Gonna take a little designing break...

I won't be gone for long so don't forget about me :). The thing about me, as I'm sure many of you will relate to, is that I don't have hobbies....I have obsessions! When I get involved in something I enjoy, I tend to dedicate my every spare minute to it(even the minutes that aren't spare but should be used for other things like laundery, LOL!). It's been so long since I browsed galleries and digi stores or even made a layout. I'm not going to take a complete break from designing because I need that creative outlet but I'm going to try to limit my computer time to evenings for a bit. I have a couple ideas for my next kit that I'm going to work on while I'm on a blog break. So on that note, I will be back in a week or maybe two with goodies! I may post some layouts in the meantime since I haven't even had a chance to use Playful Plaid yet, LOL! Thank you again for leaving such super comments they mean so much to me! I will be back soon!

Embroidered Alpha Freebie!

I really hope you enjoy this embroidered alpha because it was a pain in the patootie to make, LOL! I'm sure there was an easier way but I didn't do it that way :). I won't go into the gory details but as you can see, each letter has four layers (one in each color) and each of those layers had to have the embroidery action (from Atomic Cupcake) run on it...and it's a somewhat slow action. I think at one point my document had over 100 layers! I was able to catch up on some of my TV shows while doing it so I guess I shouldn't whine too much, huh? Well, off the subject, I got my hair cut back to shoulder length today for the summer so now my pic is outdated again! Here's your alpha...Enjoy! (BTW, you really don't have to leave a comment for this because you have all left such wonderful comments on this kit so far that I won't be offended if you just grab it and go!

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Thank you! Thank you!

You are all so awesome with your heartfelt comments and thank-you's about my designs!!! Thank you for the wonderful suggestion, too! I put them in my idea journal to keep track of!
As you can see, I updated my blog picture. I was so tired of seeing that picture of myself every time I opened my blog. I tried to take one of myself but kept getting that classic 'wide angle' view of my face that happens when you take a pic of yourself. I decided to recruit my 4 YO to take my pic and that's what you see over there. I think he may have a knack for taking pictures along with his ever-improving photoshop skills!
Do you ever have a moment when things just work in your favor? Well I had one of those moments yesterday concerning my dog, Kayla. (Waring: kinda gross so if you're not a pet person you may want to skip this). I was out in the front yard with the boys and was planning on being out there for awhile. Kayla is usually out with us but it was too hot for her so I had her in the house. My 2 YO got mad about something and went inside. Being 2, he can't be left alone longer that 3 minutes so I went in to check on him. Upon entering the house, I heard Kayla, not scratching but pounding on the back door to get out. I thought maybe she just saw a squirrel or something so I let her out. She made a beeline to her potty spot in 2 seconds flat and let out the biggest pile of wet diarrhea! All I could think was that had I stayed out in the front yard even 5 minute longer, that would've been in my house! Some things just work out right! She's fine today:)
I have and apha done and will post it in the very near future...Have a good one!

Tags, Frames, Stickers and Patches Freebie!

Here's your next freebie to play with! I have two different styles going because I couldn't decide which way to go. I really wanted to add some embroidered elements but it seems paper cutouts and stickers are popular right now...so...you get both! I also threw in a quote tag because I need to practice my wordart :) I may do an Alpha next but that will probably be all unless a good idea hits me in the middle of the night or if you have suggestions for add-ons that I didn't include. I love suggestions even if I can't fulfill them all. Thank you for your wonderful comments...Enjoy!

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Rainy day here and no freebie yet.

Just checking in to say "hi"! I was hoping to have a freebie for you by now but my computer time has been rather limited these past two days. I'm going to get in gear tonight and get somethin' going for "my people" :) It has been raining non-stop here since yesterday evening. I like rain because everything is so beautiful after a hard spring rain...I just hope it doesn't last too long. I went shopping last night at Kohl's. I was long overdue for some new threads. I've had a store credit there for over a year plus a gift card I got for Xmas and then I got another gift card there for my birthday. I thought it was about time I go and use them up. I did just that plus had to throw in $6 of my own money! I like what I bought but I really don't enjoy shopping all that much. I must've tried on 50 things and didn't like most of them and finally had to stop because they were closing, LOL! Anyway, I'm just rambling but I should be designing, right? OK, I'm outta here...have a good one!

