Adorable FREE Valentine's Day Printables for Kids and Adults

Welcome to Freebie Friday.

I've got fun freebies, great printables and an amazing paper mailbox project. These are all great for any age. The paper mailbox might make an awesome school project or homeschool project.  Keep reading to see more and get the free download.

I designed these last year for my Design Bundles shop, Kreative Design Studio and I'm giving a sweet sample of them away for you.

I've always wanted to do this mailbox project. Click on the image for the full, step by step tutorial.

See how versatile these are. Some are just general and others more romantic. These are ALL included in your freebie. Cool, eh?!

Below is a printable envelop and or mini scrapbook I deigned for Plus when I worked for them. You can still get it. This envelope is mega simple and you can use it with so many projects.

I also designed this exploding box card/mini scrapbook for Plus and it's been downloaded well over 1,000 times. Whoo hoo! It's also a mega easy project and can find a full step by step tutorial for it at Plus. What a great gift idea for your sweety or loved one. Even mom might like it! There are alternate pages, too.

I've designed many paper packs for Plus. Here's just one of many Valentine's Day paper packs for you.

Click here for the free printables and consider supporting us by shopping our shop, Kreative Design Studio.

Thanks for stopping by. We'll see ya, next week.

Happy scrapping!

 

Round N' Round Digital Scrapbooking Templates

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

It's the most perfect weather to be settled in my office space with a hot cup of tea and my Photoshop Elements.  Rain and cooler temperatures are bringing me in.  So sorry sandals that we must yet again, part and for SO long.  Hehehe...

Are you happy with the thought of bringing out your favorite boots and scarves?  Not me!  Though, I am getting better at dealing with colder temperatures.  The jump from the sunshine state to soggy, grey Belgium wasn't the smoothest of transfers, but it gets better everyday.

A lot of today's scrapbooking inspiration mirrors outside's falling leaves and pumpkins perched on porches around the neighborhood.  The apples, pears and plums are ready to eat and the hazelnuts are littering my drive way.  The squirrels will be thrilled!

You know me.  I just love layers!  Showing off gorgeous papers are also something I love to do on my digital scrapbooking pages and today's newest pack of templates are great for both of those.  Check out Round N' Round and read over a few tips that might help enhance your pages to perfection.

The ladies have done stunning work and I think you'll agree.

I'll start off with my pages and walk you through some techniques we've used that you might want to conserve using as well.

You'll begin to notice pattern in my pages with these templates.  As you also might know, I've got this thing with busy pages.  When there are too many colors or too many designs, my brain spazez out!  Hehehe...I'm not saying it's a good thing, but it's like a flashing light meaning, "change me, now!"

It did take me a bit to get my papers just right with these templates so I didn't get that overwhelmed feeling and to help give me pages a more cohesive feel, I used the same color stroke around each layer.  It was like, "Ahhh...that's better."

Our doggie just got a hair cut and was the victim of yet another photo shoot.  Did ya see Aimee's roodborstje?  He's so cute.  One of my favorite birds.  They are so dainty and sassy, too.  I have one that gives me hell when the bird feeder is empty.  He jumps up and down and makes so much noise.

 Frog'n Around Aimee Harrison Designs

This collection might look familiar.  I knew I was going to go back to it. I love it so much.  The colors are so bright and fun and the froggies are frog-tastic.  (Frog-tactic spell check, really?!). You can see I added the same color stroke again.  You can always copy paste the layer and increase the size a smidge and clip in a paper if you prefer.  It will add more texture to your page.  I've got a video on how to add a stroke, change the size and color....if you need.

J if for Joy By River Rose

I've used this pretty kit before, too.  Bada BOOM colors that awaken the soul!  I'm teasing dear ole mom with a bottle of her favorite, Peach Bellini.  Which is not a favorite of mine, but I'm keeping it cold for her incase she stops by.

Check out my outlines, again.  I added some paint, stitches and scat on the sides to give my page a little more depth and interest.

 Let Rock Rule By Blogovesta Gosheva

Tammy gal kept her layers in a solid color and used a design in the background.  That certainly is an awesome way to keep the busy down.  Like the use of a record for one of the circles, too.  Perfect!

Hello Autumn By Ponytail Designs

Cherry baby always rocks her pages.  Whoo whee!  How about these fabulous colors and that texture rich background?!

