s that time again! We’ve got another 3 kits 3 ways challenge. And I think the key word this week is “challenge”. I picked an unusual combo of elements (or so I was told! LOL) Anyway, here’s what we started with:

Average Joe Kit by Dana Zarling

Bare Branches Alpha by Jesse Edwards

Labeled Go Brushes by Anna Aspnes

As always, the rules are simple. Use the 3 kits and change them anyway you want to. Adding additional products is allowed (and encouraged) as well. The whole idea is to pull out something you may have forgotten you had or buy something that you now can’t live without.

Here are the pages this week:

page by Stacy McFadden

I had to start with this darling page of sweet Ginger. She has gotten so big! In addition to the 3 kits, Stacy added Naturally Krafty Paper and Vintage Photo frames No. 9 {coming soon} by Katie Pertiet and Zig Zag Stitching by Anna Aspnes.

Page by Debi Boler
I thought it was interesting that Debi and Stacy both used the same papers from the set, Naturally Krafty No. 1 and the new Vintage Photo Frames No. 9 that Katie is putting up in the store soon. Although Debi recolored just about everything on her page. She also used Bare Chipboard Shapes by Katie Pertiet.

Page by Wendy McKeehan

This is a bit out there, but it just seemed to work for the photo. I recolored my papers to match the art piece and combined the teal paper from Average Joe with Monoblendz Origins by Anna Aspnes for the background. I also added Stitching Holes, Ledger Grids and Watery Brushes all by Katie Pertiet.

Please feel free to join us with this challenge and post your pages in the 3 Kits 3 Ways Gallery when you are done. Thanks!