Celestial Brads, Eyelets and Bows Freebie!

Here's those bows I promised you. Well I call them "sorta" bows because they aren't tied in a knot like a traditional bow but...well... bows are hard to make and I'm still learning, so these will have to do :). I think they turned out pretty cute, though. Also, some brads and eyelets for you just because they're fun to make! Thank you Atomic Cupcake! Thank you all again for the birthday wishes that keep coming, it's so kind of you to take the time. I've had a wonderful weekend and have eaten enough to last me for months. Enjoy these goodies!

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My new header!

I wanted to send out a big Thank you to Jennisa at Jennisa's attempt at design for creating and installing my header for me. I'm clueless when it comes to jazzin' up my blog. If you are interested in having Jennisa create and install one for you, pop on over to her blog and get one! By the way, she does it for FREE! Here blinkie is in my sidebar, also.

Wow, Thank you!

I've been gone most of the day, having fun and when I got home I found on here and on 4Shared a total of 78 birthday wishes from across the globe...now that makes a person feel special. Thank you all. I'm going to relax and watch "Happy Feet" since I feel like I'm the only person who hasn't seen it yet. Have a good night (or day)!

My Birthday and a Freebie for you!

On this day, 40 years ago...I was born :)! On this day, today, I'm a very fortunate, healthy and happy person with a wonderful life! I have some page toppers for you to play with. I call them page toppers but I'm sure with some creativity, other things can be done with them, too. I had some bows to give you today but as I was making my preview last night, I decided they needed some improvement so I'm going to do just that and you'll have to wait a bit for those :). Also in the making are tags,brads, eyelets, a frame or two and possibly an Alpha and some word art. So much for a mini-kit, huh? I tend to get a little carried away but I'm pretty sure no other kit I make will be as mega as the Felty series, LOL! Thank you for the thoughtful comments and compliments on my designs. It's the comments and number of downloads I see that inspires me to keep giving you more of what you want. Special Thanks to Atomic Cupcake and Tandika Star (DidgiScrapDesigner.com) for their wonderful Actions. Enjoy!

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Celestial Buttons Freebie

As promised....some buttons! I thought I'd spice things up a bit, and add a yellow button to the color scheme :) Everyone can use a yellow sunny button in their life, right? If you just found my blog, be sure and get the two paper packs and ribbons to coordinate with these buttons. Enjoy!

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Sniffle, Sniff

Seems I have a bit of a cold. Yesterday morning, I just thought my allergies were bugging me so I took a Claritan but as the day went on, I continued to go downhill. Not enough to go to bed or anything, but enough to slow me down. I was relaxing in bed last night with my laptop creating some buttons for my next freebie and DH brought me some cold medicine. I started feeling drowsy and fell asleep. Then I dreamed of making buttons ALL night long! I hate when that happens. As soon as I package them up, I'll send them out! Thank you all so much for the wonderful comments...they really motivate me to keep creating and giving! I've been getting some wonderful layouts from you, too, and that always make me feel good. I wish you all a happy day!

Playful Plaid "Celestial" Freebie

Of all the ideas I brainstormed with, I decided to give my Playful Plaids a celestial theme. I figured with about 500+ baby pics for each of my boys (the first month, LOL) this will be useful but also versatile enough for other things as well. There will be more elements to come! Enjoy!

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Playful Plaid Freebie!

Here's a paper pack I came up with last night. I atually made many more papers than this but I'm not sure I want to release them yet. They started to follow a theme that I'm not sure goes well with these colors. I may change my mind though. Have you noticed I'm a very indecisive person????? This will get you started though...enjoy! Special thanks to tandika Star at DigiScrapDesigner.com!