Autumn Night By Dandelion

Ngoc added some depth on her top circles and clustered up a gorgeous grouping around her frame.

 Better Together By Jennifer Fehr

If you love dramatic shadows, Ella is you're gal!  Her pages present depth in a uniquely fantastic manner.  Her layouts just come right to life and jump right off of the page.

Fox Holes and Fall Leaves from Thrifty Scraps

A repetition of patterned paper will also simplify the look of your page, like Jarmila did.  Most of the ladies added all of the clusters in the template, but I didn't.  The beauty of templates is to make them your own.  If there is something you don't like, just ditch it.

Funny Indeed by Clever Monkey Graphics 

Silly, sill boy!  Hilary's scrap star seems to not mind the camera one bit.  Pretty cool with the dark background and bright colors.  With the repetitive use of like colors, you can also give a more cohesive look to the page you are working on.

 Serendipity from The Cherry On Top

Theresa is a printer!  She is known for her double pages.  I'm also a fan of coordinating, side by side pages in my books, but it isn't a rule by any means.  She used our newest One Word Wonder kit, Serendipity.  Check out how she broke up her patterned papers with solids and her repetition of papers.  Came out just great!

  Serendipity from The Cherry On Top

What a fun font in that one.  Boys having fun!

Serendipity from The Cherry On Top

Another tip I think worth mentioning if you do add these templates to your scrappy stash, is picture choice.  If you choose a photo or photos with like colors of your kit or collection you are working with, your page will also look less busy.  Keep that tip in mind for any page you are working on.  I love when the colors in my pictures match the kit or collection, but sometimes it just doesn't work out, right?!

Have you seen Dana from Made By Keuntje's awesome new, Commercial Use freebie?!  She is so talented!

Awesome Commercial Use Freebie from Made By Keuntje

Last week was a freebie blow out!  If you love freebies, pop back to last week's blog or previous blogs.  Don't forget our group and page where share freebies, daily.

Thanks so much for checking out The Cherry.

Happy scrapping!

New Templates, Halloween Inspiration and More

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

We've got new templates in the shop, pages and pages of inspiration and of course, some links to some freebies.  There are all kinds of new collections in and around DigiLand as well as contests at the Digital Scrapbooking Studio that might interest you.  I've also got a new video uploaded.  Keep reading to find out more.

Get your mojo in high gear after checking out the blog and get scrapping!

Hallo-What templates

Our newest set of 4 templates are pretty awesome when it comes to versatility.  If you're really not into the ghoulish festivities, ditch the themed ellies and put in your very own.  We've got several pages here without the Halloween theme and they look smashing.

Hallo-What Templates and Happy Halloween from Paty Greif

Isn't that page so much fun?!  Paty is just great at whimsical design.  The borders along the side are bringing those layers to your attention, adding volume and depth to the page.

Hallo-What Templates and Marie H Superstitious

Above is Marie's page using her revamped kit, Superstitious.  How unique?   My mom is so superstitious.   I never even heard of half the stuff she talks about and despite all of the rolling of the cabbage, she still hasn't been swimming in it.  Hehehe...

Hallo-What Templates and Paty Greif's Happy Halloween

Anita's page is fabulous as usual.  What darling little ones in such an out of the box pose.  Great thinking, Girl!

 

Hallo-What Templates and Ghoulies from Just So Scrappy

Hallo-What Templates and Ghoulies from Just So Scrappy

We've got some new ladies on the Creative Team!  Above, are Rachelle's pages.  She's done such a super job what fantastic photos of the fam.  Ya gotta love double pagers!

Hallo-What Templates

 Lisa was casting spells on her pages, too.  Above and below are her designs with the new templates.

Hallo-What Templates  

Marina's page is so much fun.  Check out the grizzly look on the boy's face!  Ha!  Then the hammy, cheeky little girl.  Hehehe...Just love fun photos like these.  What better reason to scrap?

Hallo-What Templates and Amber Shaw's Halloween Party

What a splendid fall background in this page.  Shelly really kept to the template.  Keeping it nice and simple and using everything as is.  That kind of scrapping makes your pages go along much faster and you still get great results.

