Floral Inspired Digital Scrapbooking Templates and Project Life and Template Freebies

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

We are back with yet more, unique digital scrapbooking templates.  I can't wait to show ya the inspiration from which they came.  Keep reading to see lovely pages from my fabulous Creative Team, grab the coupon code, get some tips on various ways to change up the templates, see a few older templates with new layouts and ya definitely need to read through to this week's freebies.

May today's blog totally inspire you to do what you love.  You deserve it!

All The Pretty Flowers from The Cherry On Top

As always, I show my pages first.  They are the ones I can talk about the most, after all.  Today's is pretty special because it's the perfect example of what I mean by anything can inspire you artistically.  That's me, in Germany on the way to my favorite restaurant that I mentioned in a previous blog.  All along the Mosel River in Bremm, are small gardening plots providing a beautiful floral array of gorgeousness sure enough to inspire anyone.  There was a lovely patch of sunflowers that drew me to them.  This very large sunflower reminded me of a shower head, much to husband's delight.  I spared you by keeping my clothes on.  Hehehe...

 In The Jeans from Bits N' Pieces

Here's a look at her collection.

I was perusing my extremely extensive kit and collection stash looking for one with fun, bright colors that reflect nature and flowers, especially.  I found a collection from the DigiScrap Parade that I haven't even played with yet and it's older.  To think?!  I really love this background paper, too.  

You can see that I changed up the template quite a bit.  I found the flourishes a bit too busy with my design paper.  The pink color matches my peonies pretty well, though.  Did you know they were edible?!  They smell beyond fantastic and when they are nearly spent, I cut them, put them in a vase and place them either outside on the picnic table or inside.  When they are totally spent, I retain the leaves, dry them and use them in potpourri.

All The Pretty Flowers from TCOT/DigiScrap Parade Freebie

The fantastically talented Suzie has joined up with The Cherry and has been scrapping some seriously gorgeous pages.  I'm/we're super thrilled she's with us.  You can see why she's so much an asset.  How Cherry is this page?!  Fun, bright, in your face fab!

 All The Pretty Flowers Templates from TCOT/Viva Artistry (OScraps)

Here's another beauty from Jarmila.  She's a super star page designer!  I love how she kept the flower very simple and elegant.  Her use of the flourishes is also interesting and a great idea.  She retained a lot fo the templates elements. Yay!  I love to see that.

All The Pretty Flower from TCOT/Floral Fantasy from ReginaFalango

Mmmm....here's another beauty from our gal, Ella.  Her digital scrapbooking skills are absolutely amazing.  Look at her dramatic shadows and her pages always feel like there is this incredible story behind them.  Take a look how she clustered around her flowers and try it yourself.  I love that she retained the whimsical hand drawn flourishes, too.

 All The Pretty Flowers from TCOT/Something new from River Rose

I totally saw this template as one that would be used artistically, but Theresa has gone with a more traditional feel with hers and it came out great.  The bird is super cute on her page.  She kept her cluster fairly simple, but her choice of design paper adds a lot of interest to the page.

 All The Pretty Flowers from TCOT/September Song from LouCee Creations

Ngoc also went with a traditional style for her pretty page, clipping in craft style papers and designing one heck of a stunning cluster.

Theresa designed more double pages and stayed traditional as well.  I like her color selection and this collection from Made By Keuntje is super, cute too.

All The Pretty Flowers from TCOT/Oh, Snap from Made By Keuntje 

All The Pretty Flowers by TCOT/Art & Love by NBK-Design

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Did you miss last week's release?  These are templates that you can definitely add to your stash and use over and over again.

Round N' Round

Tammy's page was just so gorgeous and I can now show you the page I made with one of the templates as well.  Of course, there is a lot more page inspiration if you missed it from last week.

 Round N' Round from TCOT/New goodies from WendyP

Round N' Round from TCOT/Copper Spice from Aimee Harrison Designs

Round N' Round from TCOT/Copper Spice from Heartstrings Scrap Art

If you are totally like me and in love with the colors in Copper Spice then check out the rest of the designers from the Digital Scrapbooking Studio goodies.  Like these from Heartstring Scrap Art.  Love that denim touch and Bryony's fabulous goodies went so well with this future template of mine. I could literally put this page together piece by piece and nearly exact matching my elements from the template and Bryony's from her kit.  I've never had that before!