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The results are in...

and #2 is the winner! #3 came in second and #5 was in third place. Sadly, #1 and 4 tied for last place and those are my favorite two, LOL! I've always been a warm color person as you can see from my blog colors. But, hey, I love a challenge so it will be fun to see what I can come up with. I had stated in a previous post that I was going to have you vote on a theme but I have since changed my mind. Thanks for voting!!!! I decided that rather than locking myself into a theme I'm going to keep things versatile with maybe a little something in there for everyone.....yes, even our furry friends! I've also decided that instead of working on a whole kit at once I'm going to release pieces of it as I get them done. I'm always open to suggestions if there is something you want, please run it past me. I won't be able to fulfill all requests but if it can be done (with my current skills) I'll give it a try! I know there's been some requests for things related to other pets like guinea pigs, birds and snakes but I found it difficult to find things related to those animals that were OK for commercial use(custom shapes and such) so my resources were limited. So, for now, you'll just have to live with cat and dog things!
As for snow...they were predicting 6-12 inches starting during the night and I don't see a single flake out there! I guess it missed us but somebody probably got some, somewhere! Maybe now we can finally move on to spring again :).
Have a great day!

Coffee.......I just love it!

I became hooked on Starbuck's coffee about a year or two ago. It started with Pumpkin spice fraps around the holidays, Mocha or coffee fraps in the summer and just plain old coffee of the day, black, all the rest of the time. I used to drag the boys out to the drive-tru almost every morning to get my fix but now I spare them the drive ( and save money, too) by grinding and brewing my own at home (I get the BIG bag of beans at Costco) now and only visit the drive thru for my occasional fraps. Anyway, my favorite time of the day is just after my coffee is fisnished brewing, the boys are eating their breakfast and I have a few minutes to get on the computer and do my daily downloads, check e-mail, read the news and read all the wonderful comments I get from "my people" (that what I call those of you that read my blog, LOL!) Thanks for all the votes on the swatches...so far # 2 is in the lead. I think I will keep the voting open until midnight tonight, Colorado time. Since I've decided I like to design but I don't like coming up with ideas, I'm next going to let you vote on a theme, so check back and place you votes for that. The weatherman is saying a BIG spring storm is heading our way tonight so I don't think I'll be going anywhere this weekend. I also wanted to thank those of you that have sent me links to your layouts for my spotlight section (in the sidebar), they are all so cute!

Public service announcement!

I wanted to help put the word out about a sight called Scraps For Charity.
It is a 100% non-profit organization. Several talented designers get together each month a create a kit with the proceeds going to a different charity each time. The preview above is this months kit...very bright and colorful. Stop by and pick up all or just a part of this wonderful kit and help save a life...one kit at a time!

Voting is closed!

I've chosen some color schemes for my next mini-kit but I need your help narrowing it down. Please leave a comment and vote for a scheme you like. I will leave these up for a few days. If you aren't too fond of any of these choices, maybe next time I'll accept submissions! Thanks! I forgot to mention when I first posted this that these swatches are courtesy of Tandika Star at Digiscrapdesigner.com.

HeartsNpawprints FREEBIE!

Here's another pet freebie inspired by my favorite pet quote! Enjoy and let me see some layouts!!! Please if you want to share, send your friends to my blog to get this freebie and all that other stuff...you know the drill :) Links below:

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Happy Easter!

Credits: Template by Dumpty; font Angelina; kit HeartsNpawprints by me :)

After the wonderful spring pictures I took a few weks ago, we had a good size spring snow last week. I took Kayla and the boys to the park to make a snowman and go sledding one last time this season...but you never know in Colorado, we may see snow again!

Credits: March mega kit from RAKScraps

Despite both boys having colds, I was able to get a decent pic of each of them yesterday! Thanks to photoshop... no runny noses...hee, hee! Have a wonderful Easter Holiday and I'll be back next week to have you help choose the colors for my next freebie :)

New freebie coming soon!

Hand in there! I'm a slow working designer, LOL! I'm just working on a little mini-kit and I have a few more things to add to it. I'd like to finish it up this week but I also need to get a photo of my boys and make an Easter card to send out by Thursday or Friday....That's what I'll be doing tomorrow I guess *grin*. Well, have a good night, I'm off to photoshop....hop, hop, hop!

Quickpage in PNG

By request I added the quickpage in PNG format. The link is in the post below with the other links!
Thank you all, again, for the wonderful comments on the kit and Candy's album.
Donnatopia- thank you for the link Shutterfly and the idea for a photobook :). I have a few 8x8 albums already on hand (I buy them when they go on sale) and I have one of those large format printers(not that I need it for 8x8) so I printed Candy's pages out yesterday and they turned out so nice. I also added a page with the story of Rainbow Bridge and those stick-on acid free clear envelopes with her tag and a tuft of fur.

