NEW today: Easter Sunday and Fair Are the Meadows Quickpages!

Plum Dumpling Designs has a new kit out today, just in time for Easter ... Easter Sunday!



It's got flowers and bunnies and lots of spring, Easter-y elements ... and if you've got boys like I do, it's the perfect kit! There's plenty of masculine blues and oranges and greens and yellows. In fact, my boys actually have shirts in this exact color palette (thanks, Gramma Sue)! Even though the photos weren't from Easter, it was easy to scrap them with Easter Sunday:



Easter Sunday by Plum Dumpling Designs
fonts: Cafe Rojo, Courtney Dorkling, sf Andi 1

Mary even has a freebie quickpage on her blog if you wanna go check it out!

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And also new in the ScrapMatters shop today: Fair Are the Meadows Quick Pages! Yup, Andilynn Designs' creative team put together a great set of quickpages for you using this beautiful kit. Can you spot last week's layout? :-)



And there's a cute freebie associated with this one, too -- head over to Andilynn's blog to find a fun frame cluster that CT member Krista made for you!

Ahh ... donchya just love Fridays? :-D

Catch-Up on Julianne's Album

Thought I'd share the latest layouts I've done for Julianne; enjoy!

Here's one using some fun Plum Dumpling goodies. Not sure if the comic-book feel really matches the pictures, but I'd say it's close enough -- looks like a fun day!



Mini-Blocks Template Set by Plum Dumpling Designs
Super Villains by Plum Dumpling Designs
All-American Super Hero by Plum Dumpling Designs
fonts: Markus the Cow, American Typewriter

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The journaling on this page came from the caption Julianne included with these stunning photos. I struggled with the elements on this one, but after letting it sit for awhile, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.



white paper from Happy Hanukkah by Andilynn Designs
blue paper from it's beauty[fall] by Gwenipooh and PouYou Designs
string from Sunshine in My Soul by Britt-ish Designs
ribbon and staples from He's My Valentine by Plum Dumpling Designs
We're Just Dating vol. 3 by Britt-ish Designs
Tie One On by Amanda Heimann
fonts: American Typewriter, Amelie

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Kind of a simple page; just had to let the photos shine here, too.



Template 33 by Yin Designs (altered)
Pure Perfection by Stolen Moments
fonts: Sunshine in My Soul, American Typewriter

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This page was really fun to do and came together really quickly -- and without a template, even! This funky kit was a lot of fun to play with.



Miss Mary Jane by Jennifer Barrette
Pinky Dinky Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
See Right Through You by Britt-ish Designs
fonts: BlackJack, American Typewriter

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ScrapMatters' latest template for their Tuesday Template Challenge was a perfect match for these pictures. I did have to piece a few things together (I was using a fall kit to scrap these summery pictures!) but I think it turned out pretty good!



Falling for You by Scrap Orchard Designers
string from Fair Are the Meadows by Andilynn Designs
leaves from Be Happy by Moi Designs
Safari Sunset alpha by Mira Designs
Get Real: Realistic Drop Shadows by Jennifer Barrette
fonts: American Typewriter, sf Natalie

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This one satisfies another ScrapMatters Challenge, to lift monsu for Grand Theft Layout. I was totally inspired by her gallery and think I'll be lifting more from her, just for fun. Love the style.

I was debating about whether to include the little "sketch" of Julianne one of the elders had done, and since I was able to magic-wand the whole thing very easily, it made it on the page. ;-)



Lift of monsu's Mushrooms
Pop Goes the World by Dani Mogstad
blue string from Happy Hanukkah by Andilynn Designs
fonts: Glider Girls, Century Gothic, American Typewriter

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One more! Julianne had a lot of great scenic photos from her next area, and I wanted to include as many as possible. This lift (again, satisfying a SM challenge to lift Quiltymom) turned out great for that.



inspired by Presidents Day p.1 and Presidents Day p.2 by Quiltymom
Bohemian Garden Collab with Bella Gypsy by Jennifer Barrette Designs
fonts: American Typewriter, CK_Ali's_Hand_Official

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Thanks for looking!

Fair Are the Meadows

Either I've got spring fever (quite possible!) or Andrea's just totally outdone herself this time (also possible!) ... Andilynn Designs released her Fair Are the Meadows kit today! It has such pretty color palette; check it out:



Don't you just love all the happy daisies? Wanna see how they look on a layout??

I jumped ahead a bit in Julianne's album to scrap some baptism pictures she had -- spring is a type of rebirth, and so is baptism, so I thought it would work perfectly. Really, really liking the result:



Fair Are the Meadows by Andilynn Designs
Fair Are the Meadows blog freebie by Andilynn Designs
fonts: LaurenScript, American Typewriter, sf Andi 1

Make sure you go pick up the coordinating freebie at Andilynn's blog before it goes into the shop -- that pretty butterfly is part of the sample!

WIN Dates Matter 3 from Andilynn Designs!

Andilynn Designs has another very-customizable dating element in her shop ... check out Dates Matter 3!



I just used it on a layout I did this afternoon. The frog-themed kit has been available for free in pieces from Digital Scrap Cafe for the past three weeks or so, and I just happen to have frog-pictures for Julianne that need scrapping ... a perfect match! Andilynn's alpha adds to the fun, and since the new dating elements match with anything, it was the perfect finishing touch!

And for once I took a break from the templates (I've been on template overdrive lately) and scrapped something completely from my own head ... while on the phone (actually, my best creativity on layout design seems to come when I'm half-distracted. Is this because my right brain is allowed to create without my left brain interfering??) I'm proud of how it turned out!

Anyway, the layout:



Leapfrog by Scrap with Brooke
Nifty Tile Alpha by Andilynn Designs
Dates Matter 3 by Andilynn Designs
fonts: Black boys on mopeds, American Typewriter

And did mention that you can WIN that dating element?? It's true! Just head over to this post on Andilynn's blog and leave a comment before March 12 .. what have you got to lose?