I blogged up the previous two pages in a rare Monday spot for the collection's release and I shared a free quick page there.  If you love Aimee's quick pages, pop over to Monday's blog and get the link so you can download it.

Future template from TCOT and Snuggle Saurus from HSA

Here's more awesome goodies from Heartstrings Scrap Art.  As soon as I saw this collection, I knew I had to have it.  I had THE perfect pictures for it.  JJ just loved his snuffle saurus, Dino.  He took it with him everywhere and of course lost it because he took it everywhere.  Poor guy!  I did have enough insight to buy two, but the second Dino just wasn't the same...I bet you've been there, before.

 Cute Above The Rest from TCOT

 Cut Above The Rest/Kit from Rachel Jeffries

Are you also one of those people who love to scrap their pets?  Kim sure is!  I don't want to call her a crazy cat lady, but she has called herself that.  Hehehe...She's one of those tender souls that just HAS to take care of an animal in need.  This is one of her many babies, Jerry.  Isn't he lovely?!

 Happy Trails from TCOT

I love getting pages from scrappy sisters and fans.  Robin use our Happy Trails templates and shared this pretty page.  Feel free to show off your pages in our group on FB.

Rachelle's played with our collection, Serendipity.  Don't forget, you get a free template when you purchase the elements pack.  The paper pack is sold separately. 

 elements/papers

 elements/papers

I wanted to post some completely different freebies for you this week.  I've got some amazing freebies on tap for Digital Scrapbooking Day that is fast approaching.  Make sure you stay tuned by signing up for our newsletter.  You'll always know the happenings and there are a lot.

Becky Higgins Free Project Life Starter Pack

Ya know I couldn't resist sharing a freebie that's called "Cherry Edition". Hehehe...  Becky also gets you started on a really fun, fast way to scrap.  Head over to her site and check it out!

MissTiina

MissTiina is one of my favorite digital designers.  She has a lot of free stuff which attracted me to her products to begin with.  She's also all linked up, here.  Look at these gorgeous, free Project Life cards and much more when you follow the link.

Here's a fabulous, free template from NeverLand Scraps.

I hope you find the time to do what you love this weekend!

Happy scrapping!

Copper Spice Digital Scrapbooking Collection and Page Inspiration

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

I released some new templates on Friday, Round N' Round.  They are still sale sale through this Friday when you use coupon code: RNR30 in our Kreative Design Studio. I used one of them to scrap this pretty page with a new store collaboration found in the Digital Scrapbooking Studio.

Check out some pages and get inspired.

 Copper Spice Aimee Harrison Designs

The colors!  Aimee is a genius when it comes to colors.  I always love the colors she uses for her digital collections and she's a pro at papers, too.  When I need a lot of awesome design papers, Aimee is my go to designer.  On a side note, she also includes glitters in all of her collections.  So if you are wanting to amp up your glitter collection, you might want to consider this.

Our dog just got his hair cut and it looks like he's wearing pants!  Hehehe...

Copper Spice by Aimee Harrison Designs

Ngoc is giving another example of solids on a pattered or design paper.  She also used Aimee's new collection, Copper Spice.

Round N' Round templates from The Cherry On Top

If you are digging the colors from Aimee's collection, Copper Spice then you'll probably LOVE Heartstring Scrap Art's as well.  I scrapped it up with a future template.

Copper Spice from Heartstrings Scrap Art

That's the view from my bedroom balcony at our place in Germany.  I prefer the view when the mountains are lush and green, though.  Hehehe...

Aimee has to be one THE most generous designers I know.  Pop over to her site and check out all of her gorgeous freebies.  She spoils her newsletter recipients as well.  Just look at her newest freebie with Copper Spice.

We're keeping it short, today.  If you miss out on Friday's blog, I recommend you go check it out.  We've got a lot more page inspiration and more tips with the new templates.

Thanks for hanging with The Cherry!