Final add-on Freebie!

This REALLY is the last add-on for this kit, LOL! I've never made a quickpage before so this one is in PNG format but if you need it in another format...please let me know! Enjoy!

Quickpage PNG
Quote and Ribbon

Final 2 layouts and a re-do!

Credits: Notepaper from Weeds & Woldflower's Welcoming Spring freebie; Felt and metal edge actions from Tandika Star at DigiScrapDesigner; Folded corner technique from Scrapper's Guide on frame (see post below for link); Font is Dupree.

I have to admit I'm a little sad to see this album come to an end. It has been great therapy for me and I highly recommend it for those that have lost a furbaby! I have enjoyed sharing it with all of you that have visited my blog and downloaded my freebies and left wonderful comments! This is the last picture I took of Candy one week before we suddenly and unexpectedly had to say goodbye. I knew she was ill but I really thought we would would have lots more time with her. She LOVED the snow and this was the last time she got to play in it. I don't know what possessed me to get my camera out that day but I'm so glad I did! She would've been 14 on April 3rd.

Credits: Triple Pic Template by SStanton: Wild tear and silver actions by Atomic Cupcake.

The only thing that bumms me out about this page is that I don't have a single picture of Candy with my yougest son, Riley. I know I tried many times but neither one would sit still long enough for me to get one. So, it doesn't feel complete :(

Credits: Sketch by Leanncang from 3Sprapateers: Fonts are Dupree, Army condensed,Beautiful ES and Type keys filled.

I redid this layout completely! The original is a few posts down titled "Happiness is" I can live with this one. It's hard to make a layout with more than 3 pictures and make it look good without making the pics too small. I would've preferred to make a seperate layout for each pic but that would give me too many pages to fit in my album so I had to condense. TFL!

Folded Corner

First off, Big thanks for the wonderful comments on Candy's christmas page. If you don't already know how to do a folded corner and want to learn...I'll give you a link to a video tutorial that I used to make my corner. It will cost you a $1 but it is such a great technique to know that it is worth all 100 pennies! While you're at it, sign up for her free newsletter and you will get a free technique every week for PS/PSE (usually a video) .The techniques are free for a week and then they go into the store and can be purchased for a $1. You can get more if you become a premier member but I think it's around $40 or something. The tutorial is called Painted Shadows and you can get it HERE .
Also, if you like all the felt and want more if it, you can purchase the felt action I used to make this kit HERE.
Now go forth and CREATE!!!!!!

Santa dog

Credits: Folded corner technique from Scrapper's Guide; Felt action by Tandika Star; Font is Edible pet.

Candy's album wouldn't be complete without her Christmas pics! She was always so tolerant of things like that. (notice Kayla in the background with a look on her face as if to say "please don't try to put that silly hat on me again").

Freebie! Collars and tags

OK, I said the last freebie was going to be IT for the Felty kit but I went ahead and made this an add-on too, becuase I realized I never included a peach background in the original kit. As you can see, though, I made the collars and tags a neutral color so they can be used with any kit! Scroll down a bit to see a tutorial on how to engrave your tag in Photoshop.

Collars and Tags

Tutorial - Engraving a metal tag

This tutorial is written for Photoshop but I hope those of you using other programs will be able to translate this technique and figure a similar way to do the same thing in your program.

1. Open up your metal tag and save it under a new name.

2. Make a new layer above your tag (LAYER>NEW) and use the TEXT tool to type your word/words in black. For my tutorial I used Courier(T1) but other fonts work well, too.


3. Now make sure your text layer is selected. We are going to add a bevel and emboss layer style. Open the layer style dialog box (by clicking LAYER>LAYER STYLE>BEVEL AND EMBOSS).

4. If you're using a font similar to this one, you can leave everything as the default setting except change the direction from UP to DOWN...

...However, if you chose a different, bolder font, you may have to play with other settings to get a desired effect. Click OK.