Hallo-What Templates, World Art World By Jennifer, Hallo Halloween

On to other new goods around DigiLand.  Like this amazing collection from the Digital Scrapbooking Studio.  I got to work with several different designers kits.  The first one is from my gal Aimee Harrison.  I paired it up with Lissy Kay Designs new templates, The One.  Loving all of these luscious layers.

The One from Lissy Kay Designs and The Highlands from Aimee Harrison Designs

This here page is from Butterfly Design.  She had so many splendid goodies in her part.  I could hardly decide which ones to use.  Hehehe...

Highlands from ButterFly Design and a free template from Kmess.

This page is SO special to me.  That's me with my sister-in-law and my bro with my hubs.  I haven't seem them in 15 years!  They finally took a visit to Europe from Florida.  Good thing it was nice and hot when they got here, though not Florida hot.

Kim Cameron's Highland Romance is this fab kit I used along with my Circlicious Templates.

Circlicious Templates from TCOT and Highland Romance from Kim Cameron

Even more new goodies are waiting for you!

Just look at all of this water colour gorgeousness! That's me and the hubs all dolled up with babysitter waiting for us to leave.  First time in 12 years, folks.  We had a great time at a friend's wedding.


Jodi from Throwing Some Scraps Around has out done herself, yet again.

Celebrate Our Love from Throwing Some Scraps Around

How about some more newer and new designs from your favourite digi shops?

J2 Reach from The Urban Fairy

How is that for something completely different?  Art journal style definitely isn't a regular part of my repertoire, but ya have to give it a go now and then, right?  The Urban Fairy certainly is an awesome designer for this style, too.

MagsGraphics also has a new collection out, Wicked Adventures.  Can you guess the theme by the name and my page?  Hmmm...It actually is a Somewhere Over the Rainbow theme, but I really wanted to scrap this beautiful pic and needed a kit with a lot of green and yellow.  Perfect!  I paired it up with Dagi's Temptation's, Scrap-Tastic templates.

Wicked Adventures from Magsgraphics and Scrap-Tatic Templates from Dagi

Let's stick with different for the next two pages.  The Digital Scrapbooking Studio is having all kinds of contests this month as well as their challenges where you can find great freebies and play along.  The Next Designer and Layout Artist contest are live in the forum and I'm playing along.  Speaking of playing along, there is a place to do just that.  You'll get the same challenges we do only you're not a part of the competition.  How fun is that?

Of course there is a perk to doing the contest, like free kits and prizes.  This is my first challenge in the traditional competition.

Fall Fresh from Nibbles Skribbles

I've also decided to do the Artistic Style category.  I need a push to do this style and this is a great way to do just that.  How about a fabulous mini from The Urban Fairy, Blue Skies?  Isn't it a great back drop for these lovely photos of my friend's beautiful girls?

Blue Skies from The Urban Fairy

Have you played with our free template from Friday yet?  If so, pop over to the group and find the status with the preview of the free template from the Love For Layout train and add your page in the comment.  The page with the most likes will receive an item of their choice from my shop at Kreative Design Studio.  We'll see how many entires there are by Monday.

Free Template from The Cherry On Top

I got this free template playing along with Kim Cameron's annual Zombie Run.  Join us over in her group if you haven't yet.  I've still got a free template there and you can get the next challenge pack.

 free template in the Zombie Run in Cameron's Group

This will be the freebie on tomorrow's, Hybrid Saturday blog.  Download, print, cut, consider laminating and mark your favourite book.  I'm actually in the middle of the second book of Highlander.  This marker will be perfect!  Gift idea?  Tag? Border for a pretty page?  So many things you  can do with it, right?!

FREE book marker printable on TOMORROW's blog.

I've been uploading videos to my You Tube channel.  I just put one up Wednesday where I scrap the free template I designed for Kim's group.  Check it out along with a few others.  Process videos and quick tips in PSE along witha  few older videos for paper craft.  I'll be adding traditional scrap videos eventually, too.

Thanks so much for checking out The Cherry, today!  We'll see ya tomorrow.

Happy scrapping!

Wish List Give Away and Freebies For Friday

Welcome to The Cherry On Top's, Freebie Friday.

Every Friday we give you a blog full of pretty pages, some of the best and newest digital scrapbooking kits and collections and we share several freebies found around the web and or from The Cherry.