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!

Serendipity Digital Scrapbooking Collection, Free Quick Page

Hello, Cherry Fans!

Thanks so much for popping by the blog.  As usual, we've got a lot for you, today.  There is a new One Word Wonder kit in the Kreative Design Studio.  Check out the page inspiration, the free coordinating template, the two free coordinating freebies, page inspiration from other digital designers and I've tucked in a few more random digital freebies at the end.

There are actually 92 elements, but I couldn't get them all on the preview and the template isn't in there either.  I've got a detailed list of every element in the pack, over in the shop.

Designing digital backgrounds is so much fun.  I'm trying out some gorgeous Commercial Use from one of my favorite designers, GS Creation.  That gorgeous floral design with a hint of gold glitter gives such a nice luxurious touch.

The first three pages are from yours truly.  I went with a soft, floating whimsical look for my first page.  That's me hanging out in Beilstein, Germany.  Great view, eh?!

For this page I used the dark side of Serendipity.  I'll tell ya that Theresa's page, further down the blog definitely inspired my page.  That black background and the gold stars look amazing.

What a super color palette!  The hint of gold really sets everything off so nicely.

This is Theresa's page.  Isn't it totally awesome?!  At first, I didn't even know it was my kit, there was so much gold.  Hehehe...I love how she switched up the word art.  It was how I was going to do it in the beginning.

Jarmila also went soft and whimsical with her page.

And Ngoc used a project life style with very pretty clusters. 

I wanted to experiment with some of the elements that anchor a page and then contrast that with floating elements.  I added a bit of stroke to my word art to make it stand out better.

Hilary matched up Serendipity with our Love Always templates.  Nice match!

Above, is this month's free sample.  Newsletter recipients have been receiving a free sample of each of our One Word Wonders kits.  There's only one more to go.  If ya don't want to miss out on exclusive freebies and our new products as well as pretty page inspiration, brought right to your mailbox weekly, then join us.  We'd love to have ya!

This is your new free quick page.  Just pop in a picture and you're set!  We did all of the hard work for you, but we did enjoy doing it.  Hehehe...

I have a coupon for the Serendipity papers and elements.  Use code: SERENDIPITY30 on both products.

Just in case you missed out, this was our previous release.  A huge thanks to all of those who added Happy Trails templates to your repertoire of scrap stuff.  I did offer this free journal card on the blog. It is still available for you.  

Now I'm showing off some more gorgeous goods from Aimee Harrison Designs.  I fell in love with this collection's colors and those adorable froggies.  I also came up with another way for you to use Aimee's awesome borders.  In a previous blog I showed how to use them to design your very own bookmakers in just a few minutes.  They make an awesome gift idea or party favor. Check out the step by step tutorial, here.  Grab Aimee's kit from GingerScraps.

Here's another exclusive from Aimee Harrison, Wine and Dine.  Was this collection not calling my name?  Hehehe...This is one of our all time favorite spots to hit up when we are at our place on the Mosel River in Germany.  The view here is unbelievable, the wine is great and food so fresh, ya just can't believe it.  It's just Rosie and her hubs and they do it all.  We've been going here for years and they never let us down. 

When you're outside enjoying the gorgeous nature, you can hear the chef pounding the schnitzel!  Hehehe...We giggle every time we hear it.  I highly recommend that and the forrel (trout).  Delicious. Visit Rosie at Zum Calmont in Bremm and save me a spot.  She knows where I like to sit.  Hehehe...

Here's a few other freebies from my friends and other spots I like to frequent.  Add them to your stash and become a fan.

Gorgeousness from Jodi!  Scroll through her fan group and find other beautiful freebies.

This is a link to Creative Fabrica.  Another spot I shop in and of course, I grab the freebies, too.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I've got a lot more in store.  I STILL need to show off the wedding album I made, in its entirety.  Hopefully, through a video.  I need to publish the finished tutorial with that Prefect Page kit I started ages ago and I've got such an awesome free printable on tap, I can't wait to share it.  Don't miss out!  Join our group and or newsletter where we keep our awesome fans up to date.

Happy scrapping!