5. Now, make sure your text layer is still selected and change the FILL value to anywhere from 0% to 30%. I used 30% for this font but other fonts look better with the fill value set to zero%.


When you are happy with your engraving, you can save your new engraved tag as a PNG and use it in your layouts! Let me know if you have any questions about this tutorial, my e-mail is at the top left corner.

ALSO: for a tutorial on attaching your tag to the collar, Misty Cato has a great tutorial that explains the technique HERE

Have Fun!

My 2 boys!

Credits: Template7 by SV designs; Papers and elements from Weeds and Wildflower's Welcoming Spring freebie; Fonts, Assimilate and Amanda's hand.

Credits: Template7 by SVdesigns; Papers and flower by Misty Cato's Starting in Style freebie; Spring quote by Jackie Eckles; Atomic cupcakes painted chipboard action on quote and brackets; Fonts, Childish Alpha and Charlie.

I've been working on another layout of Candy and no matter what I do, I don't like it. Don't you hate it when that happens? I thought I would do a couple layouts of my boys to try and get my mojo back, LOL. I took these pics (and many more) out in the backyard yesterday and had to scrap them. Riley is 2.5 and Hunter is 4.5 and they are loving the sunshine after months of snow! On another note, I hope all of you with pets have not been affected by the pet food recall. Luckily I don't feed Kayla any of the brands listed. I gave both her and Candy PurinaOne for years but Kayla's had such a problem with allergies that I switched her to an all natural food with lots of meat and very little grains and she has less itching now. I did a lot of research on dog food and it's amazing how bad most of the poplar brands are for our dogs. Anyway, if any of your furbabies have been affected, my heart goes out to you...it's so sad.
Thanks for the compliments on my last layouts, It's nice to hear that I'm inspiring people to get those pet layouts done! I'm still putting the finishing touches on my next freebie so hang tight :)

Terms of endearment layout :)

Credits: Atomic Cupcake's torn and painted wood actions
Fonts: Chubble, Adorable, Comic Sans
I started out using Template #18 by Saab but it really ended up looking nothing like it but that's where the inspiration started so I will still give credit :)

Doggone Cute

Credits: Based on a template by Sandy Vogt. I didn't use the actual template because it's not available anymore but I used it as a guide.

Happy St Patrick's Day! I finally added my picture so you can see a more recent face behind the kit. It was taken a couple of years ago but I haven't changed much...my hair is a little longer and I have a few more wrinkles but other than that, it's me! (no 80's hair anymore,LOL!)

A little info about overlays

credits: Atomic Cupcake's painted wood action used on the letters

If you haven't used many overlays, I'll give you a little info on them, if you have, well you can ignore this :). I probably should've mentioned this about the overlay that I included in the original kit I put up (the worn overlay) but I'll mention it now. I use Photoshop so I don't know if this is the same in other programs or not. When you place the overlay on the layer above the paper you're using it on, you will get different effects when you change the Blend Mode of the overlay layer. For most of the layouts I've done using the worn overlay, I set the blend mode to "Soft Light" because it makes a very sublte effect. In the layout above, I also used "soft light" for the white words overlay. If you notice, it makes the letters look a lighter shade of the layer it is on top of (eg. the letters look light blue on the blue paper, light peach on the peach paper, etc) To see how each blend mode will affect the layer I highlight the blend mode and use the arrow key to scroll through each mode to see what I like. You can come up with some pretty interesting stuff this way. If I have thouroughly confused you or if you would like to learn more about blend modes, click HERE for a detailed explanation. Experiment and have fun!

Freebie! Pet Words Add-On

Well, this will most likely be the final installment of my Felty Dog/Cat kit (unless I design something while finishing Candy's last layouts, then I will, of course, pass it on to you :)) I am, however, working on another pet freebie that can be used with this kit or any other pet kit. I will have it done sometime in the next week for sure. Thank you to everyone that left me a note of thanks about any part of this kit...it means the world to me and I have read each and every one of them! In this add-on, I decided to do the words as 12x12 overlays so it will offer more flexibility with background colors. I made the small word overlays white but they are really meant to re-color, change the blend mode, add layer styles to or...whatever you desire, just have fun! (Tip: It looks great if you combine one of the colored word overlays on top of one of the small white word overlays on a solid background color!) I even stuck a little something in there for our feathered friends!
Credits: Thank you to Tandika Star at digiscrap designer for tools used in the making of this add-on.
Download Here:
Felty WordArt
Pet Word Overlays

For those of you that are wondering....