We've got several new template packs to show off, loads of inspiration, an awesome new kit from Throwing Some Scraps Around and an announcement for a give away.

Keep reading to get inspired and find out how you can win some free products from our Etsy shop.

Looking Back is Throwing Some Scraps Around's newest collection.  I used my Shabby Chic templates to show it off.  I thought the combination was just perfect.  My hubs took some funny pics of me with HIS new hat and my all time favourite beer, served fresh from the tap in the Leffe Cafe on the beach, here in Belgium.

The colours are just so soft and splendid in Jodi's collection.  I always fall in love with her goodies.

There's the Shabby Chic templates, all linked up to our shop.

 Here's a peek at Jodi's elements in Looking Back.

If you don't find the time to scrapbook, but love the results, then you should consider quick pages like Jodi's.  Clip in your own pictures and you've scrapped!

Jodi has a beautiful freebie for you.  Click on the preview to grab it.

We've got more new templates in the shop.  Dazzling Diamond templates are definitely a challenging bunch of digital templates.  If you are a seasoned scrapper, these templates might still give you a challenge.  Do you dare?  We'd love to see what you design with our designs.

Check out Hilary's cheeky page.  I love the colours and touch of silly.

Dana took the challenge and scrapped up a beautiful layout.

This page of mine, I did a long time ago with LouCee Creations collection, Babushka.  I loved it so much, I turned it into a template.  If it looks familiar, I had given this template away awhile ago.  There have been a lot of changes and now I also have PAGE format, but you have to request it because Page files are usually too large for Etsy upload requirements.  It's such a bummer and I hope they change this soon.

Magalie scrapped some fun birthday photos.  You can use them for any pictures you have in mind.

 Here's another one from Dana from Made By Keuntje.

Magalie is making me thirsty!  What a fun page!

Robin scrapped up some knitting work and one cute little, squishy face.  I love this layout.

Check out what Theresa did with the template.  She kept all of the diamonds the same colour.  I think it looks super.  If this template looks familiar, it was also a recent freebie on the blog.  Double check your scrap stash.

Heartstrings Scrap Art has a super nifty kit, Fly Me To The Moon releasing today.  Check out her shop, too.  Bryony has really awesome templates, too.  By means of this page, you are also getting look at some new templates coming this Digital Scrapping Day!

I've got a series of templates coming with this ripped paper look. I just love it for dimension and texture.  I'm such a fan of boys in mind kits and collections and when you pair it up with a vintage style colour palette, how could I possibly resist?!  Hehehe...

Total fabulousness, right?!

Here are some other recent releases from The Cherry On Top.  Fun Easter themed templates that can also be used as quick pages.

Love YourSelfie templates are a hot item in the shop.  Make your digital stash sizzle by adding them to your template repertoire.

Now, check out how YOU can WIN one of your favourite items from our shop, Kreative Design Studio.

I'd like to do this periodically.  So stay current with your wish list.

We are moving on the the freebies and I've got a lot for you, today.  Check your stash to see if you've got them all.  Here's a freebie from Key Lime Digi Design.  You can get the link in the Fan Group.  I've linked up the preview for you.  Join us for the fun there.

I played with the Great Egg-Escape from Key Lime's lovely kit that coordinates with the above freebie.  This is also a glimpse at a future template.  Keep your eyes out for them!

Here's a really sweet freebie when you sign up for Heartstrings Scrap Art's newsletter.  Actually, Pickleberry Pop is having a store wide freebie giveaway for the designers there and their newsletter recipients.  I have already blah blah'ed about this promotion via my page on FB.  If you are not following us there, you are missing out on several freebies posted nearly every day.

Super scrappy sister, Andrea has this freebie on her blog.

How is this for something lovely?  There are even more to be found when you click on the preview.

Check out Gingerscraps Welcome Wagon for freebies, too.

Cutie Pie Scraps always has nice freebies on her blog.

We've always got so much going on at The Cherry.  Our page is full of digital scrapbooking freebies, craft ideas and so much more.  In our group we share layouts, free stuff, super promotions to spare your wallet, we get into some lovely chatter and I give exclusive freebies to the members there.  Hit up our Pinterest for several boards full of free stuff and other very inspirational boards.

Thank you so much for checking out The Cherry!

We will back tomorrow with free colouring pages and more.

Happy scrapping!

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