I haven't dropped off the planet, LOL! It suddenly became spring here in Colorado so my boys have been dragging me to the parks and playgrounds :). My computer time has been greatly limited lately so no scrapping has been done. I've been trying to do a little at night after the boys go to bed but I guess all the fresh air and sunshine has been making me tired because as soon as I get in bed and turn on my laptop, I start dosing off!!! It's raining here today and the laundry has piled up so I just may get some scrapping AND laundry done before we head to the zoo tomorrow. I have several layouts of Candy half-done and I have another freebie about ready to be released...hopefully late today or early tomorrow. So check back here soon for a goodie!

Pawprint Alpha Freebie!

It was brought to my attention that there are some programs that don't allow you to copy and paste png's from a sheet of multiple png's...like the tag alpha, brads and clips in my original kit. So, if you are among those that can't use my original "clumped" items (or would rather not), I individualized them for you! While I was at it, I created another PawprintAlpha add-on . You can find both downloads below. Enjoy!
Thank you to Tandika Star @ digiscrapdesigner for tools used in the making of this Alpha!

Pawprint Alpha
Original Tag Alpha, brads & clips

Of course I had to use my new alpha in a layout! I took many pictures of our trip to Lake Tahoe in 1993 but when I got home, my camera with a full load of film was stolen. I was lucky I didn't lose them all. Candy loved the boat and the water! Credits: Template by Tracy B, font: Comic Sans, Atomic Cupcake paper tear action and Tandika Star's metal edge action on the stars.

Credits: Flourish brush around the photo is a freebie from Cottage Arts.
Font on tag: 4990810

Credits: Template by Tracy B, Frames from Festival Kit by Shabby Princess (re-colored) and Fonts: 4990810, Comic Sans

Page 1 of Candy's Album

Journaling reads:
I had decided one day, shortly after graduating from college, that I wanted a black lab. It was an impulsive idea but since I had recently lost my childhood dog of 15 years, I knew I wanted the friendship of a new dog that would be all mine. Since the commitment of school was behind me...I was ready for a new kind of commitment.

The ad in the newspaper read ‘Black lab puppies, 8 weeks old - $25’ That sounded like a reasonable price for a dog, so I called. The person on the phone stated that the puppies had a bit of chow in them but I wasn’t picky. Greg and I took a drive to check them out.

When we arrived, the little puppies were romping around like puppies do. The mom, a lab/chow mix, was keeping a watchful eye on the strangers gathering around. The dad wasn’t around but we were told he was a chocolate lab that lived next door....good enough.

Greg was watching the male dogs but I informed him that I wanted a female. He tried to convince me otherwise but I wanted a girl. While all the puppies were frolicking in the grass, I spotted a cute little black furball off to the side having a grand old time with the water dish. I think she was trying to go swimming in it. I had my heart set on her at that moment. Admittedly, the bright pink collar she was wearing played a part in the decision, too, she looked so adorable.

We paid $25 for her that afternoon in late May, 1993. We brought her home, named her CANDY, and she spent the next 13 1/2 years enriching our lives! I’ve created this album so the memory of her will live on through generations to come.

Credits: White paper and pins are from Vintage Florals by Shabby Princess

Some wonderful comments!

Special thanks to Atomic cupcake for the silver action on the brads.
Fonts are: Missed your exit, Oh(photo)shoot and Comic sans.

Once again, thank you all for the wonderful comments and I've been given some great ideas for future projects, thank you! I'll do the best I can with birds, hamsters and snakes, LOL! I'm a little confused, though, because I got a few requests for an alpha so I need to clarify that there is an alpha in the kit (see layout above) but I put all the letters in one file so you need to open the file, select the letter you want(I just use the marqee tool) and the copy/paste into your layout. (I know, I did it the lazy way, LOL). If you did not get an alpha, let me know! Happy Scrapping!!!!

Freebie Add-On!

Well, I needed some more stuff for this kit so I made it and decided to share it with you! Special thanks to Tandika Star @ Digiscrapdesigner.com for tools used in the making of this kit. If you download this, please leave me a comment letting me know if you would like to see more stuff for this kit (specific requests would be great) or maybe a new pet kit in a different style. If I get enough requests, I'll keep adding things...if not, I'll move on to something new. Happy Scrapping!
Download here:
Add-on 1
Add-on 2

Candy as a sweet puppy

Here's the picture that inspired my doodles which then led to my kit :)
I did this layout before I made my kit so for this I used a kit called Legacy by Michelle Shefvelund at Cottage Arts. Fonts are Sweetheart Script and 4990810 from(?).

This is Candy on her first camping trip! The frames and papers are from my new Add-on, coming soon! Font is 4990810 from (?)

This is me way back in 1993 when I first adopted Candy. We both looked so young! I still had a little of my 80's hair goin' on, LOL! I used Atomic Cupcakes tear action on one of the papers and the font is BlackJack.

Find your layouts here!

I must say that it's a wonderful feeling to make a kit and see people downloading it but it's an even greater feeling to see people use it! If you would like to view some great layouts made with my kits, check out the links below. If you have made a layout and would like to share, send me a link. I'd love to see them and I'll post a link here!

Layouts:
Mrsfriday did an adorable layout of her puppy here
TragedyScrappinAnne did a sweet challenge layout here
Ria made a lovely dog webpage here
SSchulte did 2 wonderful fall layouts here and here.
Melody did some cute FeltyDog layouts here and has lots of other wonderful layouts of her 8 dogs in her gallery.
Robbi did a sweet layout of her cat here
Patamomma did a wonderful fall layout here
Jen did a great layout here
Nighty did another super layout here
makeyesup did another layout here
Phreyfall did a doggie layout here
Linda did an Autumn layout here
JBurkhart did two layouts here and here
Michele did a camping layout here and a sweet layout of her dog here
craZcat3835 did a layout right here and here
Boneca-de-papel scraps did a layout with her template here
soccermom7975 did a layout of her dog here
Nighty did a colorful layout here
Danielle did a baseball layout here
Tammy did two more layouts here and here
Radmama did a super camping layout here
LVMommy22 did a wonderful layout of 'A dog named Colin'
CharleesAngel did a super sweet layout of 'Sadie Girl'
Dorannmwin did fantastic layout of her furangel Fudge
Jenni did 3 awesome layouts of her doxies and has more to come.
Ebienic did a wonderful layout of her furbaby, Chance.
Erida made and adorable layout of her cat furbabies.
Tammy did a very creative layout of her wet dog Linux.
Birthe has 2 fantastic layouts ofPjusken here and here
Desiree did an adorable layout of little Miss Maddie.
Debbie made 3 super cute layouts of her puppy Sassy here, here and here...she also did a Grungy Athlete layout here.
Sarah did a wonderful layout of her new puppy here and here.
Paula did a very sweet layout of Tommie here and here
Stephanie made an adorable layout of Adie.
Campinbuff did two precious layouts of Turbo here an here.
DaraGolden created this stunning layout of her cat Hidee
Tracy has a sweet and funny layout of her dog Medium.
Mother Goose used my Celestial kit for this sweet layout of Ryan.
Izziescraps did an adorable layout of Natalie here
TNchick has an adorable layout of Zoey
Renee has a few great layouts on her blog right here
Pam did a super layout of her cat Sagamore
Delphine has some beautiful layouts of her kitty on her blog
Tammy used my Grungy Athlete kit to scrap her son's soccer picture
DawnP did some sporty layouts here
Ebienic did another sweet layout of Chance
Leda did 2 super sporty layouts of her son Austin here and here
Birgit did a felty layout fo her sweet dog Rex
Lisa did a layout of her sweet baby on her blog
Cagirlintexas did two cute layouts for her son's baby book here and here
Marieta did a sweet and sporty layout here.
Kyda did a great team layout here.
LadyPatsFan did 4 layouts of her pets here, here, here and here!
Pam did another adorable layout here.
Mammacole1979 did two wonderful layouts here and here.
MomSoto did a great job with this layout of her dog Cadence.
jleigh76 used Grungy athlete in her ABC book here
Laura did a super cute layout of her four dogs here
Aly created a wonderful soccer page here
CraZcat3835 did 4 super sporty layouts here.
Lori did a field day layout here
Struwwelsuse did two colorful layouts here and here
MyfourBoys did two very sporty layouts here ,here, and here
Makeyesup has been busy making layouts here, here and here
Nissa did an adorable layout here
April did two Felty Dog layouts here and here.
Michelle did 2 camping layouts and 3 grungy athlete layouts here
Kelly did a wonderful camping LO here
Alfenner did a 2-page camping layout here
Countrymommy did a camping book here
reednowensmommy did this cute layout here
Twinmfg did two sweet layouts of her Great Danes here and here.
Cindyw9 did a cute layout with Playful Plaid here
Danielle did 3 sporty layouts here
Craftychristie did a camping layout here

Best Friends

I can't leave well enough alone...I had to redo this layout, too, LOL! I found some pics I wanted to add. This is Candy with her best friend Kayla. Kayla looks older than Candy with her white mussel but she's the younger one by 4.5 years. Kayla misses her buddy, that's for sure. I made these circle frames using Tandika's felt action(which I may give out as freebies, soon) the brads, and metal letters were all made with actions from Atomic Cupcake. Font is Comic Sans.

Sleepy Dog

For this layout, I just scraplifted the layout I did of the sleepy cat and changed it a bit for my sleepy dog.

Lounging on the deck

I just loved this teplate by Traci Simms called Freestyle and had to use it for one of Candy's pages. The font is Dupree. I originally had the background green but it just did't feel right...so I changed it :)

Daydreaming

I originally did this layout using the Festival kit by Shabby princess but changed it to match the rest of the Felty layouts for the album. I did keep the frame from that kit because it's so cute. Font is Comic Sans.

Layout of...someone's cute kitty!

I found this adorable picture on Stockxchng (a stock photo site) to use for this layout.
Thank you all again for the most wonderful comments!!!!! It does my heart good!!!! Tip for the doodles....I used the blue felt sheet over the yarn doodle layer and created a clipping mask (or group them according to your sotware method) to give the yarn some texture. Then I added a drop shadow for depth. Just something to try!

Felty Cat, Add-on to Felty Dog!

OK, by request from all the CAT lovers out there...I made an add-on to Felty Dog just for you! I've never owned a cat before so I did the best I could with this, LOL! I made the doodles small but they can be resized to your liking. If you just have a cat and not a dog, be sure to download Felty Dog, too, because most of it can be used for a dog or cat. ENJOY!!!

Felty Cat Add-on

Happy Valentine's Day!

All I can say is...WOW! I'm overwhelmed with the amount of downloads and the wonderful comments left about my kit! My head is swelling now, that's for sure! Now that so many of you have this kit, I would love to see some furry faces on some layouts, so if you do one, please send it my way. I did get a request for a cat version of this kit and I can't promise but I just may try to do some add-on stuff for you cat lovers out there. It was a total fluke that I drew a dog doodle and it actually looked like a dog so I don't know how well I can draw a cat, LOL!

Sample layout using my kit

Here's page 8 of Candy's album (I need to get the rest up here so you can see them)
Kit used was my freebie called Felty Dog
Template used was made by IkeaGoddess
Thanks to Tandika Star at Digiscrapdesigner and Atomic Cupcake for tools used in this layout

Fonts used were BlackJack and Blueprint

Freebie kit to scrap those four-footed furrry friends!

I made this kit as a tribute to my sweet furfriend, Candy. I lost her to bone cancer in Dec 2006 at the age of 13. I've been making an album for her and wanted to design some stuff for it...then I ended up with a whole kit. Actually, I've already thought of some things to add so there may be more for this kit in the future! I'm fairly new to making digital scrapping elements so stick around and watch me grow, cause I sure love to do it! I want to gIve a special Thank You to Tandika Star at digiscrapdesigner.com for tools used in the making of this kit! Please, if you want to share this link send them to this site to get it, Thanks!

felty dog 1
felty dog 2
felty dog 3
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Please let me know if you encounter any problems with the downloads or the kit!